The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-09-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
HARDING'S HUMAN SIDE
REVEALED BY COLLEAGUE
Impressed by Candi.
dates Likeness to Mckinley
in Love of Mother

in Love of Mother
Washington, Sept.-The personal
side of Senator Harding's character is
touched upon in speech of one of
his colleagues, Senator Joseph S. Fre-
linghuysen, of New Jersey, who pays
a tribute to the Republican candi-
dates devotion to his mother. He
says:
"While the political conflict now
being waged is largely contest of
issues and principles, the nation nat
urally turns to the standard-bearer
of the party-the stalwart figure
who carries the banner of Republi-
canism in the great battle that is be-
ing fought. The people want to
know and have right to know the
character, the life, the record and the
achievements of their candidates.
Warren G. Harding comes from
the State of Ohio-which, like Vir-
ginia, has furnished the nation a
long line of Presidents who served
the union faithfully and well during
thirteen years of glorious history
Rutherford 3. Hayes, James A. Gar
field, William Mckinley and William
Howard Taft-patriots all, Ameri-
cans all-constitutionalists all. Truly
may we say Ohio is the cradle of Re-
publican Presidents.
"My acquaintance with Senator
Harding began during the Taft cam
paign in 1912 when he came to my
State and spoke in my home town.
have served nearly four years in the
Senate with him. Since my entrance
in the United States Senate the ac-
quaintance formed at that time, rip
ened into an ardent friendship. But
my reasons for supporting Senator
Harding are not due to the fact of
that close friendship, but because l
believe him to be the man of the
hour and because of my realization
of the fact that we want man Of
his type at this time to solve the
great problems this country must
face.
Senator Harding is kindly, easily
He is dignified, yet tolerant. Those
who meet him become his friends and
lie never loses a friend he makes. He
has the judicial temperament and
when he talks he reasons and never
rants. A man of strong conviction,
he is not averse to taking advice but
when he has taken stand he does
not swerve from it but hews to the
line, the kind of man who, in times
of stress and excitement by his cool
ness and common sense brings reason
out of hysteria and calm out of the
storm.
"He has been Lieutenant Governor
of the State of Ohio, and was elect
ed Senator six years ago by over
100000 majority. His simple heart
felt devotion to his mother is one of
the most attractive sentiments of his
life. For many years during her life,
he always sent a bouquet of flowers
to her on Sunday morning. / like to
tie to man who not only before but
even after he becomes great still
bowed to that shrine.
Senator Harding loves to talk
about his early boyhood struggles in
the West and several times has relat-
ed to me the story of his playing the
alto horn in the Marion band of which
he was manager.
"a great event in Ohio was the
contest between the bands of the
State annually held at Fendlay.
Young Harding was anxious to get
the uniforms of the Marion band paid
for and so entered the band in the
competition and took it to Fendlay.
The uniforms had cost 500 and he
thought if the band could win one of
the prizes it would pay for the uni
forms. He engineered the affair and
as he said to me, 1--WE blew our heads
! off but there were so many bands
from the big cities that / felt dis
couraged and thought we had failed" !"
! When the prizes were to be awarded,
all of the players had left except the
bass drum, the clarionet and Harding
with the alto horn. Suddenly, his
name was called and he was present
ed to the judges and given the third
prize, 5000, and told to follow the
bands which had won first and sec
ond prizes. The three players formed
and followed the other two bands,
playing as loud and hard as they
could. When they got back to Mar
ion they received a great ovation.
Senator Harding says it was the
proudest moment of his life.
Senator Harding has had six years
in the Senate. He has served as
Chairman Philippines Committee, on
the Naval Affairs Committee, the
Commerce Committee and, during
the past year on the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee, where he voted fol-
ratification of the Treaty with the
Lodge reservations. He prepared
introduced and passed the amend
ment to the Selective Service Act
which provided for the sending OF