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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY' MORNING; JUNE 13, 1823
iOCAL MEN TELL
MOTES ABOUT
! llOffflilEE HAItDIIIG
?Dr. tmmett Drake Worked With
Him in; Marion, Ohio? C M.
$ Idleman Was Co-Law Student.
? Dr. Em met t Drake, who used to
i"stick type" ort the. Marlon Ohio)
pally Star before he began to study
"how to make bid teeth look like new.
is naturally jubilant at the nomlna
tion of Senator Hardlnar. The Port
land dentist, then, quito a voting man
knew Dr. a. T. Hardin, father of
tino senator, his mother and his
family. ,
. 1 "1 was working; as a type setter on
the Marion Dally Star before Ir. Hard-
in purchased, it." Dr. Drake said Set-
vurda afternoon,, "and I worked on It
a fter Warren Hardin became the edi
' -tor and publisher. He was then about
Il years of age, and a steady, quiet, de
liberate and cool headed young man.
.11, K. was1 agreeable and easy to get
-aiong with, .:-
C1U.KE1 THE FBESS
"The 'StarV Dr. Drake continued,
'was a two-page paper when young;
Harding took charge of.it, and it was
. printed on an', oM flat bed press that
tad to be 'eranxea' oy nana, nireim,
fur he nd written the .editorial and
the local news, would crank the press
art of the time and I would spell him
'when he tired out. We only had a
circulation at that time of about 900.
;rttowh the paper has since gr6wn to
be the etrongeat in Central Ohio."
Dr. Drake has not seen Hardin since
-im. when he spent several days in
Portland on his - honeymoon. At that
Aim Dr. Drake piloted Mrs. Hardlnr
:and Mrs. Jones, sister of C. M. idleman,
through Chinatown, which in those days
-a one of the chief show spots , of the
Oty. ' . " . " '
3B WAITED. BT WOS --Z
Senator Harding won his bride in spite
St the strenuous and long continued op
rosition of his future father-ln.law,
:mB Kling, the richest man in Central
Ohio, according to Dr. Drake.
Kilns;, so Dr. Drake's story runs,
anted his only daughter, Florence
"Cling. now Mrs. Harding, to marry
, Jenry De Wolfe, son of another rich
'".an of Marion. She did so. and as is
V roper In all romances where true love
5 thwarted by stubborn and rich par-
ots, the marriage was unhappy. De
Cvplfe got" to looking upon the wine
4 ben it waa'too red, and too often, until
Anally his wife divorced him. ' '
- StIH Kllng was obdurate, but young
larding pleaded his cause eo convinc
ingly that his boyhood sweetheart braved
apa's wrath, and they were married,
t.nd have lived happily ever since. i
IABPIKO GETS ETEIf
Papa Kllng was not happy, however,
'for a long, long time. Dr. Drake says,
k ad shut , the editor and his bride into
? he outer darkness of parental unfor
; tvenesa, 1 But Harding, who is some
' w.Tapper "himself, got even.. He never
j mentioned Papa Kling in bis newspaper,
which was .the one source of publicity
Jn his home town. When Kllng was
wi lnated for Congress, the; Marion
!Daiiy Star never informed . lte : readers
f the fact, not even fat a paragraph
i own next , to the classified advertise
ments. When he announced that, owing
3 his extensive business Interests, it
,ou!d be impossible for him to accept
5 He nomination; the Daily Star preserved
m discreet silence and its readers knew
nothing of , the momentous decision.
"When Papa Kllng entertained digni
taries, or did anything that was good
lor s "front page story under ordinary
Hrcu instances, 'Editor Harding' put the
muffler on and none of the hometown
Tolas ' kflew "about It unless- they got it
y wireleae or some way like that..
ilABBISiO GOES FOSW1BD
During all this time, however. Hard
ing was getting himself elected to the
legislature and more and more into
public and prominent notice. Big men
f Ohio and the country generally got
to paying attention to him. and Papa
Idling began to thaw out- SUU he
wouldn't get even a personal in the City
Brief column between the reading notice
of the local Undertaker, and the an
nouncement of , the hod carriers' pic
nlo. In course of time Harding was
elected lieutenant governor of Ohio,
which was too much for Papa Kling,
ft -ho personally brought his parental for
giveness aroupd. since which the whole
family has been a happy family.
