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TIIE MORNING- OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1920 DISCARD GOV E NIT S HARDING Rejection Instead of Interpre tation Advocated. BETTER ASSOCIATION AIM lineup of Nations on Basis More balisf actor) to America Is Sen ator's Proposal. OMAHA, Neb.. Oct.' 7. On the farthest westward swing of his cam paigning. Senator Harding urged to day that the nation stay out or the Versailles league nations alto gether and reject the obligations of the league covenant. Declaring clarifying reservations never would meet the requirements of national security. the republican nominee put before the voters of Iowa and Nebraska a direct issue of ac cepting or declining membership in the league. "I do not want to clarify those obli gations." he said, "I want to turn my back on them. Zt is not interpreta tion but rejection that I am seeking. I understand the position of the demo cratic nominee and he understands mine. In simple words, it is that he favors going into the Paris league and I favor staying out." Thousands Cheer IS o ml nee. The senator's declaration on the league was made at a forenoon gath ering of several thousand in the Coliseum at Des Moines, and later was repeated in varied form at sev eral smaller Iowa cities and at a night meeting in the Omaha auditor ium, in 16 speeches today he re stated his position on various other issues of the campaign, and in his ad dress here devoted a half-hour to a plea for enforcement of law without -terrorism" or oppression. in both Des Moines and Omaha thousands cheered the nominee through the streets and thousands more turned out to see him during the day as his train crossed Iowa. Senator Cummins, candidate for re election, accompanied the presiden tial nominee through the state and in each speech the latter asked for Mr. Cummins' election. In several of them he praised the Cummins-Ksch railway law as an accomplishment nnequaled in progressive legislation for a decade. QarMion Are Amwfrtd, At the Des Moines meeting the nom inee carried on a colloquy with sev eral men in the crowd, who asked him questions about international poli cies. In the course of the discussion, which kept the big hall for a time in confusion, he outlined his position on the Irish question, declared American soldiers in Germany should be brought home as quickly as possible, asserted his belief that no separate peace with Germany would be necessary and de clared the nation would be guilty of 'the grossest dishonesty" if It as sumed the obligations of the league and then refused to furnish troops at the league's call. Pledging himself to law enforce ment, the senator warned tonight against over-zealous law and order crusades and against "the iron hand of czarism" in the methods of those in authority. By being a "little more generous" in its attitude to minori ties, he said, the government could help to quiet discontent and keep agi tators within bounds. The candidate also declared his op position to wholesale pardons for po litical prisoners, and reiterated his faith in the practice of deporting un desirable aliens. Criminals Are Criminal!. "Sometimes there are men so zeal ous for law and order," he said, "that their words and acts in behalf of our Institutions constitute, in themselves, a serious breach of our laws and an offense to our social sense of what is fair and right and just. Then the self termed devotees of law and order themselves become menacing to our peace. "No true American will argue that our laws should not be enforced. For my part, I can see no essential dif ferences between ordinary crimes and ordinary criminals on the one hand and political crimes and political criminals on the other. 1 have been asked many times whether I would grant amnesty to political prisoners. I would not. A general grant of am nesty to political prisoners is no more justified than a general grant of am nesty to yeggmen. "None of us can deny that In emer gencies, of which war is one, there is an unusual pressure for the convic tion and punishment of men and women who appear to be thwarting our Joint efforts in such an emer gency or who menace our institutions. But these are eases which must be examined each upon its merits. . Enemy Aliens Mast Go. "Many persons have fallen into er rorb in regard to the practice of de portation of undesirable aliens. would like to make those persons who are opposed to any deportations