The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-10-27
WHY HARDING WILL WIN

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Each person looks at a campaign
in his own way and from his own
point Of view, This article is a view
through Republican spectacles but
without malice toward their oppcn-
ents.
There seems to be a conviction
all parts of the country that Mr..
Harding is sure to be elected presi-
dent next Tuesday but a vide diver
gence Of opinion as to the circum'
stances which have rendered a
change of administration apparently
certain. The following from the
Springfield Union corresponds, in the
main. To- the views of the Banner as
~to-wly the Republican candidates are
sure of victory peXt Tuesday:
Whatever sentiment there may be
IN the United States for the Wilson
baxeagpe @ofN Nations, whatever senti-
ment there may be for this particular
league with bthe Senate reservations,
whatever there may be for an agree
ment among the nations to preserve
the peace Of the world, an agreement
that "shal Inject the full duty OF
American. civilization and humanity
in accordance with American ideals,
il is not this sentiment, in whatever
form expressed, that will be the de.
termining factor in this election.
'gThe average voter wants this
country to take its proper place IN
world affairs. He IS proud over
what this Nation did to free Cuba
from the yoke of Spanish oppression.
He is proud that this Nation, having
a duty to discharge in the Philip
pines, assumed the full burden OF its
/ obligations. He is proud that Ameri-
can troops did their part to put down
the Boxer insurreetion in China, and
that the indemnity afterward eHacted
was RENTED as evidence of Ameri-
! can good will and disinterested mo-
tive. He is proud that without enter
ing into any alliance with foreign
governments this Nation, in defense
Of its own homer and sovereignty,
gopged itsslmeR aud resources into
\ Norhern F3Rnee 10 end3a war that
l% selyilizSS an. Il IT.
"Of all these things. OF all these ex-
amples of the American sense Of
fright and Justice, he is proud. and
Justly so. and he hopes the time will
never come when this great republic
will fail either to protect its Cwn
Gag orr TO give that flag the siguifc.
ance II should have throughout the
world as the symbol OF orderly liher.
ty under law. and as a symbol OF sym.
pbthy for the downtrodden OF all
races that have found here in Ameri-
ca their refuge and opportunity.
1T is not. however, this phase Of
y our politics upon which we would
dwell. Time brings many changes.
presents many new problems, which
we must as a people solve according
to the needs and conditions Of the
tprese9t84 Some arrangement with
the nations OF the world to make war
a hidfe Hiticu't undertaking and 10
! etablish peace on a basis Of right
and justice is highly desirable aud
will be entered into, With the advice
and consent of the Senate whether
the next President be Harding or
CO..
What is uppermOst just now in
the thoughts OF the American people
is how they can best end m'sgOvorn.
ment and extravaganza at Washing.
ten; how they can best restore the
constitutional functions Of govern.
ment; how they can hess pr1tect
American Industry. business and Ia
Dor against the rising tide of foreign
imports. how they can best bring
about normal conditions after nearly
eight wears OF turmoil an uncertain.
IA boy they can best9 Nsi% aDlc
heads Ter The great admin SstFatlye de.
rGrtments of government: how they
can best be represented abroad by
levelheaded diplomats. how thev can
best lbWbr ,the 4iieaIts cost OF living
land end rroftearng--in short how
they a best provide n government
that viii function in their behalf.
These Qestiqqs 4t6 Fat removed
from Armenian mandates and the tor
r'torial lines OF the Balkans. but they
are questions that vitally concern the
Mon. women and children Of America
The cure for Wisconsin is not more
Of tho same stuff administered by
Cox. Murphy. Taggart and Brennan
but a good o'd.Gashioned dose Of Re
publicanism. As a smoke screen the
Wilson league Of Nations is too thin
too easily seen through. Behind il
the American people can see tn
same forces that have been so large
" responsible for their troubles ant
discomfort. They have therefore
blown I away. and have made vi
their minds to trv at least four year,
of Harding and Coolidge"
Today is the birthday cf Theodor,
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