s THE OREGOmX, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1920 AVE CONFIDENCE; AMERICA WILL GO ON, SAYS. MR. HARDING Republican Candidate for Presidency Pledges Fidelity to Country and Loyalty to Best in American Tradition and Hope. MARION. O., July 22. Senator Harding, accepting: the repub lican nomination for the pres idency tpday. eald: Members of the notification com mit tee, -members of the national com mittees, ladies and gentlemen: The message wnicn you have for .mally conveyed brings to me a realiza tion OI rcbpuilbiuuuy 13 underestimated. It ia a eupreme task to interpret the covenant of a great political party, the activities of which ale eo woven into the history of this republic and a very sacred and solemn undertaking to utter the faith and aspirations of the many millions who aohere to that party, i'he party plat-, form has charted the way, yet. somehow, we have come to expect that interpretation which voices the faith of nominees who must assume specific tasks. Let me be understood clearly from the very beginning. I believe in party sponsorship in government. 1 believe in party government a distinguished from personal government, individual, dictatorial, autocraticor what not. In a citizenship of more than a hun dred millions it is impossible to reach agreement upon all questions. Parties are formed by those who reach a con sensus of opinion. It was the intent of the founaing fathers to give to this republic a dependable ana enduring popular government, representative in form and it was designed to make political parties not only the preserv ing sponsors but also the effective anencies through which hopes and aspirations and convictions and con science may be translated into public performance. Popular government has been an inspiration of liberty since the dawn of civilization. Republics have risen nnd fallen, and a transition from porty to personal government has preceded every failure since the world began. Under the constitution we have the charted way to security and prepetuity. We know it gave to us the safe path to a developing emin ence which no people in the wyrld ver rivaled. It has guaranteed the rule of intelligent, deliberate public opinions expressed through parties. Vender this plan a masterful leader ship becomingly may manifest its in fluence but a people's will still re mains the supreme authority.- America World Einmple, The American achievement under the plan of the fathers is nowhere disputed. On the contrary the Amer ican example has been the model of every republic which glorifies the I progress of liberty and is everywhere the leaven of representative democ racy which has expanded human free dom, it has been wrought through party governments Xo man is big enough to run this frreat republic. There never has been one. Such domination was never lh- tended. Tranquillity, stability, de-; pondability all are assured in party sponsorship and we mean to renew the assurances which were - stranded In the cataclysmal war. v It was not surprising that we went far afield from afe and prescribed paths amid the war anxieties. There was the unfortunate tendency before: there was the surrender of congress to the growing assumption of the executive before the world war im- fieriled all the practices we had earned to believe in; and in the war emergency every safeguard was swept away. In the name of democ racy we established autocracy. Ve are not complaining at this extra ordinary bestowal or assumption in war, it seemed temporarily necessary; our alarm is over the failure to re store the constitutional methods when the war emergency ended. Our first committal is the restora tion of representative popular gov ernment, under the constitution, through the agency of the republican party. Our vision includes more than a chief executive, we believe in a cabinet of highest capacity, equal to the responsibilities which our system contemplates, in whose councils- the vice-president, second official of the republic, shall be asked to partici pate. The same vision includes a cordial understanding and co-ordinated activities with a house of con gress, fresh from the people, voic ing the convictions which members bring from direct contact with the electorate, and cordial co-operation along with the restored functions of the senate, fit to be the greatest de liberative body of the world. Its members are the desigriated sentinels on tne towers of constitutional gov eminent. The resumption .of the senate's authority saved to this re public its independent nationality, when autocracy mislntprnreteri the dream of a world experiment to be the vision of a world ideal. - V. S. Heritage lo lie Held. It is not difficult. Chairman Lodge, to make ourselves clear on the ques tion of international relationship. We republicans of the senate, conscious of our eolemn oath and mindful of our constitutional obligations when we saw the structure of a world super-government taking visionary form, joined in a becoming warning of our devotion to this republic. If the- torch of constitutionalism had not been dimmed, the delayed peace of the world and the tragedy of disap pointment and Europe's mlsunder- biandlng of America easily might have been avoided. The republicans of the senate halted the barter of independent American eminence and influence, which'it was proposed to exchange or an obscure and un equal place in the merged govern ment of the world. Our party means to hold the heritage of American na tionality .unimpaired and unsurren dered. The world will not misconstrue. We do not mean to hold aloof. We do not mean to shun a single responsibility of this republic to world civilization. There is no hate