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Show WI11GES j REPUBLICS ISSUES I . Honest, Efficient and Economical Econom-ical Business Administration and Patriotism Desired ROANOKE, Va, March IS Dcclar-ing Dcclar-ing that the Republican party stands ! first for "the honest, efficient and economical business administration of the country's affairs," Will B. Hays, chairman of the Republican national committee, in an address before tho state Republican convention hero to-terday. to-terday. pleaded for "patriotism In peace as well as war," and asserted that tho country has "slipped along under this democratic administration without any adequate thought of tho problems that would confront us until tbc shock of peace was here, just as we did before we entered the war." Outlininng the principal things for which his party stands, Mr. Hays said: What Party Stands For "I suggest that above all things the Republican party stands first for honest, hon-est, efficient, and economical business administration of the country's affairs. It was formerly said that 'Honesty is the best policy' as a matter of business. Honesty is the best policy as a matter of morjils. In like manner there is but one kind of successful politics of faithful, faith-ful, efficient, honest, and economical administration. The only successful politics in the situation today is to tind out what is best for the country and do it first. We want more men in politics for what they can give and not what they can get. "I suggest the Republican party stands for the development and execution execu-tion of a plan" for the reduction of, taxes, with the ropeal of taxes which kil initiative, and the spreading of war debt over a large number of years "I believe there shall be developed a belter relation between labor and capital, with justice to both and with Justice to the public and third side of the triangle, which must not be forgotten. for-gotten. "We feel that theie should be an ad ministration of law and order everywhere every-where in the nation. "The party shall measure its steps forward by the new needs of the nation na-tion with eyes always ahead, but with its feet always on solid ground." Appeal to Women Asserting that there are two natural inquiries from women now in politics. "What does the Republican party offer the women?" and "What docs the Republican Re-publican party stand for?" Mr. Hays ueciareu; "The Republican party offers the 'women everything we offer the men. " "The only just rule for a political 'party," he added, "is that the rights of participation in the management of tho party'H affairs must be and remain re-main equally sacred and sacredly equal. The Republican women in the country constitute one-half of the party's membership. In many states ithls has long been so. In the presidential presi-dential campaign of 1920 it is my very earnest hope and well-rounded judgment judg-ment that it shall be so everywhere. "There is to be no separate women's orcanization created within the party except, and only in those .cases whero such an arrangement may be. needed temporarily as an efficient aid in the comeplete amalgamation which is our objective. "To the women and to men alike the party offers the right of a political .seir-determinatiou, and that is the answer ans-wer to the second query, 'What docs the party stand for?" Holding that, "there must be in this country two political parties and both must bo strong and virile," Mr Hays said: "I do not ask that all women become Republicans. "To which party you belong is of less consequence than that you belong to some party." he said. "I would rather rath-er a woman join with our opponents than belong to no party." Of patriotism in politics he declared: "I have no use for the individual who is cither 'too busy' or 'too good' to help. He has no just complaint to make, whatever happens. He is riding on another's ticket. I have an abiding abid-ing faith that there will be an aAvaken-ed aAvaken-ed sense of civic duty as a by-product of this war." Expressing the belief that the coun- try's problems are largely economic ones, Mr. Hays, pointed out that the Industrial- difficulties In this country which he said, at the moment seem to be overwhelming, "can be and I have explicit faith in one way by finding exact Justice and enforcing IL "The Republican party," he said, "from its Inception has stood against undue federalization of industries and activities. There must bo strong federal fed-eral regulation, . but not government ownership." Referring to the American soldiers in the war with Germany, Mr. Hays said: Debt to Soldiers "The Republican party will never forget the debt "ye owe to the soldiers who have won this war. We used to hear: 'Food will win the war, Liberty bonds will win the war, thrift stamps will win the war.' They did not. They all helped to in the war, but '.he war, was won by the fighting men at the fighting front, and in no other way. And the party's appreciation of our soldiers will be remembered." In closing Mr. Hays appealed to his hearers to "find disloyalty if there be j any in (ho land and scotch it; find 'dishonesty if there be dishonesty and crush it; find tho right and cleave to it. "Keep your eyes raised, Americans, but keep your feet on solid ground,", he exclaimed. "Find the reason for discontent, and meet It squarely; 'correct the couse, where there Is a cause and mercilessly destroy the excuse where it is an excuse ex-cuse only. Give every well behaved man and woman their equality of opportunity op-portunity andirequire from them their full measure of accountability." |