Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-04
Able
To Face All
Big Problems
IL; Dayi.; Lawrence

and saw him keep and even keel,
never ruffled, never up stage. never
exhibiting even the. school boyish Joy
hat n might expect upon such an
occasion. could not but come to the
conclusion that President-eiect Hard
ing will face all the big moments of
his career with the same delibertte-
ness. the same calmness and the same
modesty that seemed to invest him
as the greatest gift in the nations
power was slowly but surely Bestowed
upon him by the telegraphed returns
OF the vote IN all parts Of the United
States.
Conservatively Senator Harding
read the dispatches. The joyous OK
presstons Of the people at his home
made him happy yet only when a
delegation OF printers and employees
from his w newspaper came to the
front porch to rejoice with Warren
Harding did he choke with emotion.
1t was their joy, their happiness, their
enthusiasm which he caught. He
broke for only a moment. Soon he
was himself again m calmly exam
ming the returns. nodding here and
smiling there, mingling among his
guests and going about his own house
with the same ease that a practiced
most might display upon inviting a
houseful of folks for a social occasion.
People Confident
Ever since the Chicago convention
last June, people have been assuring
warren Harding that he would be
elected, people who ought to know
the political trend OF the country but
eve did The senator permit himself
10 imagine that the contest was real
~ over, that he was actually elected.
even when v headquarters were
~conceding the election, he did not give
vent to his inner-most feelings. Per
haps it was the caution which Mrs.
Harding was always expressing.
=! salute you as the first lady of the
land,' exclaimed an enthusiastic
nelghbor to Mns. Harding.
oh, it's too early for that" in
sisted the wife Of the senator.
And l shall not kiss Warren until
really know he is elecied.''
1t was Senator Harding himself
who reminded me that four years
g the people were fooled by early
election returns. l explained to HIM
that the Hughes election was CON
ceded before enough states had been
heard from to. warrant such a con-
cession and thai this time the returns
mad come in from enough states to
make the result more than certain, in
Guiding western States"
!Hd lrue, ne answered with a
smile. 1T does look good, doesn't
it?
For innate modesty there are few
men like Senator Harding in public
NE. For rugged honesty and cons
sctentlousness, it wou be we'll for
the nation II more men emulat.d his
example. Governor Cox has talked
of a senatorial oligarchy. It is ex-
tremely doubtful whelner the seua-
tor'al group will control Senator
Harding II the Republican
expect 10 do SO as they Used to in
other administrations they will find
themselves very much mistaken. and
disappointed Warren Harding is
loyal to his friends but a sense of
duty carries him even beyond friend
ships. He has a mind of his own and
a will power which will surprise many
VINO are reluctant to accept him as
a vigorous character.
Makes No Promises
Senator Harding hasn't made a
single promise of a cabinet port folio.
The inner circle is as much in abe
dark about that as the outer circle
containing the great body of Ameri-
can citizens. Senator Harding has
made IN. his mind to take a restSfrsts
and think about his new job after
wards He goes to the southernmost
END Of Texas and then t Panama
and will keep away from the horde
OF Office seekers who camp on the
doorstep Of a president-elect.
AS for future policies the senator
read carefully the election returns
without comment as to their
lie answered the inquiry of one re-
porter as to whether America would
enter the League Of Nations by de-
ClArInr that he mood hove ~ --.-
henslon about America entering some
Kind of an association Of nations.
But 1t was one Of the most remark
able election parties in American hds-
tory. Friends of the victorious can
d!date sat around as he himself read
aloud the various press association
reports that am to the house.
everybody in Marion seemed to feel
the right to drop in and say :hello"
with the same informality as If thew
were calling on n neighbor or fell
low townsman The simple home of
the Hardings was of course alive with
people. Fred Upham, William e..
Wigley, Jr., Albert D. Lasker, all of
whom have had a prominent part in
the financial or advertising side OF
the campaign, came from their homes
IN Chicago in a special train with
George Gesz of Chicago, and were
' SAANSO 40 " Hc"S CdITY
over the wire. Harry Daugherty.
Fred Starek and other close friends
from pre-convention days were there
too, but it was not until midnight.
when the people of Marion evidently
become convinced at the same NOM
ent that there could be no repetition
of the surprises of 1916. Then came
a fife and drum corps. It aroused the
entire town and the procession start
cd Q1NnO Mount Uorr4~ l.
the Harding home. Such a noise as
they did make. They yelled and
shouted and blew horns and fairly
screamed for joy. When Senator
Harding came to the front porch he
was given he cheer thai comes only
once in a life time when a man is
elected to the presidency when the
voices of the people who have known
him for years are lifted up in a chorus
that comes from the heart, q chorus
of congraulation that is sincere and
spontaneous, that Is at. once an ex-
preston of pride and e%xultation. Mrs.
Harding was kissed by her neighbors
again and again. The president
elects hand was shaken vigorously
by thousands Of his friends, real love
and affection for the Hardings was
unmistakable in hat crowd They
celebrated the victory of their neigh
Dor with the noisy enthusiasm and
ecstacy which. Americans anywhere
might display as they saw a strug-
Cling boy of humble ~parentage and
modes. means win out in the greatest
OF all contests in American public.
REPRISALS FOR KILLING.
Granard, County Longford, Ireland,
Nov. 4.-Reprisals for the shooting
and killing of District Inspector Of
Police Kellegher, Sunday evening,