Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-12
REPUBLICAN PARTY
| IS URGED To RALLY
AROUND PRESIDENT

>th''l
lican party was called upon today
by Theodore Il. Burton. of Ohio, the
temporary chairman of It's national
convention, to rally about the lead
ership of Calvin Coolidge.
The people, and all the people,
have confidence in Calvin Coolidge"
Representative Bur ton declared in
sounding the keynote OF the conven-
ton. I'm the great array of rulers,
kings and prime ministers, lntrusted
with power, there Is none who can
surpass him in honesty of purpose,
in courage, or in high devotion to
the welfare of his country"
Mr.. Burton asserted that "by far
the greater share of our citizenship
looks to President Coolidge rather
than to congress for leadership and
he urged the party to take its stand
with Mr.. Coolidge on all of the con-
troVersal issues which have arisen
between the executive and some
members of the Republican majority
in congress.
He proclaimed that the party de-
clare for American adherence to the
world court with merely the Har-
dingHughes reservations. He re-
GREETED that congress refused to &C
cede to Mr.. Coolidge's wishes in en-
acting the Japanese exclusion pro-
vision of the immigration bill. He
declared the new tax law abounded
in defects and should not be taken
as the last word in tax revision. He
dismissed enactment OF the bonus
bill over the presidents veto with
the assertion that conditions Great
ed by it must be met ard its pro-
visions must be willingly accepted"
Much Of the blame visited upon
Republicans in the session of con-
gress just ended, he told the con-
Vention, however lis not deserved
because on many major questions
their party has not commanded q
majority in either branch"
Enumerates Achievements
Enumerating the achievements of
the Republican party in It's stew
ardship of national affairs in the
past four years, he paid high tribute
to the memory of President Har-
ding, told Of the accomplishments
under his leadership, and pronounc-
ed this benediction:
REST, wearied spirit, rest in
peace, secure in the lasting remem-
brance which belongs to the i'm
mortals."
Varied and numerous were the C
complishments cited by Mr.. Bur-
ton, ranging from the achievements
OF the arms conference and Ameri-
can unofficial participation in the
work of the reparations experts
committee, through the field of do
nestle activities resulting from leg
lsIatlon and executive undertaking s.
He pronounced it q record on
which the party proudly could take
its stand, confident that when the
ballots are cast in November in
numbers like the falling leaves of
autumn this nation will elect Calvin
Coolidge with a Republican congress
and again crown our efforts with
victory, thereby assuring yet more
splendid future of progress aid
peace"
Turning to the future, the conven-
ton chairman declared economJ in
pubic expenditures and reduction of
taxes to be Of the utmost impor-
lance and that IAN active campaign
of education must be conducted sim.
lIar to that in the free-silver con.
test of 1896" Such a camraign, he
persistent fallacies" that the final
burden of public levies rests upon
those who first make payments to
the tax collector and that excessive
SurtaXes are desirable and result in
greater revenue. i.
POINTING the way in domestic af
fairs still further, he inveighed
against any tinkering with the fed
eral reserve system; advocated an
intelligent policy of conservation
with no hundred-year franchises"
nor any grant of resources needed
by the nation for it's future protec-
ton; declared for sane regulation,
rather than government control of
public utilities, and expressed the
hope that there be left to the in
sdividual the greatest possible equali-
ty of Opportunit" and to the states
the broadest field of activity in
their proper sphere.
Declares Against League
Declaring "our foreign relations
are assuming an Importance never
known before" Mr.. Burton declared
members of the Republican party
were "by no means lacking in in
terest in what is happening in the
rest of the world nor are we I'M
WILLIS W CO-OpGLdIt III lUS 1uOSL
friendly way with less fortunate ma
tons"
I'VE have refused to Join the
League of Nations, and this is in
full accord with the wishes of the
vast majority of the American peo-
pie. as 7 believe" he added. $50
long as the league remains a politi-
cal body, inevitably dominated by
the larger nations of Europe, poison
ed with the tradition of age-long
animosities, membership is not for
us"
No fear should be felt, however,
that entrance in the world court
with the Harding Hughes reserva-
tons would involve the United
States in the league, he said. He
did not refer to the amendments
proposed by the Republican majority
in the senate foreign relations COM
mittee. but asserted that the Har
ding-Huehes proposals were "suffi-
Cent safeguards and reservations to
protect our own interests and they
do not affect the great purposes of
the court"
Illustrative Of the willingness OF
the United States to aid and associate
with other nations, the chairman
declared that America stood ready to
take the lead in another arms limita-
ton conference whenever the oc-
casion appeared suitable and that. in
the European reparations tangle.
whenever the various nations can
agree, whenever they are willing to
look to the future rather than to
the past, Americas aid will be given
without stint, and our boundless re-
sources will be available in the way
of loans for their reha Utilization and
development"
Touches on Third Party
Taking notice of indications OF
third party movement, Mr.. Burton
said a tendency in that direction was
manifest wherever parliamentary
government existed The effect, he
added, is inevitably demoralizing,