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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE," FRIDAY 'MORNIXOr JFLY-2- 3, i FULL TEXT OF HARDING'S SPEECH. OF ACCEPTANCE (Continued from th responsibilities which our system In whose councils the vice president, second official of the republic, tkhsll be asked to participate. The same vision includes a cordial on- -, ; flerstandlng and coordinated activities I with a house of congress, fresh from the which People, voicing the - convictions members bring from direct contact with cordial the and , electorate, cooperation j j along with the restored functions of the tenets, fit to bo the greatest deliberative body of the world. Its members are the designated sentinels on the towers of The resumption government. i of the senate's authority saved to this re. (public Its independent nationality, when the dream of a ; autocracy misinterpreted world experiment to be the vision of a (world ideal. but offering independent and friendship to all the world. men call for more specific details 1 If remind them that moral committals are broad and all inclusive, and we are contemplating peoples in the concord of huFrom our own manitys advancement. viewpoint, the program is specifically we to and mean be Americans American, first to all tha world. self-relia- i ' I League Stand Clear. It is not difficult. Chairman to malts ourselves dear on the question of i international We Repub- relationship. ilea ns of the senate, conscious of our sol- tmn oaths and mlndfuL of our constitutional obligations when we saw the structure of a world supergovernment taking visionary form, Joined in a becoming warning of our devotion to this republic. It, the torch, of constitutionalism had not been dimmed, the delayed peace of the world and the tragedy Of disappointment and Europe's misunderstanding of America easily might have been avoided. The Republicans of the rnate halted the barter of Independent American eminence and Influence, which It was proposed to obscure and unequal ; exchange for an place In the merged government of the Our World. party meads to hold the heritage of American nationality unimpaired fnd uhsurrendered. world will not misconstrue. We do fiot intend to hold aloof. We do not mean to shun a single responsibility of this republicInto world civilization. There is no cate tha American heart. We have I no envy, do auspiclon, no aversion for any in the world. We hold to our people rights, and mean to defend, aye, we ; mean to sustain the rights of this nation I fend 'our cltlsenfe alike, everywhere under the shining sun. Yet there is the con- Cord of amity and symisiihy and frater- filty In every reeolutlon. There Is a gen-- ! tilne aspiration to every American breast for tranquil friendship with all the world. 1 1 Lodge, Fti On.) Preserved Nationality First.' : Appraising preserved nationality as the first essential to the continued progress of the republic, there is linked with it the supreme necessity of the restoration let us say the of the constitution, and our reconstruction as an Industrial nation. Here is the transcending task". It concerns our commpn weal at home and will decide our future eminence In the world. More than them this republic, under constitutional liberties, has given to mankind the most fortunate conditions tor human activity and attainment the world has ever woled, and ws era tnrisy tha world! reserve force in the great contest for liberty through security, and maintained equality of opportunity and -- its righteous rewards. It is folly to close our eyes to qutsand-In- g facts. Humanity is restiva, much of the world Is in revolution, the agents of have wrought discord and destruction their . tragedy in pathetlo Russia, have lighted their torches among other peoples, and hops to see America as a part of the great red conflagration. Ours is the tern pis of liberty. Obey the law and it is ours to call tha sons, of opportunity to its defense, America must not only save herself, but oure mutt be the appealing voice to eober the world. Understanding Needed. More than all else the present-da- y There can world needs understanding. be no peace save through composed differences, and the submission of the individual to the will and weal of the many. means anarchy and its Any other plan rule of force. ' It must be understood that toll alone for accomplishment and advancement and righteous possession Is the reward of toll, and Its incentive. There is no progress except In the stimulus of competition. When competition natural, fair. Impelling is suppressed, whether by law, comWould Safeguard America. pact or conspiracy, we halt the march of i More, we believe the unspeakable sorprogress, silence the voice of aspiration rows, the immeasurable sacrifices the and paralyse the will for achievement. i awakened convictions, and the aspiring These are but common sense truths of conscience of human kind must commit human development. the nations of the earth to a new and I better relationship. It need not be dis-- 1 Advocate High Wages. cussed now what motives plunged the The chief trouble today is that the f world Into