IDLEjtfAIf IS JOTOrS 1
C -M.T Idleman, who came in while
Dr. Drake was telling his story, burst
Into the office with a wild whoop and
1 c gan pounding the dignified dentist
tween the shoulder blades.
"Harding la nominated, I'm ready to
t-ust, the former attorney general .of
I be state announced as he shimmied
Kbout the office. Both of them shook
5 ands en !duo. pounded each other and
w hooped. Finally it developed that Mr.
- 5 lleman also belongs to the "I Knew
Him When" club.
Away in those happy days, before
lileman cam, out to Oregon to be
come attorney general, he was a law
student in the office of J. C. Johnstone,
f t Marion. Ohio. While be was so en-
aged young Harding also began to
r ead law in the same office and the
i vo "became firm friends, even after
j Larding deserted the musty tomes of
1 iackatone for the more exciting Job
ft euiior ana puDusner. ; They have al
v ays been warm personal friends and
ave seen each other practically every
: ar. When, Harding was married in
"121 and started on his honeymoon he
t ade Portland one of his visiUng points
t ad he and Mr a. Harding were guests
i Mr. ' Idleman. , .. .
"Mrs. Harding Is a very energetio and
telleotu&I woman," Idleman says, "and
t inator Harding Is greatly indebted to
r for his success and advancement,
r she has always taken a keen and
tive interest in aiding htm in what he
undertaken. -, i ? . -.,, .
Bert Carpenter of The Journal com
sing room staff was a echoolbov tn
a rlon. Ohio, and occasionally . helped
t at the office of the rii.
,
Watches,
.
INSTRUCTING
dor Wr-
'
JMroit
Harding first took charge of the paper.
After school young Carpenter used to
drop around to the newspaper office and
serve, as voluntary printers devil and
general assistant, which voluntary em
ployment finally led him to the printer's
plcyment finally led him Jo the printers'
RING TALKS OF
BOLTING PARTY
(Continnxt From Put One.)
or Jump to the Federal league or in
the ocean will be decided over the Sab
bath. ,i-V : y..
On behalf of the people that depends
on me for their political Information, I
will try and tell what happened at the
morning session in alphatet order. First
Sen. Lodge got up and threw his gravel
on the table several times and finely
Ike saps shut up to let the bishop make
his prayer. The bishop started In or
out by saying "GOD" which, to my mind,
is the keynote speech of the Whole con
vention. Then he said "Bless the can
didates and bless the delegates and bless
the chairmen of all the committees"
and personally 1 think he made a mis
take in the verb, but I didn't have the
nerve to ask . for a poll of the prayer.
X will confess at this time that I and
a guy, named Irvin S. Cobb or some
thing was the- only 2 down throughout
we- prayer. But for good reasons. If
you ever seen this man Cobb and if
you was ever in the press box , at the
Coliseum yoi would know why ha at
down. - It was because he was already
setting down. Personally, my dogs was
OFFICEfcIKES HIM
Well the next thing of interest was
that officer 4860 come over to where
I was at and give me a smile and said
If he had of knew before where mr seat
was at he would of threw-a few sargent
of arms out of it. , .... .
So I smiled back at him and he smiled
back and I asked him how he was and
ne sata au right outside of a sore throat
from telling saps to "keep out of that
aisle" to say nothing; of sore ft. from
standing up aU through the G. O. O. P.
convention. . ' t
Well then Henry Cabot said "that the
secretary had an announcement to make
and the seo got up and said they was
some mall for the .delegates In the Coli
seum Annex but he didn't say who was
going to read it to them.- i
So then they . started takeing ballots
again beginning with No. 5 and the first
sensation come when one of the boys
from Ohio asked for a pole. What he
needed was a club or a black jack
Finely they got along as far as Wis
consin and the usual demonstration fol
lowed when Sen LaFollette'a vote was
announced. Next wk. the sen same old
Wisconsin can make a fortune selling
the raspberries he, has got at this con
vention. Well when the clerk got up to an
nounce the totals of this ballot it seems
he forgot to credit. Sen Poindeater of
Washington with his 14 votes from the
same state and when he finely got up
and corrected himself they was a dem
onstration like the kind yon hear in
sonee of quiet: , . ; J
But the real feature of this ballot was
one vote for Kellogg from the Minnesota
delegation and immediately several peo
ple in the press box demanded who Is he.