In the American heart. We have no envy, no sus picion, no aversion for any people in the world. We hold to our rights and mean to defend, aye, we mean to sus tain the rights of this nation and our citizens alike, everywhere under the shining sun. Yet there is the con--ord of amity and sympathy and fra ternity in every resolution; There is a genuine aspiration In every Amer ican breast for tranquil friendship with all the world. More, we believe the unspeakable sorrows, the immeasurable sacrifices, the awakened convictions and the aspiring conscience of human kind must commit the nations of the earth to a new and better relationship. It 'need not be discussed now wiiat mo tives plunged the world into war, it need not be Inquired whether we asked the sons of this republic to de fend our national rights, as I believe we ma. or to purge the old world of the accumulated ills of rivalry and greed, the sacrifices will be in vain if we cannot acclaim a new order, w ith added security to civilization and peace maintained. Iteferencrum Is Welcomed. One may readily sense the con science of our America. I am sure I understand the purpose of the dom inant groi of the senate. We were not seeking to defeat a world aspira tion, we were resolved to safeguard America. We were resolved then, even as we are today, and will be to morrow, to preserve this free and in dependent republic. Let those now responsible, or seeking responsibility, propose the surrender, whether with interpretations, apologies or reluctant reservations from which our rights are to be omittted we welcome the referendum to the American people on the preservation of America, and the republican rjartv nledE-es lt fecse of the preserved Inheritance of national ireedom. In the call of the conscience of America is peace, peace that closes the gaping wound of world war and silences the impassioned voices of in ternational envy and distrust. Heed- ing this vail and knowing as I do the disposition of the congress. I nromise you formal and effective peace so quickly as a republican congress can pass its declaration for a republican executive to sign. Then we mav turn to our readjustment at home and proceed deliberately and reflectively to'fhat hoped-for world relationship ' which sh;II satisfy both conscience and aspirations and still hold us free front menacing Involvement. I can hear In the call of conscience en insistent voice for the largely re duced armaments throughout the world.- with attending reduction of burdens upon peace-loving humanity. We wish to cive of American in fluence and example; we must give of American leadership to that invalua ble accomplishment. American aspiration and the repub lican committal for an association of nations, co-operating In sublime ac cord, to attain ana preserve peace through justice rather than force, de termined to aid to security through international law. so clarified that no misconstruction can be possible with out affronting world honor. America Mont Be Right. This republic can never be unmind ful of its power and must never for get the force of its example. Pos sessor of might that admits no fear, America must stand foremost for the right. If the mistaken voice of America, spoken in unheeding haste, led Europe, in the hour of deepest anxiety, into a military alliance which menaces peace and threatens all free dom, instead of adding to their se curity, then we must speak the truth for Amei-ica and express our hope for the fraternized conscience of nations. Jt will avail nothing to discuss in detail the league covenant, which was conceived for world super-government, negotiated in misunder standing and intolerantly urged and demanded by its adniiniiftration spon sors, who resisted every effort to safeguard America and who finally rejected when such safeguards were inserted. If the supreme blunder has left European relationships inextrica bly interwoven in . the league com pact, our sympathy for Europe only magnifies our own good fortune in resisting involvements. It is better to be the free and disinterested agent of international justice and advancing civilization, with the covenant of conscience, than be shackled by a written compact which surrenders our freedom of action anTl gives to a military alliance the right to pro claim America's ' duty to the world. No surrender to A world council or Its military alliance, no assumed manda tory however appealing, ever shall summon the sons of this republic ta war. Their supreme sacrifice shall Only be allied ftr America "and its call of honor. There is a sanctity in that right we will not delegate. When the compact was being writ ten, I do not know whether Europe asked or ambition insistently 'be stowed. It was so good to rejoice in the world's confidence in our unsel fishness that I 'can believe-that our evident disinterestedness inspired Europe's wish --for our association, quite as much as the selfish thought of enlisting American power and re sources. Ours Is an outstanding In fluential -example to the world. whether we cloak it in spoken mod esty or magnify it in exaltation. We want to heln: we mean to help: but we hold to ouj- own interpretation of the American conscience as the very soul of our nationality. We Are Americans First. Disposed ns we are. the way is very. simple. i-iet trie tauure attenaing assumption, obstinacy, impracticabil ity and delay be recognized and let us find the big. practical. Unselfish way to do our part, neither covetous because or ambition nor nesitant through fear, but ready to serve our selves, humanity and Qod. With a senate advising as the constitution contemplates, 1' would hopefully ap proach the nations of Europe and of the earth, proposing that understand ipg which makes us a willing partici pant in the consecration of nations to a new relationship, to commit the mortal forces of the world. American included, to peace and international justice, still leaving America free, in dependent and self-reliant, but otter intr friendshin to all the world. If men call -for more specific de tails. 