war, it need not be inquired world war wrought the destruction of whether we asked the sons of this re- - healthful left our storehouses public to defend our national rights, as I empty andcompetition, there la a minimum production ; believe we did, or to purge the old world our is when need Maximum maximum. I of the accumulated Ills of rivalry and not minimums is the call of America. It greed, the sacrifices will be in vain if we is not a new story, because war never i can not acclaim a new order, with added alto and leave storehouses falls and peace main- -j ways impairs depleted j security to civilisation the efficiency of production. talned. also establishes Ra higher standards One ' may readily sense the conscience of War for and wages, they abide. J our America.' I am sure I understand the 1 'wish the higher wage to abide, on one of the dominant group of the J purpose condition that the wage earner Sena t a Ws were not seeking to defeat a explicit will give full return for the wage reworld aspiration, we were resolved to ceived. the best assurance we can We were resolved have for Ita is j safeguard America. Mark reduced cost of then, even ae we are today, and will be you. I am ready to acclaimliving. highest tomorrow, to preserve this free and inde- - standard of pay, but I would ths be blind to pendent republic. Let those now respon-- 1 the responsibilities that mark this fatesi bis, or seeking responsibility, propose ful if I did not caution the wage hour ithe surrender yhethe.r.ylth Interprcta:-- i earners of Amerlca-t'h- at mounting wages-anlions apologies or reluctant reservations decreased production can lead only from which our rights are to be omitted to industrial J economic ruin. and w welcome the referendum to the j American people on the preservation of Production Needed. i America, and the Republican party I pledges its defense of the preserved in I wan somehow, to appeal to the sons and daughters of the republic, to every jheritance of national freedom. producer to Join hands and brain in pro! duction, more production, honest producpatriotic production, because patriI The rail to the conscience of America tion, production is no less a defense of our f Is peace; peace that closes tbs gaping otic beet civilisation than that of armed force. . wounds of world war and silences the lpi-- ( Profiteering Is a crime of commission, passioned voices of international envy underproduction is a crime of omission. and distrust. Heeding this call and Ws must work our most and best, else knowing as I do tha disposition of the the destructive reaction will come. We congress, I promise you formal and ef- must stabilise and strive tot normalcy, fective peace as quickly as a Republican else will bring in reaction Inevitable the congress can pass Its declaration for a its train sufferings, disappointments and Republican executive to sign. Then we reversals. Wa want to forestall such remay turn to our readjustment at home action, ws want to hold all advanced and proceed deliberately and reflectively to that hoped-fo- r world relationship, ground, and fortify it with general good shall satisfy both conscience and fortune. Let us return for a moment to the neaspirations and still hold us free from cessity for understanding, particularly I menacing involvement. that understanding which concerns our1 esn hear in the can of conscience an ii to I decline selves home. at recognise ! Insistent voice for the largely reduced .of Interest among the pararmanents throughout the world, with at- any conflict of destruction The in Industry. ticipants reduction of burdens upon peace-- 1 one tending is the ruin of the other, the suspicion We wish to give of or rebellion loving humanity. Involves one of unavoidably American influence and example; we the othtfr. jI must give of American leadership to that Invaluable accomplishment. I can speak unreservedly of the Amer- - Conflict Disastrous. In conflict is disaster, in understanding lean aspiration and the Republican' com- -t mtttal for an association of nations, co-- ! there is triumph. There is no issue reoperating in sublime accord, to attain end lating to the foundation on which induspreserve peace through justice rather try is bullded, because Industry 14 bigger than force, determined to add to security than any element in its modem making. through International law, so clarified But the insistent call la for labor, mancan bo possible agement and capital to reach understandf that no misconstruction Without affronting world honor. ing. . Ths human element comes first, and I Want the employers in Industry to underj Should Be Examplp. stand tha aspirations, ths convictions, ths This republio can never bo unmindful of the millions of American its power, and must never forget the yearnings wags earners, and I want the wage earnforce of its example. Possrasor at might ers understand to ths . problems, the , that admits no fear, Asqsrioa must stand anxieties, the obligations of management i foremost for the right If the mistaken fend capital, and all of them' must underVoice of America spoken in unheeding their relationship to the people and , haste, led Europe, in the hour of oeep-- stand obligation to the republic. Out of eat anxiety, Into a military allianoe which their coma the unanimenaces peace and threatens all freedom, this understandingto will economic Justice, and committal .Instead of adding to their security, then mous ' We must speak the truth for America and in economlo Justice ilea that social justice which Is ths highest essential to human f express our hope for the fraternised con- -, happiness. science of nations. j It win avail nothing to discuss in detail Inequalities Recognized. ; the league covenant, which was conceived for world supergovemment, negotiated in I am speaking as one, who has counted I misunderstanding, and Intolerantly urged the contents of the pay envelope from the ) and demanded by its administration spon. viewpoint of the earner as well as the No one pretends to deny the feors, who resisted every effort to safe-- : employer. guard America and who finally rejected inequalities which are manifest in mod.when such safeguards ware inserted. If ern Industrial life. They are less, in fact, the supreme blunder, has left European then they were before organisation ana relationships inextricably interwoven In grouping on either side revealed the inthe league compact, our sympathy for equalities, and conscience has wrought . Europe only magnifies our own good formore justice than statutes have comtune in resisting involvement. pelled, but the ferment of the world rivets our thoughts on the necessity of progresBetter to Be Free. sive solution, else our generation will suffer ths experiment which means chaos for It Is better to bo the free and dlsln- -' our to reestablish Gods plan tor ths day forested agent of International justice and . tomorrow. advancing civilisation, with the covenant great Speaking our sympathies uttering ths -- of conscience, than be shackled by a writ-te- a conscience all of ths people, mindful of compact which surrends dwen amid the good fortunes of action and gives to a military alliance our right to conscience-impelled advancerational, the right to proclaim Americas duty to of the majesty of rlghteoua the world. No surrender of rights to a ment. We hold withunder the taw, government, liberty world council or its military alliance, no to be our avoidance of chaos, and ws call assumed mandatory, however appealing, of citlxen the upon every republio to hold over Shan summon the sons of this refast to that which made us what ws are, public to war. Their supreme sacrifice and we will have orderly government shall only bo asked for America, and Us the onward march to all we call to honor, Thers la a sanctity in that safeguard to be, ought we wlU not delegate. right When the compact was being written, I - do not know whether Europe asked or Opposed to Classes. ambition Insistently bestowed. It was so The menacing tendency of tha praaent , good to rejolco in the world's confldencs dav is not chargeable wholly to the unin our unselfishness that I can believe our settled and fevered condition eaused by i evident disinterestedness Inspired Eu-- i the war. The manifest weakness In popropes Wish for our association, quite as ular government lies In the temptation to , much as the selfish thought of enlisting appeal to grouped eltisenshlp for political j Americas power and resource. Ours is advantage. There is no greater peril. The ; an outstanding, Influential example to the constitution contemplates no class and we cloak It in spoken recognises no group. . world, whether modesty or magnify It in exultation. We It broadly Includes an ths people, with . want to help; wo mean to help; but we specific recognition for none, and the hold to our own interpretation of the highest consecration we can make today - American conscience as tils very soul of is a committal of the Republican party to our nationality. that saving constitutionalism which contemplates ail America as one people, and To Be American First. holds Just government free from Influence on the one hand and unmoved by intimDisposed as we are, the way is Very on the other. simple. Let the failure attending assump--1 idation It would be the blindness of folly to igtlon, obstinacy, impracticability and delay nore activities in our own country ths be recognised, and let us find the big, aimed to destroy our economic unaolfluh way to do our part, whloh are ( practical, to commit us to colossal and neither covetous because of ambition nor system which both destroyed an tragedy hesitant through fear, but ready to servo freedom and madhasRussia Impotent. This ; ourselves, humanity and God. With a movement 4a not to be halted in throttled senate advising as the constitution con- llbort lee. templates, I would hopefully approach the nations of Europe and of the earth, pro-- i Defends Freedom of Speech. posing that understanding which make We must not abridge the freedom of j ui a willing participant In tha consecra-- ; tlorp-onations to a new relationship, to speech, the freedom of presa hr the free- commit-thmoral forces of the world, I dom of assembly, because there Is ne America Included, to peace and interna-- I