The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-22
HARDING NOTIFIED FORM
ALLY OF HIS NOMINATION
FOR THE PRESIDENCY
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either side revealed the inequalities,
and conscience has wrought more
justice than statutes have compelled,
but the ferment OF the world rlvets
our thoughts on the necessity Of pro-
gressive solution, else our generation
will suffer the experiment which
means chaos for our day to re-
establish Gods plan for the great to-
morrow.
Speaking our sympathies, uttering
the conscience of all the people, mind
full Of our right to dwell amid the
good fortunes of rational, conscience
impelled advancement, we hold the
majesty of righteous government, with
liberty under the law, to be our avoid.
ance of chaos, and we call upon every
citizen of the republic to hold fast
&c that which made what we are, and
We will have orderly government safe
guc ri the onward march TO all we
ought to be.
The menaclng tendency of the
p. sent day is not chargeable wholly
t. the unsettled and fevercd condl-
Al'hn NbuN'N ny bit wal ut
fest weakness in popular government
lies in the temptation to appeal to
grouped citizenship for political ad-
vantage. There is no greater peril.
The constitution contemplates no class
and recognizes no group. 1t broadly
includes all the people with specific
recognition for none, and. the highest
conservation we can make today is
n committal of the republican party
to that saving constitutionalism which
contemplates all America as one peo-
pie, and holds just government free
from influence on the one hand and
unmoved by intimidation on the other.
Economic Structure Threatened
1t would be the blindness of folly to
ignore the activities o. our own colin-
try which are aimed to destroy our
economic system. and to commit us
TO the colossal tragedy which has
both destroyed all freedom and made
Russia impotent. This movement is
rot to be halted in throttled liberties,
we must not abridge the freedom of
speech, the freedom cf press. or the
freedom Of assembly. because there is
no promise in repression. These lib
critics are as sacred as the freedom
of religious belief, ms inviolabe as
the rights Of life and the pursuit of
happiness. We do hold TO the right
to crush sedition, to stiflc a menac-
ing contempt for law, to stamp out
a peril to the safety of the republic
or its people, when emergency calls
Of
the law are the first essentials of
liberty. He who threatens destruc-
tion of the government by force or
flaunts his contempt for lawful au-
thorlty, ceases to be loyal citizen
and forfeits his rights to the freedom
Of the republic
Let 1t be said to all Of America
that our plan Of popular government
contcmplates such orderly changes as
the crystaized intelligence Of the ma
jority Of our people think best. There
can he no modification of this under
lying rule, but no majority shall
abridge the rights of minority.
Men have a right 10 question our
system in fullest freedom, but they
must always remember that the rights
of freedom impose the obligations
which maintain it, Our policy is not
Of repression, but we make appeal
today to American intelligence and
patriotism, when the republic is men,
aced from within. just as we trusted
American patriotism when our rights
were threatened from without.
Platforms Expression
We call on all America fos s.eadi-
ness, so that we may proceed delib-
erately TO the readjustment which
concerns all the people. Our party
science Of republicans on industrial
science of republicans on industrla.
relations. No party is Indifferent 70
the welfare of the wage Garner. To u.
his good fortune is of deepest concern
and we seek to make that good for
tune permanent. We do not oppose
but approve collective bargaining, be-
cause that is an outstanding right, bu,
we are unalterably insistent that its
exercise must not destroy the equally
sacred right of the individual in his
necessary pursuit of livelihood. Any
American has the right to quit his
employment, so has every American
the right to seek employment. The
group must not endanger the individ
ual and we must discourage groups
preying upon one another, and none
shall be allowed to forget that gov
ernment's obligations are alike TO all
the people.
hnna
merely discourage the losses and suf
ferings attending industrial conflict
The strike against the government
is properly denied, for government
service involves none Of the elements
of profit which relate to competitive
enterprises. There is progress in the
establishment of official revealment
OF issues and conditions which lead
to conflict, so that unerring public
sentiment may speed the adjustment
but / hope for that concord Of pur
pose, not forced but inspired by the
common veal, which will give a reg
ulated public service the fullest
guaranty Of continuity. / am think
ing of the railroads. In modern life
they are the very base Of all cui
activities and interchanges. Fol
public protection we have enacted
laws providing for a regulation OF
the charge for service, limitation
on the capital invested and limita
ton on capitals earnings. There re
mains only competition of service
on which to base our hopes for an
efficiency and expansion which
meet our modern requirements, The
best paid and know the best work
ing conditions in the world. Theirs
Is an exceptional responsibility. They