The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-10-13
Candidate to Stress
Absence Sectional
Lines in Policy.
MET AT STATION
BY THRONG
Party With Candidate Is
Convinced of Certainty
of His Election in
November

Senator Harding has come to
Chattanooga primarily to deliver
message to the southland
In the shadows Of historic Lookout
mountain the republican candidate
for president will tell the nation that
there Is no longer SOUTH, or
north. east or a west, out that
America Is one united country
That aeh motives were Involved
In Senator Hardlng's Journey 10
Chattanooga, which was selected at
his express desire, and that they
viii be conveyed TO the throng which
will crowd the Billy Sunday taber-
nacle tonight at 8 o'clock to near
MIN, was learned by The News to-
day from an authoritative source
The speech OF the candidate here
will be an epoch making one. He
|, will tell his hearers that IN tne
event Of his eIectlon--and the sen
ator Is absolutely convinced that his
election 10 assured-he will not pur.
sue a policy OF secttonalism. It viii
not be victory Of the north over
the south; the senator wants 100
per cent. America, not nation OF
sections. go
The Issues Of the campaign will
be thoroughIy discussed, Including
the league Of nations, II was also
learned. The senator will put his
side Of the league controversy be-
fore the people.
Ths senator, his wife, and large
host of correspondents arrived In the
city this morning at S:15 o'clock by
special train from Marion. II was
quick trip, and as soon as the
special ber.hed in the Terminal
station correspondents and attaches
began descending and stretching
their legs.
This Is the third Harding excur-
sion into territory usually conceded
to democrats. The last one was TO
Oklahoma City. The members OF
the party who were along on this
"trip privately coneede that the dem
, ocrats have an edge In the oil state,
but say that Hardng's tour had
spIe lid effect there, and that there
Is than a fighting chance for
tho O. p. there.
D. enator Harding seriously hope
% G@s> ~ the electorIi vote of Ten
This question was put to many cor
re respondents, and to some officials In
close touch with the m&insprings of the
senator's moves.
Why He Came Here.
The opinion from these sources seems
to be that the republican leaders do
not exp q to win the Volunteer state,
but that they do feel that they have Il
lighting chance here.
There are other reasons, more impor -
tent which impelled the senator to
come to n democratic state, without
my firm conviction that his journey
would aid materially in increasing his
electoral vote, in the view of some close
TO the candidate,
The most importInt of these is that
senator Harding wants to assure the
9uth that there will be no sectionalism
n the federal government. If he he
elected president. He wants to tell the
,eople Of Dixie that sectionalism IS
lead;' that the old soldier, whether OF
he side that won or the side that lost,
viii be equally honored by him; that
; will be united America, If Hard
ng is ELECTED.
Furthermore the senator considered
his messara of sufficient Importance
n communicate to the south before MS
Election, and has made this trip to a
tate which republican leaders privately
oncede to the democrats,
Absolute Confidence.
Another Matter which will be alluded
q by the senator tonight, it is expected
~ those travelling with him. is the part
hat Tennessee played in the ratihca
ion of the federal suffrage amend
If is possible that he may take oc--
- sion to refer to the decisive vote ol
larry Burn, representative OF McMlhh
ounty. in the house of representa- yves
urn is republican, and IN eNplaha,
ion of his vote for ratiiicatloh' salu
mong other things that he was uoIt
for "the glory OF my party
The excursions from the front porch
+ Marion which Senator Harding mas
cen making the past month do nto'
acm to have told on his physical we"-
eing. He is as sturdy in appearance
: he was in the senate before he en-
red the campaign. His wife. VINO IS
ith him, has eyes dancing with pleas,
re at the receptions being accord'"
, her husband. .,,,
rock bottom confidence that Haro-
mo will win by a landslide perVades
the party.
officials Of the party will not con-
ede even the ghost Of sho" Tor
GOV, Cox. The newspaper men
alonu with the trlp-thirty skilled
observers from various large news
papers and press associ iations-say
that that is all there is 10 II. "lts
, landslide" they say, conhdentially.
There Is no doubtful territory
there Is no no. mans land" was the
way another Official put t.
In fact. We never heard that thei'
~ another side to the league issue
AN that of SNnatW Harding untI we
Hrted on this trip Is the way one
,v the race. "G cry " h ere We
cut. the people seemed 10 like the
.uator's presentation OF tho issue
What about the Des Moinos speech.
l,ere the senator said that he wanted
, turn his back on the league" the
,rreSpondent was asked Have You
ted any dminution in the effective
.ss OF the G, O. T. campaign after
atr"
"Not a bit" was the replE In fact,
a entire speech is not capable Of the
me construction as the extracts
hirh were carried in fragmentarN
m 10y the newspapers. II seems 10
that the people are with taIdhE
the league"
Crowd Greets Candidate.
Before the special train rolled ln'
ovid began 20 gather. Young and old,
fiu and rags, crowded up 10 The
IS at the terminal station. Promi-
mi republicans rapidly driftcd in,
NH by the time the train had been
rest half an hour a distinguished
ray Of prominent Chattanoocaus was
hand to greet Senator Warren G.
arding.
The senator's private car, which was
the end II the train began TO he
.rrounded bv the reception commit
%. and fually they entered tho car.
primer Senator Newell Sanders Hon. !
Clay Evans. Paul J. Kruesi Emil
a assman and mauv others entered and
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