New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Speaks in Middletown,
Dayton and Two Other
Ohio Cities Where Rival
Has Lived or Worked
Enormous Crowds
Cheer for Victory
Says He Would Scorn
Personal Attacks az I'm
worthy of a Candidate
From n Stc1 CORRESPONDENT

COLUMBUS Ohio. Oct. Ex-senator
Warren G. Hardirg completcd his cam
naign for the Pes del cy o-day. max
ing speeches in towns that Governor
Cox, the Democratic candidate, cons d.
crs peculiarly his own. Th,le was a
srecch in NiIdlel 1wn. V: Gro c < &C.,
up; another in Dayton, where Cox
ives; another in Springfield, where
Cox owns q newspaper, and, finally,
cne here tonight in the state capital
ornor. In every instance the Republi-
can nominee was greeted by enormous
crowds Of cordial, enthusiastic voters
Midnight found Senator Harding
trave.ing home, looking forward cos {;
rest in his own bed and prepared to
stay close to the front porch until the
telegraph wires now looped about the
back porch bring him confirmation
Tuesday night of birthday present
he has looked forward to since the
18th of last June, when he was nom-
mated. The Senator is just as conf
dent he is going to be elected as he is
that he will be hftyZsix years old on
Tuesday.
Stresses Clean Campaign
In his Columbus speech, delivered in
Memorial Hall to an audience of more
than 10000, Senator Harding declared
he had no apology for the kind of cam
paign he has conducted, and the candi-
date stressed the pronOun. The crowd
we'll aware of the implication given BY
the emphasis, stood and cheered.
Great and sacred responsibilities
fall upon President of the United
States, but | have thought rom the
beginn ng Of this campaign that great
tsponsiDilities rest also upon the gam
didate for that high office. | think
a man owes it to the American people
to conduct himself with dignity and
think it should be his endeavor to
put his whole mind upon the careful
presentation of wise program for our
future | think he should put his
whole heart into an attempt to unite
Americans rather than divide them. |
think he should put his whole soul into
the hope that whether he is to be elect
ed, as expect to be, or not, his cam
paign should serve to raise the mlnNs
md hearts and souls of his countrymen
to nobler thought and higher purpose
and finer conscience.
81 would scorn 20 come tonight with
personal campaign.
Records Needs No Apology
II have been more or less in the
public service of Ohio for twenty
years and there is a record of it which
includes no betrayal which calls for
an apology. | have been your neighbor,
living only forty-fve m1les away, en-
gagged as a newspaper publisher, and |
nave never apologized for the news
psper or my part in its making. re-
joice to have it part Of the free pre- ess
Of America, and | nave that faith in
America and the Intelligence of the
American people that no campaign will
succeed in this republic which cannot
be carried in the American press
Zone thing rather personal | cannot
aresist. Ohio knows, as the country
knows, how l was nominated. Ohio
knows how free | am. Ohio knows, as
the country knows, that no group. no
interests, no sections brought about
my nomination haven't pre-con-
vention pledge to anybody in America
didn't make a promise to anybody in
side or outside the convention during
its sitting ',nd | haven't made a
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