1 remind them that moral com mittals are broad and all-inclusive. and we are contemplating peoples in the concord of humanity's advance ment. From our own viewpoint the programme is specifically American and we me,n to be Americans iirst to all the world. Appraising preserved nationality as the first essential to the continued progress of the republic, there is linked; with it the supreme necessity of the restoration let us say the re vealment of the constitution and our reconstruction as an industrial nation.. Here s is the transcending task. It concerns our common weal at home and will decide our future eminence in the "World. More than these. this constitutional republic. under constitutional liberties. has given to mankind the most fortunate conditions for human activity arui at tainment. the world has ever noted, and we are today the world's reserve force in the creat contest for liberty through security. and maintained equality of opportunity and its right eous rewards. It is folly to close our eyes to out standing facts. Humanity is restive, much of the world is in revolution, the agents of discord and destruction have wrought their tragedy in pa thetic Russia, have lighted their torches nmong- other peoples, and hope to see America as a part of the great red conflagration. Ours Is the temple of liberty under the law and it is ours to can the sons of oppor tunity to its defense. America must not only save herself, but ours must be the appealing voice to sober the world. World Nerds I nilerntanill npr. More than all else the present day world needs understanding. There can be no peace save through com Dosed differences, and the submission of the individual to the will and weal of the many. Any other plan means anarchy and its rule ot force It must be understood that toil alone makes for accomplishment and advancement and righteous posses sion is the reward of ton. and its in centive. There Is no progress except In the stimulus of competition. When competition natural, fair, imnellin competition is suppressed, whether by law, compact or conspiracy we halt the march of progress, silence the voice of aspiration, and paralyze the will for achievement. These are but common eense truths of human develODinent The chief trouble today is that the world war wrought the destruction of healthful competition, left our storehouses empty and there Is minimum production when our need is maximum. Maximum, not mini mum, is the call of America. It is not a new story, because war never falls to leave depleted storehouses and always impairs the efficiency of production. War also establishes its higher standards for wages, and they abide. I wish the higher wage to abide, on one explicit conditioh that the wage earner will give full re turn for the wage received. It is the best assurance we can have for a. reduced cost of living. Mark you am ready to acclaim the highest standard of pay, but I would be blind to the responsibilities that mark this fateful hour If I d.id not caution the wage earners of America that mount ing wages ana decreased production can lead only to industrial and eco nomic ruin. I want somehow to appeal to the sons and daughters of the republic to every producer, to join hand and brain in production, more production, honest production, patriotic nroduc tion. because patriotic production is no less a defense of our best civiliza tion than that of armed force. Profi teering is a crime of commission, under-production is a crime of omis sion. We must work our most and best, else the destructive reaction will come. We must stablize and strive for normalcy, else the inevitable re action will bring in its train suffer ings, disappointments and reversals. We want to forestall such reaction, we want to hold all advanced ground and fortify It with general good fortune. In Conflict Ia Disaster. Let us return for a moment to the necssity for understanding particu larly that understanding which con cerns ourselves at home. I decline to recognize any conflict of interest tamons the participants in- industry. l ne destruction or one is tne ruin of the other, the suspicion or rebellion of one unavoidably Involves the other. In conflict is disaster, in understand ing there is triumph. There is no issue relating to the foundation on which industry is builded because in dustry Is bigger than any element in its modern making. But. the insistent call Is for labor, management and cam'tal to reach understanding. The human element comes first, and I want the employers in industry to understand the aspirations, the convictions, the yearnings of the mil1 I lions or American wage earners, iudi I want the wage earners to under-1 stand the problems, the anxieties, the! obligations of management and' capital and all of them must under- INFORMAL PHOTOGRAPH OF REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO WAS NOTIFIED YESTERDAY OF HIS NOMINATION. x ... Q r"i ' O 11 ...J 1 1 -V - ; ? V r - v k s - J v - :; . -A , .r . ' k , f v . v, rH.'V--:' . .';'-.--. - Ui'.'. - V-- -i 2tr"" - - Tv- T I ""f -: : . ' . V i J i s-'- v, - - i El'-'1- r . ' ,tS t35 f - ' 3 f:T t- - iiJ?