The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-06-17

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csption comniittee and was escorted 10
the Presidents room Of the station
He passed through long lines Of people
who vigorously applaaded him. A he
passed out Of the station To his auto
mobile ~ was greeted with a popular
air from the poy Scout band Of OIL
City. Pa
Johnson sends Congratulations
Before departing for Washington,
senator Hiram johnson sent the fol-
lowing Telegram 10 senator Harding:
Congratulations to you.
"Hl JOHNSON.
senator johnson was accompanied
by, Mrs. johnson. Were going to
the Capital, pack up our duds and 90
back to California" he said, while bid
ding farewell 10 a party Of friends
There is nothing that should care
TO say now relative TO the political sit
uation."
Senator Borah also declined 10 make
a statement, but his friends said he
would not bolt the party and intimated
that he might take an active part in
the campaign.
Warren 6. Harding
Warren G. Harding has always been
a resident of Ohio. which state he has
represented as United States senator
since 1914. In private business life he
is publisher of the Marion. Ohio. Star
Tie was born on a farm, near the
village of Blooming Grove, Morrow
county. Ohio. November 2. 1865. the
eldest Of eight children. His father,
George T. Harding. was country
doctor whose forbears came from
Scotland. Before going to Ohio, the
Hardings were residents of Pennsyl-
vania, where some of them were mas
sacred By Indians. Others fought in
the Revolutionary war. The mother of
Warren, Mrs. Phoebe Dickerson, was
descended from an old-time Holland
Dutch family, the Van Krks
In his youth Warren Harding lived
the life of a farmer boy attending the
village school until ii years of age,
when he entered Ohio Central College
Of Iberia, from which ne was graduar-
ed As editor Of the college paper he
first displayed a talent for journalism.
lie was Obliged 10 stop school now aud
then and earn tbs money With which
to pursue his college course. Al one
time he cut corn, at another painted
barns and helped to grade the roadbed
of & new railway. At II he taught a
district school and played horn in
the village brass band.
In Village Printing Office
At odd times he worked in the viii
lage printing office, in tinic becoming
an expert typesetter and later limo
type operator. He is practical press
man and a job printer, and as a
makeup man. is said to have few
equals. The luck piece he mas carried
as senator is the old printers rul, re
used when he was sticking type
In 1884 DR.. Harding moved his fam
lily to Marion. A short time afrcrwsrd
the father purchased fo- Warren
Hading the Star, then srlail paper.
On the paper Warren Harding per-
formed every function from devil to
managing editor. In all the years ;hs
senator has owned 1T there has never
been a strike or a threatened one.
Senator Harding is closely identified
with many other large business enter
prises in Marion and other parts of the
state. He is director Of bank and
several large manufacturing plants
and is trustee of the Trinity Baptist
church.
His Public Seryra
MIR. Harding has twice represented
the 18th senatorial district Of Ohio in
the state legislature and .ierveo one
term as lieutenant governor. At the
1914 election Harding was elected
United States senator by majority Of
more than 100000. running $4,000
ahead of the next highest on the tic
ket. In the Senate he is a member of
the committee on foreign relations.
Senator Harding married Miss Flor
ence King in 1891.
II has been the fashion, by the way
Of describing Senator Harding, to COM
pare him with Mckinley, which is an
indirect way Of saying that he is a
man with great ability to get along
with other men. to compromise effec-
lively, TO avoid bluders. to make a
GOOD impression and to make friends.
r, ur principal points Of availability
favc been emphasized in most Of the
acccuntz written Of his as a candidate
for the Republican nomination. being:
that he CONES from TIE pivotal state
of ohie; that he has never made any
bres Ks or committed himself to ex-
treme views; that ais Republicanism