promise In repression. These liberties or i tiutial Justice, at leaving America free, as aacred as the freedom of religious be- - ' 5 5 , S -- 5 - - , f e 111 'i lief, as Inviolable as ths rights of life and the pursuit of happiness. We do hold to ths right to crush sedition, to stifle a menacing contempt for law, to stamp out a peril to the safety of ths republic or its people, when emergency calls, because selaw are curity and the majesty of the He the first essentials of liberty. who threatens destruction of ths government by force or flaunts bis contempt for lawful authority, ceases to be a loyal citlsen and forfeits his rights to tha freedom of the republic.. Let it be Said to ail of America that our plan of popular government contemplates such orderly changes as the crystallised Intelligence of the majority of our people think best There can be no of this underlying rule, but no majority shall abridge tho rights of minority. People to Be Trusted. Men have a right to question our sys- tem In fullest freedom, but they must always remember that the rights of freedom Impose the obligations which maintain it. Odr policy is not of repression, but we make appeal today to American intelligence and patriotism, when ths republic is menaced from within. Just as we trusted - American patriotism when our righto were threatened from without. - W call on all America for- - stead! ties, so that we may proceed deliberately to the readjustment which concerns ail the people. Our party platform fairly ex- the conscience of Republicans on f tresses ndustrial relations. No party is Indifferent toth welfare of the wags' earner. To us hi good fortune is of deepest concern, and we sak to make that good fortune permanent. 'We do not oppose, but because approve collective bargaining, that Jsaa ouistandlngright,.but. wa are insistent that Its exercise must not destroy toe equally sacred right of ths individual, in hia necessary pursuit of livelihood. Any American has ths right to quit hi employment, so has every American the right to seek employ-mentThe group must not endanger the Individual and w must discourage groups upon on another, and none shall preying be allowed to forget that government's obligations are alike to all people. Certain Strikes Condemned. win attack ths high cost of government with every energy and facilwhich attend Republican capacity- - We ity promise that relief which will attend the nailing of waste and extravagance and the renewal of the practice of public economy, not aion because It will relieve tax burdens, but because it will be an example to stimulate thrift and economy in private life. , I have already alluded to the necessity for the fullness of production, and w need the fullness of Service which attends the exchange of products Let us speak the Irrefutable truth, high wages and reduced cost of living are In utter contradiction unite we have the height of efficiency for' wages received. - may' do mere than merely discourage the losses and suffering attending industrial conflict. Ths strike against ths government is properly deservice involves nied, for government none of the elements of profit which relate' to competitive enterprise. There Is progress In the establishment of official reivealment of Issues and conditions which lead to conflict, so that unerring public Sentiment may speed the adjustment, but I hope for that concord of purpose, not forced, but inspired by tha common weal, Which will give a regulated puhllo service the fullest guaranty of continuity. I am thinking of the railroads. In modern life they the the very base of all our activities and Interchanges. For public enacted laws firotectlon we hsve of tha charge for serregulation vice, a limitation on the capital invested and a limitation on capitals earnings. There remains only competition of service, on which to base our hopes for an efficiency and expansion which meet our modern requirements The railway workmen ought to be the best paid and know the beat working conditions In the world. Theirs Is an exceptional responsibility. They are not only essential to the life and health and all productive activities of the people, but they are directly responsible for the safety of traveling millions. w Private Railways Favored. should be guaranteed tha enjoyment of all their rights, that they have earned th full measure of citizenship bestowed, that their sacrifices In blood on th battlefields of th republic have entitled them to all of freedom and opportunity, all of sympathy and aid. that ths American spirit of fairness and. Justice demand. I bellev there Is an easy and open path to righteous relationship with Mexico. It haa seemed to me that our undeveloped, uncertain nnd Infirm policy baa mad ua a eulpabl party to ths govern men tal misfortune In that land. Our rotations ought to be both friendly and sympathetic; we would like to acclaim a stable government there, and offer a neighborly hand hi pointing th way to greater progress. It will bo simple Jo have a plain and neighTo Prevent Profiteering. borly understanding, merely an underabout respecting our borders, In all sincerity w promise the