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Show 'GOVElOe HARDiMG' ffi FIE HUE TO LINCOLN Ogden Republicans who attended tho Republican banquet nt the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake wore today praising prais-ing tho address which Governor jiard-i jiard-i ing gavo at the banquot yesterday. Governor Harding, throughout hiu address, ad-dress, paid tribulo to Abraham Lincoln. Lin-coln. "Big enough to k?ep his mind in the sky above tho clouds, and his feet upon the ground," was the way In which Governor Hardinng described the magnitude of Lincoln's mental capacity. ca-pacity. Ho told of tho greatness of .Lincoln in handling the unsolved problems prob-lems of his day, and related how the (martyred president had established a Icode of justice that endured not only during his time, but to the present. "There Is no problem of this time or tho future, growing out of tho government's gov-ernment's relations of man to man, ;that cannot be solved through and un-'der un-'der our form of government as interpreted inter-preted by Lincoln." Two Foes of Government Governor Harding said that there were at present two foes that menace the representative government. Ono of these, he declared, wanted citizens to vole on everything and the government govern-ment to owu everything. The other foe gives everything to autocratic proclivities pro-clivities through such organizations as tho I. W. W. and Bolshevism. J In his speech, Governor Harding i pointed out the usclcssness of a man trying lo oppose two political parties. He said that a boy from his state, Herbert Her-bert Hoover, would like to become president. He advised Hoover to cast his lot with the Republicans and thus j i nave one ot tne main political factions for hiin instead of against him. Lincoln's Americanization Program Governor Harding further said: "Lincoln's program of Americanization Americaniza-tion would be to break the chains of ignorance and misinformation of those poor people and let the sunshine ofj knowledge and truth have full sway. "He would say, ' We have boon so busy making dollair in the pasl quarter quar-ter of a century and using these people peo-ple to do our dirty work, that this stench that is now arousing the whole country if of our own making.' Lei us shoulder the responsibility, start back yonder where we left off, and, with charity in our hearts toward all, carry i on an honest program of education,! teaching the real advantages of America Amer-ica and, her form of government. "He would be for an adequate salary for Mr. and Mrs. School Teachers, con- tract wilh them by the year and pay; them for a year's labor. Not turn jthoin out -to grass during the summer month3. "Ho would say that there are too many families in this country living in I rented houses, and I am inclined to1 I think he would say that cither the state or federal government should provide a revolving fund or long-time i money for every family that wanted to ! build a home and own It. "Lincoln would be against the level-! ing process advocated by some, whore-!by whore-!by every class would' liate every olher' j class. He would bo strong for the doc- j trine of individuality, and a champibni I of tho oppressed. I "He would lead, not whip; leach, not scold; love, not hate; meet on common ground, not assume superior-jity; superior-jity; visit the homo of poverty, not view it from 'a limousine; encourage, not discourage." , Governor Harding referred to the work of United States Senator Reed Smoot. The mention of the Utah senator's sen-ator's name "brought the Republican gathoiing to its feet wilh applause. I , He urged that Senator Smoot.be rc-I rc-I elected and lauded his services to the state and to the nation. ' |