Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-07
HARDING CHEERED
IN PROGRESS OVER
OHIO AND INDIANA
Addresses Workers and Vet
Grams of War-In Old
Quarters at Chicago.

Ry the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October Warren G..
Harding, republican nominee, stopped
over four hours in Chicago last night
on his midwestern speaking trip. but
spent tn. time quietly at downtown
hotel resting and talking over cam
paign policies with his party leaders.
Although no speech and no formal
reception was planned. the candidate
did not escape popular attention. A
crowd at the railway station cheered
HIM when he emerged from his pri-
vate car late in the afternoon, and
another throng gathered about his
hotel Earlier in the day, during his
trip here from Marion, he had been
greeted by cheering men and women
at several Ohio ana Indiana cities and
made short speeches at Lima, Deca-
tur. Huntington, Crown Point and
Hammond, Ind. touching on numerous
issues of the campaign.
Slept in Former Quarters.
While in Chicago Senator Harding
occupied rooms at the same hotel
which was his headquarters at the
time of the republican national con-
vention in June. Accompanied by
Mrs. Harding. he dined privately there
as the guest of Senator Harry S. New
chairman of the republican speakers
bureau, and it is understood that
among other things the question of
the speaking dates in the east for late
ference. Harry NJ. Daugherty. the
senator's pre-convention manager,
was among those present.
The league of nations. business
stability. an increased production and
the election of republican Congress
were among the issues discussed
briefly by the nominee in his rear
platform speeches on the way across
Ohio and Indiana. At nearly every
stop he referred to the preservation
of American nationality and reiter-
ated his pledge that while he was
President no council of foreign
powers ever would send American
soldiers to war.
Present Wages Favored.
At Lima and again at Hammond the
senator declared he wanted to main
tain the present high standard of
wages. but on condition that produc-
ton was kept at a high efficiency.
Il caution you" he said, at Lima.
that that never could happen under
the policies of party which be-
lieves in opening the doors of Amer
lea to foreign-made products. If
am elected President. as 1 expect to
be, l am going to stand for the policy
that furnishes American markets first
for American products"
Many children were in the crowd
at Decatur and Senator Harding told
them that on their account he wanted
to keep the nation free from en-
tanglements that would impair it's
ideals and it's integrity. 1t was his
ambition. he said. to assure for those
boys and girls the same kind of
United States that I looked forward
to when I was in the public schools"
Says People Want Change.
In making plea at Huntington for
a federal administration that would
get down to real business methods"
in the conduct of government the
executive branch" he continued, Il
people wanted change and were gos
ing to get it.
And if you are going to put the
republican party in power in the
executive branch" he continued. II
want to ask you to make sure that
you put it in power also in the legis-
lative branch and send my friend
Jim Watson back to the United States
Senate" =
Taking his cue from some one in
the crowd at Hammond who told him
that four thousand men from that
city were in the Amy during the
war, the senator praised the patriot
ism of the service men. and said the