New-York tribune., 1920-09-30

were sturdy folk. made stronger in
grim necessity, and they fought the
battles of westward civilization. They
were the heroes who perished without
fame's acclaim, but they left sons and
daughters who were undeterred ana
gave Kentucky and Ohio to the Union.
These in turn sent Their sons and
daughters on. marching with the star
of empire on its westward way. and
out Of the refined strain they gave US
Clay, the lofty and beloved statesman.
and out of heroic mold gave US Lin
coin. the master martyr of the world.
The Ohio River and it's tributary
streams marked the way of developing
settlement, because the waterways were
the main routes of communication and
trade. We find the natural and gratify-
ing result in the Ohio Valley to-day
spring picture and the river banks
teeming with trade from Pittsburgh to
the Mississippi.
Presidential Functions
Here where Clay inspired and
served and whence Lincoln came, it
seems appropriate to counsel with one
another on the functions of the Presi
Dental office | very much wish the
people to know my conception of the
high place for which the Republican
party has proposed me.
81 cannot express myself too strongly
against one-man government, with an
i untrammeled, centralized power. | am
against the spirit Of encroachment or
assumption which may lead one of the
greatest departments of our govern
ment under the Constitution to invade
or assume the functions of another
Though till very recent years we
have avoided it in the main, the found
ing fathers seem to have apprehended
this very tendency. Washington warned
against it in his Farewell Address when
he said:
"'The spirit of encroacnment tends
to consolidate the powers Of all the
departments in one, and thus to create.
whatever the form of government, a
real despotism
"a little further on, still yoicing his
anxiety. he added:
LET there be no change by usur-
patton, for though this may be in one
instance the instrument of good, it is
che customary weapon by which free
governments are destroyed
Even though it is very old ld-fashioned
to believe in Washington, l do believe
in the caution he uttered in his anxiety
for the future of the Republic Our
government must express the will Of
the people, not the will of the Chief
Executive. 1t was this excessive sst-
ence of the Executive will which
brought us into disfavQr with the
world, when we ought to have riveted
its confidence and established Amer-
can leadership for all time to come
II do not much criticize the enlarged
Executive powers in the great war
emergency. In most instances voted
for them. when Congress bestowed I
only object to continuing these extraor-
dinary war powers after the war was
won.
Wants Departments Working Together
When am elected there is going to
be that regard and respect for Congress
which the Constitution contemplates
and Congress must, in turn. respect the
rights and obligations of the Executive.
But mean to 10 more than coordinate
and cooperate with Congress. | am
going to consult and converse with the
; men and women Of America. One must
know the aspirations, the consc ence,
the convictions of our people, before
attempting to voice them. | would
rather trust the great under-current
of American thought and conviction
than the fellow with the greatest prop
agandist program ever lnaugurated. We
may trust the deliberate judgment of
our people on affairs at home or af-
fairs abroad, and | mean to learn that
judgment.
There is official leadership in the
Presidency, an inseparable thing which
neither modesty nor inclination may
change But think President will
be safe who takes the people into his
confidence and gives them his conf
derce. 1t will be poor service indeed
! to have the Executive Office a source
, Of mere theories, however high sound
ing they may be, and a government
propaga nda must be only for the gov
trnment, never for the party or per
5 sons in power.
Il believe most heartily in the Chief
e Executive counselling and advising with
e the men and women who are conspic
e ucus in American leadership. l believe
V n expert advice in solving problem:
y which require it i believe in more
S than one line TO the sounding board 0,
| deliberate public opinion. | believe II
Y the Vice Ere sident being made the sec
ord citizen in the Republic, in fac
as we'll as in name. | believe in thu
f greet Ship of State sailing with
o skilled crew as we'll as a captain, anc
r am IN favor of sailing orders origl
mating in the United States.
Z When Waterways Were Used
For rs to 100 years the ambition
S citizenship made the most of thei
t waterways. Dependent upon them, wit
n ticir activities timed to the slower de
y liveries, they developed from river raf
$ and f1atboat to packet lines, and tn
: fleets of barges with enormous tonnage
f and the commerce OF those days wa
n acceptably served.
e Government lent its aid and water
h ways were improved. We have expende
t literally hundreds Of millions, and be
o lieve to-day, if it had been expende
y 'uAicicUs!v, these hundreds Of million