Show SENATOR HRDING SOUNDS KEYNOTE address to G 0 P convention by temporary chairman EARNEST PLEA FOR HARMONY iny national detente defense protective tariff square deal for business and straight americanism set forth as a country need needs chicago june 7 senator warren 0 harding of 0 ohio as temporary chair roan man of thu republican national convention today bounded sounded tue tae keynote of the campaign lie lils address was la in part as follows gentlemen ft tf the convention it Is to good to greet reef th this representative body of that american republican ism on which ere are centered the high hopee hopes of the republic I 1 cau can believe nay vay I 1 know now that a vast majority ot of the people of at our united states Is ex peeling the party sponsors here assem bled to write anew the sacred cove nant of Pe republicanism and tho the party to the nation a service and the peo peoples plem advancement that ame 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 athla convention will be con firmed overwhelmingly at the ballot box next november the country wearied afresh by a disappointing and distressing democratic administration Is calling for republican relief and there Is to every inspiration every encouragement encourage encouragement meni ev ery confidence that the light of republican conscience let set aflame in this convention will illumine lumino ll the way to the country rost restoration oration we did not do very well in making for harmony the last time we met the country has rog regretted retted let us for Ke taid make amends tn nor country we wa did not divide over ever fundamental arin aples we did not disagree over a national policy we split over meth ads of at party darty priced r ra and preferred personalities let lat va forget the dif dit feren ferencis fer encee ces and find new inspiration and new now compensation in au united en deavor to restore the country the essential principles of at li canista are unchanged anu ing the lofty intent the ble bl soul andade undying spirit of no ire re as dominant today as la in the destined beginning 60 years ago or at any time during the intervening years and they are campha sized today by the proof recorded to republican credit in the matchless chapters of american progress the world at war much of the discussion of at the hour Is hinged upon a world at war we need not wonder thereat because the enormity of at the conflict and the anfu once of at if its upheaval have sot sod man kind la in upheaval the traditions of civilization have bean been broken and in ter national aws have been ignored thore la Is a fadal dal wave ways of at distress and eisa ri stair are violent emotions and magnified magnI tears fears there are the extremes of incalculable sacrifices and measureless new fortunes not all american there ere new won der ders and new hindrances la in corn com merce changed balances of at trad new now marvela marvels la in and utterly changed economic conditions these have attended in our out foreign relations as difficult as those chia U oe individual citizen expert cocea whose every neighbor Is in evolved in deadly quarrel everything ll 11 abnormal except the depleted con ditton of at the federal treasury which Is to of at Demo cratto io con trot and the facility of the in writhie varied notes with out effective notice amid three those conditions ha ba stood this unarmed giant typifying the american republic neutral and sane to whom the neutral nations have tor for leadership our national unselfishness bad had been proven out our devotion to humanity had bad been es our committal to dional justice had bad long been proclaimed ti the world hail had previously heard the voice of at american fearless ass and all the conditions single as s out for leadership among the neutral powers but the administration at spoke with more than resolution and we came to bat hat the warring powen powers soon care to know now that the official amr amer acu voice ib lu bed d the act of d 1 tOr tallied exert aslon 1 that once demanded international heed beed and we lacked me tie stitt irth of confidence in tur ur own defenses def enies for national defense perhaps it ts is a reminder more than a discovery but there has come to us an a conviction that this great nation rich in resources and throng in patriotic p manhood has been negligent concerning its own defense we have bays dwelt in fancied gratzer than real security pria mingles with in this thic because it sug suggests gesta the mind of a nation notion sc anve from intended of lanso to there wae was no cultivated thought ct needed defense o clr tous of at purpose Is portrayed porA rayed in our triet in unarmed safety ont there Is a warning in bleeda g europe and here there ie Is a call today for r ani ru dent pair patriotic folic and ample national de r ft as there Is to BO to mistaking the sen cn timing VP ve are mo not nat thinking of the b we need not no t be moved by preparedness which Is partisan in conception ve e need not believe in a defense propaganda inspired by I 1 e who aim im to wax tat fat in be lie production duct lon of arms and munitions be cause there la Is none I 1 deplore the teaching that an anxiety about our na lional defense