The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-04
Harding, the United States senator-eleci rom Ohio. to deliver the addresses

Harding, the United States senator-elect from Ohio. to deliver the addresses A Railroad President and a United
 State Senator Elect
 The choice of these two men was reached only after a good deal of careful thought. They were at last selected and invited be- cause they have been recently chosen to places of great responsibility MT Uarri- son has just begun what many believe VIII De, when times are good, transporta- ton service for the south which will be of lnestlmable value. more even to the in- dustries of the south than to the Southern railroad MT. Harding will probably gain great influence in the United States Sem ate' partly because he is profound thinker who has kept himself well in touch with the preeent-day condition.
 The address which Mir Harrison is to deliver Will be the first before any large body which he has made since ha was chosen for the presidency of the Southern railroad. He possesses unusual qualit,ca- tions for meeting the great responsibility which he has accepted. He Is of New fork birth, although of one of the most prominent families of tho south. His mother some years ago gained an excel- lent reputation for her literary workman snip. Ills father was private secretary or Jefferson Davis. Mr. Harrison's Chris tian name, Fairfax, is of Virginia asso- clation. He Is graduate of Yale uni versity' as Is his brother. who is now the governor of the Philippines. It was sometimes said at the time Howard Elliot became president of the New Haven Rail- roed company that he and Chauncey M. Depew were the only graduates of great American universities who had been chosen to the presidency of great railway system MT. Harrison's name must now be added to that short list. A lawyer. brought through his professional associa- tions sometimes in close relations with the onice of y. P. Morgan & Co.,, and in that association revealing special capacity for raiiWay management. both from an ad- mln1strative and financial side Mir IJar- rison gradually shifted from professional practice to rairoald activities until at last ne was pre-eminently indicated for the presidency of the Southern Railroad com pany.
 Already MT. Harrison has revealed a statesmarlike comprehension of what the south needs in the way of transportation There Is no railroad president who sur passes him in understanding what the cooperative relations between the public and the railroads should be and. as he be- i1eves, in due time will be- Presurnablv
 
 association from that point of view, and as he is firmly of the opinion that the United States Is on the high road to grea, and honorable prosperity. he probably will reflect that opinion in his address.
 The senator-elect from Ohio, Warrer G. Harding, has had unusual facilitie. for learning what the relations of tn, manufacturers whose output for the mos part goes to the railroads. now is ant what that relation may become. There IS probably no state in which there are sc many manufacturing plants occupied will constructing material and equipment fo, the railroads as in Ohio Prosperity fo, the railroads means inevitably prosperity Tor these manufacturing plants and steady employment at good wages for the skilled artisans and also for the com. munities In which these plants are estab- nsned. Presumably. Senator-elect Hard ing will address the 700 or 800 members of the association he will face from the aoint of view which will make clear what fr his view the real relation of government to business and industry ought to be and undoubtedly will be.