preven- standing about th live and possession protecting tion of unreasonable profits, challenge of American cltlaens lawfully within th profiteering with all tha moral lore and Mexican dominions There must be that the legal powers of government and peoels there Can be no recogple. but it is fair, aye, it is timely, to understanding nition and then th understanding most give reminder that law is not tha sol be faithfully kept. corrective of our economlo Ills. Let us call to an the people for thrift and economy, for denial and sacrifice; if Will Enforce Laws. need be, for a nation-wid- e drive against Many of these declarations deserve a fuller expression, with some suggestion extravagance and luxury, to a recommit tal to simplicity of living, to that prudent of plans to emphasis ths faith. Buch and normal plan of Ilf, which la th will follow In duo time, I promhealth of the republic. There haa not ise you. been a recovery from the waste and abI believe In taw enforcement. If elected, normalities of war tine (he story of I mesa to be a ooaititutionai president, was mankind first written, except and it ta impossible to Ignore the constito evade the taw, through work and saving, through indus- tution, unthinkable try and denial, while needlesssjepdlng when our everj eomralttal ia to orderly and heedless extravagance have' marked government. , People ever will differ about every decay In the history of nations the wisdom of th enactment of a taw Olve ths assurance of that rugged aim there u divided opinion respecting the enpllclty'of American life which marked eighteenth amendment and th laws can the first century of amaslng development acted to make it operative but there and . this generation may underwrite a be no difference of opinion about honest taw enforcement second century of surpassing accomplish ment. Neither government nor party can afford to cheat the American people Th taws Founded by Fanners. of congress must harmonise with the . sis they soon are adjudged The Republican party was founded by constitution, to be void; 'congress enacts tbs taws, and farmers, with the sensitive conscience the executive branch of government ia born of their freedom and their simple W can not with enforcement. lives These founders sprang from ths charged nullify because of divided opinion, we farms of the then middle west. Our can not Jeopardise orderly government party ha never failed In Its realisation with contempt for law enforcement Modthat agriculture is essentially the founda- ification or repeal la the. right of a free tion of our very existence, nnd it hat the deliberate and Inwhenever tver- been odr policy, purpose and per- people, sentiment command, but telligent public formance to protect and promote that esto and evasion mark the sential industry. Sid failure of government Itself. paths New conditions, which attend amaslng growth and extraordinary industrial de- Soldiers Are Praised. velopment. call for a new and forward-lookin- g program. The American farmer Though not la n partisan sense, I must had a hundred and twenty million to feed speak of tho service of th men and woIn the home market and heard the cry of men who rallied to the colors of tha retha world for food and snawered It, publio In the world war. America realtmotigh be faced an appalling task amid ises and appreciates th services renhandicaps never encountered before. dered, th sacrifices made and th sufIn the rise of price levels thers have ferings endured.' There shall be no discome increased appraisals to hie acres tinction between those who knew the without-addito their value In fact, but perils and glories of th battle front or which do add to hi taxes and expendithe dangers of tha sea, and thoa who tures without enhancing hia returns. His were compelled to serve behind the lines, helpers have yielded to the lure of shop or those who constituted the great reand city, until, almost alone, he has met serve of a grand army which awaited the and borne the burden of the only in- call In camps at home. sistent attempts to force down prices. All were brave, ail were sacrificing, an It challenges both the wisdom and the were sharers of these ideals which sent Justice of artificial drives on prices to our boys thrice-arme- d to war. Worthy recall that they were effective almost sons and daughters, thee; fit successors solely against his products In the hand to thos who christened our banners In of the producer and never effective tha immortal beginning, worthy sons of against ths same products in passing to those who saved the Union and nationthe consumer. Contemplating t,.e defense-leaane- ality when civil war wiped the ambiguity of the individual farmer to meet from the constitution, ready sons of those the organised buyer of his products and who drew the sword for humanity sake, ths distributors of ths things the farmer the first time In the world, in 1898. hold I farmers should not on that million defenders land The four and buys, only be permitted, but encouraged, to join in cooperative association to reap the just measure of reward merited by their arduous toil. Let ua facilitate cooperation to Insurq