Show CAUTION HARDINGS HARDING'S S 'S DOMINANT QUALITY I By Zoe Zac Beckley I N N. N E. E A. A Staff Correspondent MARION 0 O. July 21 On On the I way from tho the station to tho most widely front porch In Inthe Inthe inthe the I asked the tho native driver of or our Hen Henry for tor whom ho expected to vote The driver stepped on the emergency emer enier- gency brake hushed tho clatter of ot his vehicle and turned I going to to- vote for ho asked feeling he could not havo hao heard aright Wh Why or lor Wj Wi W. O. O of course This Is Marion Marlon Marm Senator Hardings Harding's home hometown hometown town Ho He continued to regard me rae with curiosity If IC not suspIcion cion don I ignores Such a n Foolish Question I j Then you OU think ho would make I a good president Without replying ho he started up p I tho the Jitney jUney again doubtless sensing that hat such Ignorance was too deep to o be enlightened Ho lie drew up before tho pleasant tree shaded green n and cream house of ot the hard landings I This he said Is the senators senator's senators senator's sena sena- tors tor's homo home lies He's lived lI In It thirty years cars Boy and man hes he's been a n. Im I'm goin to vote for him ilm Everybody's goin to vote for or him Dont Don't you ou believe In boosting your own homo home town Chastened I entered tho the HardIn Hard- Hard In ng home That That It Harding Harding- and home It seems to fit tit Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Harding who gives tho ho Impression Impression Im Im- of or belonging to lo the tho quiet places of or lifo Uto rather than hurb hurly hury hur- hur ly b y burly and complexity of modern existence His Ills sternly handsome omo face race looks out from Cram practically every window In Marion Marlon They are arc nil all home homey windows for even the tho steam shovel factories which produced produced produced pro pro- the thc machinery for tor tho the Panama Panama Panama Pan Pan- ama canal havo have a friendly neigh neigh- borish look Everybody Knows Everybody Else Elsa Everybody E knows everybody else In Marion Marlon Walk Valk Into any shop hop or office and the tho first tint person parson you ou meet knows all an about Warn Varn Harding used to help him club snakes out of ot tho the Hushes bushes as a 1 preliminary to lo goin rl in old Whetstone creek remembers him a 11 piece to the tho school exercises In Iberia Theria at tho the age of ot four tour used to get set him to toj I l beg cookies s from Crom tho tim housewives es I CAUSO Warn Yarn always al had a n nice i ia I way a with him and end everyone liked him used to see nee him diggin ln bait I for tor his t father ther Dr G. G Tyron Tron Hard Hard- Hard I I I Ing played In tho the town band when Warn tooted the tho double bass bass' born orn with grand STand effect because al although although al- al I though only sixteen he was a 3 whale of or a n. boy There are fe lots Iota of or folks talks too who like best but to remember the senator as a struggling newspaper r editor setting type making up the forms writing clipping pasting hustling up ads and when ho finally finally fin fin- ally called caned It a 1 day sitting there thero thereIn In his modest office bl his old al alpaca al- al paca coat CORt sort of hitched up be behind behind be be- hind and down In front his chair titled back and his feet hunched bunched on en Its rungs chatting comfortably with whomever dropped in Tho The senator to as 88 I have R said ld Is Isa Isa Isa a man of Imposing ance tall heavy severely handsome He HeIs Heis Is well welt groomed and well veli Yet somehow you ou feel teel ho he loved II that old coat ho hc wore In the Star i office sort office sort of sl sagged sled ed in the front tont and nd short behind and creat f wh where rEl hed he'd sat upon It No clo clothing clothing cloth cloth- ing Ins salesman would ever dAre claro of offer ot- ot fer for Senator Harding what Is called a n young youn m mans man's ns n's suit Safety Caution Unusual Degree But Dut It If ho does doe not radiate youth t and modernity he certainly Impresses Impresses Im Im- Im presses you ou with the utmost measure measure meas meas- ure uro of ot safety Batet sanity caution re- re serve He comes omes across the bit of cf lawn a wn that separates the home of ot his I secretary George Christian Jr Jr from his hili own It makes you think I of ot neighborliness and I l i I I I I I friendships made long long ago of or home ties and of ot relationships I that tho the men of oC big cities know nothing of ot In his arms aro are a n. sheaf sheat of papers papers' a n. foot toot thick Slowly ho ascends the steps of at tho the house ho he and his I wife built thirty years ago crosses crosses crosses' I tho famous porch enters tho the parlor parlor par par- lor br and sees Bees a stranger thero there Tho The stranger gets tho the Impression J that tho the senator would like liko to run being a a. little gun sun shy lh perhaps of ot Interviewers especially women ones But ho he comes forward with witha a n. slow stow kind smile and holds out his hand He Ho Is