Show Editorial Digest Inspecting the I Republican an T Team earn The following poll poli o or othe the press on n the Republican part party's s 's choice of ot nomInees nom nom nominees om represents chiefly the East and i South with a scattering ng of ot the Mi Middle dle and Far West I The n nomination of S Senator Warren Warren G. G Harding s Is notice that those f In control 9 of the party b e that the citizens of the country are SC EP spineless so lacking in ordinary Int Intelligence Intelligence Intel Intel- l. l that they can sele select t one of the worst reactionaries in public life and put him over at the polls New New York Call Soc ff The Republicans have put forward in Harding and Coolidge men men who stand for tor all that is best in the government government government gov- gov gov gov- of the American republic Baltimore American Rep national life lite In the period of our when it is is vital to the country that the presidency be held bya by a man man of dominating intellect of compelling ex experIence experience ex- ex or indomitable will the Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans have nominated an amiable Albany Albany Argus Ind md Dem Dem Harding honest as the day is long well meaning yet would be beclay clay in the hands of clever politicians ians and arid clever financiers who ho once rice gained e al-e his his ear ear I Newport News Record tina Una j. j Wall str street et was surprised at the choice of ot Warren G G. Harding Old time Wall street men were ardent supporters of ot General Wood and some of the younger men l leading toward Hoover Bankers B. generally while ox CX ex expressing pressing surprise at the result believe H sterling qualities and his out and Ameri Americanism will return him victor Wall Wall Street Journal Ind There never was was a plainer case cas ofa ofa of ofa a made machine candidate Hardings Harding's s nomination was dictated by Penrose and this is a fact that the Republicans ans would have difficulty in denying if they were disposed to make a denial Charlotte Observer Ind Dem The feels that no better selection could possibly have been made by the Chicago delegates Wheeling Rep The Chicago convention has adopted adopt adopt- ed cC a platform evasive as to one of the chief Issues and silent as to fo another It has named a presidential candidate guaranteed to do nothing not laid down downin In the book boole of rules rules Thus functions the system sometimes called the popular popular popular pop pop- ular nomination of ot a president Cleveland Plain Dealer Ind lad Dem 1 t. t A ticket for tor presidential honor which will doubtless be acceptable acceptable acceptable accept accept- able to all the except-the radical element clement of ot the party as a's represented by Johnson Borah et Id omne genus genus' Norfolk genus Ledger Dispatch ma Ina Dem The Republicans have adopted a a. colorless platform and an al almost ai- ai l- l most colorless candidate and they have saved their party organization New New NewYork York Globe Ond hid Ind Dem The Th re reaction to the th nomination made at at the Chicago convention is easily It is not particularly particularly l favor favorable ble to the most progressive wing of th the Republican party though it itis itis itis is interesting to note that the only talk of a bolt comes come from the and William Randolph Hearst is profoundly disaffected Samuel Samuel Samuel Sam Sam- uel Gompers thinks labor has been slapped In In Inthe the f face ce Former President Taft Herbert Hoover Charles E E. Hughes Mr Root the leading new Republican n newspapers are satisfied Baltimore News Ind md The nominatiOn of Senator Harding as the R Republican standard b bearer In Inthe Inthe inthe the campaign of 1920 more clearly de defined defines ge de- fines fined the position of that party upon t the major problems of t the e day T The e senator ha has long been kno known n as one one of f the outstanding exponents of reaction in American politics Pittsburg Pittsburg Sun Dem Mr Ha Harding ding has lias filled every position position position tion he h has s held so acceptably as to win the invitation in each case to move higher He Me well represents the type of men men- who have been the mainstay of our our government from the beginning and are the best guaranty of its Sue suc successful c operation oper prosperity and permanencY per permanency per per- Philadelphia Press Rep He is a long life-long Republican a straight party man and a a. a man very much of the type of the late lat William McKinley of his own state The worst thing about him Is that he is is' is isa a aRe aRe- Re Republican publican It is is' is isa a pity that so go good d a aman aman amanIs man manIs Is to fo be burdened with the sins sins' of so so bad a a. party Atlanta Atlanta Constitution Dem From from something more than the usual abundance of available material the Republicans made an eminently wise selection In the nomination nom nom- of Senator Warren G O. Harding Hard Hard- ing Kansas Kansas City Journal Rep Harding meets the the requirements of ot the present age and conditions about as as much as Rip Van Winkle met those that stared him In m the face fac when he opened his eyes after hi his l long ng sleep Fort Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Dem Harding is an Am American of