against ths risks attending agrlqulture which the urban world so little understands, and a Ilk cooperation to market their products as directly as possible jrlth the consumer, in the interests of all. Upon auch association and cooperation should be laid only such restrictions as will prevent arb itrary co lit roT of ou r food supply and ths fixing of extortionate price upon it. evil, and w -- unalterably I hope 1920. ng as , The government which has assumed so much authority for the public good might well stamp railway employment with the sanctity of public service and guarantee the railway employees that justice which voices the American conception of righteousness on the one hand, and asaure The importance of the railway rehabilitation is so obvious that reference aeems uncalled for. We are so confident that much of the present-da- y insufficiency and Inefficiency of transportation are due to the withering hand of government operation that we emphasise anew our opposition to government ownership; we want to expedite the reparation, and make sure the mistake is not repeated. It it little use to recite toe story of development, exploitation, government experiment and lto neglect, government operation and its failures! The inadequacy of, trackage and terminal facilities, the insufficiency of equipment and tho inefficiency of operation all bear the blighting stamp of governmental incapacity during federal operation. Restoration Needed. The work of rehabilitation under the restoration of private ownership deserves our best encouragement. Billions arp needed In new equipment, not alone to meet the growing demand for service, but to restore the extraordinary depreciation due to the strained service of war. With reatricted earnings and with speculative profits removed, railway activities have come to the realm of conservative and constructive service, and the government which impaired must play its part in must restoration. Manifestly be so gauged that necessary capital may we be enlisted, and must foster as well I restrain. We have no more pressing problem. A, state of Inadequate transportation facilities. mainly chargeable to the failure of governmental experiment, is losing millions to agrioulture, it is hindering Industry, U is menacing the American people with a fuel shortage little lees than a the present-da- y peril. It . emphasizes problem and suggests that spirit of encouragement and assistance which commits all America to relieve such an emergency. Federal Roads Urged. The on compensation amid attending anxieties hr our new and needed realization of the vital part transportation plays In the complexities of modern Ufe. We are not to think of rails alone, but highways from farm to market, from railway to farm, arteries of life blood to present-da- y life, the quickened ways of communication and exchange, the answer of our people to the motor age. We believe in generous federal cooperation in construction, linked with assurances of maintenance that will put an end to criminal waste of public funds on the one hand and give guaranty of upkept highways oa the other. Water transportation is Inseparably linked with adequacy of facilities, and we favor American eminence on the seas, the practical development of Inland waterways, ths upbuilding and coordination of all to make them equal to and ready for every call of developing and widening American commeroe. I like that recommittal to thoughts Of America first which pledges tha Panama canal, an American of American creation, to the free us shipping. It will add to the American reawakening. . of sea were worthy of th beat traditions never people never warlike In peace and our commanded pacifists in war. They which pride, they have our gratitude, la not muet have genuine expression. It that see to only a duty, it Is a privilege and be shall requited, mads sacrifices th that those still suffering from casual!! and disabilities shall be abundantly a and restored to the highest capabilities of eitisenahip and Ra enjoyment. Th womanhood of America, always Its Its Inspiration and th potent, deglory, force in It social and spiritual velopment, is about to be enfranchised. In so far as congress can go, th fact is already accomplished. By party edict, by my recorded vote, by personal conviction, I am committed to this measure pf Justice. It Is my earnest hope, my sincere desire that the one needed state vote be th quickly recorded in th affirmation ofvote right of eoual suffrage and that the of every cltisen shall be cast and counted in Jhe approaching election. a d-- Friend of Suffrage. Let us, not share the apprehensions .of many men and women a to the danger of this momentous extension of th franchise.'' Women have never been without influence in our political Ufa. Enfranchisement will bring to ths polis tha vote of cltlaens who have been born upon our soli, or who have sought iu faith and assurance the freedom and opportunities of our laud. It will bring th women educated in our schools, trained in our custom and habits of thought, and sh&reri of our problem a It will bring th alert mind, the awakened conscience, the sure