Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-06-15
Sen. HARDING
is NOMINATED
NAMED REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
FOR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES
COOLIDGE FOR VICE PRESIDENT
National Convention Nominations Are
Made Last Saturday,

United States Senator Warren O.
Harding, of Ohio, was elected the re-
publican nominee for president of the
United States at Chicago Saturday on
the tenth ballot Governor Calvin
Coolidge, of Massachusetts, was
nominated for vice president. win
Hayes was elected chairman of the
national committee
From almost the first ballot il was
apparent that neither of the "big
three Wood, Lowden or Johnson.
would be able to muster sufficient
strength to win the namination. After
the first few ballots efforts were made
to combine upon some dark horse"
who would be acceptable to all and
finally Friday night the agreement of
the Lowden forces to go over to Hard
ing was reached. The final tenth bal
lot saw general landslide for Hard
ing.
The Idaho delegation voted five for
Wood, one for Lowden, one for John
son and one for one of the other can
didates until the ninth ballot when two
went to Harding.
Senator Harding resides at Marion,
Ohio, where he has lived SO years. He
is newspaper publisher.
Harding was born on the farm of
his grandfather. He spent his boy
hood there. His father was DR.. George
T. Harding. There was much wood
land in that part of Ohio and as. in
those days, each child was expected
to contribute his share toward the ad-
vancement of the farm, he early
I IN Ac
up he learned to fell trees, chop Wood.
split rails, plant and hoe corn and do
all those tasks which are necessary
when crops are raised between clumps
of stumps Thus he learned the value
of industry
AT the village school, which he at
tended until he was IA years old, he
made fair progress. He then entered
the Ohio Central College, of Iberia,
and while student displayed talent
for Journalism when elected editor of
the college paper. He earned his way
through college by aiding farmers
thereabouts with cutting corn, driving
teams, helping to grade a roadbed for
the railway. He later taught school
and played horn in the village band.
After his experience as editor he,
became interested in the printing craft
and learned to stick type" at which.
he became expert. The luck piece"
he carried as United States senator
is the old printers rule he used when
was learning his trade He gradu-
ated at 19 years and it was that year
that his father moved to Marion, the,
county seat. This was town of 1000
population at that time and the chief
feature of it was the Daily Star. a
struggling newspaper. Young Hard
ings eyes cleaned when it occurred
to him that he could run that paper.
His father told him to "go ahead" He
bought the paper by assuming its in
debtedness.
Having climbed the ladder from the
lowest rung he is prepared to deal
with men in all walks of life. His
friends insisted that he run for the
state senate and he served two terms
from the Thirteenth district He la
ter served one term as lieutenant gov
ernor refusing to stand for re-elec-
tion and is now nearing the close of
his first term in the United States
senate. In the election the state voted
democratic but Harding had a ma
iority of 100000 $4,000 ahead of the
next highest on the republican ticket.
He was chairman Of the last repub-
lican convention and he presided with
a poise and led the party through a
troublesome period in a manner which
him a man of vision and
great ability. In recent years he has
made three visits to Europe and he
served the senate on the committee on
foreign relations, where his work has
won marked respect.
AS public speaker Senator Hard
ng is said to be calm, yet forceful
he does not appeal to passion or pre-
udlce, but drives with facts and never
1escends to verbose utterances He is
lrst OF all, patriot. His father served
the civil war and he grew IN in
he afterglow of that flaming patriot
SIN which preserved the Union and
broke the shackles of the slave. His
earlier days were spent around a fire
place aflame with the love Of liberty
md of country.
Senator Harding has ever had the
courage Of his convictions. He early
advocated preparedness which some
we're crying for peace at any price.
lie sponsored the bill for preparing
his country for war, which had the
ndorsement of Theodore Roosevelt.
ie became so closely associated with
roosevelt during that period that IL
became widely circulated in news COL
INNS that Colonel Roosevelt regarded
lim as the coming man of 1920. This
ssoclation gave each a high regard
or the sincerely and singleness of
urpose of the other in rousing the
uDlic to realization of danger in
nose days when the fate of the world
ung on fortunes Of battle. This in
macy continued until the lamented
cath of Roosevelt.