The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-26
TRAVELLING MEN
SENSE NATIONAL
TIDETOHARDING
1000 Enjoys of Commerce
Take Cheering Message
to Front Porch.
PREDICT A LANDSLIDE
Republican Majority VIII
Double the Biggest Ever
Given! They Say.
ANSWER Is BUSINESSLIKE
Nominee Says Tie viii Make
Government q Partner Of
Commerce and Labor.
PREDICT A LANDSLIDE
ANSWER Is BUSINESSLIKE
Bv staU Correspondent ot TITS Sun AND
Nav YoRE tIHnALp,

By a SfaU Correspondent ~ TITS Sun AND
Nav NoRG HERALD,
MlmoS, Ohio, Sept, 25,--Local pride,
convenience, fraternity spirit bust
ness organization and many other ren-
tons bring 10 the Harding front porch
men and women In special groups and
distinctive delegations, and while the
Republican nominee invariably alludes
10 tho particular speciality OF the or
gnniaton confronting him, his
speeches always are addressed to
pAmcrlcans"-to all the people, with
out distinction OF class or group,
To-day tho Senator received the
courlcrs OF business tho commerciai
uavclers-th those men who 20 up and
down the country gathering orders
fcr manufactured goods, Special
trains came into Marion, forty OF
them, and special cars attached to reg
ular trains on four railroads
Nearly 1000 travelling men, repre-
renting every section OF the country
from New York to California, all
members OF the national organization
OF commercial travellers, spread
themselves oyeiA the streets, They
came with bands aud gee clubs, with
banners and standards, They pa
roded to the Marion Cl0b to serenade
Charles King its president, and the
other hosts of the civic association
that welcomes all the delegations that
come here TO greet Senator Harding
with an unusually large tournout OF
Marion county folk, the delegations
made up an audience Of morOthan 6.OOo
persons nt r. NJ. the hour or the meet
ing. For half ON hour the travelling
meh hailed Senator Harding with music
md soLg. greeting him with words and
music written and composed especially
for this day, and they amused him with
monkcyshincs and stunts. Also they
brought him good news They told him
that the nature Of their business made
thom close observers Of public sentl-
ment, and that they believed they had
senscd what people were thinking and
what people intended TO do. They pre-
dicted that he would be elected by at
least double the biggest majority ever
given to a candidate for President. They
felt certain that he would carry every
state In the Union except those OF the
solid South. Their spokesman was j,
II. Kazar Of Bloomington, Ill.
"AmbaSsadors of Education"
The Senator thanked them for their
presence and for the udings they
brought lie asked them TO believe he
was much more interested In the well
fare OF the country than his own am
billions, or even In the good fortune OF
the Republican party. His main Job
in his campaign, he said, was to get be-
fore the people the fact that an assault
has been made against the Constitution,
and that the Wilson League OF Nations
project must be voted into oblivion,
After q word OF greeting referring to
their calling. and after complimentlng
them with the phrase Ambassadors Of
Education" he told them he believed he
senscd their great desire
"You want normal conditions" said
the Senator. You want that confidence
and security which will put an end to
anxiety about production an end to
fear about buying; an end to uncer-
tainty about delivery or distribution"
He emphasized the promise that his
administration would not be a one man
government; that there would be a COM
pete change In this respect. and he out
lined the kind Of Cabinet no intends to
call TO his aid.
He explained his hope for an admins
tration that would befrlend honest busi-
ness, instead Of hectoring II or being
hostile TO II.
Senator Harding said:
'"I do not mean TO address you espe-
cially as commercial travellers, but
rather as Americans first. do not ask
that you, who can carry further than
any other body of men n message TO the
American people, shall carry any part
Of message in which you do not your
selves believe, with full heart and with
calm thinking, Is for tho good OF the
whole of the American people.
Il would not dwell upon criticism OF
tho conditions brought about by nearly
eight years Of mlsmanagement OF the
United States II II were not necessary
to take some account Of where we now
stand SO that we may wisely bring
America again to her main road. and
restore prosperity and give promise to
the laborer, who gives us the products
OF soil and toll, that we shall not have
IN the United States no hour day.
II know pretty well, from more or
less contact with commercial travellers,
during a third of century OF business
life, how 1t Is In the heart OF each to
further the work which is his task.
want the commercial travellers Of the
one big house--thls Republic OF OURS
always to be thinking Of America first.
Want Business stability.
"But | know what Is In your minds