According to Sinclair, 'it is doubtful that Harding ever thought there was anything dishonest in accepting the perquisites of position or office. Patronage and favors seemed the normal reward for party service in the days of Hanna. 'Soon after Harding's initial election as senator, he met Harry M. Daugherty, who would take a major role in his political career. The senator had quarreled with President Roosevelt over the Brownsville Affair. This allowed the Democratic candidate, New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson, to be elected. Harding's attitude toward business was that government should aid it as much as possible. He was suspicious of organized labor, viewing it as a conspiracy against business. He sought to get them to work together at a conference on unemployment that he called to meet in September 1921 at Hoover's recommendation.
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