$l t- f - , blighting stamp or governmental in-, cialistic practices. A republican ad- ...... e.lawnl r,rnr--t inn ! Iiiinislrst inn u-i 1 1 It a (.ommillpH to re- llie work or rehaDiutation unaer me 1; T : ' wilt ;rK;h;:Vf;fr?v ,;4 15 Photo Copyright by Underwood SKXATon WAHRKX G. HAhDI.VG MAKING FltlEXDS WITH A IllLLUOU. and heir obligation to the republicl (Jut ot tms understanding will come the unanimous committal to economic justice and ..in economic justice lies that social justice which is the highest essential 16' human happi ness. .V' I am speak'ing as. one who has counted the contents of the pay envelope from the viewpoint of the earner as wen as the employer, -xvo one pretends to deny the inequalities which are manifest in modern in dustrial life. They are less in fact thaiv they were before organization and grouping on either side revealed the inequalities, and conscience has wrought move justice than statutes have compelled, but the ferment of the world rivets our thoughts on the necessity of progressive solution, else our generation will suffer the experi ment which means chaos ror our day, to re-establish God's plan for the great tomorrow. Speaking our svmoathles. utterlncr the conscience of all the people, mlnd- tui oi our rtgnt to awen amid the good fortunes of rational, conscience impelled advancement, we hold the majesty of righteous government, with liberty under the law. to be our avoidance of chaos, and we call upon every citizen or tne repuDiic lo noia fast to that which made us what we are. and we will have orderly govern ment safeguard the onward march to all we ought to be. Americana On People. The menacing tendency of. the pres ent day Is not chargeable wholly to as the rights of life and the pursuit of happiness. We do hold to the right to crush sedition, to stitle a menacing con tempt for law, to stamn out a nerll t the safety of the republic or its the unsettled and fevered conditions nmnlp u.-h'n nmo-o. ...... n i caus-ed by the war. The manifest cause eruritv n,i ti.o ,',, e weakness in popular government lies the law are the first essential ot in the temptation to anneal to grouped ritiaenship for political advantage. There is' no great peril. The consti tution contemplates no class and recognizes no group. It broadly in cludes all the people, with specific recognition for none, and the highest consecration we can make today is a committal of the republican party to that saving constitutionalism which contemplates all Americans as one people and holds just government free from influence on the one hand and unmoved by intimidation on the other. It would be the blindness of folly to ignore the activities in our own country which are aimed to destroy our economic system and to commit Us to the colossal tragedy which has both destroyed all freedom and made Russia Impotent. This movement is hot to be halted iti throttled liberties. We must not abridge the freedom of speech, the freedom of press or the freedom of assembly, because there is no promise in repression. These liberties are as sacred as the free dom of religious belief, as inviolable PARTY PURPOSES SUMMARIZED IN SENATOR HARDING'S SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE. Masterful leadership may manifest its influence, but a people's will still remains the supreme authority. Republicans of senate halted barter of American eminence fof obscure and unequal place in merged government of world. We do not mean to shun a single responsibility of this republic to world civilization. We welcome the referendum to the American -people on the preservation of America, and the republican party pledges its defense,. .' 1 promise you effective peace so quickly as a republican con ' gress can pass its declaration for a republican executive to sign. ' Possessor of niight that admits no fear, America must stand ' foremost for the right. League covenant, conceived for world super-government and '. negotiated in misunderstanding. . It is better to "be the free and disinterested agent of interna tional justice than be shackled by a written compact which- sur renders our freedom. America must not only save herself, but ours must be the ap pealing voice to sober the world. .- I acclaim the highest standard of pay, but mounting wages and . decreased production can lead only to industrial and economic ruin. Railway workmen ought to be the best paid and knoW the best working conditions in the world. Theirs is an exceptional re sponsibility. Inadequate transportation facilities, mainly chargeable to fail ure of government experiment, are losing millions to agriculture - and hindering industry. We debased the dollar in reckless finance; now we must restore it in honesty. . In all sincerity we promise the prevention of unreasonable profits, we challenge profiteering with all the moral force and legal powers of government. ; Our party has never failed in its realization that agriculture is essentially the foundation of our very existence. I believe there is an easy and open path to righteous rela tionship with Mexico. Neither government nor party can afford to cheat the Ameri can people. Defenders on,land and sea worthy of best traditions of a people never warlike in peace and never pacifist in war. Womanhood of America, always its glory, its inspiration and its potent uplifting force, is about to be enfranchised. Have confidence in the republic. America will go on. liberty. He who th tion of the government by force or iiaunis nis contempt for lawful au thority, ceases to be a loyal' citizen oiiu lonens nis rights to the free dom of the republic. .. " . ald to aU of America that our p an of mniniuF rTm.a..nnxA contemplates such orderly changes as . johinhu intelligence if the majority of our people think best. mere can be no modification of this ,T .i k r ' .Dut no minority iufin me rignis or a majority, -vien have a