Intuition, the abhorrence of tyranny or oppression, the wide and tender sympathy that distinguish th women of America. Surely there can be no danger there. woAna to the great number of noble men hav been opposed in conviction this tremendous change in the ancient relation of the sexes as applied to government, I venture to plead tht they will accept the full responsibility of enlarged cittsenship and give to the- - best in the republic their suffrage and support. my natural self If I did not utter my consciousness ot my limited ability to meet or to realize th your full expectations, own breast, but I aspirations within my will gladlv give all that is- to me. ail of heart, soul and mind and abiding love ef country, to service in our common cause. I can only pray to th Omnipotent God that I may be worthy in service as I know myself to be faithful In thought and purpose. One can not give more. MindI must ful of the vast 'responsibilities, be frankly humble, but I have that confidence In consideration of he support of which makes m all true Americans unalterable faith wholly unafraid. With an with a hymn of and in a hopeful spirit, I pledge fidelity to service in my heart, our country and to God and accept the nomination of the Republican party tot the presidency ot the United States. . - Senator Lodges Formal Address MARION Ohio, July 22. his formal notificatioir:-addres- s, Senator Lodge said: . Senator Harding, w are assembled th here aa a committee representing of thjj states, territories and possessions anto you formal United States to make nouncement of your nomination for th office of president of the republio on June 1 last, at Chicago, by the Republican national convention. Tbls duty Is to us aa pleasing aa it Is honorable, but wa are also deeply conaoioua .of Its far. Wo fully apprereaching Importance. ciate that what you say to us today will not only be read and pondered by all th American people within tha confines of the United States, but also by all other civilized nations Her today you, will chart the course - to be followed by th Republican party- to th great electo' contest which lies before us and- wlU de Believes in America. eta re your purposes and those of the Much has .sen said of brt about world party you lefd when the authority of ideals, but I prefer to think of the ideal government is once more committed to for America, I ilk to think there Is our keeping. . V , . something more than th patriotism and fathers. of the wisdom founding practical Await In Confidence. It Is good to bellev that maybe destiny "We await thl declaration untroubled the held this new world republio supreme example of representative de- by any doubts and with tha most enfamiliar mocracy and orderly liberty by which hu- tire confidence. All who are and most and career, manity Is Inspired to higher achievement. with your character It Is Idle to think we have attained per- especially those who have taken part knowl-edxknow n with you in public service, fection, bur there is th satisfying a peradventur that you are a pathat we hold orderly processes for spirit making our government reflect the heart triotic American, imbued with the Washof th great leaders of th past, of and mind of the republic. serwhose and Roosevelt, Lincoln Is but not Ours ington, only a fortunate people, S very commoneenslcal people, with vision vices to th American people have beIn our memorable history. high, out their feet on th earth; with be- come forever lief in themselves and faith In God. You will always, and Ihstlnctlvely, In' difficult questions and Whether enemies threaten from without meeting tha or menaces arts from within, there Is weighty responsibilities which confront some Indefinable voice saying, xiave you, think with complete unselfishness of confidence in the republic! America will your country and your countrys" Interests first, a high qualification tor an go on! Hero la a tempi of liberty no storms ezaltsd offic not too familiar to us of necessary kt may shake; hero are the altars of free- late and therefore peculiarly dom no passions shall destroy. It was this moment You will, wo are certain, American in conception, American in its be ever faithful to the finest traditions and at the same building; it shall b American in ths ful- of the Republican partysure that you are fillment, Sectional once, w are all Amer- Mm we are equally In ican now, and we mean to be ail Amer- wUely tolerant and with th beat movements of the icana to all the. world. Mr. Chairman, members of the commitSixteen.) (Continued on P tee, my countrymen, all; I would not be - , to-b- e eym-pat- open-minde- d. 