Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-08-13

Marion, o. Especial )-Warren G. |
Harding was officially notified of his |
nomination as the Republican candi- /
date for the presidency. His speech |
of acceptance is, in part, as follows:
Chairman Lodge, Members of No
tificatiOn Committee, Members of Ma
tional Committee, Ladies and Gentle
men, The message which you have
formally conveyed brings to me real
izatiOn of responsibility which is not
underestimated. 1t is supreme test
to interpret the covenant of a great
political party, the activities of which
are so woven into the history of this
republic, and a very sacred and
solemn undertaking to utter the faith
and aspirations of the many millions
who adhere to that party. The party
platform has charted the way, yet,
somehow, we have come to expect
that Interpretation which voices the
faith of nominees who must assume
specific tasks.
Let me be understood clearly from
| the very beginning. l believe in party
/ sponsorship in government. I believe
in party government as distinguished
! from personal government individual,
! dictatorial, autocratic or what not.
No man is big enough to run this
great republic. There never has been
one. Such domination was never in
tended. Tranquility, stability, depend
ability-all are assured in party spon-
SOrShip, and we mean to renew the
assurances which were rended in the
: cataclysmal war.
Our first commital is the reStOra-
ton of representative popular govern
ment, under the Constitution, through
the agency of the Republican party.
Our vision includes more than a chief
executive. We believe in a cabinet of
: highest capacity, equal to the respOn-
l sibilities which our system cOntem-
e plates, in whose councils the vice
D president, second official of the re-
i public, shall be asked to participate
The same vision includes a cordial
understanding and co-ordinated activi-
h ties with a house of congress, fresh
o from the people, voicing the convic-
tons which members bring from di-
rect contact with the electorate, and
cordial cooperation along with the
restored functions of the senate, fl
to be the greatest deliberatiye body
of the world.
1t is not difficult, Chairman Lodge
alo
ton of international relationship. We
Republicans of the senate, conscious
of our solemn oaths and mindful OF
our constitutional obligations, wheI
we saw the structure of world super
government taking visionary form
Joined in becoming warning of oul
devotion to this republic. If the torcl
of constutiOnalism had not been dim
med. the delayed peace of the worlt
and the tragedy of disappointment ant
Europe's misunderstanding of Americi
easily might have been avoided TIL
Republicans of the senate halted tn
barter of independent American emi
nence and influence, which it was pre-
posed to exchange for an obscure an
unequal place in the merged govern
ment of the world. Our party mean
to hold the heritage of American ms
tionality unimpaired and INSURER
dered
The world will not miscOnstrue. "
do not mean to hold aloof. We d
1. not mean to Shun a single responsib
N lity of this republic to world civilizi
81 ton. There is no hate in the Amer
81 can heart We have no envy, no su
u picion, no aversion for any people
q the world We hold to our rights, al
s. means to defend, aye, we mean to su
i tain the rights of this nation and OF
= citizens alike, everywhere under Il
81 shining sun. Yet there Is the concol
q of amity and sympathy and fraterni
81 in every resolution. There is a genuil
N aspiration in every American brea
n for tranquil friendship with all Il
b world.
n One may readily sense the co
& science of our America. am sure u
u derstand the purpose of the dOmina
b group of the senate. We were n
~ seeking 10 ueledl d WOIlu dSplfdIlO
E we were resolved to safeguard Amt
n lea, We were resolved then, even
n we are today, and will be tomorro
q to preserve this free and independe
H republic.
u In the call of the conscience
n America is peace, peace that clos
H the gaping wound of world war, a
81 silences the impassioned voices of
81 ternational envy and distrust. Het