right to uuesiinn nnr ex tern in full nd .in frAr.m I. .. . must always remember that the rights Z 1.1 , fdl.1 impose the obligations whlch maintain it. Our policy is not tf repression, but we make appeal today to American intelligence and i ii luiiFm. wnen the repi ...c.ncu irom wunin. just as we trusted American patriotism when our "6 wcru threatened- from without Steadiness Now Kecded. We call on all America for steadi ness. so that we may proceed de noerateiy to the readjustment- which concerns all the people. Our party platform fairly exnreuri i , ., science of republicans on Industrial rp ations. No party is indifferent to ii.c wciuie oi tne wage earner. To us his good fortune is of cern, and we seek to make tW good fortune permanent. We do .not op pose but approve collective bnrgaln because that is an outstanding iignt, Dut we are unalterably insistent that its exercise must not destroy y?.ei,.eqlial;y ?crea right of the in dividual, in his necessary pursuit of livelihood. Any American has the right to quit his employment, so has 'er,Ter,?n the riht to seek em ployment. The group must not en drager the individual and we must discourage groups preying upon one another, and none shall be allowed to forget that government's obliga tions are alike to all the I hope we may do more than merely discourage the losses and suffering attending industrial conflict. The strike against the government is properly denied, for government stir vice involves none of the elements of profit which relate to competitive en- itTPrV?ei.Th?re .is Progress In the establishment of official revealment of Issues and conditions which lead to conflict, so that unerring public sentiment mav bhpoH th ..... . but I hope for that accord ot purpose' not forced but inspired by the com m on weal, which will give a regulated i-.ui.iii, oci vice me runest guarantv or continuity. I ana thinking of theirs. In modern life thev ara th v.m base of all our nrtiviti..a in..: changes. For public protection we nave enacted laws providing for a regulation of the charge for service, a limitation on the capital invested and a limitation on ranit.-ir at-nino-.. There remains only competition of service on which to base our hopes meet our modern requirements. The railway workmen nuo-ht tn k. it,. best paid and know the best working wnuii..uii!i in me worm. i neirs is an exceptional responsibility. They are not only essential to ihu'lifa tirf health and all productive activities of the people, but thev are directly responsible for the safety of travel ing millions. The government which has assumed so much nniiinritv the public good might well stamp railway employment Wltn the sanc tity of public service and ruaramea to the railway employes that justice which voices the American concep tion of righteousness on the one hand ana assure continuity ot service on the other. I can "speak: ' unreservedly of the -eland their- rttltieaiiipto th-e people Road Rehabilitation Urged. The importance of railway rehabil itation is so obvious that reference seems uncalled for. We are so con fident that much of the present day insufficiency and Inefficiency of trans portation are due to the withering hand of government operation that we emphasize anew our opposition to government ownership: we want to expedite the reparation and make sure the mistake is not repeated. It is little use to recite tile story of development, exploitation, govern ment experiment and its neglect, government operation and Its fail ures. The inadequacy of trackage and terminal facilities, the Insuffi ciency of equipment and the ineffi ciency of operation all bear the restoration of private ownership de serves our best encouragement. Bil lions are needed in new equipment, not alone to meet the growing de mand tor service, but to restore the extraordinary depreciation due-to the strained service of war. With re stricted earnings and with speculative profits removed, railway activities have come to the realm of conserva tive and constructive service aud the government which impaired must play its part in restoration. Manifest ly the returns must be so gauged that necessary capital may be eulisted and we must foster as well as restrain. We have no more pressing problem. A state of Inadequate transportation facilities, mainly chargeable to the failure of governmental experiment, is losing millions to agricutture, it is hindering industry, it is menacing the American people with a tiel shortage little less than a peril. It emphasizes the present day problem and suggests that spirit of encour agement, and assistance which com mits all America to relieve such an emergency. The one eomnenAtion amid attend ing anxieties is our new and needed realization of the vital part the transportation plays in the complexi ties of modern life. We are not to think of rails alone, but highways from farm to market, lrom railway to farm, arteries of life blood to present day life, the quickened ways lo communication and exchange, the answer of our ueoule to the motor age. We believe in generous federal co-operation in construction, liiiaea with assurances of maintenance that will put an end to criminal waste of public fumls on the one hniid and gic guaranty oi uPKept nignways on the other. Sea Kmlnence Desired. Water transportation is inseparably linked with adequacy of facilities and we favor American eminence on the seas, the practical development of in land waterways, the upbuilding and co-ordination of all to make them equal to and ready for every call of lipvulnninr nnd wiileniuir American commerce. 