The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-19
PRESIDENT ELECT BEGINS VOYAGE ID
 THE CANAL ZONE
Asks for Sober Thinking and Abiding Faith In Republic During Reconstruc-
 ton Period
By Assoeiated Press

New orleans, November 1s.--Sober think and an abiding faith in the re- public during the critical period of war reconstruction were asked of the American people today by President elect Harding in an address delivered Here just before he sailed for a three- weeks vacation voyage to tho Canal Zone.
 Some reverses and disappointments he declared, must come as the after eff ect of the world conflict, but he pre- d:cted confidently that all of them would pass away again If the people only kept their heads and helI fast to the old-ti virtues, thrift, econoNy and common sense Making hiS second formal speech since his election. MT. Harding spoke in studied terms and with a quiet earnestness betokening a full realization of the re- responsibilities ahead of him. But ring inG through his address was predom- hating note of confidence and unfal- terins faith.
 "A confident America" buttressed ey resources never equalled before by any people, and governed by a free
 representative government, was the ..deal which the President elect de ciared must be kept forever in view through the time of transition. Hs said no one desired that tho old order should return. but he maintained that in building for the new order there must be no acceptance of strange cure alls and fancy theories.
 The address was delivered at a luncheon of the Association of Com merce, the central feature of pro granme Of entertainment by which the city sought to show the President-
 elect that the partisanship of the cam
 paign already had been forgotten. Great street crowds cheered Mir. Hard
 .rS everywhere during his short stay
 and to a gathering of thousands in
 front of the city hall he expressed his
 grGtitude for the hospitality extendel him throughout the south.
 Following the luncheon Mir. Harding was the guest at an informal reception
 held at the Elks' Home. where he was
 presented with q gold watch. the gift Of the local club. His little talk" promised the committee of Elks devel- oped into a 15-minute address before q crowd of several thousand gathered IT. front of the home.
 1ie stressed the value of fraternities, and asserted that without them there would be vastly more trouble aaa WcFIy LII 4sspNEEutHcu fssfsff stite'Sss LII V I peonie. iSt general.
 The Preside nt 4cfeef was in New Or l leans about five hours. He arrived | shortly before ii o'clock In the morn I ing from Point Isabel, Texas where 1 lie spent the first week of his vacation, and went aboard his steamer. the United Fruit liner Parisrnina- shortly after D. m. Soon afterward the ! PSrismina started on the four-day run to Cristobal
 Any possibility thatft the vessel would touch at a Mexican port on her way down. in response to an invitation ex- tended to MT. Harding by the Mexi- can government. disappeared when tho steamship company notified the Prcsl l. dent elect that such a stop would carry the Parismina three days out of her course. She already had delayed her sailing one day to walt for the presl- de ntial party, and as she carries 8 rumber of regular passengers. Mr. Harding would not approve further change in plans.
 Besides MT. Harding and his secre- tary, George B. Christian Jr., the President elect was accompanied by a number of personal friends. including Senators Hale of Maine and Freling- HLysen of New Jersey.
 The party will remain in the Canal Zone about week and will land on the return trip at Norfolk, Va, on L ecember 4.