not a ready talker talker talker-a a man manof manof manof of few tew words and guarded statements statements state state- state state-I ments deliberate cautious I feel Ceel suro a phrenologist would report caution the the- dominant quality It ity In Sc Senator Hardings Harding's makeup When ho does docs speak his voice Is deep and rich Ho lIo looks at you Intently out of ot serious gray blue eyes ees It Is difficult to know what to ask of oC a presidential candidate as ashe ashe ashe he stands ISlands patiently before you doubtless hoping you OU will bo be brief and not pester him with a n new plea for Cor woman suffrage or an opinion as to whether a n raisin In Ini Inthe i the tho cider Jug JUI really does doos any harm 1 I wondered as I stood too before beCore this man what he would or could do doias do doas I jag as president to mako make to 1 Ifo better I for Cor everybody I President Cant Can't Bo Be Magician I IA A president said Senator Harding Is not a a. He cannot cure tho the Ills fils of ot a nation pation as al easily as a doctor can tie up a n acut acut cut finger But he can remove tho the cause canse of oC the tho trouble I The mere return of tho the Republican C can party to power will ha have vo in instantaneous In- In In-i In effect It will give o people confidence In the government govern govern- govern j i ment and stabilize Industrial conditions con con- so that a lowering of or the tho cost of oC living will naturally fol fol- fol tOI low I I Railroads R must bo be restored to tol l normal conditions They Thoy mU must t bo be physically rebuilt and freed Creed from all nIl all shadow of or government control This Thia will release ma- ma I relieve c and housing Marlon Itself needs Wo We 0 live out hero In tho the of ot the building m material country country brick cement stone II iron Wo know those these are stocked up to the the tho skies But wo we cannot get tet cars In which to ship The I East has tho the Hudson river as a means of ot transportation but the iho thoI Central West Is la harass d b by lack lackI of moving facilities I I Protection for American Products Again sufficient protection for tor American products must be main main- tamed Take sugar for tor Instance Ohio could raise enough sugar beets to supply the United States If tho Industry were protected from tram foreign Import Not that Ohio need bear this responsibility her neighbor states being almost equally productive I believe c too In strict economy In government as In the running of ot a n homo home With economy with witha a a. restoration of ot the railroads protection protection protection pro pro- to Ho the farmer Carmer and encouragement to industry a confidence will bo be created which will keep tho the peoples people's bonds at par and not 10 to 16 15 cents below par for tor every dollar they Invested by industry and self Not One Ono Man Many Man Many His Plan It Is a complex business business-a a business that requires tho earnest earnest earnest earn earn- est ability not of ot one man but of ot many A Republican administration tion can take care caro of ot It Jt Restore confidence and the everyday b benefits benefits bene bene- no- no fits Its to all of ot the tho people will follow follow fol tol- fol- fol low Jow of oC themselves Thero There are arp those who hold that Senator Harding tool took but a 11 lukewarm lukewarm luke luke- warm wann Interest In women voting There are others however er who call Harding a Ua crank on antE antE- rage though I cannot imagine tho the senator a crank on anything Colonel George Christian father tather of at tho the senators senator's secretary and one of ot those who claim to have literally brought up Warren Harding says he lie cant can't see seo how Warrens Warren's stand st. for suffrage could ever be called lukewarm Warrens Warren's for tor it and always h has hoa been Colonel Christian told m me adding with a chuckle Im for tor It too though probably It'll bo be a n darned nuisance Tho The colonel doesn't mean thata that a n. bit lIes lIe's a n champion of oC women women women wo wo- wo- wo men as gallant a ladles ladies man ae as over ever made mado a n. bow or danced a dance danco I likes to t tell n that Warrens War arrens arren's ar- ar rens ren's promised me a a. fine fIno Job if st lie he gets to Washington Im I'm to tobo tobo tobo bo general Which led mo me to think Senator Harding might not be as stern and rockbound as he looks from Crom some somo angles Marion Surely Loves Him Two things thinS's anyhow aro are certain That people who admire above j I lall all else caution reverence rev rev- for tor the tho past a policy of ot ul ultraconservative ul- ul tra-conserva tra conservative tra-conservative principles for tor tho the I future will find In Senator Harding hardIng Hard ilard- in ing al ah an Ideal figure And that his home homo town Marion Marlon Ohio loves love's him with all aU Its heart and ond Is going to boost him to the tho last man man even even If It they ha hao e to murder that undertaker who put a R. 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