Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-11
SENATOR HARDING TAKES
 RIDE ON LocoMITIvE

On Board Senator Harding's Train. Oct 10.-Seated at the throttle of | racing passenger locomotive, Senator Harding, the republican nominee for | president, took a twenty-mile joy ride | today on his way back to Marion from his mid-western speaking trip.
 Accepting an invitation from the en- gineer, the senator and Mrs. Harding mounted to the locomotive cab at New Franklin. Mo, and emerged again at McBaine 20 miles away, ~spattered with oil and dust, but smiling and declaring they had been having the time of their lives.
 By taking the locomotive ride the can didate and his wife missed a couple of the crowds that turned out at railway stations all the way along the route of the Harding train. In many cities dur, ing the day they had shaken hands and exchanged greetings with hundreds who fiocked around their private car and at several of the stops the senator made short talks urging observance of the Sabbath and deeper religious reverence | among Americans.
 Except for the short stops and lay over of three quarters of an hour in St. Louis, the Harding train was routed for continuous run from Oklahoma City, | Okla, where he spoke last night, to Ma | rion where he will arSive tomorrow af- 1 ternoon. He will leave again 24 hours
 later for swing through the political
 border states.
 With his political advisers on the train l the candidate discussed again today the question of an eastern speaking trip in late October. An address at Buffalo on
 October 21 already has been announced,
 but it was indicated tonight that the whole plan to go into the east might be
 given up It was said. definite an
 nuoncement might be expected within 6
 day or two.
 1 The ride of the senator and Mrs
 Harding in the engine cab was taken al
 the invitation of A. s. Blackmar. the
 engineer, who is an official of the Broth
 erhood of Locomotive Engineers. Tht
 senator chatted with the driver during
 the 20 mile run. while his wife, in th'
 firemans place. opposite, kept lup a rap
 i'd fire of questions about the mechanism
 of the great machine.
 Despite his three days of whirlwinC campaigning, during which he mad more than forty speeches in Iowa, Kan sas, Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma Senator Harding was up early today
 and at a. m. smilingly greeted crow s at CoffeyvilleS Kansas. In all he sf1ool : hands during the day with hundreds ,, coming. out on the rear platform at near
 
 l, St, Louis to hold. public reception for : great crowd which packed the uniol
 station plaza
 The mayor of Nevada, Mo- was in tn
 crowd about the nominees car at tha
 station and he reminded MT. Hardin D that it was the old home of the lat
 Senator Stone, who was a democrati s chairman of the foreign. relations con n mittee.
 a T am very glad that you reminde f me. of that" said the candidate in # short talk to the crowd. While I dii -- fercd with the late Senator Stone i e l1tolitics, he was one of the most lovab
 men I ever knew. and I was very prou le to count him one of my dear person; i- friends"
 Id In all of his speeches, Senator Hart Tt ing praised the religious and moral il ,h' fiuence in American life and said l. wished there were more of it. d. "Of course you do not expect me -t ty make a speech this morning. he sa d to the crowd at Sedalia, Mo "We r. America are very insistent about Il 10 observance of the. proprieties and u
 increased reverence with which we ke or the Sabbath day. but it would not be H. Godly and would be patriotic if I talk rd to y6u about one or two things thil
 desirable for our common country. ho T naQ ratner De on the SaIes Slde WI IS, people, inclined to piety and religion | K cause those are the things We need Of little mora pronounced in our nation to life. I remember that Washington sa ge in his farewell address that we mt 10 never forget that morality and reli ne ion, are handma idens essential in t ne cultivation of the highest citizenship E. this republic
 IS T would be happy, if could say les you today something that should add no American devotion to religion and IT rality, and the wonderful thing abo. ( cA is that while the government guarant, ITS to us religious freedom and encouras 'ne it. yet the government does not, tell what our religious devotion shall
 This is free America my countrym
 and I will venture to say just one th DIX that might have the savor of politics
 want to keen it free America" ore Harry M. Daugherty, the Harding p ht' convention manager. who accompan Ks the nominee on the trip. issued, a sta lay ment. tonight saying that he snever I nat known of a more successful speak ar. trfn by any presidential nominee