So for the benefit of my readers I will
tell you who is he.; His name is Kellogg
and I dont know if he is in the delega
tion or not but be lives in Minnesota and
St ' Paul and Minneapolis are in the
same state and they call them the twin
cities because they dont look nothing
alike. - w -
.That popular 'idol Herbie Hoover, 'who
the ladies all wanted to see president,
got five votes on this ballot, The hand
that rocks the cradle is the hand that
rocks the boat. : -. 4
LOOKS 1IKE DOUBLE MtkDEB "
Another feature of this ballot and
succeeding ballots was that every little
while the clerk couldn't hear the dele
gates the first time and he would say.
"Repeat that again. Hiram and the
.ngnsn language seems to of both been
murdered at this here convention.
well, on the sixth ballot they finally
come to Michigan as they usually da
and a guy got up and said 0 votes for
xi i ram, Dut another guy 'asked for -a
pole, as they have already got enough
Finns and Scandinavians in my native
state. So they rive him a mi !
turned out that Hiram didn't have no
wic. uui is votes, ana a man named
. . man namea ixwden
.aM lt ana tne remaining delegate
Jevlry for tlielBride
Rings, Diamonds, Pendants, Brooches. Laval
Heres. Gold Knives. Card da. aiV
Chains. Fobs. Rinrs. pin fnff n.v.
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25 Reduction
on any article in a .fL.
"iU your iHrjr ads now .t a. (Teat ariaa. F,r. ,
ginted to be a. Teprwented. E?ar srtiele
iJ. P. SCHADE, Jckreler
133 WOBCtSTEW StDC, IS Fieoa' N. g. Oer. Se.i o
A DELEGATE
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GOVERNOR HARDING
FORESAW HE: WAS
TO BE
Nominee Had Assurances. Satur
day Morning He Would Be
Given Party's Highest Honor.
. By Raymond Clapper ,
Chicago, June 12. (U, P.) This
la the biggest night' in the life of
I Warren G.' Harding, who won the
Republican nomination for the pres
idency today, but he is looking for
ward to a bigger night early next
November... . '
i The Ohio senator planned to leave to
righc for Washington on a special train.
He Is resting from the final weary hours
of the convention and is going over In
his mind the dramatic hours which saw
him Swept into the coveted prise on the
shoulders of a deadlock. ; f ;
Wearied from scores of conferences
which have kept him up until S and : 4
o'clock every morning tnls week. Sen
ator Harding declined tonight to make
any speeches or take part in any public
ceremonies; He locked . himself in se
clusion - with . Mrs. Harding to i enjoy
their triumph, together. ,
UE FORESAW 3TOXIXA1TOW ,
The final hours of the convention were
thrilling: ones for Harding 1 TT haf ron
tons to believe that his nomination would
,be agreed upon early this 'morning
when conferences of old guard leaders
and others resulted in a ' decision to
throw all possible strength to him. From
that hour Harding saw the nomination
dangling almost within bis grasp anil he
saw tt come closer as the balloting, pro
gressed. .... ; . ; . - i. ;
Shortly after the- convention reas
sembled in its final session, Harding
lipped out of his hotel and hurried to
the Coliseum, where he conferred with
Go vernor Xiowden, Colonel Procter of
tne Wood forces and many national
committeemen and party leaders. As
the conferences continued,' messengers
rushed in with the reports of the ballot
ing. Harding could hear the roar that
went up when his nomination became
assured. v.; .'; j , -.
