The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-10-07
Editorial
Hardinmg's Human
Side Revealed by
a Colleague


sonal side of Senator Harding charac-
ter is touched upon in a speech of one
of his colleagues. Senator Joseph S.
Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, who
pays a tribute to the Republican can.
didate's devotion to his mother. He
says:
While the political conflict now be-
ing waged is largely contest of is
sues and principles, the nation natur-
ally turns to the standard-bearer Of
the party-the stalwart figure who
carries the banner of Republicanism
in the great battle that is being
fought The people want to know
and have a right to know the charac
ter, the life, the record and the
achievements of their candidates.
Warren G. Harding comes from the
state Of Ohio-which, like Virginia,
has furnished the nation long line
of presidents-republican presidents.
who served the Union faithfully and
well during 13 years Of glorious his.
B. Hayes. James A.
of honor and affection, and an expo.
nent of his own life and character n
all respects of the perfection of that
great bulwark of American liberty
the American home.
81 am an old-fashioned fellow,
brought up as l was on a farm and ON
the same land in New Jersey where
my ancestors had settled over 200
years ago. Therefore l know what
the American home is like and what
an influence it has been in building
deep the structure of this great repub-
lie and creating the stalwart Ameri.
canism of its statesmen. We thank
American home has been thrown
around Warren Harding. The Amer
ican home has been the foundation of
this great nation. 1t has been the in
spiration of love of country, or reli-
gious conviction, of true living, of
purity, or character A man reared
in this way when he becomes the
head Of this nation. will in spirit live
in every home in the land and be in
the hearts of the plain people.
in the three great crises OF our his.
tory such a man was not denied US.
The moral value to a nation, of re.
nown such as Washington's, Lincoln's,
McKinley's and Roosevelt's, is beyond
be held to the emulation of ingenious
youth. With such examples we can
not be wholly ignoble. Grateful as we
may be for what they did, let US be
still more grateful for what they were
Nov we need a leader who typifies
the genius, the character and ability
Of the great ones who have gone be-
fore. We have just passed through
a great war. We have a tremendous
national debt. We have difficult for
eign questions to solve. Our finances
need attention. We must have econ
omy. Our productive agencies must
be stimulated.
in this time we needa man of cool
judgment and common sense in the
White House. We need pilot who
will steer by the chart and compass OF
constitutional government. We need
cooperation in government, not die.
tation. We need a government If
law and order. We want peace es.
tablished in the world. America will
see the dawn of brighter day in the
election of Warren G. Harding.
Garfield, William Mckinley and Will
liam Howard Taft--patriots all, Amer
leans all-constitutionalist all. Truly
may we say Ohio is the cradle of Re-
publican presidents.
my acquaintance with Senator
Harding began during the Taft cam.
pa1gn in 1912 when he came TO my
state and spoke in my home town.
have served neary four years in the
Senate With him. Since my entrance
in the United States Senate the ac.
quaintance formed at that time rip.
ened into an ardent friendship. But
my reasons for supporting Senator
Harding are not due to the fact of that
close friendship, but because / be-
]ieve him to be the man of the hour,
and because of my realization of the
fact that we want man of his type
at this time to solve the great prob.
lens this country must face.
Senator Harding is kindly, easily
approached, and likes plain people. He
is dignifed, yet tolerant. Those who
mete him become his friends and he
never loses friend he makes. He
has the judicial temperament, and
when he talks he reasons and never
rants. A man of strong conviction,
he is not averse to taking advice, but
when he has taken a stand he does
not swerve from it but hews to the
line-the kind of man who, in times
of stress and excitement by his cool
ness and common sense brings rea-
son out of hysteria and calm out OF
the storm.
He has been lieutenant governor of