Is inspired by greed we rejoice in tree free speech and free press and untrammeled opinion but patriotism to lily promoted by the lm lin of at false motives whether aimed at those who believe in defense or those who doubt its it wisdom such a teaching rend rends the concord of CHI i zen thip which may develop a worse peril from wil willilu lilik than from sey avy en enay emy without though we do not pretend to be each alve in our devotion we republican republicans believe and soberly in adequate national defense we have always believed to an amplo navy as invincible in modern 1441 il as john paul jonee jones our freedoms tree dome earliest fight tight we have in mind a protected commerce on the waters and a cea seacoast coast secure in strong naval defense we ceru build lug ing to high rank among naval powers when the democratic party interrupted and we subscribe to a stronger tr now flow vi u t u new realization aliza tion of at the envy which our wealth and our commerce invite and a new appreciation ot at our command in ing place in the affairs of the world I 1 shall not say that it Is cure ours to have the greatest grea teet navy in the world but noting the elimination of at distance and the passing of our onetime isolation we ought to have navy that fear fears none in the world and cin can say any time and anywhere these are allar lean ican rights and must be respected ei no curse cures of at lillta arism let no one apprehend the urae curse of at militarism in this fair lard wp declare unalterably against it our tree citizenship walking rond dently absorbed in the triumphs of peace would tolerate no uch such blight on american institutions there la Is no surrender of cherished ideals ideate with that yearning tor for beuce which has marked our continued development with that same committal to justice which has given ue us front rank in the 41 41 1 ax VO vt 4 pw senator warren 0 herding harding onward march at 0 civilization with that rare unselfishness which led Is to uns un beath sheath the sword for hurlan itys sake and put all territorial aggrandizement aside with that belief in tag th square deal individual national and international which Is the foundation of american faith we mean to go ou q exempla of peace to all tile oa na tlona pa s arbiter of lutece to all the world a promoter of to all the people of the earth at the same time we have more to do than to chan chatt a national course through the waters surging with the turbulence of war our inspiring course I 1 Is on the ty of leace our armed defense must ever be linked with our industrial set sel roll trell ance and the nation worth dying tor for must first be worth living tor for out at 0 nature natures prodigality we have incalculable resources and limitless and there Is need only for the unhindered appl application lation of mane mans a enius and industry to make us as a independent Spen dent industrially as we are free politically ample defense resta rests on industrial freedom and self reliance a as well as patriotic sacrifice and indus trial preparedness gires gives that assurance of materi good fortune fortun in peace on which must be founded all our higher aspirations ahe protective policy subsistence Is the first requisite ct of existence ind nd we have bays the baglier american stan standard dari tot t 11 I 1 vinn ving bec because aliss of tho republican protective pollo which makes of americana Ameri cann the belt best paid workmen workman in all als world out of the abundance of limpl and higher together with the beako ans opportunity aeb oi 0 fers every I eward we americans have bays tt meted tb aba laborer laborers of the earth abid d act et new rew stan lails bore kero it Is I 1 not tor for me to put the stamp of relative importance on pending Is 1 bate outs the voters will do terminal that for or them themselves selver but I 1 know what thy are thin thinking ising and they believe that the protective policy which made us u inan lally and con com merc merci lally ally eminent Is necessary tc pres eryn that eminence I 1 know they want it restored and maintained for myself I 1 prefer a protective and productive tariff which pm iper pers america first I 1 chooks the economic policy polley which tenda the american work ing men to the saving savings bank banks rather than the soup bouse housea I 1 commend the plan under which the healthful glow of proa prospering busine business is reflected la in every te from the great captain 0 at industry to the schooling cho ollas child ot of the this 1 dally wage ea th the party t to always con blut the Amo american rican coinner our republics republican achievement Is I 1 the malting ot at a nallan nation of V prospering wp tring producer producers and by producers produce ra I 1 mean every human being who applies muscle or hill 1111 or brain or all alt to the oa olar er ton slon of nature natures a abundance into the necessities and lui urlee of at life or par in the ways and mean means of their transportation and exchange far better a high coet cost of living and ability to buy than a lowering of cot cost attended attendee by destruction of purchasing capacity squire square deal for business no bonese business in this country la in too