that staunch school of which every American patriot is proud Christian n Science Mo Monitor Ind md The Th point pointed d question Wl Wile Who o Is Hard lard Harding ing ing is asked too frequently to stave off oft embarrassment A nominee who ne needs ds an apol apology gy is unfortunate but butone butone one who needs an introduction is piti ful fuh Harrisburg News Ind md Dem Warren G G. Harding is a square four American who has worked his way up from the humblest of be beginnings beginnings beginnings be- be ginnings to the high position from which he is we believe to be called to the highest office otice in the land land- Chicago Tribune Ind md Rep The Republicans have chosen to ignore the gre great t forward forward- looking self thinking self acting class of modern Am American voters who acknowledge ack ack- no bondage to mere party traditions and labels They offer otter the country nothing their party has not given It in a past that cannot live ag again in Louisville Courier Journal Dem Harding H t is without doubt a m man n of the McKinley type having much the same sape and nd balanced judgment the same samo soberness of de dem de- de m meanor anor the same conservatism of speech St. speech St Louis Globe-Democrat Globe Rep The Republicans made a very wise choice in the nomination of Warren G G. G Harding He is a strong man manS with t few w enemies a pleasing and magnetic personality of good reputation and a true representative of the great masses of the American people Harrisburg Harrisburg Telegraph Rep In this the Republican convention was consistent Having adopted A meaningless and cowardly platform it chose a colorless nominee Richmond nd N News ws Leader Ind md Dem I H Harding and Coolidge those Coolidge those are aro the names that bring a thrill to a coun coun- I try ry weary of government by fad and theory The records of these two men inca assure the country that within the year yea the United States will wilt be guided again by clear thinking constructive businesslike busi bus leaders Buffalo E Express pres Ind md Rep Hardings selection is received without without without with with- out enthusiasm Nobody wanted him but the senators who nominated ted him and who will gain In power and prestige prestige pres pros tige by his elevation to the presidency Evansville Courier Dem Dern of the country New New York Mall Mail Ind md Senator Harding is a conservative candidate with a conservative platform plat plat- form The TheOld The Old Guard has got what it wanted It now remains to tobe be seen If the vc voters will want what they've got Boston Globe Ind The ticket carrI carries s promise of ot vIct victory vic vIc- t tory ry In November better still It is 15 a ticket that deserves to win Behind Harding and Coolidge stands a united party Boston party Boston n Herald Ind Rep Senator Harding is exactly the type of m man n who can can find footing on the rickety platform erected for him and who can convince both wings of the party that he represents it its vI views ws The I Democrats s should be as as well satisfied with the work of ot the Chicago convention conven conven- tion as are are the Old Guard Philadel Philadel Philadelphia phia Record Ind md Dem Harding and Coolidge make a clean unmistakable and ac acceptable Republican Republic Republic- an ticket They will give the country a Republican administration Phila Philadelphia d delphia Public rInd If Harding is elected he will make one of those e going y presidents of ot the McKinley type loved by all hated by none giving congress no trouble by by on its its prerogatives giving the organization no worries by outside appointments ts i. i something of ot the Taft type without that distinguished distinguished distin distin- g citizens citizen's Judicial mind his Breadth of view his tremendous intellectual intellectual intellectual intel intel- greatness Birmingham Birmingham News Dem Hardings nomination is another great triumph for the Old Guard Unquestionably Un Un- questionably the convention might have hare nominated d a man nan man who would have hav beer been stronger with the voters The nomination of the cobl cal calm caln and courageous Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Massa Massa- for the vice presidency adds great strength to the Republican lican ticket tick tick- et Ohio et-Ohio Ohio State Journal Rep Left to themselves nearly a thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand of ot our American men and women have fought a great convention fight and In the end have turn turned d instinctively instinctive instinctive- ly to to two two strong men who represent the thing of of which Americans are proud Manchester proud Manchester Union Ind md Rep In the candidate if he is elected the senate will hold for a time at least In Inthe Inthe inthe the hollow of its hand both the executive jive tive and the legislative branches of the government The government will be become become become be- be come Ii In t tact fact ct an an oligarchy more autocratic auto auto- auto auto- cratic and and tyrannical than the senate under Lodge has charged the present executive with being At the root of th the tree that has blossomed with the pliant senator Warren G G. G Harding for president are the personal jealousy and arid v n rp of of the packed group of ot Republican Republican