The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-08
HARDING GREETED BY CHEERING
HOSTS IN THE LONE STAR STATE
PreSident-EIeCt Harding
In Everyday Life As
Observed By Lawrence
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
tCOpyr.ght by The Intcli.rCnCer)

Marion Ohio. Nov. 7-President-e,r I
Harding left on his vacation tr:p with
i feeling that the big problems that
w'i! C&cc him n HIS administration VIII
b" better tackled after > Thorough rest
and cUmp.rtr detachment from the at
moSHhcrr OF politics in which he has
FOR many months been rny"'or"d.
The rrrS.tkant-r.r't leaves behind as
excellent a body OF townsioik a. ever
sent Z man to the White House. Those
who have Known Harding Tor wears.
Know his every fault and his every
strong point. are united III their cNprcS-
S;"ns OF confidence that he w!ll make
good They base Il entirely on his
happy faculty OF making friends and
keeping them. He has Spl"nd.d a
m"ant "t tact and good taste. II" mqkrS
r,nrL. Ike him.
Nobody in Marion cNccp: ct course
the v\trcm" hero wOrShippcrS. believes
Warren Harding to be q genius. He is
looked upun however as capable OF sur
rounding himself with good men and
getting help from them. All summer
long he has had advisers galore and
wHllc Il IS UnjuSr 10 say he has been in
nucnCed a!tOse;';,r hy outS;dN minds
for on many '",:,~N"u~ II" has made de-
ciSsons contrary |" .'vcryh"Gy clsc's adj
vice. Z - II get mat he has awaited
himself O. such .tdvi"c a3 he has
To-
thought UuWi,.,.
"Firse Name" Administration
mother thing: The nc>t adm:nistra-
tlon Will be 4. FIRST nHnc" ldm.n:StrI-
ton. What does that mean" Simply
,hat there will hc scores Of folks who
VII he able To call tho new Sident
"NVrreU" and there w:ll be- even moro
iniNS Who VIII BE- called Harry. or Dick
ar Tom as the cas-" may be by the pres
idcn;. 20: Warren Harding is one nf
those human PERSONS WHO isn't expected
to change whrp hr gets into the White
House. lie WELL not change as SO many
presidents have on reaching tine White
House If Mrs. Harding has rIuch 20
say about thIugS-and everybody seems
10 be agreed that sh" viii have a great
deal 10 SAY. Sh" has the happy way
Of staying genuine ana breathing Spon-
tani"'y. There isn't = nHtEhbor in
Marion who has yet seen anything up
stag" about Mrs. Harding. She was
Just th" same to the home folks a"tcr
"a" thIcaEo convention IS before. and
~ = just IN" same after election az
slr WAS ~ the campaign and It's safe
guess that She viii DO the same at the
White Nou~"
Delightful Personality
There's something delightful about
the personality Of the president elect
which nnprcSSeS any newcOmeN He
makes i much better impression In his
private talks with uc8spapermcn than
his public speeches. Somehow he feels
;ue restraint " speaking much more
Interesting incidents Of In" past week
nave been the talks between the pres
drut-"iect and tn" ncwSpapermcn IN
the little shack which has been press
aeadq uarterS throughout the Campa ign.
Typical American
Warren Harding smokes cigarette
and likes 10 chew tobacco. That's a
relic really OF early days N the print
shop where the IdSL grew up that chew-
ing helped to keep the dust down. War
rem Harding is a typical American. He
doesn't affect the Statesmanlikc pose
which one secs So often In the attitude
Of public men. lie says ''meohe" when
others might say maybe" lie talks
rather than th" precision Of the draw
inS room convcrSSLtinnalist. He tells a
good story and enjoys hearing ono. He
knows life in its "v"ry aspect and viii
probably get along better with tho
members of the senate and house than
any president IN recent years because
"a" knows how 10 handle Congre SSrnen
q" MAS Just bit disturbed by IN"
9T"rwhC''HinG Siz" Of tho Republican
,u.t tJor.tieS m both houses. He won
6"rrd II they wouldn't he too unwicldy.
Rul on tho other hand II was suggested
promptly hv others who have been gOS
slipping with him about 1t thar 4 large
majority m each house will furnish cX-
u
- necessary. Everybody will admit who
knows what happened in the last two
years Of tn" Republican conS"ess that
ih" leadership WAS anna teErish and
clumsy and that with full responsibility
for ali branches of the government in
the hands Of the Republicans tho lat
GER will b" compelled 10 develop leader
snip.
Oscar Und"rwoNd showed what could
oc don" When tn" Democrats had a
large majority IN tn" house and there
will arise sumconn Of IA" Republican
Sdr >" attempt the same things though
the legislative problems are infinitely
more complex than they ever have been
Moshod1cM worker
The new prestdent-elect will be a
nrethodica! worker. II" takes things
calmly. He viii d" one thing at a
time and not attempt everything at
once. Just as he WIS leaving his home
| aSGcd him the other day II ne was
happy. ~
rather say just pleascd--IS one can
make that observation-disclosures big
Job"
tunity to do a service is theC"."
True" said the president elect--.
that is what really makes mo happy
the chance tn serve.
We chatted about the overwhelming
ma jor,ty and the meaning Of IL. The
president-elcct !s pleased beyond meas
urc that ne hail behind him at the start
such great body Of opinion. He Will
interpret m his own way from tine 10
time bat .t isn't amiSS 10 state right
here now that the campaign - over.
none would appreciate more than War
rem Harding himself a frank and free
expression by the newspapers Of the
country ut their ideas on foreign pol
lev The suggestion has hcrn made
again and again for instance that the
.eaguc issue was confused with donles-
u. questions and that Republican news
napers which refused To be led into the
Democratic camp on the league qu"S-
ton during the campaign Will speak
their views full. now that IN" Campai Z n
is over. The new president elect would
apprerlatc that more than anything else