1 like mat recommittal to thoughts of America first which i pledges the Panama canal, an Amer ican creation, to the tree use of American shipping. It will add to the American reawakening. one cannot speak of niuusiry anu commerce and the transportation on which they are dependent witnout an earnest thought of the abnormal cost of living and the problems in its -wake, it is easy to inveigh, but that avails nothing. And it is far too serious to" dismiss with naming uui. futile promise. ISight years ago. in times oi peace, the democratic party made it an is sue and when clotneu wun power that party came near to us accom plishment by destroying tne peoples capacity to buy. But that was a cure worse than tne ailment. u is to understand the real causes, after which the patient must help to effect his own cure. Gross expansion or currency anu friHit hnv ilenre luted the dollar just as expansion and inflation have Oiscreaiveu tne coma yj i tiir We inflated in haste, we must ue flate in deliberation. We debased the dollar In reckless finance, we must restore in honesty. Deflation on the nritx hatiH and restoration of the 100- cent dollar on the other ought to have begun on the day after tne armistice, but plans were lacking or courage failed. The unpreparedness for peace was little less costly than unpre- parednesR for war. We can promise no one remedy which will cure an ill of such wide proportions, but we do pledge that AnrnpBt nnH rnnslstent attack which thA nartv nlntform covenants. We will attempt Intelligent end courageous denation anu sirine at ko -i mucin borrowing which enlarges the evil. and we will attack high cost or gov rnmfnt with everv energy and fa cilitv which attend republican ca pacity. We promise that relief whicn win uttenH thA hnltinir of waste and extravagance, and the renewal of the practice of public economy, not alone because it wiil relieve tax i,,,.Hina Kiit hoinip it will-- be an examnle to stimulate thrift and economy in private life. Profiteer to. He Fought. I have already alluded to the ne cessity for the fullness of production and we heed the fullness of service which attends the exenange oi prod ucts. Let us sneak the irrefutable truth, high wages and reduced cost of living are in utter contradiction unless we have the height of elfl ciency for wages received. In all sincerity we promise the pre vention of unreasonable profits, we challenge profiteering with all the moral force d the legal powers of government and people, but it is fair, ave. It is timely, to give reminder that law Is not the sole corrective of our economic ills. Let us call to all the people for thrift and economy, for denial and sacrifice, if need, for a nation-wide drive against extravagance and lux urv, to a recommittal to simplicity of living to that prudent and normal plan of lire which is the health of the republic. There hasn't been a re covery from the waste and abnormal ities of war elnce the story of man kind was first written except through work and saving, through industry and denial, while needless spending and heedless extravagance have marked every decay in the history o' nations. Give the assurance of tha rugged simplicity of American lif which marked the first century ot amazing development and this gen eration mav underwrite a seconu een tury of surpassing accomplishment. The republican party was founded by farmers, with the sensitive con science born of their freedom and their simple lives. These founders sprang from the farms of the then middle west. Our party has never failed In its realization that agricul ture Is essentially the foundation of our very existence and it has ever been our policy, purpose and perform ance to protect and promote that es sential industry. New conditions. which attend amazing growth and extraordinary industrial development, call for a new and forward looking programme. Tho American farmer had a hundred and twenty millions to feed in the home market, and heard the cry of the world for food and answered it. though he faced an appalling tasK amid handicaps never encountered be fore. Farmen Should Unite. In the rise of price levels- there VtavA i-nme Increased appraisals to his acres without adding to their value In fact, but which do add to his taxes and expenses without enhancing his returns. His helpers have yielded tn thA lurA of shoD and city until. almost alone, he has met and borne the burden of the only insistent at tempts to force down prices. It r-hnllenseH both the wisdom and the justice of artificial drives on prices to recaft mat tney were euei-iive m most snlelv aeainst his products in the hands of the producer and never effective against the came products in passing to the consumer. Contem plating the defenselessness of the in dividual farmer to meet the organized buvers of his products and tne a-is tributors of the things the farmer buvs, I hold that farmers snouia not oniv be permitted but encouraged to Join in co-operative association to reap the just measure of reward mer ited bv their arduous toil. Let us facilitate co-operation to Insure arulnst the risks attending agrtcul ture. which the urban world eo little understands, and a like co-operation to market their products as directly as possible with the consumer, in the interests ot alt. upon sucn associa tion and co-operation should he laid onlv such restrictions as will pre vent arbitrary control of our food supply and the fixing of extortionate nrice UDOn it. Our platform Is an earnest pledge of renewed concern for this most ea selitial and elementary industry, and in both appreciation and Interest we pledge effective expression in law and practice. We will hail that co operation which again wiil make tiroritable and desirable the owner ship and operation of comparatl vely Kmall farms intensively cultivated. and