WOBD IS B&OVOHT TO Rill
A few mlnules later Colonel Warren
of the Ohio delegation rushed Into the
room, where Harding sat shouting, "You
are nominated, senator." i Within a min
ute or so, Harding came out of the
room and started from the Coliseum.
Newspapermen besieged him. but he had
nothing to say except that be was proud
to receive the nomination. His secretary
handed the, United Press r a statement
which the senator had dictated a short
time before when his nomination seemed
certain."'.;:.: ,j. - w-.-;
Harding hurried from the hall before
tfce crowds in the lobby had a chance to
see him. - - k ." , -
.A group of movie photographers halted
him at the curb, Harding then got Into
a limousine, owned by Fred Upham of
Chicago, and -started for bis hoteL On
the glass window in the rear of the
car was a large Lowden poster. Harding
went to a different hotel as a guest
of Wilbur F. Wakeman, treasurer of the
American ? Protective Tariff league. In
order, to avoid the convention throngs.
He .was greeted at the hotel by bell
boys and waiters, and after smiling an
acknowledgement he hurried upstairs.
Tired from the intense activity of a sul
try afternoon ho immediately bathed and
dressed for dinner.
In a' short time the Yiotel lobby and
the corridor leading to his room were
crowded with newspapermen, photo
graphers and visitors, eager to see the
nominee, . : .. ,.v ) f, s 4
He preferred to make nd statement re
garding campaign issues for the present.
It is aU too sudden., I haven't had
time to think about those matters,"
Harding said.: : v.-. - " -i-f - -r
from Battle Creek and was eating his
wild oats.
DELEGATES WANT PQXS
Well, we finely got down to' Alaska,
which has get two votes for no reason
and one of the Eskimos has one vote
for . Wood and one vote for the native
son, Coolish. ; But Just then the other
delegate come in and asked for a pole,
though-they are closer to the north ne
than Doe Cook ever got. But when
the pole was announced fit ' seems that
both votes ought to of been for Wood.
Personally, Instead of voting for Wood
in the Coliseum these days I" would
vote for ice. But you know what these
Eckimob are. " - .,:;" ... ;. . -
(Copricht. 929. by The Belt 8jadwt.)
. ' " .Polndexter for Harding: y
' Coliseum, Chicago. June 1SL-(I. X S.)
-rSenator Poindexter, Washington, said :
("Senator Harding is a very able senator
and a splendid- type of American citi
zen. He Will serve the iwmnU
! president, and I will take great pleasure
n assists ug- him in any possible way t
"e elected to tht rr-af office "
M ATED
MINOR CANDIDATES
CRUSHED OUT TO
UOIf 1ATE HARDIifG
' BapMMsssgasBswBBsr -': .-A.'
Plan Made by r, Old Guard to
Absorb Straggling Booms and
Then Kill Leaders Works Weil.
By Harold D. Jacctje .
Chicago, Jane 12. (U- P.) -Senator
Warren G. Harding of Ohio was
made the : Republican - nominee for
president today by a combination of
circumstances.
With Major General Ionard Wood
and Governor Frank O. Lowden dead
locked, throwing the national conven
tion into a stalemate at the end of yes
terday's balloting,- a newly created sen
atorial cabal gathered in a room at the
Bisckstone hotel Last night and after
cenferring with various faction leaders,
decided shortly before dawn today that
Harding should be 'the "compromise"
candidate. -;.v'i . ti.s
The forecast of the United Press early
today was borne out in every detail by
the action of the convention. "
Otl QUAllD DOMIHATES
This senatorial group, including Reed
Smoot, Utah ; James : E. Watson, In
diana; Harry S. New, Indiana; Frank
Brandegee, Connecticut; James - W,
Wadsworth Jr., New Tork; Medlli Mc
cormick. Illinois : Henry Cabot Ixdge,
Massachusetts : William ' Calder, New
Tork ; John W. Weeks, Massachusetts,
arid W.' Murray Crane, former senator,
apparently has become the dominating
force - in the Republican party. i
The group which has been posing as
the logical heirs and assigns of the "old
organization was at no time a real fac
tor in the choosing of a nominee and in
the avalanche of votes that put Harding
across were even . tardy In recording
their reluctant approval of the party's
cnoice. .J-- i?: E
Senator Boies Penrose, leader of that
faction popularly known as the old
guard, was seriously ill In his Phlla
delphia home and although . he kept in
touch with affairs by telephone and
telegraph, was unable . to wield bis
wonted power .through his lieutenants.
