Show SENATOR HARDIN SOUNDS address to 0 0 P convention by temporary chairman EARNEST PLEA FOR HARMONY national defense Protect protective iv a tariff square deal for business and straight americanism set forth as Count rys needs chicago juno june 7 senator warren G harding of oe ohio as temporary chairman of the republican national convention today sounded the keynote of the party a campaign his address was in part pait as follows gentlemen of tho convention it Is good to greet this representative body of that american republican ism on which are centered the high hopes of 0 the republic I 1 can believe nay I 1 know that a vast majority of the people of our united united states Is ii ex pecking the party sponsors here assem bled to write anew the sacred cove nant ot of republicanism and the party to the nations bel vice and the peoples advancement that same majority expects you to select a standard bearer wha shall not only typify our expression of faith but shall so enlist the confidence and trust of our american citizenship that the work of this convention will be con firmed overwhelmingly at the ballot box next november the country wearied afresh by a disappointing and distressing demo cratic administration is calling for republican relief and there la Is every inspiration every encouragement evi ery confidence that the light of lican conscience set aflame in this convention will illumine the way to the count rys restoration we did not do very well in making for harmony the last time we met the country has regretted let us forget and make amends to our country we did ao divide over fundamental principles W gedid did not disagree over a national policy y we split over methods of pirty party procedure and preferred i personal personalities personally ll e g let us forget the differences feren ces and find new inspiration an and d new compensation in an united endeavor to restore the country the essential principles of republicanism lican ism are unchanged and unchong ing the lofty intent the indestructible soul and the undying spirit of re aro re as dominant today as lu in the destined beginning GO 60 years ago or at any time during the intervening years and they are emphasized today by the proof recorded to republican credit in the matchless chapters of american progress the world at war much of the discussion of the hour Is hinged upon a world at war we need not wonder thereat because the enormity of the conflict and the influences of its upheaval have set mankind in upheaval the traditions of civilization have been broken and international ter laws have been ignored there Is a tidal wave of distress and disaster there are violent emotions and magnified tears fears there are the extremes of incalculable sacrifices and measureless new fortunes not all american there are new wonders and new hindrances in commerce changed balances of trade new marvels in finance and utterly changed economic conditions these have attended embarrassments embarrass ments in our foreign relations as difficult as those which the individual citizen experiences whose every neighbor is involved in deadly quarrel everything Is abnormal except the depleted condition of the federal treasury which Is characteristic of democratic control and the facility of the administration in writing varied notes without effective notice amid these conditions has baa stood this unarmed giant typifying the american republic neutral and sane to whom the neutral nations have turned tor for leadership our national unselfishness had been proven our devotion to humanity had been established out our committal to international justice had bad long been proclaimed the world had bad previously heard the voice of american fearless earless dess and all the conditions single us out tor for leadership among the neutral powers but the administration at washington spoke with more rhetoric than resolution and we came to realize what the warring powers soon ame to know that the official american voice lacked at ked the volume of do determined ter mined expression that once demanded international heed and we lacked the strength of confidence in mr ur own defenses for national defense perhaps it iq E v jer more than A discovery bli has come to us a conviction t tt lt t UIS ula great nation rich in resources and strong in patriotic manhood has been negligent concerning its own defense we have dwelt in fancied rather than real security pride mingles with regret in this because it suggests the tho mind of a nation so free from intended of tenee bense that there was no cultivated thought of needed defense our righteousness of purpose is portrayed in our trust in unarmed safety but there Is a warning jn ln bleeding europe and there Is a call today tor for prudent prudant patriotic and ample nat national lonal defense Th there erets IB no mistaking the i sentiment wo vo are not ib thinking inking of the hysterical we not be moved by a preparedness which la is partisan in conception welleda Wel we need leea not believe in a defense propaganda inspired by tho those se who aim to wax tat fat in the production of arms and munitions because e there is none I 1 deplore the teaching I 1 ig that an anxiety about our national defense Is inspired by greed we rejoice in tree free speech and free press and untrammeled opinion but patriotism Is illy promoted by the lm put atlon of false motives whether aimed at those who believe in defense or those who doubt its wisdom such a teaching rends the concord of citizenship zen ship which may develop a worse peril from within than from any eu en emy without though we do not pretend to be exclusive in our devotion we we republicans believe sincerely Ince rely and soberly in adequate national defense we have always believed in an ample navy as invincible in modern might as john paul jones in our freedoms earliest earli eat fight we have in mind a protected commerce on the waters and a seacoast secure in strong naval defense we vere building to high rank among naval powers when the democratic party interrupted and we subscribe to a stronger committal now because of a new realization aliza tion of the envy which our wealth and our commerce invite and a new appreciation of our commanding place in the affairs of the world I 1 shall botsay that it is IB ours to have the greatest navy in the world but noting the elimination of distance and the passing of our onetime isolation we ought to have a navy that tears fears none in the world and can say any time and anywhere these are american rights and must be respect respected orl no curso curse of militarism let no one apprehend the curse of militarism in this fair lard W declare unalterably against it our free citizenship walking confidently absorbed in the triumphs of peace would tolerate no such blight on american institutions there is no surrender of cherished ideals with that yearning tor for peace which has marked our continued development with that same committal to justice which has given us front rank in the Q ia Z V A senator warren G harding onward march of civilization with that rare unselfishness which led us to un sheath the sword for human itys sake and put all territorial aggrandizement aside with that belief in the square deal individual national and international which Is the foundation of american faith we mean to go on an exemplar of peace to all the nations an arbiter of justice to all the world a promoter of righteousness to all the people of the earth at the same time we have more to do than to chart a national course through the waters surging with the turbulence of war our