Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-09-16
BY WILLIAM HOSTER.


The American people will decide.
of course. If they can visualize the
vital principle which Is at stake--the
spirit which Is al once the Keynote
and the handspring of the campaign
upon which the nation has entered,
there can be no doubt of the result
IT isn't thing that can be carried
about the country. and exhibited from
the rear end Of Pullman car. Ii Is
wholly apart from the red fire, blar.
ing bands and stump oratory of old
fashioned campaigns. The issue. In
short, goes deep down to that principle
which has been the handspring of
the national life since the days of Lex
ington and Concord; and the patriotic
citizen. Republican and Democrat
alike, Sby taking counsel with himself
will find il imbedded In his own heart
Here In Marion, o., you get con
crete exposition Of that vital princi-
pile 1t is good to come to Marion and
get the true perspective. You are
brought anew, here, to the realization
that the country IL in process of elect.
ing a chief executive to guide the des'
TIMES Of l2O,000,O00 people for the
next; that the very serious business OF
bringing about what a European oh.
server described as "a revolution by
due process Of law" Is going forward
with a proper regard for the dignity
and Importance of the task.
Scene Entirely Appropriate.
Your first impression Is of the At.
ness of Marion as the scene for the
enactment of such a chapter In Amer
lean history. 1t Is quiet little coun
try town, for all its boasted industrial
activity; and when you approach the
Harding residence, one among many
In its simplicity and attractiveness
you feel 1t is quite In keeping with
events that from this typical American
home there should come modest. dig
nitied and capable, outstanding Amer
.4can upon whom the choice Of his fel
honor and traditions of the nation
This conviction grows when you meet
the man. He Is typical Of the success
full business man---of the hundreds OF
thousands of successful Americans
who have accumulated a competence
through the ordinary channels which
are open to all hard working, straight
forward American boys
Meet him, now He has established
an office In the home of George Chris
tian. Jr., his secretary, which adjoins
the Harding house-and this Is typi
call chief and secretary live side by
side, each owning bis own modest
home And by the way, these exec
utive officers are Illuminating as to
the kind of a man II Is whom the Re
publican party has made its standard
bearer In this epoch making campaign
Every room in the house is given over
to the business in hand-the senator's
conference room Is the Christian din
ing room. his private Office, where the
important conferences are held, is the
kitchen. In the living room sits Chris
tan: Elsewhere, from cellar to gar
ret the staff are at work. No cOnfu
sion, no disorder, no hectic shouting
at the top Of ones voice, no running
around in circles. pounding of the
table, no Marrying Jimmying or Billy
ing, with strident denunciations OF
the other side, and loud boastings oil
the way the opposition candidate Ii
to he beaten into pulp. Just thor
ough, careful, busiRess-Iike transac
ton Of the business in hand-precisely
the way IN which we like to think the
work of 12O,O00,0O0 people will be con
Quoted at the White House after
March 4.
Step into the dining room and NEE