Roanoke Rapids herald., 1920-11-05
HARDING ENJOYS
LATEST BIRTHDAY
SMILE OF CONFIDENCE HE HAS
WORN FOR WEEKS WlDENs
AS RETURNS COME IN.
PRESENTED WITH PRESIDENCY
As, Throughout the Entire Campaign
Mrs. Harding Was an Active Fig
ure Throughout the Evening.

Marion, O.-Warren g. Harding had
he greatest birthday party OF his ire
Surrounded by members OF his fam
ily and a circle Of neighbors and per-
sonal friends, he received quietly AT
his home here the tribute OF the MI
lions who had voted to present him on
his firty-hfth anniversary witm me
presidency OF the United States,
The smile of confidence he mas
worn for weeks broadened as he read
the early returns and began to receive
food of congratulatory messages
hailing him as President.elect He de-
ferred any formal comment, however
until the result should have been
established beyond all doubt.
During the day he outwardly had
concerned himself very little with the
pending national decision. With Mrs
Harding he voted during the morning
and then made off for 40 mile auto
mobile ride and game OF golf at the
Scioto club near Columbus. He re-
turned in the early evening. his face
flushed by the raw fall air and his
spirits heightened by the tramp over
tie muddy golf links.
Returns collected BY the Associated
| Press were delivered to his home dur
ing the evening from the special leas'
ed wire which has been installed with
in a hundred feet of his front porch
since the campaign began. He scan
ned the presidential and congressional
returns with an equal show OF inter
est. for he has asked the people re-
peatedly for a republican Congress TO
put the party's legislative program 70
statute books.
As throughout the whole campaign.
Mrs. Harding was an active figure
during the evening about the candi'
dates headquarters. She familiariz
ed herself with local conditions IN
many states and she studied the re-
turns with an eye for political detail
The senator's father. DR.. George T
Harding, and two Of his sisters, Miss
Abigail Harding and Mrs. Caroline
Votaw, also were in the family circle
and many friends from about towr
dropped in during the evening to pal
their respects and chat with the Hard
ings. Outside in the street GROVE
gathered early, cheering the news o
the election returns as 1t filtered on
to them.
Harry NJ. Daugherty. OF Columbus
who was the senator's pre-conventioi
manager and who has been his ''ost
friend for years was one of those whit
received the election figures here
Since the Chicago convention he ha
served as a member OF the campaig'
executive committees. has accompan
: ed the nominee on all Of his speakin
trips, and has been in consultation
with him in Marion far more frequent
ly than any other party leader.
Senator Harding home precinct
5 gave Nardlng 373; Cox rs. Four year
Y ago the senator's precinct had gon
e democratic, but reappointment ha
change dprecinct lines
The first 22 precincts to report l
Marion county gave unorficialy
v Harding 4,339; Cox 2,S74
s While the senator was at Dime
l. late In the evening committee
the employees of The Marion Star, n
newspaper, called to present hi
with a gold printers makeup ru
r and he came out on the front pore
4 and with his voice choking VII
4. emotion thanked them for their dev
tion.
az don't know OF any call, he sa
haltingly as tears rolled down u
a cheeks, that has aroused my emotion
n more than this. have worked VII
VI you. and have tried to be honest WI
you. and God knows | am called
responsibility | am going to be hone
with egaH 'Kdy in the w rid. l doi
at know II [ can meet these :esponsi'i
= ties fully but know that ] can M"
them with the same honesty that
treated you.
s. 81 am just a plain ordinary felio
L but can be on the square, and tna'
N all there Is to It,