His followers , were divided - by fac
tional differences.
HITCHCOCK STJKMUSES
- The one thing tha all factions and
candidates organizations were able to
agree upon before the convention began
was- that Wood should be eliminated as
soon as possible.- But Frank Hitchcock,
in a last minute- drive, had ' succeeded'
In building up stronger defenses than
was deemed possible, and in the first
day's balloting the general's vote in
creased rather than diminished. The
Initial baUot showed: Wood 287, low
den 211H. , Senator Warren G. Harding
65. Governor William Spronl 84. Sena
tor Hiram Johnson 133, and Nicholas
Murray Butler 69. -
Other votes were scattering. ' -"On
the second ballot Wood's showing
was unchanged ; Lowden gained about
50 ; Johnson made a straight gain .and
Butler dropped down into ruxth place.
Wood again , pulled, away from . the
field slightly, in the third : ballot, Ibe
others 'maintaining their relative posi
tions and Butler dropping mt Oft the
running. The fourth , and : conciurling
ballot- yesterday showed beyond doubt
that no: cho'.ce could be reachod , nntil
the delegatee, - or rather" their leaders,
had an otportunry to talk things over.
BOBAH CAUSES COUP "
Immediately upon adjournment, a tre
mendous Lowden drive was 'launched.
But before : it could gain momentum.
Senator William E. Borah, spokesman
for Johnson, issued a pronunciamento
that probably had more to do than any
other single factor in consolidating the
senatorial group on Harding. He de
clared that under no circumstances
would either Wood or Lowden be ac
ceptable to him, and inveighed against
the alleged enormous campaign expen
ditures of these two candidates. '
A few hours later, the senatorial group
began gathering in Brandagee's hotel
suite. - Johnson also visited the Black
stone, but It could not be definitely es
tablished that he was in actual confer
ence with the senators. When the con
ference adjourned, ; word went out that
a decision had been- reached . to this
effect:
The delegates obviously cannot unite
upon either Wood or Lowcfen. Harding
is acceptable to all factions 'and candi
dates and can make a tremendous cam
paign and has a good record.
The Ohioan's strength shall, be grad
ually increased at the expense of the
minor candidates, and after three or
four ballots a drive shall be started on
Wood's, Lowden's and . Johnson's votes.
Every person In the Coliseum sensed
when the convention reconvened today
that ' the '"medicine had been brewed"
and that a break would come soon,
though hardly a person outside the sena
Test, it for
HEW
IV ntrmph with m Sm$T!
ichich made Netc York gasp
tcilh astonishment
We have aa instrument exacrif Hke the irmnnnent
which was ased in the mnarkable "Dark Scene"
Teat made Afarch loth, 1 90, in Csmee Hah,
v New York City, when the New Ednoa xaatchedl
Ansa Case's voice witn reajia that utterfr beiSed '
stoo. aopfaistkated New Yorkers. v
Test io power to grve yoa the actna. voices f7et
srdjts. . Let us give you the Realism Test, ;
HYATT TALKING MACHINE CO.
.350 AI.W Street,' fortland. Ore. , 1 , e .
tors who set the stage knew what was
scheduled. .
HABDIHG BEGINS ADTA3CE '
The first, second and third ballots to
day showed little change, save by a loss
for Johnson and a slight' increase for
Harding. On the fourth. Harding sud
denly, shot ahead of the Calif ornlan Into
third place, 'Then the Wood and Ixwden
delegates succeeded in getting a recess.
Representatives of the senatorial
group then conferred with Lowden rep
resentatives, and the final act of the
nomination was written.
