| Show A DAY WI WITH rn I 1 H SENATOR HARDING calm steady determined the american who Is leading the republican party to victory goes about the business of the campaign in his modest office in marion by WILLIAM HOSTER the american people will decide 0 of course if the they acan can visualize the vital principle which Is at stake the spirit which Is at once the keynote tind and the mainspring of the campaign upon which the nation has entered luiere can be no doubt of the result it t a thing that can be carried cabout bout the country and exhibited from arthe rear end of a pullman car it Is wholly apart from the red ore fire blaring hands bands and stump oratory of old fashioned campaigns the issue in hort goes deep down to that principle which has been the mainspring of fine national life since the days of lexington and concord and the patriotic citizen republican and democrat auke alike by talking taking counsel with himself mill find it Im bedded in his own heart here in marion 0 you get a con crate exposition of that vital la aple it Is good to come to marion and v set get the true perspective you fou are brought anew here to the realization hat chat the country Is in process of electing a chief executive to guide the destinies of people for the four years ensuing from march 4 ineat ext that the very serious business of bringing about what a european observer described na as a revolution by que ue process of law Is going forward with a proper regard for the dignity ind importance of the task scene entirely appropriate ayour first impression Is of the fit wha of marion ns as the scene for the enactment of such a chapter in amerlean american history it la Is a quiet little country town tor for all its boasted industrial activity and when you approach the harddng r residence one among many n its simplicity and attract attractiveness jou ou feet feel it Is quite in keeping with 11 avents 5 vents that from this typical american bome ome there should come a modest dig rifled and capable standing upstanding up amer ican fan upon whom the choice of his fel tow citizens should fall to uphold the 1 honor and traditions of the nation this conviction grows when you meet athe he roan man ile he Is typical of the successful business man of the hundreds of thousands of successful americans who iwho have accumulated a competence through P the tha ordinary channels which arc open to all hard working straight Tor forward ward american boys meet him now he ele has established n office in the home borne of george christian jr his secretary which adjoins athe the harding house and this Is bal al achlen and secretary live side by side ide each owning his own modest homo home and by the way these executive officers are illuminating as to jabe he kind ot of a man it Is whom the republican party has made its standard bearer in this epoch making campaign every room in the house Is given over ato to the business in hand the senators conference on ference room Is the christian Christ lin mg 1 room ills his private office alicie the important conferences are held Is the kitchen in the living room sits christian elsewhere from cellar to garget the staff are at work no concu slon alon no disorder no hectic shouting zat at tile top of ones voice no running around in circles pounding of the stable Tt able no Elarry harrying ing jimmying or billy ang with strident denunciations of 0 he other side and loud of the way tile the opposition candidate Is ito to be beaten into u pulp just n thorough careful businesslike business like alon of the business in hand precisely the ithe way in which we like to think the aik oik ot of people will be con luct cd at the white bouse after alardi 4 step into the cutrig loom and meet the senator just at the minute he Is reading proof on editorials which are to be printed in his newspaper the marion star in the afternoon the senator stands for everything that Is printed in the star and Is careful to read what goes into its columns before the lie paper goes to press disposing of the sheet tie he shakes hands cordially alth you and you are at liberty to size him up Is mark him dependable he Is somewhat above abote the average of course because he has already been singled out by the people of ohio to represent them in the senate but aside from this you tou are at once struck by his balance and his poise 1 you tou mark hirn him as dependable safe there Is that in his face on his brow which gives assurance that he Is not nol the sort of a man who will speak without thinking inking tb or act without deliberating there Is s fie reserve serve force in his bearing determination in his jaws jans character in his mouth kindly sympathy in his eyes As you listen to lim him talk here in the christian dining room or later in ili a speech to a visiting delegation from the front porch of his home this conviction Is strengthened he say anything in ills his office that he say out on the porch nor anything on the porch that mat lie he adhere to in all since sincerity elty in his office the thing that strikes you at all times it Is the very atmosphere of marlon marion Is his moderation his restraint the absence of all bombast and exaggeration in his statements the careful presentation of the issues the avoidance of all attempt to array ono one class against the other the conveyance of the desire if called to tile the presidency to be president of all the people and without making any high sounding promises to give all of the people the best that Is in him avoids personal controversy particularly noticeable Is his avoidance of personal controversy not once since his nomination has nardin in referred in a public speech to his opponent he ele adheres to the issues not once has he permitted himself to indulge in personal dentin denunciation clation of his rival ele be Is sane lie he has fixed convictions as to the moderation find and balance which should characterize charac terise candidates tor for the high office of tile the presidency departure from which be believes without doing any good to the candidate who ol Tends does serve to bring american institutions into contempt during tile the war there was a barding kind of man in service as bosua on an american merchantman the time came when the ship aas as torpedoed and the was put in char charge ge of tile tiller on the whaleboat in ili which a goodly portion of tile hie crew took refuge A storm arose and there was imminent danger that the boat would be swamped in the stern sheets sat the bo sun rigid and erect his hand locked to the tiller ile he said little steady I 1 now and then to tile the rowers or hold fast take her head on I 1 as the boat rose on the ci biest est of a giant wave and then plunged straight down into the trough of the sea but for twenty three hours straight away he held fast to the tiller and lie he relinquish it until lie he hod had guided the boat hard and fast on a friendly beach then lie he got up and stretched and asked for a pipe of tobacco calm steady deac determined tind and knowing his business one conc conceives elves of the other harding thus guiding the ship through any storm that may arise to a safe harbor |
