The Washington times., 1920-06-20
Believes All
Things Work Together
For Good, Says Friend
Martin Dodge, Who Sat In Leg
lslature With Nominee, Likens'
Him to Mckinley.

senator Harding is more nearly
like Mckinley than any man know"
declared Martin Dodge, 1913 o street
northwest, former United states Com
missioner OF Public Roads. who served
In the state Senate OF Ohio with Sen
ator Harding.
II was serving my last term as
senator from the Cleveland District.
said Mr.. Dodge, when Harding en-
tered public life as State senator
from the Marion district in 1899. Our
seats In the Senate chamber were side
by side, and had an excellent oppor-
tunity to see and hear him every day
during the session. He impressed me
then. as he now seems to impress
everybody. with the fact that he IL
levei-headed and that he IL more
nearly like Mckinley than any man
| know.
"It was well said In the cablegram
from Elihu Root to Harding that the
mantle OF Mckinley had surely fallen
upon him. Having known both men
for so many years. ! can verify the
correctness OF this comparison.
SEES GOOD IN EVERYTHING.
His gracious manners proceed
from his good Intentions: and his
character is marked by his adherence
TO principles in which he believes;
and his philosophy OF life Is based
upon the belief that all things work
together for good. He Is tenacious
In his adherence to his political
creed. and I have never known him
to yield his principles for expediency.
He knows that a man without party
Is like a man without a country:
and he also knows that an interna-
tionalist is on the way to become a
man without "A country His princi-
pies are such that he would stick by
his country and stick by his party,
and / believe he would honor his
most eminent countrymen by calling
them to cabinent positions.
I'VE have heard much in late years
about the desirability OF returning to
Democratic simplicity. This has been
carried so far that the friends of the
present Executive suggested he should
walk to his Inauguration and not ride
In a carriage. The late governor Of
New York, the lamented William
Sulzer, when he was inaugurated, did
walk to his own Inauguration, refus-
ing to step into the carriage which
the committee had provided for him.
II proved in his case that he was
really walking to his political funeral,
and so we ought to avoid getting
back to Jeffersonian simplicity by
such methods.
TRUE SON OF THE SOIL.
But in the case of Senator Hard
ing. he never departed from that
democratic simplicity to which SO
many are longing to return He is
one OF the very few statesmen who
have lived from their youth up either
on a farm or in a small village in an
agricultural community. Whatever
there Is to be desired, and there Is
much in connection with the country
life. IL is all exemplified in Senator
Harding.
'He was born in a pine cottage in
strictly rural district, Morrow
county. Ohio. and went to seek his
fortune and find the way Of Ifs, not
TO a far country nor to a great city,
but only to a nearby village, Marion,
the county seat Of Marion county,
Ohio. where he has abided ever since.
This Is sufficiently remarkable to
challenge attention. l know Of no
other instance. In all the Northern
States. where a great man in our
day has risen to such great eminence,
still residing in the same small VIII
lage.
I'VE should rejoice that he has kept