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Show NEWSPAPER ANALYZES HARDING'S RECORD Senator Is Called '-'Dependable Standpatter" Stand-patter" Always Faithful To Old Guard i - Washington D. C After a thorough thor-ough analysis of Senator Harding's record in the United States senate, the New York World characterizes the Republican nominee as a "dependable "depend-able standpatter," who "followed. Penrose, Pen-rose, Lodge and Wall street's .defenders." .defend-ers." He "upheld the armor-plate factories which Secretary Daniels charged were conspiring to rob the government, and championed the 'wizards 'wiz-ards of Iran and steel' as nfctien! benefactors. The senator spoke againts prohibition but voted for It and criticized woman suffrage but was recorded In favor of the proposed pro-posed amendment," concludes the headlines. . .' ;, ; 1 ' : The World's story reflects the senator's sen-ator's "straddling" tactics, and the following Introduction to the World article, sumarizing his record, shows his complete subserviency to Lodge, Penrose and the "Old Guard" Interests: Inter-ests: "Senator Warren G. Harding cannot draw on his record in the senate for much to inspire enthusiasm In his can didat-y. There are no brilliant spots in his service there. He followed the lead of the shinning lights of the Old Guard, dominated by Senators Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania,Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusets and ' Reed Smoot of Utah. "No bit of legislation bears Mr. Harding's name. No striking speech marked him for remembrance. For nearly six years he has been a plodder among plodders. At times be made attacks on the president or members o the cabinet; apparently to his mind no good cpuld come out of the Wilson administration. "An Artful Dodger" "A earful perusal of the congressional congres-sional record since March 4, 1915, when Mr. Harding entered the senate, reveals these things: "1. He was recorded as "not voting on many important measures, when he either absented himself from the senate or saw fit not to record his vote. During his first year he was not present on 144 quorum calls and failed to vote 90 times. The next year he missed 60 roll calls. "2. He was always ready to take the side of the big interests or to support sup-port Penrose or Lodge propositions He proved himself a standpat dependable. depend-able. "3. He was called an 'artful dodger by the sufferagists and prohibitionists for his way of preaching one thing and practicing another. - He spoke against prohibition but voted for it, and criticized suffrage but sap-ported sap-ported the proposed amendment. "4. In the heat of debate he defended de-fended Wall street and made caustic references to the farmer, the laborer and the Chautauqua lecturer." |