Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-02
HARDING HIMSELF
AFTER BATTLEENDS
Reads Tale of American Ad-
venture on Retiring
Last Night,


him, Senator Harding awaited calmly
last night the decision of his fellow
countrymen on his candidacy for the
naton's highest Office.
! He made no prediction of the out
smiling face carried every outwarf
| sign of satisfaction and confidence.
Il can only say he replied to a re-
! quest for his opinion, that we have
| made the best fight we knew how to
! make, and await the result with com
! placency."
| Surrounded by his family and per
| sonal friends he spent election eve at
home. 1t was an evening very diff
ferent from most of those he hasTeX
| perienced since his nomination. In
many ways it was very like the
! evenings of bygone years before he
became the leader of a great political
party.
Throughout yesterday he let down
from the strain of the campaign, de-
clined to concern himself with thu
routine of his headquarters. and spent
most of his time chatting of every
thing but politics with friends and
neghbors who came in to see him. In
the afternoon he talked in jovial vein
for an hour with the newspaper cor
respondents. and he dined quietly at
home with Mrs. Harding.
Talks With Leaders.
Virtually the only attention given to
politics by the nominee yesterday
was in telephone conferences with
Will H. Hays, the republican national
chairman, and Harry NJ. Daugherty,
who was his pre- convention manager.
Mr.. Hays, in New York, and Mr..
Daugherty, in Columbus, gave him de-
tailed reports of the outlook, which
he described as decidedly encourage
ing.
From Indiana. New Jersey, Illinois
and New York, battle grounds of more
than ordinary interest throughout the
campaign, the candidate said his in
formation was especially gratifying.
He added that he also had received
some heartening reports of senatorial
races. a feature Of the election in
which he has taken particular con-
Germ.
Although he has spent most of the
last month on the Stump Mr.. Harding
ton physically. He has neither lost nor
gained weight appreciably, and he pro
sents picture of health and vigor. His
voice, though slightly crippled by speech
making and exposure, has almost re-
gained its normal ring and tone.
In ALL since his nomination in June
the senator has made ISL speeches, long
and short. By far the greatest num-
Der of them were delivered from the
rear-platform of his train during his
travels over sixteen states. Thirty-three
were delivered from the front porch and
thirty-six at other places in Ohio. He
has made twenty speeches in Indiana.
twenty in Iowa, sixteen in West Vir-
ginia, eleven in Missouri, eight in. Ken
lucky, seven in Illinois. six in Okla
homa, five in New York, five in Tennes-
see. four in Minnesota, three in Kansas,
three in Pennsylvania. two in Nebraska,
one in Wisconsin and one in Maryland.
Mrs. Harding Aids.
Mrs Harding, who has been at his side
during every speech. has busted herself
increasingly about his headquarters here
in Marion, has not been SO fortunate as
her husband in escaping the i'll effects
of travel and campaign excitement, Dur
ing the last trip, which ended Saturday
night in Columbus. she took heavy
cold and today she remained in bed until
nearly noon 1t was said her illness
was not at all alarming, and that good
rest and protection from the raw au
tumn weather soon would restore her to
normal health. She said that she ex-
pected to go to the polls today with
Mr.. Harding and cast her first vote for
him for the presidency.
After election day there will be
vacation for the senator and his wife,
! but detailed plans for it have not yet
been announced. Many invitations have
come to them from popular southern
tinental United States, and it is taken
for granted that they will make a trip
that will take them away from Marion
and give them at least two weeks of
seclusion and recreation.
Votes in Garage.
The voting booth where the senator
and Mrs. Harding will cast their ballots
today is in a small garage about a
block from their home. The precinct
has been normally democratic. This
year the political signs in that particu-
lar section are not convincing, however,
for the precincts registration showed a
greater number of woman first voters
than there are men.
! Local committees have made elabor-
/ ate preparations to serenade Mr.. Hard
/ ing as the returns come in md to cele-
| brate the event with a red fire parade.
! Last night Mr.. Harding retired at his
usual hour. AS has been his custom for
/ many years he read himself to sleep,
| choosing for his reading last night a
/; novel of American adventure.