When the balloting was resumed,
Harding went into the lead .with 374
to Wood's 349 and Lowden's 121. Be
for the tenth and last ballot was called
the ' state delegations began a wild
scramble to get on the band wagon,
Lowden, Issuing a blanket release on his
followers- Shortly before Pennsylvania
was reached Sproul-came on the floor,
hurriedly conferred with his loyal Penn
sylvanians and then released them.
And it was Pennsylvania's vote that
gave Harding more than the 493 neces
sary for choice and made calling of the
remainder of the roll an empty rite.
Rt ACTIO HARYr
SAYS W J. BRYAN
: ooentisued From Pace One.) .
bered that ne belonged to the Taft
side of the controversy, with Roose
velt anil presided at the convention
which nominated Justice Hughes,
while a progressive convention, wae
held in another hall. ' - , "
WAXA TBEET WITH HIM
He wUl have Wall street with him
without the loss of ft- man. He will
rally about him all of the privilege
hunters and - proflteera His nomina
tion with the platform on which he
runs, will f make the 'Republican side
of the Issue clear. There will be no
disguising , of the situation ' which the
voters have to meet. . v-K' ', .
r Now the representatives of predatory
wealth can move from the Blackstone to
San Francisco, where they , will, under
take to manipulate the Democratic con
vention as, they have this. :;
1 The interim of two ; weeks will en
able them to travel leisurely. ' stopping
in the - mountains- to - rest up, so they
will be fresh and ready for business
when the' convention opens. " Westward
Interest, like the star of -empire, takes
its course, and the question .is, can they
succeed at San Francisco? .
Labor will ,be hostile to Senator
Harding and his platform.
The Democratic party has a great op
portunity If it will improve it. Some
party must take the people's, side if the
Democratic party does not. The Social
ist party and the newly organized Labor
party will nave a large summer's irrowth.
And. it. may be added, Mr. Harding's
attitude on the liquor question, coupled
with silence on that subject in the plat-
xorm, gives - the emocratio party a
chance to draw a larsre number of oro-
hibitioh Republicans to the Democratic
standard. The South the Democratic
South led tn the prohibition fight. . It
now has a chance to help put the Demo
cratic party in a position to appeal to
the conscience of the ( nation as the
guardian of the home. - ,
The Democratic party has the chance
of' a lifetime, and there. is every reason
to believe that it will Improve the op
portunity, f The people must look to the
Democratic party : for justice at home
and peace abroad. .
WoihenWill Object
io iteacuonary, bays
Mrs. Ida ; Gib son
San'Francisco. June 13. I don't think
the women of America will stand for a
man as reactionary as Senator Hard
tag." - r; - -
This was the opinion of Mrs. Ida Mo
Glone Gibson, prominent author and suf
frage worker, who reached San Fran
cisco today to establish women's cam
paign 'headquarters for f A.- Mitchell
Palmer, candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination. ; , c-!
"We are much delighted at Harding's
nomination, because he so anti-progressive
that it gives Attorney General
Palmer a very much better chance,"
Mrs. Gibson continued. "It is through
men such as ' Senator Harding that the
suffrage amendment was returned for
referendum,"
Hays ; Is Re-Elected;
Head of Committee
Chicago." June 12. (U.; P.) Will ' H.
Hays, Indiana, ' was reelected unani
mously tonight as chairman of the Re
publican national committee. Harry M.
Daugherty, manager for Senator Hard
ing, appeared aa the presidential nomi
nee's emissary- to urge Hays' reelection
with other present officers of the com
mittee General Coleman Dupont, Dela
ware, renominated Hays.
ybiirself-
REPUBLICANS m
ALREADY WORRIED
AT HOMItlATIOll
Reactionary Leader . Has Shown
v Himself Opposed to Progres
siveness; No Friend of Labor.
