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Show TAFT HOLDS MAJORITY WANTS RESERVATIONS PORT HURON'. Mich.. Oct. 19. ) Former President W'm. EL Taft. speak-' speak-' lug here laat night on behalf of Sena-; Sena-; tor Harding's candidacy, said he Waa convinced that a majority of the peo-pic peo-pic of the country desired acceptance of reservation and entrance Into th-league th-league of nations. A majority of the people, he said, he behoved, were op-' op-' posed to article ten of the covenant-Mr. covenant-Mr. Taft declared Senator Harding did not eeek to scrap'- the I004TU4K IjuI prefers to negotiate with the leading lead-ing powers now In the league to revise i he covenant along the line fa'vored by the senate before It la again submitted sub-mitted to that bod. Governor Cox, the former president declared. is a shifty politician, r a. ked bv the wets daapltC his dry nronouncemerits, because the wets ' know he Is their man. ' Samuel Gom-i Gom-i pers was supporting Mr OOZ, he said. in the hope of being aide to continue I the same authority he has enjoyed un-, un-, der the Wilson administration." Disruption of business was pli ' l at the door of the administration by i Mr. Tail. President Wilson s Jealousy of hi power.'' he said, has led him to re- j quire heads of departments to do nothing noth-ing of iniportan.e without consulting hint The result has been that ae have witnessed a general halting of busi-, busi-, m-e where promptness of decision la the aaaence of t fficiency " Mr Taft predicted a decisive M' tory In November tor the Republican . candidate. QI OIKS HARDING i 1 1 I I I : I Nil , CINCINNATI. O.f Oct 13. Senator Hiram W" Johnson of California, addressing ad-dressing a N' wport. Kentucky, aud.-enee aud.-enee last night, described himself aa i ' not a member of the senatorial oU-garch; oU-garch; Lit only a casualtv of tn last Republican part, convention ' The senator des-lared he resented any charge of ambiguity against Sen ator Harding because of hi stand on the question of the league of nations. He said Senator Harding-a view, on the league were made increasingly plain as ihe days of the campaign The I .emocratlc candidate say that If he la rc-..l the I ted S:atr, n, Jon the league of nations the Republican Re-publican .amlldate ear. If I am elected we will not hat anything to do with the league of nations.' For that reason Senator Harding Is entitled to the tote of every red-blooded red-blooded American." OO 1 |