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Show I BLiNO SOLDIERS I HEARHARDING j Solemn Pledge to Preserve the' Flag They Saw Is Made by Nominee MARION, O . Auk. 26 Al the close H of n speech yesterday. Senator Hard-In Hard-In turned from his nudler.ee to two H Isltlns soldiers, both blind. -d In the H Arsonne. and solemnly made a public H pledge that "there never shall be a H niibstitute for the Stars and Stripes' H they Inst beheld." H The personal touch which brought ( ft momentary hush over the gathering H and then was echoed In a roaring ma- H lnnehc of cheers, followed a broader H promise to the world that In Its ef-l H forts for International concord Amer-l H lea never would surrender Its nation-: H kitty and a atiKRestlon that It would ; H be better "to cultlvute waiting oppor- H tunltles In friendly soil of the new H world than chase a phantoni amid th- envli-s and rivalries of the old." Art isis DEMOCRATS H The Republican nominee asked fori H Bn crnmental and Individual pconomy H Btslp to reduce the cost of living, dl I- H ilured for a policy of federal main- H tenance of public highways, and ap-j H pealeil to the sex prejudice. The Dem- H ocratlc administration he accused of H "premeditated" neglect In preparing H for the great war and of tardln - H making provision for a return to a H lie also paid a tribute to Theodore H ItmiMevelt and declared his conviction H (hat "were he liv ing, 1 would in i .... V. - H Ing for him at this moment as our H tandldate for president." B The greater part of the speech. l. hvered from the front porch to a .lele- H atln from Wyandot county, Ohio, H was devoted to goernnvnt MonoHI) H Ths Hepubllcan congres. S. Harding Mid, had saved nearly a bil- H Sop dollars by paring down DstnOi H .i ppt .tprtatlon proposals and thus had H applied "the one available r i H toward a reduction In the cost H mg ie suggested it be iiffi- H tilt to suggest any pnrMi.il.n rem- H dy," for llv InK ost. mil daclared the B government at least "should stop H . v- ivagance as git example to Indlvl- dtial r. PR PAR I ION M .l I i I I I) H Assorting that the administration H ixplaln whv It dl.lr pre pare sooner for the war, the candidate H charged that administration officials "knew we could not escape invohe-ment invohe-ment ." "That nejriect was premeditated." he Continued, 1 and the American people Who are forced to meet the overwhelming overwhelm-ing costs of that neglect have a Just reason to hold the administration to Qf r.-iiint " in espotiMnir "pan -American comity com-ity much dreamed about, hut so little realized, the nomine,. issrrte that "Nobody has a thought of American nloftness,' or of any failure to make full contribution to world progress. Hy pointing Its effects toward harmony har-mony among the nations of this hemisphere, hemis-phere, be said, the T'nltr-d State could a c ompllsh good In a field where trade Interest and political aspirations .in-mutual. .in-mutual. The two blind sod'.er were Klmor Stevens and -Tos-ph Hulln, w'ho had come with the Wvnndot delegation and had been seated behind the senator as he talked T ) BUND! I s it.TMF.RS "Thev were blinded under the fla. our flag In the Argonne rnld the nntnlnoe. after he had turned atten tlon to them. "I want to publlclly pledge to them and to their comrad-s who suffered Impairment the republic's repub-lic's unfailing and grateful consideration consider-ation And T want to pledge them something more. I know what Inspired their heroism They were fighting for America and American rights. If It hud been for democracy alone, they would have gone when Helgltim was invaded If It hnd been for humanity alone, they would have answered the I.usltanln's sinking. Their hearts wen-stirred, wen-stirred, their supreme offering was made as America was Imperiled. "They can never see. again Old (ilorv sublime at home and Signalling our concept of freedom and Justice throughout the world. Hut I pledge to them an assurance In their hearts which their blind eyes can not convey there never shull be va substitute for i ihe Stars and Strip, s they last beheld." |