The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1920-10-04
COX LOOKS FORWARD,
HARDING BACKWARD
Normandy" is Obsolete and So
Are Senator Hardin's
Views

washington, Oct. 2.-Whiting in
the current issue of the American
F'derationist under the title Nor
malcy' VS.. Progress" Samuel Comp
ers, president of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor, says Senator Hard
ing has summed up his position as
In favor of gong backward" Will,
Gov. Cox has declared for "going
forward"
Mr.. Gompers also says that the
Republican national convention in
adopting its platform turned its
back on labor" and declares that
every Am yrican worker, every earn
est American citizen, must strive ar
IDENTIFY for the defeat of those who
turn ID their backs upon labor and
upon the people generally"
"The two leading candidates for
the presidency hay, defined clearly
their attitude toward the great pub
lie issues of the day." says Mr.. Comp
ers' article, which was mad> public
by the labor federation. "In a SEN
tence each has summed up his posi-
ton.
''In eff ct Senator Harding says,
Let us return to normally
Senator Harding does not use
the word normal; he speaks of
normally The word is obsolete
and so is the condition to which he
would return.
"Unquestionably, in the mind of
Senator Harding return to normal
means a return to the condition that
existed before the war-a return to
something that is past. 1t is clear
then that in k )eping with the spirit
of the Republican platform Senator
Harding's personal desire is to fol-
low a course that leads backward,
and If elect d to lead the nation in
such a course.
Cox To Go Forward
Gov. Cox proclaims desin> to go
forward and a determination to lead
the nation in a forward course If he
is elected to the presidency.
Both of these statements are alb
stractions and of themselves mean
nothing beyond a definition of the
gen ,ral trend of thought of the can
didates. The important fact is, how
ever, that the platforms of the pat.
ties upon which these candidates
stand and their own personal phil
csophies lead inevitably and natural
ly up. to the conclusions found in
those two brS utterances.
1.-THE denial of any desire in the
part of the American people to go
backward to anything that is past
has ben found in practically every
public expression which the people
have been able to make in ri cent
Mr.. Gompers then reviews the IL
suits of recent primaries in num-
Der of states, and continues:
1.-The interest of the great masses
of our people can b, best served on
ly blythe election of the candidate
which declarations and whose record
offer the best assurance of intellig-
ence and int gritty in the future. 1t
is vital that there be success for tn,
candidate and the platform which
best understands the mel DIS of the
people and which most fully and
most honestly pledges their satisfac-
ton.
9TH, Republican convention turn
I'D it's back upon labor and in so
ioing turned it's back upon all of our
people except for that small minori-
" which finds its occupation in the
of the masses through
ID cial opportunities and special
privileges.
EVERY American worker, every
earnest American citizen devoted to
he cause of human progress and
With faith in the Righteousness Of
he principl Is of freedom, justice and
must strive ardently for
he defeat of those who have turned
heir backs upon labor and upon
hS people generally, and for the
uccess of those who have attempted
o meet with understanding and in
spirit of constructive progress the
robf,ms of the needs of the work
ng people and of the great masses