The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-18
COMMON SENSE
 POLITICAL TALK
 IS DAWES PLEA
c. o. P. Nominee Speaks From Front Porch To
 Evanston Friends

CHICAGO, June 17.-(By The As sociated Press. IA commonsense cam paign with strict adherence to the truth and no quarter for the demagogue and no quarter asked, will be conducted by General Charles G. Dawes, republican vice presidential nominee, he told his friends and neighbors, gathered tonight on the Dawes home lawn in Evanston, on the shore of Lake Michigan.
 The dynamic banker and soldier, author of the Dawes reparations report, left no doubt that he will be seen and heard in a. speaking tour of the nation, calling for an end to preachments of prejudice and passion. His words to- night were his first extended utter ance since his nomination.
 Butler Attends
 The reception, attended by William NJ. Butler, new chairman of the repub- lican national committee, amounted to an unofficial notification of his nomina- tion. The official notification is expected to come next month also at the Dawes home. There tonight, James A. Pat ten, business man and philanthropist, in words of neighbOrly praise and pride rendered to General Dawes, the felicita- tions of his friends and neighbors.
 The general, in response, speaking to members of ali parties and avoiding partisan utterance, spoke in part as follows:
 You have done me a great honor in gathering here, irrespective of party and simply as my friends and neigh bors in Evanston, where have lived for so many years.
 T know you want me to say some thing and yet upon such an occasion as this it would be unseemly in me to speak in a partisan manner. But it occurs to me that there is one subject which may be called political and yet is thoroughly hon-partisan-a subject upon which all good citizens, whatever may be their party, must agree-and that is the course of demogoguery in political discussions in this country. To such an extent has grown this evil among the politicians of both parties that the real facts and the economic principles involved in questions of na- tional policy are continually obscured by dense and putrid fog bank of demagogic argument, designed simply for the purpose of forwarding selfish DeFSOHdI dHu SEOup InJeTeStS.
 Cites European Example
 q have recently returned from Europe, where I have seen prostrated industry and human suffering the ef- fects of five years of demagogic politi- cal appeals to the passions and preju- dices of the different peoples as dis tinguished from appeals to their req son and common sense. To the very brink of the abyss has Europe been brought by this method of treating serious questions, involving great ele- mental and economic principles. To save herself she has abandoned the demagogue and returned to common sense.
 'An orgy of demagogism has been running rife in the world and we here in the United States are feeling it's de vastating effect. All good republicans and all good democrats who put their country above their party demand the beginning of an era of common sense in public discussions. As human be- ings, whatever may be our party, we are bound to differ on many subjects, but as good citizens we can unite to demand from those who represent us in political debate that they present our differences honestly and from the standpoint of truth-not from the stand point of passion and prejudice.
 ''The~man who distorts facts-the man who breaches pleasant doctrines to one portion of our people and an- ther pleasant but absolutely inconsist- ent doctrine to another portion, is menace to the safety of our fundamen- tai institutions. As good citizens ire spective of party we must demand from our political leaders a strict adherence to the truth, including disagreeable truth.
 "In the campaign which is before me, and as a duty which l owe not simply to a party but to the citizens of the United States 1 pledge myself to adhere to the truth and to the com mon sense conclusions to be drawn therefrom. As to the demagogue of the stump whatever may be his party, I want it distinctly understood that in the coming campaign l ask no quarter and will give none. In this, at least I know that l will have the sympathy of alf good citizens irrespective of par ty and l hope our political opponents will follow the same course. Let com mon sense reign.
 When this campaign is over what ever maybe the result, I want to come back to my home town still holding the respect of my neighbors."
 A Front Porch Affair
 The reception took on many of the characteristics of the front porch" campaigns made famous by President Harding and President Mckinley when rain began to fall as the crowd was gathering on the spacious lawn of the Dawes home.
 General Dawes invited all to come up on the wide veranda where a band from the Great Lakes Naval training station entertained them. Previous to the evening reception General Dawes had entertained a few neighbors and friends at dinner, including William Butler, chairman of the republican na- tional committee.
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