Evening journal., 1920-10-29
HARDING FREE,
Embossed He
B Tells nation
contInned from First Page.

shining sun.
80 / come 10 you. my countrymen,
preaching the gospel Of government
through political parties. l do not
want a, party conducting government
for a permanent place in power.
want party sponsoring our Amer
lean government that thinks hrst oil
serving the American people and oil
writing intelligent American opinion
into the statutes and the policy Of
Ts1 know pretty well that The Amer
ican people are thinking OF calling
tie Republican party back to service
in The nation. The American people
have always turned to the Republican
party In their hour OF anxiety and
distress and are turning 10 II TINS
year for relief at Washington ana
throughout our governmental lhs'-
buttons.
that you are going TO elect he
publican as President. .of the United
States. But / warn you. don't do IL
unlose you intend 70 put the re
publican party In power in the Con
gress, as well as in the executive Of
fee.
San Unusual situation.
"There is a very unusual situation
IN the world. Humanity is trying 10
fnd itself once more Civilization has
been in a state Of bux, and no man
OF woman knows yet what the c-ys-
talization is going 70 be on the NOR,
row. II we are TO have a preserved
civilization. II the world Is going 10
face about on the right forward
track again. there Is great respon-
sibility on our republic. where we
have proven representative democracy,
10 point a safe and sane way Tor as
pir1ng mankind.
~ would not want TO be your presi-
dent unless you are going to give US
a Republican Congress to translate
Republican promises into legislative
enaotmenis. II / am going ito serve
you. ] want the government TO have
the machinery with yhich to serve,
and I promise you that under hepun
lean administration the Congress II
going to resume It's constl.uuo.n!aIl
functions. IL Is very important Ia
have a majority In The United States
Senate. and you ought always "a
think OF the Senate as saving TO you
your American liberty. Don't be dis
tressed about the so-called senaoria
oliearchy. There isn' any. thnl
Ne would have succeeded this year II
harrnonizfng the Senate into a com.
pletely useful agent II ii had not beer
FOR the interference OF the Chief Ex-
cutlve, who was not satisfied wla
running his own end OF Pennsylvania
avenue.
we ought to have been thinking
more OF the Constitution and less o
feo .ovnuana We ottc4af tn have hnof
concerned with American nationality
not paralyzing Internationally. w
ought 20 have been concerned VIII
Americas policy for America, and no
an European policy for the unite'
States OF America, We ought 4
have been giving attention TO gu
problems at home, TO putting IN
american house m order, instead o
try.ng 10 build q temple OF supsr-goy
crnment across the sea.
stand Never Changed
oh, they say, You cannot tol
where Harding stands on the league.
We'll lat me see II ] can tell yo
where ! stand. ] am at least entitle
TO speak for myself. / have bee
, speaking since lhe 22d OF last July
ard l challenge any Democrat 4
America, high or low. 70 ind a con
tradicti0n in anything / have said.
4 said In the beginning that W
were opposed 10 an armed mlitar
alliance with the Old World, and
say it now. have said frequently
and I say now, that we are neve
going 10 have anything 10 do with
league with Article y In 10. We ar
roi going 90 enter into any super
government OF the WORLD. We are nc
scng 10 allow council OF foreig
fvers in Geneva 10 ten us what "
'nust do to ful0h our obligations
u have said repeatedly that Amer
"a does not intend TO accept IN;
league. II is true that, as a momh,
Tie Oniicdf States Senate, vote
10 ratify the peace treaty and n
league covenant with reservation
but when l voted there was attache
10 the covenant reservations to SAT-
guards the independence OF the Unite
States. They were not designed 4
make clearer our obligations but
Limit our obligations. And the rose
vations we wrote we insisted upC
the world accepting before our men
bership In the league should becoH
binding.
Reservation on Membership.
zone reservation was on membe
ship. The covenant says a memb
Of the league may retire on givil
two wears notice, provided the mer
Der has ilrst fulnlled its Obligation
under the league. Some 'pigm
minded Senator, thinking Il ov,
said: Well who decides when
member OF the LEAGUE has fulnll
these obligations So we wrote
American reservation, and said: T
Congress Of the United states W
decide when we have fulfilled o
obligation.
"And there was another reservsti
about the membership OF the leagi
/ never ind any fault with the me
bership Of the league as constltut
so far as other nations were affectl
] thought Il was rather a becomi
thing for Great Britain TO hnd a pl'
for her patri0tically devoted coloi
In the assembly of she league.
had no objection to being represen
there; but II the league OF natl,
amounts 70 anything IN the world,
league assembly, where all natil
are represented. must be the n
authority. else Il Is the biggest ri
ever conceived-and IN the assem-
Great Britain was 70 have six va
TO one for the United States.
not object 70 Great Brialn's six.
7 did say, and I repeat it now, {
fhe United States Is entitled 10
many votes as any other nation
earth So we wrote a reservai
about that.
Regarding Mandates.
Then we wrote a reservtion wh
said that the United States would
undertake any mandate until G
gress should so decide. That
Written because somehow IN tho
adjustment OF the world-largely
cording to the dioiot'on Of those \
assumed 70 enenk for us-ihey v