which will facilitate the caring for the Droducts of farm and orchard withftut the lamentable waste under present .conditions. America would look with anxiety on the discouragement or farming ac tivity either tnrougn tne govern ment's neglect or its paralysis by so ministration will be committed to re newed regard for agriculture and seek the participation of farmers in curing the ills justly complained of and aim to place the American farm where it -ught to be highly ranked in American activities and fuily shar ing the highest good fortunes of American life. Becomingly associated with this subject are the policies of irrigation and reclamation, so essential to agri cultural expansion and the continued development, of the great and won derful west. It is our purpose to continuevand enlarge federal aid, not In sectional partiality, but for the good of all America. We hold to that harmony of relationship between conservation and development which fittingly appraises our natural re sources and makes them avaiiuhle to developing America of today ami still holds to the conserving thought for the America of tomorrow. The federal government's relation to reelamstion and development is too important to admit of ample dis cussion today. Alaska alone is rich in resources beyond all imagination and needs only closer linking, through the lines of transportation and a governmental policy that both safeguards and encourages develop ment, to speed it to a foremost posi tion as a commonwealth ruKged in citizenship and rich in materialized resources. These things I can only mention, within becoming limits one cannot say more. Indeed, for the present many questions of vast importance must bp hastily passed, reserving a fuller discussion to suitable occasion as the campaign advances. I believe the budget system will effect a necessary, helpful reforma tion and reveal business methods to government business. 1 believe federal departments shouM be made more businesslike nnd send back to productive elfort thousands of federal employes who are either duplicating work or not essential at all. I believe in the protective tnriff policy and know we will be cslung for its saving Americanism again. I believe in a great merchant ma rine I would have this republic the leading: maritime ration or the w ond. I believe in a navv amble to orotect it and able to assure us dependable defense. I believe in a small armv. but the best in the world, with a mindfulness for preparedness which will avoid the unutterable cost ot our previous negieot. Heal Americanism I'rgetF. I believe in our eminence in trade abroad, which the government should aid in expanding, both in revealing markets and speeding cargoes. I believe In establishing standard in Immigration, which are concerned with the future citizenship ot the republic, not with mere man power in indust ry. I believe that everv m:tn whn rtonft the garb of American citizen shin and walks in the light of American op portunity, must become American in heart and soul. I- believe In holding fast to every forward step in unshacklinir ehilrl l:i- bor and elrvating conditions of woman's e"miloyinent. 1 believe the federal government should stamp out Ivnchinir and re move that stain from the lair name of America. I believe the federal government should give its effective aid in solv ing the problem of ample and be coming housing of its citizenship. I believe this government shuuld make its liberty and victory bonds worth all that Its patriotic citizens paid in purchasing them. I believe the tax burdens imposed for the war emergency must be re vised to the needs of peace and in the interest of equity In distribution of the burden. I believe the negro citizens of America should he guaranteed the en joyment of all their rights, that thev have earned' the full measure of citizenship bestowed, that their sac rifices in blood on the battlefield of the republic have entitled them to all of freedom and opportunity, all of symnathy and aid that (he American spirit of fairness and justice demands. Mexican 1'rohlrm simple. I believe there is an easy and open path to righteous relationship with Mexico. It has seemed to me thiit our undeveloped, uncertain and in- tirm policy has made us a culpable party lo the governmental misfor tunes In that land. Our relations ought to be both friendly nnd sym pathetic: tve would like to acclaim a stable government there and offer a neighborly hand in pointing the wav to greater progress. It would he simple to have a plain and neich- Dorly understanding, merelv an un derstanding about respecting our borders, about protecting the lives nd possessions of American citizens lawfully within the Mexican domin ions. There mustbe that understand ing, else there can be no recognition, and then the understanding must be faithfully kept. Many or these declarations deserve a fuller expression, with some ua- srestions of plitns to emphasize the faith. Such expressions wi:l follow in due time, I promise you. I believe in law enforcement. If elected I mean to be a constitutional president nnd It Is impossible to ig nore the constitution, unthinkable to evade the law. when our every rom mital is to orderly government. 