Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-08-19 | Page 7 | Harding Has Reply for Cox

HARDING HAS I REPLYFOR COX Senate Certainly Shall Have i Some Say in Affairs, He Declares MARION. Aug. 10. In replying to Democratic criticisms of the Republl-i Republl-i can senate and of the policy of gov-' gov-' eminent by party, Senator Harding declared In a speech today to members, land former members of the Ohio legislature leg-islature that his purpose if sleeted I president would be to give to each branch of the federal government Its I constitutional part in governmental functions. "In cartoon. In solemn editorial. In many utterances from the platform," he said, "It has been suggested that In ; case of a Republican victory the In- coming president proposes to permit the senate to have some say In determining de-termining tin- policy of the govern ment. "I gladly proclaim all these sug-' gestlons to b. literally correct. I re-1 Jolce that the United States senate s functioning igaln. We need It to America. KOMI mi INC. TO SAY ' If' a Republican administration Is chosen next November you can be very certain that the senate theoretically. theoreti-cally. If not actually, composed of nlm-iy-slx leading men of the Repub-1 Repub-1 lie, will have something to say about the foreign relations a the constitution constitu-tion contemplates. "It has Ix-tomo quite the fashion among unheeding partisans of Democratic Demo-cratic faith to cry out against the senate and the part It plays In the federal fed-eral government. One might as well proc lalm the constitution a fraud. The senate Is In reality the security of stable, popular government. PR m:s SEN STE Praising the record of the present senate, the nominee declared It had j 'saved American nationality," when tho executive branch had proposed to ' surrender It. He dissented from arro-j arro-j gatlon of unconstitutional powers by ' the president and said it was the purpose of the Republicans to "have : dono with pet-sonal government" and to "put an end to autocracy." Tho rule requiring a two-thirds vote in the senate to ratify treaties , he characterized as one of the wisest provisions In the constitution. The league of nations was touched , on briefly. Senator Harding declaring i artlele Ten would break down the or-i or-i derly processes of the federal govern-I govern-I ment by transferring from con(,T'"S I to a foreign council the power to decide de-cide when the nations should go to ' war.