. By Carl Smith
.Journal Staff CorrmpeiuUnt)
Chicago, June 12. In Senator
Harding the Republican convention
offers the country a candidate who
la not only picked -by the old gnard,
but is an Integral part of the old
guard machine in the senate, .i:"
....... . " rj
y It offers - a" man who voted for the
anti-strike provisions of the Cummins
railroad bill and who starts with the
hostility of organised labor.-;: It offers
a candidate who entered the direct pri
maries in only two states. Ohio and Indi
ana, and testimony before the senate
expenditures committee showed that ap
proximately 130,000 was expended In
his behalf. : On the same scale had he
entered other states he would have been
a rival of General Wood for lavish ex
penditure. ' The ; convention offers a candidate
who in the primaries barely carried, bis
own state over General Wood, and who
ran a bad fourth to Indiana.
It offers a candidate who voted for
the Lodge reservations to the League of
Nations covenant, but who gave the
treaty faint jnipport, and whose utter
ances were mostly of a slurring kind.
It offers a candidate "whose newspaper
in iiiz waged bitter war on Theodore
Roosevelt and described Roosevelt as
the nearest prototype of Benedict Arnold
who has appeared in American history.
AGAIK8T FSOGRES8ITKJnE8S
The convention 'offers a candidate
whose record has been consistently
against the things that the progressive
element of the party has supported. ;W.
It bas named a candidate who is emi
nently respectable, who has ' the Ohio
tradition back of him, who Is sedate,
who looks and talks like a. statesman,
who makes a good speech while lacking
magnetism. " who - is compared with Mc
Kinley in temperament, who, talks many
platitudes and is at. bis beet when ex
tolling the history of his party and
who has the personal esteem of his col
leagues in the senate, v
mjo irni jiii nnnunaiuiB - untmi
little promise. Aside from his opposition
to progressive measures, he has the East
ern , viewpoint. He loaned his name
prominently to those who tried to head
off land settlement legislation by propa
ganda for a vague sort , of government
advice In aiding private capital to carry
out land settlement plans. He has been
one of those most Insistent upon getting
the merchant marine back into ' private
control As quickly as possible.
OLD GUARD PULLED STRINGS
Why did the convention name him?
Principally because it was deadlocked
and weary and saw nothing else at hand,
and the dominant spirits of , the old
guard pulled the strings for hira.
McAdoo seems - the logical answer to
Harding. It Is thought here, that the
McAdoo movement, steadily od the-in-
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U.e action of the Republicans, 0 c
- The Journal correspondent received
two -typical expressions on Harding's
nomination. Just after it was made. One
came from one of Harding's colleagues
in the senate, the other from "A Man
in the Street,--" : .. - IS '
Senator Sterling of .South Dakota said
to The Journal:-' ;-f :
"Harding is what X would Characterise
as a safe man an eminently safe man
on whom' all the various interests of the
country can rely with- confidence- in
his desire and ability to do Justice to
all. 1 think be should have the support
of every Republican," -
On the street was encountered a sub
stantial citizen of the W eat. He said:
HAKDlSrO XMTAJCX . : -
f 1 am sorry it is Harding.' I have
been a lifelong Republican and hoped
that we would get a candidate who would
appeal to the plain people. I am errata
Harding cannot do it. We are making
the same mistake we have made before,
falling to meet the desires of the masses
West and Kast. I hope for the best, but
J repeat I am sorry it is Harding."
The Quotations represent the two chief
currents of comments. One the type in
praise of a safe and sane candidate, the
other fearing that the people' -will feel
that they have received a stone when
they were asking for bread.
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group of irreconcilable. He will Inter
pret the platform as meaning immedi
ate ratification of the peace treaty To
that extent - the Borah-Johnson group
have been outwitted and overthrown.
Their only chance of mischief lies In
bolting the party or refusing to stump
for Harding. , It will probably net be
Immediately apparent what they will do
and may be Harding will deem it politi
cally wise to say as little about the
treaty as possible until after - election
so as to keep harmony In the party. He
need not Interpret the platform plank.
He need only stond on it and say it rep
resents agreement among Republicans.
The strategy by which Harding was
nominated was a remarkable piece of
work. The press section, was aware of
the clever way by which .the delegations
were manipulated, and many an ex
pression of disappointment and disap
proval came from Republican editors. It
will be a long time before the Republi
cans will erase what, has happened at
Chicago for the resentment of those who
were tried by old guard strategy - will
cause them to tell, about it when they
get ' back ; home. . r -t U.