1'eo- Ie ever will differ about the wis dom ofthe enactment of a law there is divided opinion respecting the ISth amendment arid the laws enacted to make it iterative but there can be no difference of opinion about honest law enforcement. Neither government nor party can afford to cheat the American people. The laws of congress must harmonize with the constitution, else thev soon are adjudged to be void: congress enacts the laws and the executive branch of government is charged with enforcement. We cannot nul lify because of divided opinion, we cannot Jeopardize orderly government with contempt for law enforcement. Modification or repeal is the right of a free people, whenever the de liberate and intelligent public senti ment commands, but perversioif and evasion mark the paths to the failure of government itself. Though not in pi rt ' sn risen must sneak of the services of the men and women who rallied to the colors of the republic in the world war. America realizes and appreci ates the service rendered, the sacri fices made and the sufferings en dured. There shall be no distinction between those who knew the perils nnd glories of the battle front or the dangers of the sea and those who were compelled to serve behind the lines, or those who constituted the great reserve of a grand armv which awaited the call in camps at home. Tribute lnld Defender.' All were brave, all w-ere sacri ficing, all were sharers of those ideals which sent our boys thrice armed J,0 war.. Worthy sort and daughters, these, fit successor to those who christened our banners in the immortal beginning, worthy sons of those who saved the union and nationality wnen civil war wiped the ambiguity from the constitution, ready sons of those who drew the sword for humanity's sake the first time in the world, in IS'jS. The four million defenders on land and sea were worthy of the best tra ditions of a people never warlike in peace and never pacifist in war. They commanded our pride, they have our gratiiude, which must have genuine expression, it is not onlv a duty, it is a privilege to ee that the sacrifices made shall be requited, and that those still suffering from casualties and disabilities shall be abundantly aided and restored to the hiahest capabilities of citizenship and its en jo nii-nt. 1 he womanhood of America, al wav s its glory, its inspiration and the potent, uplifting force in its social and spiritual development, is about to be enfranchised. Insofar as con gress can go. the fact is already ac complished This party edict, by my recorded vote, by personal conviction. 1 am committed lo this measure of Justice. It is my earnest hope, my sincere desire that the one needed stale vote be quickly recorded in the a if i i niation of the riuht of equal suffrage and vote of every citUen shall be cast nnd counted in the ap proaching eleclion. Let us not share the apprehensions of many of men and women as to tha danger of this momentous extension l tiie franchise. Women have never been without influence in our politi cal life. Knfranchisenient will brinf to the polls the votes of citizens who have been born upon our soil, or who have souaht in faith and assurance the freedom and opportunities of our land. K will bring the women edu cated in our schools, trained in our customs and habits of thought, and sharers of our problems. It will brinu the alert mind, the awakened conscience, the .sure intuition, the abhorreiu-e of tyranny or oppression, the widF and tender" sympathy that distinguished the women of America. Surely there can be no danger there. America Will (,o On. And to the great number of noble women who nave opposed In convic tion this tremendous change in the ancient relation of the sexes as ap plied to government. 1 venture to plead that they wiil accept the full responsibility of enlarged citizen ship and give to the l.et-t in the re public their suffrage and support. Much has been suid of late about worid ideals, but 1 prefer to think of the ideal for America. I like lo think there is something more than the patriotism aud piacticrtl wisdom of the founding fathers. It is good to believe that may be destiny held this new world republic to the su preme example of representative de mocracy and orderly liberty by which humanity is inspired to higher ac complishment. It is idle to think we have attained 'perfection, but there Is the satisfying knowledge that w hold orderly processes for uiaking our government refiect the heart and mind of tho republic. Ours is tit only a fortunate people but a very, common sensical people, with vision high but their feet on the earth, with belief in themselves and faith in i Ri Whether enemies threaten from with out or menaces arise from within, "there is some indefinable voice fray in!: "Have confidence in the republic! America will go on." Hi-e is a temple of liberty no storms may shake, here are the altari of freedom no passions shall destroy. It was American in concepiion, Amer ican in Us building, it shall be Amer ican in the fulfillment. Section:!.' once. we are all American now and we mean to be all Americans to ail the w or til. Mr. Chairman, members of the com mitlec. my countrymen all: 1 would, not be my natural self if I did noi utter my consciousness of my limited ability to meet our full expectations or to" realize the aspirations withir my own breast, but I will gladly giv all that is in me. all of heart, sou' and mind and abiding love of country to service in -our common cause. can only pray to the omnipotent Cod that I may be as worthy in servici as I know myself to be faithful if thought and purpose. One can noi give more Mindful of the vast re sponsibilities I must be frankly hum ble, but 1 have that confidence in tin consideration and support of all trui Americans which makes wholly un afraid. With an unalterable faill and in hopeful spirit, with a hyrri of service in my heart. 1 pledge fi delity to our country and to God aii accept the nomination of the repub lican party for the presidency of th United Slates. JAPAN TO FLOAT L0AI 100.000,000 Von Will Ho Bon ruwctl or "United Slates Tor Kails. 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