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Show Next President Will Come From Ohio The first faint rumbles of 1024 presidential booms were heard in the senate the other day. Senator Short-ridge Short-ridge (Cal.), Republican, remarked In the course of a colloquy with Senator Pomerene (portrait herewith) over the tariff : , "Ohio has been In the habit of giving giv-ing birth to presidents and great senators, sen-ators, and I cannot look Into the future, fu-ture, but I am sure as sure as I know that the sun will gild this dome tomorrow that Ohio will have a son In the president's chair for a good many years to come." "The senator from Ohio Mr. Pomerene Pom-erene is in good health," Interrupted Senator King (Utah), Democrat. "And I think I know who that son will be," continued Senator Short-rldge. Short-rldge. "He will be the broad-minded, lumlnous-mlnded, great-hearted thoroughbred thor-oughbred Republican-American, Warren War-ren O. Harding." "The modesty of my friend, the senior senator from Ohio, precludes his replying," said Senator Ashurst (Arlx.), Democrat. "I am sure that aU on this side will join In agreeing that the next president will be from Ohio, but we are equally sure that the distinguished senator from California has confused con-fused the names." |