AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17497, 15 June 1920, Page 5

AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

MR. HARDING'S POLICY.

OPPOSITION TO LEAGUE,

DEMOCRATIC COMMENT. "By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. A. and N.Z. CHICAGO. June 13." Mr. Warren G. Harding the Republican Presidential nominee, is of Scotch descent on his father's side. In 1900' Mr. Harding entered the Ohio Senate, and in 1904 and 1906 he was also elected. He is also Lieu-tenant-Governor of Ohio. In the Senate he was a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, and was an earnest supporter of Mr. Wilson's administration during the prosecution of the war, but later ha criticised it severely. At the end of tho *ar Mi. Harding advocated the prompt making of peace, and some legitimate co-operation among the nations of the world, which would lessen the danger of war. He was opposed to the League of Nations without effectivo reservations. As soon as Mr. Harding's nomination was announced about two-thirds of the delegates rose up. Hundreds climbed the chairs, and a few women waved damp handkerchiefs in a wild effort to, add a feminine touch to tho first national. convention in which they participated. Howevei, there was no frenzy, no hat smashing, and no parade worthy of mention; in fact, there was little cheering. Delegates and spectators stood listless in the Coliseum.Mr. Bainbridgo Colby, Secretary of State, commenting on Mr. Harding's nomination, said that from tho standpoint of tho Democrats the nomination of Mr. Harding was very admirable, because its terms would clarify and emphasise every issue between the Democrats and Republicans. He thinks Mr. Harding's strength is an illusion of the Republican "stand- , patters."

LABOUR ALIENATED. APPEAL TO DEMOCRATS. A. and N.Z. MONTREAL, June 13. Amid tremendous applause the American Federation of Labour, at its annual convention hero, adopted a report condemning the Republican Convention in Chicago for turning its back upon Labour. Mr. Sampel Gompers, reading his report, criticised various sections of the Republican platform. It is asserted that the Labour declaration Of the Republican platform proposes industrial enslavement and abrogation of the rights of Labour. Mr. Gompers announced that the Executive Council directed that the demands submitted« by the Federation of Labour to the Republican Convention shall be submitted in identical form to tho Democratic Convention in San Francisco.