big to be good and useful or of too little to be protected and enczur agi ag a i and both hoth hig big and little deserve the american shield against destruction de strut by foreign and protection from the racers ra lere political or otherwise at home business and its it agencies of at transportation are go in separable from each other and from the common weal that the DO political I 1 I 1 t I 1 c at party which doea does not pledge them a 3 square deal no more and no less docs does not vat deserve the confidence of at the people the sreng strength th of at the business heart shows in every countenance in all the laud land end and the weakness of th that at heart holds a nation III we must strengthen the heart of american business P in government operation cooperation co rather visa official opposition it la Is not inspiring to recite democratic failures I 1 shall not dwelt dwell on that party e insincerity or incapacity the country indicts and the record convicts it U proclaimed the sacred ness of its pledges and then prota profaned ned them it professed economy and Is staggered by ita its own extravagance it asa turned adequacy or revenue un der direct and 1 unfelt taxes t tu la um clency find and direct taxation the national expansion the president has said oura ours Is a provincial party evidently forgetting the federalist founding of our nationality and republican expansion to greater national glory the democratic party not oaly falls to grasp our immensity and importance it Is sectional on the mainland and ing of at our island possessions its vision does not catch the splendor of old glory in the sunlight of the weilu right new rhen when the devour devouring fing flames of war are burning most fiercely when our national view must be world wide to bs comprehensive th the a democratic administration has proposed to set adrift an island empire in viol violation atlen of our obligations to the world to the philippine people and ourselves no administration which hauls down the flag gag and none which pro presses Loses to haul it down ever cin can sue aeed in directing the affairs of t the he 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 no longer live within and for or ourselves alone obliterated distance makes it impossible to stand aloof hom mankind and colar colare e widened responsibility if we u urs to become the agency of a progressive sive tva ch and gods great intent and to bellevo otherwise I 1 li to deny the proofs of american development wo we must assume the responsibilities 0 at influence and example and accept th P burdens of at enlarged participation to meet the obligations we most must tint first make sure of maintained mental moral and physical health at horn home the american spirit in the travail of life liberty and the pursuit of at happiness the amer tn sun soul was born set kolot at bunker bucker hill it was reflected in the faces of at patriots of a tearless fearless republic wh where eremen men dedicated themselves to the solemn and momentous taste task which waa was traced by an infinite hand they were not all Ameri americana cami by birth but thoy they htwe dedicated amer leans in n t L s baptismal rites of a new now republic and a ner new patriotism they could not all sign the declaration ot at independence but they committed all americans to tt it for all succeeding time they could cot not alt all join in making the constitution but they pledged the succeed succeeding lug millions of at americans to its everlasting defense the bates of our port ports baad swung inward ever since then has been a welcome to the foreign arn abom we akker to drink freely of at the waters of at our political life and find their places in the sun of at american opportunity they are an Inse parAle and important and valued part of at amerl can tad and the fl f or zealots of f any origin who violate our neutrality dowiot and cannot impugn the loyalty or the american patriotism of that great body which adds to the swelling chorus ot my tie of at thee sweet land ol 01 liberty lit erty it ts Is not surprising that in n their hearts there Is sympathy or partiality for the ian lani of their nativity when it Is in involved in a 1116 and death struggle like that which saturate saturates europe aia the blood ot of their kinsmen search your hearts beart ta deeply my countrymen one baust be human to be he an amer ran f an tie lie must have humin human sympathies and human loves iotes end eni I 1 should pity the foret foreign bora and the lana of foreign lorn white souls arc art not crun by ty the cataclysmal so borrow arow of at the old world arid out but sorrow Is in the twit tast a 0 soul out and the very altar of recon tet secretion ration this Is the momentous hour bour for the bIA biasing soul of american allegiance the spirit of the fathers fabers is aling and the safety of at an un borta bort am americans is demanding and th the sura security ty ot at the republic is requiring that BOW now and nd here and eve everywhere here under the star and strops we proclaim a plain simple glad and unalterable americanism it be thi the offering ot at loyalty and dev M ad and too and trust ajl ani life it 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