of j.litns see that if we may fairly and jut tly stop the undesirable alien as he attempts to enter our country, so also we have the right to lead him forth and send him away when he has be come a menace to our country after his entry into it. The treacherous alien within our borders muSt be led to our gateways and told to go. "Perhaps more tragic than offenses against our laws are the offenses of injustice and of oppression which occur occasionally- by the acts of those who are insincere or hasty In enforcement of our laws. Great num-.j bers of Americans believe that they have seen within the last few years grave injustice done, and harsh, vio lent and unlawful oppression under taken under the -mask of enforcing law and order. They have seen too much rerrorism. "I stand against terrorism and abuse and brutality. When I say that I am against terrorism, I am on the side once more of law and order. Not only is police-frightf ulness and night-stick bestiality and third-degree oppression unlawful In Itself, but I know of nothing which can so de stroy the love, which America must in the end awaken In the hearts of those who may learn to understand her." C'sartsm Not Wanted Here. "We shall not give countenance to these who would force upon America the iron hand of czarism. We must not make the mistake of believing that it is possible for authority to control the thoughts of men. When the pathetic minority begins to seek to express Itself in speech, and in writing and printing, it requires all of our national good sense to deter mine when that expression Is a menace. "I believe that the wisest govern ments which the world has known, in cluding our own, have found that much error evaporates under exposure to the air. I believe that one of the rest ways to create In discontented men and women the conviction that they are wrong is for authority to be a little more generous than simply just and right. "Let no one believe that because I have stated my condemnation of ter rorism I will fall to draw a line be vond which no man or woman in America may go without paying swiftly, surely and justly the penalty for their treachery, their conspiracy and their menacing presence. Offenders Moat At-coant. ' 1 think the voice of America -will Bay clearly that we must adjust our laws as to reason, sedition and agi tation against our institutions so that these laws will conform to the Amer ican spirit of a united America, which all men and women may learn to love. We must insist that in the enforce? ment of these laws there shall be no illegal brutality, but when the laws we have approved have been broken we must act with sure precision and unswerving authority to bring wrong doers to an accounting." At Anita Senator Harding touched on profiteering and co-operative mar keting, declaring he had been told that farmers in Minnesota received 70 cents a -bushel for potatoes .which sold in Chicago for $2.40 a bushel. The transportation charge, he said, was only 22 H cents, "leaving the very marked difference of $1.48 for eome body." The big auditorium was packed for the senator's night meeting. Mrs. Harding sat on .the stage and was cheered when she was presented by the chairman as -"the next lady of the White House." . One-Man Rule Denounced. The senator's discussion of law and order was interrupted frequently by hand-clapping, - auti when, he passed on to the league Issue and condem nation of "one-man : government" he was interrupted repeatedly by re sounding cheers. Among other things he praised the Cummins-Esch law and charged that there had been "almost a conspiracy during the war to. put the railways permanently under gov ernment operation. He said the rail way law was a long step toward In dustrial peace, and added: "I'd rather be the guarantor of in dustrial peace in the United States than the promoter of- International peace throughout the world." Again assailing President Wilson for his insistence on repeal of the Panama canal tolls-law, which gave free passage to American ships. Sena tor Harding declared he wanted to see the nation decide its own commercial course without dictation from abroad. "When I'm president," he said, "we're going to see if we can't send our ships through the Panama canal without charging them for it." I.eagne "Already Scrapped." Turning to the league issue, the nominee said: "Somebody has been saying I don't know where I stand . on the Paris league of nations. "Well. I'm not for it. The democratic nominee says he's in favor of going in. I'm not. "Somebody wants to know whether I'm in accord with Senator Borah and whether I've agreed with Senator Johnson to 'scrap' the league. It doesn't matter whether I'm in accord with Senator Borah or nol. As a mat ter of fact, I'm not precisely in accord with him, but as president of the United States, I'll be in one position and as a senator he'll be in another and I don't try to control any senator. "Senator Johnson and I haven't spoken about 'scrapping" the league. It's already been crapped' by Presi dent Wilson, and his chief agent was your neighbor and friend. Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock. "Somebody says: 'Are you going to submit this league to the senate?" "Never, my countrymen, with arti cle 10 in it. I know that America is in a position where it can lead the way to revision or whatever is nei essary to form an association that will preserve American freedom and nationalit ." ' ' In his speech at Des Moines Sen ator Harding said: "The democratic platform and can didate have not declared for 'an' as sociation, but for 'that' association. and it is that association and not some other which we are promised will be ratified within 60 days if the democratic carrflidate is elected. "The platform, to be sure, approaches Us indorsement with winding words and sly qualifications calculated to betray the innocent and entrap the unwary; but It does, nevertheless, in dorse the league as it stands. It does not advocate or favor any reservations or amendments or changes or qualifi cations. It goes no further than to suggest that reservations will not b opposed ' which make clearer or more specific, the obligations of the United States to the league. Covenant Held Menace. "But there is no need of reservations of this character. The obligations are clear enough and specific enough. I oppose the proposed league, not be cause I fail to understand what i former member of the democratic ad ministration has said 'we are being let in for,' but because I believe I understand precisely what we are be ing let in for. I do not want to clarify these obligations; X want to turn my back on them. It is not Interpretation, but rejection, that I am seeking. "My position is that the proposed league strikes a deadly blow at our constitutional integrity and surrend ers to a dangerous extent our indel pendence of action. The democratic platform rejects this position, to quote the exact words, 'as utterly vain, if not vicious." "The democratic candi date in his speech of acceptance has said 'a definite plan has been agreed upon. -The league of nations is in operation. . . . Senator Harding, as the republican candidate for the presidency, proposes in plain words that we remain out of it. As the democratic candidate, "I favor going in." The issue, therefore, is clear. Publisher Returns From Orient. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7. J. G. Kel ley, publisher of the Walla Walla Bul letin, of Walla Walla, Wash., with his famiy. returned on the Pacific Mail steamer Kcuador today from a trip to .the Far East. . S. H green Holman Fuel Co. Aov stamps for casa. Main 6S. . tfo-zl. Hood's Sarsaparilla Makes Food Taste Good Creates an appetite, aids digestion, purifies the blood, and thus relieve scrofula, catarrh, the pains and aches of rheumatism and elves strength to the whole system. 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The Lowest Prices Guaranteed With Each Change of Market ! .Em 11 tic ir osatwe irrice q5o OF INESTIMABLE IMPORTANCE TO EVERY THOUGHTFUL PERSON. BY KEEPING ABREAST OF THE TIMES OUR OFFERINGS HAVE SAVED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY This Sale Is an Exchange of Seasonable Goods for Cash With All the Advantages to the Customer That Our Experience and Re sources Are Able to Command. Read Every Item. A Great Gathering Sale of , Women's Fall Suits AT 1-3 OFF Samnle Garments and Broken Lines m Serges, Tricotmes Velours, Both Checked and Plain Etc. All in One Great Assortment and Underpriced f orfFriday's Sale at You certainly will appreciate the unusual values we have assembled for you in this special underpricing of serviceable and fashionable fall Suits. From our regular stock we have gathered such styles as only represented by one or two garments and these, together with a splendid line of sample Suits, form a showing from which the most particular women will be delighted to choose particularly as Friday's sale price is a third below regular selling figures. This great sacrifice we make in order to immed iately adjust stock. 