Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-10-07
H|CAGO CROWDS
GREET HARDING
(ndidate's Trip from Marion
Westward Marked by Sew
eral Speeches to Cheering
Men and Women

hicago. oct. e.--warren G. Harding.
publican nominee, stopped over four
Iurs in Chicago tonight on his mid
stern speaking trip, bGt spent the time
1etly at down town hotel resting and
king over campaign policies with his
|rty leaders.
Although no speech and no formal re
|ption were planned. the candidate did
! escape popular attention \ crowd at
railway station cheered him when he
)crged from his private car late in the
ernoon and another throng was gath
I'd about his hotel Earlier in the day,
ring his trip here from Marion, he had
en greeted by cheering men and women
several Ohio and Indiana cities and
de short speeches at Lima, Ohio; De-
! ur, Huntington, Crown Point and
3mmond, Indiana, touching on numerous
. ues of the campaign.
leaving late tonight, the senator will
bike his first prepared speech Of his
|p at Des Moines, tomorrow morning.
pronouncement on the League of Ma
ms. probably embodying a reply to re-
hit Democratic utterances. will be tho
ncipal theme of the address.
While In Chicago, Senator Harding oc-
pied rooms at the same MOTEL which
S his headquarters at the time of the
publican national convention in June.
companied by Mrs. Harding. he dined
tvately there as the guest of Senator
s,ry S. New, chairman of the Republi
b speakers bureau, and 1t Is understood
! IT among other things, the question ot
speaking dates in the East for late
tober were discussed at the conference.
|,rry NJ. Daugherty, the senator's pre-
.nvention manager, was among those
esent.
rhe candidates train is due at Des
oines at $50 "A. m. tomorrow and he
II spend two hours in conference with
. ,al Republican leaders before he makes
public address at the Coliseum.
lie will leave at noon and in the evening
. II speak nj Omaha, Neb.
rhe League of Nations. business
lbility. an increased production and the
ction of a Republican Congress were
long the issues discussed briefly by
nominee in his rear platform speeches
the way across Ohio and Indiana. Al
arly every stop he referred to tho pre-
rvaton of American nationality and
terated his pledge that while he was
esident no council of foreign powers
er would send American soldiers tc
pr.
kt Lima and again AZ Hammond the
hator declared he wanted TO maintatr
present high standard Of wages, but
condition that production was kept Al
high efficiency.
4 caution you" he said, AT Lima, that
vcr could happen under the pn.tctes o
party which believes IN opening thu
orS Of America to foreign mad'
oducts II am elected president, as
pect to be, | am going to stand for thu
Illcy that furnishes American markets
st for American products
You rejoice in the new standard O
mpensation and | rejoice with You. bu
u are grieved about the high cost %
ring and you have "a right to he Grteve'
bout it. While men may talk to yol
Iout reducing the cost of living, yet i
n he effectively reduced only in on
hy and that is by giving the hest eff
ency that is in you so as to reduce tn
st of production"
Many children were in the crowG a
ecatur and Senator Harding old then
their account he wanted to keep III
ltion free from entanglemcnts tha
ould impair its ideals and its integrity
was his ambition he said, to assur
Tor these boys and girls he same kin
United States that I looked forwar
when I was in the public schools"