'Store Closed A 11 Day Saturday Concerned -- With Agriculture. Our platform la an earnest pledge of renewed concern for this most essential and elemental industry, and in both appreciation and interest we pledge effective expression in law and practice. We will hail that cooperation which again will make profitable and "desirable the ownership and operation small of comparatively farms intensively cultivated, and which will facilitate the caring for the product Of farm and orchard without the lamentable waste under present conditions America would look with anxiety on the discouragement, of farming activity either through the government's neglect or lta paralysis by socialistic praotlcea. A Republican administration will be committed to renewed regard for agriculture and seek the participation of farmers incurring the Ills justly complained of, and aim to place the American farm where it ought to be highly ranked In American activities and fully sharing the highest good fortunes of American life. Reclamation ' Advocated. Becomingly asaoclated with this subject are the policies of irrigation and reclamation so essential to agricultural expansion, and the continued development of the great and wonderful west. It Is our purpose to continue and enlarge federal aid. not in sectional partiality, but for the good of all America. We hold to that harmony of relationship between conservation and department, which fit-- ; ttngly appraises our natural resources and to developing makes them available America of today, and atilt holds to the for the America' of conservating thought the tomorrow. , The federal governments relation to reclamation and development ia too Important to admit of ample discussion today. Alaska alone I . rich in resources Beyond all imagination and needs only closer linking, through the lines of transportation and a governmental policy that both safeguards and encourages develop ment, to speed it to a foremost position as a commonwealth, rugged In citlsen-aht- p and rich in materialised resources These things I can only mention. Within becoming limits one cannot say more. Indeed, for the present many questions of vast importance must be hastily passed, reserving a fuller discussion to suitable occasion as the campaign advances. Budget System Indorsed.,, I believe the budget system win effect necessary, helpful reformation, and reveal business methods to government busineaa 1 believe federal departments should be made more businesslike and send back to productiv effort thousand of federal employees, who are either duplicating work or not essential at all, I believe in the protective tariff policy and know we will be calling for its saving Americanism again. I believe in a great merchant marine I would have this republic th leading maritime nation of th world. I believe in a navy ample to protect It, and able to assure us dependable defense. Living Cost a Problem. 1 believe In a small army, but the best One cannot speak of Industry and comin the world, with a mindfulness for premerce, and the transportation on which paredness which will avoid the vtluttsra-bl- e cost of our previous neglect. they are dependent without an earnest thought of tha abnormal cost of living Would in lta and the problems Expand Trade wake, it is easy to inveigh, but that avails nothing. And believe in - our eminence in trade I It is far too serious to dismiss with flam- abroad, which the government should aid ing, but futile, promises. in both in revealing markets Light years ago. in times of peace, the and.expanding, speeding cargoes. Democratic party mad it an issue, and I believe In establishing standards for when clothed with power that party cam which are concerned with near to Its accomplishment by destroy- Immigration the future citizenship of the republic, not ing ths people's capacity to buy. But that with mere manpower in Industry. was a cure worse than the ailment. It is I believe that every man who dons the essy to understand tu real causes, after garb of American citizenship and walks which tha patient must help to effect his in xhe light of American opportunity must own cur. become American in heart and , soul. Gross expansion of currency and credit I believe in holding feat to every forhave depreciated the dollar just as ex- ward step in unshackling child tabor and inflation has discredited pansion apd the conditions of womans employcoins of the world. W Inflated in haste, elevating ment. we must deflate in deliberation. We deI believe the federal' should based the dollar in reckless finance, w stamp out lynching andgovernment remove must restore In honesty. Deflation on tha from th fair name of America. that. stain one hand and restoration of the nt I believe the federal government should dollar on the other ought to have be- give its effective aid In solving tha probgun on the day After the armistice, but lem of ample and becoming housing of plant were lacking or courage failed. The Its citizenshslp. unpreparedness for peso was little less I believe this government should make costly than unpreparedness for war. Its Liberty and Victory bonds worth ail that its patriotic cltlaens paid In purchasWin Deflate Currency . ing them. W can promise no one remedy which Tax Adjustment Favored. will euro an 111 of such wide proportions, but ws do pledge that earnest and conI believe th tax burden imposed for sistent attack which the party platform th war emergency must be revised to covenants. W will sttsmpt intelligent th needs of peace, and In th Interest of and courageous deflation and striks at equity in distribution of th burdsn. 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