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will keen the Republican party together.
Nevertheless It will go down in political
history that this Republican convention
Lwas dominated by a . group of Uni ted
States senators who were determined
that one of their 'social club 'should have
the nomination.. :. Kven "Senator Johnson
and Senator. Borah ' were' parties to the
nomination, ;' for there; jwere momenta
when they could have Objected and made
a fight for a more .progressive candi
date ; moreover;' even though much was
said in praise of . Theodore Roosevelt,
the man who was nominated fought bit
terly, against - the colonel In the Ohio
campaigns. It was a severe defeat for
the -Wood, forces and the Roosevelt
group,' but .General Wood has only him
self to blame. . For be could easily have
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been the Republican . nominee, lie
played with Cue wrong set of managers.
Ho didn't affiliate with the real powers
in the - party. And w hen he acquired
Prank Hitchcock he made nomination
impossible, for the men behind Louden
and behind the other candidates had a
common meetlug polntthey would
nerer lei wood nave it. To be sure.
Warren Harding's success is the result
of the inability of the Lowden men to
win for their own man. They planned to
have Lowden pass Wood on the ballot
ing; they planned to push Lowden over
If possible, but the Wood forces wouldn't
budge. In the psychological moment it
became necessary to hold the Johnson
delegates from going to Wood, so the
old guard told the Lowden managers
that the Illinois governor would have to
be abandoned. Tallt of Knox and
Sproul came from the Penrose camp, but
the distinguished political leader from '
Pennsylvania had Harding in reserve in
case Knox or Sproul couldn't win out.
As a matter of fact. Harding was the
choice of Senator Penrose many months
ago, as revealed in a statement from
the Pennsylvania senator today.
SUPER-STRATEGY USED
"We must kill off one of them." was
the word whispered from the Penrose
headquarters before Wood, Lowden and
Johnson were eliminated and the proceae
by which that i was done was super
strategy Itself. First inroads were made
in the Wood delegations, where instruc
tions for Wood had been given in the
primaries, but when the delegates were
faithful, members of the Republican-organisation
of many years' experience in
balloting at conventions recognised that
Wood must be equalled and paeaeU.
This was done, too, and In the mean
time delegates were Quietly taken from
Johnson and the whole convention
showed a- fatigue that made It want to
end the deadlock with anybody rather
than somebody.
The suggestion of Harding was backed
by a recollection of the splendid nom
inating speech made- by Governor Willis
of Ohio, who pointed out that New Tork
and Pennsylvania and the other Eastern
states were safe, but that Ohio had
gone Democratic in 1912 and 116. This,
be argued, should mean a summons for
Harding, who carried the state when be
ran for senator in 1914 by an overwhelm
ing majority. The Democrats may be'
impressed by the Ohio argument, too,
as Governor Cox has three times been
elected on the Democratic ticket in Ohio.
Certainly the selection of Harding would
seem to insure Cox a place on the ticket.
He says he will not run for vice presi
dent, but that is what all contenders
for first place say.
PREDICT COX'S irOMIXATTOIT
If a poll of persons at the Republican
convention , were, taken it would prob
ably show a prediction that he will be
the Democratic nominee. References
were made - to him In the nominating
speeches and the selection of Coolidge
for . vice president was a clever move,
for.' while labor doesn't like him for his'
attitude in the police strike in Boston
and the Democrats would appeal through
McAdoo for the labor vote, it must not
be forgotten that President Wilson him
self seat a message of congratulation to
Governor Coolidge on the day of hfs
election and . Republican ' orators will
make skillful use of that.
Harding and Coolidge is a good. Old
fashioned Republican ticket, but that's
what this convention wanted, and that's
what most of the Republicans think the
American people want. Back to the
good days of Republicanism and don
with Wilson, is the new slogan . of the
campaign as the Republican strategists
now? enter the race eo-lightly confident
Of. victory in "November.-, : .
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