Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-06-13
STAGE CELEBRATION
HONOR|NG HARDING


| ruum handling type
lie began his newspaper work on the
Marion Mirror democratic newspaper
a, 81 a week salary and was discharged
from the taft during the Elaine cam.
paign because his sympathies were with
Blaine and because he insisted on wcar.
ing the hleh hat of the Blaine par,isans.
The republican presidential nomine"
was horn on November .. 1855. At
Hoominggrove. Morrow county. ohi".
~ miles east Of Marion.
when q boy his family moved 10 Gale.
douia. nine miles nearer Marion where
Young Harding taught school two years
~, PLAYED cornct IN the Caledonia brass
band AMI later received college edu.
cation ~ a little Baptist college at
pbsrii ohio
When ~ Harding moved 90 Marion to
study law. but law dill not hold his
fancy In college he mad been editor
~ the colleg" newspaper and newspaper
work thrilled him. II was then tina, b.
hogan work on the Mirror.
His politica life began In 1899 when
IN" thirteenth ohio district In 1908
b.. was elected lieutenant governor ~
ohio and was elected a. the United
states senate In 1914
lie was married IN 1891 20 Miss Flor.
enc. Killing % Marion.
Golf Is senator Harding's particular
hobby H. also u a great baseball fan.
Great Home Man.
"" " a great home man and liScs
nothing better than to III III his own
fresiie entertaining friends. Hc takes
great prid" In the fact TIT h. has never
had any labor trouble ~ his Newspaper
plant
senator Harding is trustee ~ the
Trinity Baptist church ~ which he II
= member and upon whose services he
- regular attendant IN Marion.
Senator IIiriings middle name Is
"Gnmaliol " TIE republican nominee
knows how 10 smil" oven under defeat.
This was shown IN the 1910 ohio cam
pairn when h. opposed Judson Har.
mon f"r governor and was defeated by
tho dcinocr,,i, candidate hv more than
ono hundred Thousand despite campaign
nssi-i1nee fr'in Theodore Roosevelt.
Grateful 10 Friends.
CHICAGO iuno 70 Caught NJ the
hotel 20 which h. rushed from the Coll
scum after his nomination. senator
Iflrding mad. no formal statement hut
declared be- w1s very happy and deeply
gr4toful ~ his friends
The rspuhlirsn nominee showed plain.
" his elaiion when ha emerged from
his room with Mrs Harding o. face
battery - camera men
"tf YOU want o. make Mrs Harding !
luuk rlaarai" said the man whom the
republican party had Just conferred tn
greatest honor within 10 Gift tell he~
something about the price % millinery
coming down.
\ hurst Il LAUGHTER IN which Mrs
If'rding ioined and the cameras clicked
. lively accompaniment ~ tho photog |
rHuh'rs adopted the suggestion.
VI Harding was beaming with hap
pinsss
Asted fur some comment upon her
feeling ,s 20 the distinction given her
husband by biz fellow republicans IN"
said
Worthy ~ Honor.
n 1m tremendously pl"rs -
course Hui think me husband y
WORTHY ~ This honor and IN content
o. 30 ir rho reflected iirhi "
Senator and Mrs Hsrdinr wer" busy
with prep1rsti"ns ~ enable them -
ra'rh train leaving for Washington
within p few hours
Tho senator had hsen M nearly on
rirh' ~ tho round - conferences with
usftv ehiaf'slns whirh led o. hi nom
iratinn and 'o'lay spent hours IN the
hraf Tni rfrrin ~ tho Coliseum while
80 hsiil. from Witch he emerged
'ir'rr ~ qverwh.imi-g vote was being
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