inspiring course Is on the highway of peace our armed defense must ever be linked with our industrial self rell reli ance and the nation worth dying tor for must first be worth living for out of natures prodigality we have incalculable resources and limitless possibilities bili ties and there Is need only for the unhindered application of mans genius and industry to make us as independent industrially as we are tree free politically ample defense rests on industrial freedom slid and self reliance as well as patriotic sad sacrifice and industrial preparedness gives that assurance of material good fortune in peace on which must be founded all our higher aspirations tho the protective policy subsistence is the first requisite of exia existence tence and we have bave the higher american standard if living because of the republican protective policy which makes of americans the best paid workmen in all the world out of the abundance of employment and higher compensation together with the beckoning opportunity which otters offers every reward wa w americans have attracted the laborers of the earth and set new stand standards ardd here it is not tor for me to put the stamp of relative importance on pending issues the intelligent voters will determine that for themselves dut but I 1 know what they thay are thinking and they believe that the protective policy which made us industrially and commercially merci ally eminent Is necessary to 0 o pre preserve servo that eminence I 1 know they want it restored reb and maintained for myself I 1 prefer a protective and productive tariff which prospers america first I 1 choose the economic policy which sends the american working men to the savings banks rather than the soup houses I 1 commend the plan under which the healthful glow of prospering business Is reflected in every face from rom the great captain of industry to the schooling child of the dally daily wage earner the democratic party la Is always concerned about the american consumer our republican achievement is the making of a nation of prospering producers and by producers I 1 mean ev ery human being who applies muscle or skill or brain or all to the conversion of natures na turca abundance into tile necessities and luxuries of life or participates in the ways and means of their transportation and exchange far better a high cost coot of living and ability to buy than a lowering of cost attended by destruction of eine capacity square dial deal for business Busl nesi no honest business in this country to is too big to be good and useful or too little to be protected and encouraged find and both big and little deserve the american shield against destruction by foreign competition and protection from the raiders political or I 1 otherwise at home business and its ita agencies of transportation are so inseparable from each other and from the common weal that the political party which does not pledge them a square deal no more and no less does not deserve the confidence of the people the strength of the ibe business heart shows in every countenance in all the land and the weakness of that heart holds a nati nation 0 n ia 1 W we 0 mu must 8 t strengthen the heart of american business iii in government operation cooperation co rather than official opposition i it Is not inspiring to recite democratic failures I 1 shall not dwell on that bartys insincerity or incapacity the country indicts indices and the record convicts it proclaimed the sacredness of its pledges and then profaned them it professed economy and la irl staggered by its own extravagance it has turned adequacy or revenue under direct and unfelt taxes to clency and direct taxation n the national expand expansion ion the president has said ours Is a provincial party evidently forgetting the federalist founding of our nationality and republican expansion to greater national glory the democratic party not only falls to grasp our immensity and importance it Is ia sectional on the mainland and unheeding of our island possessions its vision does not catch the splendor ot of old glory in the sunlight of the world right mcw when the devouring flames of war are burning most fiercely when our national view must be ba worldwide world wide to tc ba b a comprehensive the tha democratic administration has proposed to set adrift an island empire in violat ln i of our obligations to the tha world to bile ofle philippine people and ourselves s no administration which k hauls bauls down the flag and nae none which proposes to haul it down ever can succeed in directing the affairs of the tha american people one century of marvelous development has led us into another century of international sponsorship this mighty people idealizing popular government and committed to human progress can ro no longer live within and tor for ourselves alone obliterated distance makes it impossible to stand aloof from mankind and escape widened responsibility if we are to beco bacome me the agency of a progressive civilization and gods great intent and to belleve believe otherwise Is to deny the proofs of american development we must assume the responsibilities ot of influence and example and accept the tha burdens of enlarged participation to meet the obligations we must first make sure of maintained mental moral and physical health at home the american spirit in the travail of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness the american soul was born set aglow at bunker hill it was reflected in tho faces of patriots of a tearless fearless republic where men dedicated themselves to the solemn and momentous task which was traced by an infinite hand they were not all americans by birth but they were dedicated americans in the baptismal rites of a new republic and a new patriotism they could not all sign the declaration ot of independence but they committed all americans to it for all succeeding time they could not all join in making the constitution but they pledged the succeeding millions of americans americana to its everlasting defense the gates of our ports have swung inward ever since there has been a welcome to the foreign born whom we asked to drink freely of the waters of our political life and find their places in the sun of american opportunity they are an inseparable and important and valued part of american citizenship and the few zealous zealots ot of any origin who violate our neutrality do not and cannot impugn the loyalty or the american patriotism of that great body which adds to the swelling chorus of my country of thee sweet land of lf liberty berty it Is not surprising that in their hearts there to is sympathy or partiality for the land of their nativity when it is involved in a life and death struggle like that which saturates europe with the blood of their kinsmen search your hearts deeply my countrymen one must be human to be an american he be must have human sympathies and human loves and I 1 should pity the foreign born and the sons of for eign born whose very souls are not wrung by the cataclysmal sorrow of the old world but sorrow to is the test of soul and the very altar of 0 se this is the momentous hour tor for the blazing soul of american allegiance the spirit ot of the fathers la Is calling and the safety of unborn americans americana is demanding and tho security of the republic is requiring that now and here bere and everywhere under the star and stripes we proclaim a plain simple glad aud and unalterable americanism it must be the tha offering of loyalty and devotion and love and trust and life it if need b be to these united states now and everlasting |