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Friday's Q1 QK Sale at )JLVD HALF PRICE ' Children's Fleece Vests At 25c Each At this ridiculously low price we are closing out a broken line of children's fleeced cotton Vests in gray, sizes 20, 22 OC only. Just half... tlt, THE SEASON'S MOST POPULAR NOVELTY Brown and Green Heather WOOL HOSE FOR WOMEN At $1.69 Pair All Sizes 82 to 102 A nobby hose to wear with low shoes and an exceed ingly durable and warm hose for fall and winter wear. They are fine seamless wool hose, made with reinforced heel and toe and shown in the popular brown and green heather mixtures. A worth-while ?Q nrice reduction for Fridav's Sale at tl5isJ7 VfsW; "-4.'," Bs.sWnriir'VC,..rl3r' For Friday in Our Basement We Hav6 Arranged Another Great Sale of Aluminumware A Five-Piece Combina tion Set and a 14-Quart Dish Pan at . In keeping with the other especially reduced offerings, this sale puts a splendid saving in your purse particu larly will this sale appeal to housekeepers who would pur chase only the most reliable Aluminum Ware. You have choice from either & 5-piece combination cooker CQ QC - or a 14-quart dish pan, at this sale for only. $2.95 V OFF INFANTS' BLACK HOSE At 15c Pair Broken lines in; worsted-wool and silk and wool-mixed, in sizes 4 and 4 and in black only. Choice from the entire assortment while any 1 F -remain at off, at... EXTRA! 200 Boxes of Attractively Dainty WRITING PAPER AT 49c BOX With Envelopes to Match For personal use or for gift purposes you find this fine Aberdien Linen Boxed Paper most pleasing and especially underpriced. Comes in assorted tints with envelopes to match. This Sale, this IQ fine Aberdein Linen Boxed Paper xiV J An Unprecedented Price Reduction On Regular Stock Lines of Well-Known and Famous Makes of Fall and. Winter Styles Shoes and Oxf or FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN Our Store Now Opens at 9 A. M. Store Closes at 5:30 P.M. Saturdays The Most in Value The Best in Quality at 6 PM- ds! Discount up to 33 1-3 Taylor, Brown Centeral, Penington and Crowell SHOES FoivMen WnWTTTII'llllllllllHIUi fi7 Igimiiiiiiii'iiiiiiiiiimiiiii I Discount up to 33 1-3 JTk: A Van Duttenhof er & Co. I Bi. z Holter, i J Thompson & Crocker I VI SHOES I I "H ' For Women ff A Pair None Exchanged None Sent C. O. D. and No Refunds Come Early. Greatest SL $5.85 A Pair All Sizes and All Widths And Every Pair of First Quality Shoe Values The Greatest Shoe Values An nounced for Many Seasons! Yes, a Price Sacrifice on Our Part in Order to Immediately Adjust Our Stock to Present Day Factory 'Concessions. So Come, Profit Extraordinarily! PRUDENT MEN IV.l'XH best who would profit by purchasing first-class Shoes at a positive saving will not fail to attend this sale. You have choice from the best styles English, broad and 'medium wide toe Goodyear, welt, medium and heavy weight sole and both black and brown calf leathers. Regular stock lines at a discount up to 33 per cent. Qf? OCT This Sale Only at, pair DO.OD EVERY WOMAN within reach of our store will profit extraordinarily at tfyis sale of "Shoes and Oxfords in . up-to-the-minute styles. Famous makes in black and brown kid and calf leathers in styles with Goodyear welt, hand-turned and Mc Kay sole military, French and Cuban heel all sizes and all widths. Regular stock lines of first quality at a discount up to 33 per cent. This Sale Only at, pair Don't Fail to Profit by This Timely Sale of Men's WorstedMixed Union Suits at $3.00 The Famous Richmond Union Suits Quickly taking advantage of a special price concession we secure a brand new lo of the famous Richmond Worsted Mixed Union Suits at a positive saving of One Dollar a suit first quality, perfect fitting Union Suits of medium weight in long sleeve ankle length styles in natural gray and shown in all sizes 34 to 50 fine worsted mixed Union Suits in a sale that few men can well afford to miss $1.00 saved on each Suit purchased at THIS SALE AT $3.00 A SUIT Men's Four-in-Hand Ties 35 Cents Each, Three for 1.00 Well-made Ties in regulation four-in-hand style with open end and slipeasy band an unlimited assortment of patterns and colorings to select from at one- P" fC third less than regular price at this sale you pay only 35c each 3 for DXsU