Republican lican senators on the foreign relations committee for the president Raleigh Raleigh News and Observer Dem Se Senator ator Harding has had long tong po political political po pd- experience he is A A. man of proved integrity and sound judgment and there Is every reason to bell believe eve that any ny disappointments aroused by his su success cess will be quickly dispelled d by bythe bythe the general Acknowledgment Ck of his pe peculiar peculiar pe pe- I culiar cuBar availability at this time He no should rally Republicans of all shades of ot opinion to devotion to a a c common I cause Governor Coolidge h has s amply proved his political courage and abil abil- I ity Philadelphia Philadelphia- Inquirer r Rep The Coolidge Harding-Coolidge ticket seems m made de t to order for the platform HardIng Harding Harding Hard Hard- ing always has been a regular He is acceptable to the Old Guard and the in interests interests interests in- in he Is s not particularly ly objectionable objectionable to any faction and he can Ican stand on any and every plank in the G G. G O. O Ii P. P platform rm without qualm of conscience or violation of political politIc 1 principle Coolidge a political acci accident accident dent outgrowth of the Boston police strike stands at least for law Jaw lawand lawand and order and In this respect he gives th the ticket a kangaroo character with witha I a a. colorless candidate who stands for tor everything and nothing RIchmond Richmond Times Dispatch Dem There may be Republicans who are sorry their favorites failed in getting the nomination but it must be conceded that the men nominated for president and vice president are eminently satis satis- factory Lives of the nominees and the records they have made afford I I abundant proof that they they may may be trusted trust trust- ed Both of ot them are both statesmen and patriots that will not make in the campaign th that t is to t ta follow follow follow fol fol- fol- fol low a force acting on the defensive Knoxville Journal and rand Tribune Rep The platform and the ticket need no apologies They mean the end of the Wilson rule and the exodus of the Democratic Democratic Democratic Dem Dem- party part from office Hartford e.-Hartford Courant Rep He Is a political product and a represent representative representative rep rep- resent Uve of the senatorial Interests that took it unto themselves to to- to formulate formulate formu formu- late the policy and nam name the candidates candidates candidates candi candi- dates of at the party The convention wholly failed tailed to recognize the pr gres sive Indianapolis Indianapolis News Ind md The senate has nominated itself for forthe forthe forthe the presidency In the person of HardIng Hard- Hard Ing Chicago Daily Dally Journal Dem We bell believe eve that the choice of Senator Sen Sea ator Harding represents the belief of ot the Republican party that the people desire peace industry and Tribune prosperity South Bend In Ind md Rep The res result lt Is a sharp disappointment disappoint disappoInt- ment to to th the great body of In independent rit Republican voters and the forward forward- looking element of the party part Senator Harding Is an n amiable gentleman of pleasing appearance appearance and has a gift gilt for oratory But even in his own state he could not be elected governor and b barely bare rely re- re ly carried the state in the primary contest with General Wood Grand Wood Grand Rapids RapIds' Press Ind md If the people n next November should sl ratify the action Of the Chicago convention the country is assured a safe sate a sane and ad a patriotic administration adminis adminis- tr 4 o Cincinnati i 4 E Enquirer Dem N ih l t i k N ih l t i k Neither in inet the platform nor U the ticket tick tick- et at Is there the slightest concession to liberal political sentiment while labor has been deliberately St. SL St Louis Star Ind Tad The Old Guard will naturally view the result as a triumph of safety and sanity The nominee has always been reg regarded in Washington as essentially a party man l Io Montreal man Montreal treal Dally Daily Star Senator Harding would be a far farI more formidable candidate If it a popular popular popular lar ground swell h had d burled and I Lowden and swept him to victory at Chicago But he was of course not notI nominated in ence to popular de demand de- de mand Arkansas mand-Arkansas Arkansas Gazette Dem I It is a happy thing for the country t that at out of ot the tangle and turmoil of I the Involved convention situation at Chicago there has come a Republican I standard bearer as sound and sane and I patriotic as Warren G Harding De De Detroit troit Journal Ind md Rep I It is difficult to see how the progressive progressive progressive pro pro- I and independent elements of the the- Republican party in revolt against I Ithe I the reactionary rule of ot bosses can a aCcept the Republican ticket ticket ticket tick tick- tick tick- I et and platform St. St St. Louis Post Dis patch Ind I Harding Coolidge and-Coolidge have proved I themselves men of courage who are not afraid to meet emergencies in the tho I right way The formers former's record inthe inthe in inthe the senate so far as it has been an- an this time will go so t f farj r I nominate Bryan but apparently Is little choice for them exe |