The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24
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Dayton and Marion Have
Citizens Who Oppose Cox
and Harding
ny r. A. APPLE

stranger on the downtown street
corner IN Dayton said he had lived
there all his life and knew lot
about Governor Cox. So he was
aakcd. '.what Is the funniest thing
you ever heard about Cox
He answered promptly. 1T don't
know anything funny about Jimmie
except the fact that he's running for
president what, Am l demo
craft Say. have you got your life
tpxuredr''
This facetiousiy grim attitude
strikes you In the homo towns Of
both candidates. Each of them has
enemies in the homo camp.
rCUx LOOKS OUT ON
HARDING POSTERS
Right across the street from the
Dayton Daily News. cox's news
paper. are four office windows filled
with pictures OF Harding and Cool.
tdxc. These pictures seem to frown
- they gaze across the street into
the governors editorial private OF
ice and watch him at work.
You notice lots OF Harding pic
lures In Dayton You notice lots OF
Cox pictures In Marion. Maybe these
are homes OF railroad men who In
the. main seem to be for the demo
cratic candidate. The more likely
answer Il that Marion normally Ii a
6emocrasic town.
Al % 8. Ludlow IT.. Dayton. Is a
branch OF the Excelsior Laundry. A
biz sign in Its window says Leave
laundry bundles here A flock Of
Harding and Coolidge pictures have
bsen left In the window-brown cam
paign pictures OF poster sire May.
- the idea Is that the laundry can
\put hack into tho q. O. T.. candidates
Dny starch taken out q them ~ the
bmocrAtic opposition
xrTIE ATTENTION IS
IvEN cox IN DAYTON
"A In Dayton nobody pays much at
euntion to Cox-at least. not any
more attention than to any promi-
uent citizen. As far as excitement
n concerned. Dayton resembles any
average big town these days rather
House aspirant
But not 20 In Marion The minute
you hit town. you know that Marion
. enjoying its biggest time since the
pear Of the potato rot Going into
tewn on the interurhan from the
south. you have TO set off at the
bridge apd change into q smaller
car. The patient conductor apollo
gsticaily explains that sonne Marion
~ built his house too ciosc to the
tracks and tho big interurtAn ear
emit be turned around in town. That
u1Ses you Marion's number during
ths csmpaisn season Everything Is
slow moving. yet taken with t.
tnlistic good-natured spirit
SOMEWHERE YOU'VE SEEN
THOSE PILLARS BEFORE
The streets leading to the Harding
home have been lined along the sides
With f5-foot white pillars Of plaster
and hth. making an avenue Of trf-
umphal approach. Everybody In
Marion has bought q flag and hung
\ out Every storekseper has 80
cluttered up his store-front and win
dows with Harding poster pictures
Y and bunting and Information Blu
hau' signs that you don't know un-
II you get inside. as q rule. whether
the plaza y . grocery store or pool.
gpom-
Marion ixnr profiseerfng. The
best hotel rooms are Si-5o . day.
whether they are worth more Ia q
delicate subject The average check
n the dairy lunches is about CSC.
Marion offers some attractive sug-
GeSsions for smart dre~sers-
For instance. the clothing stores
ere doing a hnd-office business sell
ing to pilgrims visiting the Harding
front-porch sessions neckties on
which are embroidered an outline OF
the capitol dome In Washington and
the names OF the two republican
running mates.
As you wander about town. you
think that big circus Is visiting
Narion-which isn't far from the
truth. On side streets enterprising
concessdon men have put up bunting
drzped stands OF new lumber. These
stands sell red lemonade and "hot
dogs One stand ~ As big as a
dance hall
IT'S JUST LIKE A
HEAL CIRCUS DAY
After hearing the frontporch talk.
inc Harding voters 20 downtown 10
the tewelry stores and buy buck.
eyeS from Senator Harding's front
yard" at 81 apiece. These buckeyes
have Harding" on them In gold
uaiut. also n brass rivet with ring
a. the top, so they can be worn as
watch fobs. A careful search OF
the Harding front yard revealed no
buckeye tree. But. then. one mustn't
expect too much on circus day.
Marion is a honey little town with
w0ntcrful shade trees and fine wide
streets sporting snall-town man.
sions. It's just the sort OF town, and
the right size. for staging a front |
porch campaign without making its
Uuychoiogy too obvious.
The people Of Marion have noticed
mat one visiting delegation looks
about like yesterdays. The charm !
Of being headquarters OF n presiden- |
tia1 nominee has not worn off. but |
the Marionites are pretty well fed.up |
on politics. The merits OF the two |
candidates and what they stand for |
have been argued and fought over
until everybody in Marion has talked
himself into silence.
Warren Harding is the big frogI
IN the little puddle, however. and is \
generally loved in Marion.
THE senator's real man." said |
one old resident. I'm a democrat,
rat he's from the home town. 80 |
spess he'll get my vote. I've seen
= many campaigns that I'm getting
more interested in men than In Is
sues. A political platform Ia. after
ali, lot like the platform Of street |