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Show ROOSEVELT RfiPS : PORCHGAMPAIGN "I Hate Idea of Setting Up Shrine to Which Peofile Come to Worship' SIOUX FALDS. S D.. An 14 Franklin D Roosevelt, Democratic: vice' president nominee speaking here loniirht In what he termed an invasion Of Republican Progressive territory attacked the Republicans for digging! up the tariff and making It an Issue I of the presidential campaign. " "Thej tariff was taken out of politics back in 1913." he asserted, "nnd bringing it I before the people now appeals to my h nse of humor and is enough lo make a horse laugh. I hate lo attack a man who is on his own porch but Senator Harding's amiability is his undoing. Ho is so amiable that he thinks he cannot run the presidency of the nation na-tion without syndicating It. And ur.tlll I'llhu Root, who is on the other side of the ocean. 1st back, we will not know what the foreign policy of the Republicans Repub-licans is going to be." won r umiT PACT "The Republicans agree." Mr. Roosevelt said, "that some day some steps must be taken to make an agreement agree-ment which will make lor friendly relations between all nations but the refuse now to adopt a document which makes for progress and world contentment content-ment America's entry Into the league Will give it high assurance of success." He attacked the Republican front porrli campaign dec I jrrl im' 'I h'.ite the Idea of a man setting up a self-ap-polnted shrine nd making people .oure and worship at his feet. Men soeklng national offices should get out and see the country It makes better-Americana better-Americana of them." ' The one disturbing thing to me about the present campaign," he a6-s-rled, is money Amounts levied by the Republican national committee against various communities will approximate ap-proximate $30.00U.00U for '.he Republican Republi-can campaign chest The quota for Chicago alone as fixed by this committee, commit-tee, Is $700,000. 1 favor publicity, travel literature, posters and legitimate legitim-ate methods of bringing before the people the issues of each party. Never Nev-er before was $'i0 000,000 spent in B presidential campaign. This sort of campaigning will bear investigation 1 favor open publicity as to how this money is raised and expended.' SOMETHING BIGGER ' The peace made with Germany by all our allies In thw late war provides everything In foresight and forethought. fore-thought. " Mr. tioodOt'elt declared "The league of nation! running today is the American conception talked ofi long bi n thr present administration came Into office Who pledged Anierl- j ca to make peace with all nations for the good oi Hi world, When tn our country nt into the war. great leaders lrrcal.!Ctive of partv, declared the big basic lliiirK which we went In for was not merely to defeat Jer-m Jer-m in) and Austria on land and sea. but' io et ..methtng blRRer und more ief-1 Inlte out oi the war to prevent such a catastrophe as these nations had brought upon this world from happen-' rug again. This thing is the league of nations. President Wilson's fourteen points received enthusiastic endorse-, merit by Republicans and DeniOOratS alike The are mbodicd in ihe league ol nations Public oplnron In America; has pledged us io s safeguard agalnsi a repetition of the evils of the world war The league of nations will prevent pre-vent such repetition." SHOl LD RiTIFi LEAGI K The league should be ratified, he declared, because "no amendment ol sufficient moment has been offered to i warrant the risk of delaying It tha It might be placed beiore another conference." Food In this country I too high," the xpeaker said, in conclusion. "Wc: should know why food purchased from' the farmer is soid to tho city man two days later at a treble figure Wages have been raised but not too much. The one thing to do now Is to lower' tho cost of living." Mr. Roosevelt's address here tonight was the third In South Daktota toda: He spoke at noon at Mitchell and thlsi afternoon at Salem lie left here tonight to-night for St. Paul v here h will spend Sunday H,.- nCXt scheduled Stop I-Fargo. I-Fargo. .V D., where he Is to .deliver, an address Monday. |