Connecticut western news., 1920-09-30
By WILLIAM ROSTER.

By WILLIAM HOSIEH.
 The American people will decide, of course. If they can visualize the vital principle which ris at stake-the spirit which is at 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 cah be carried about the country. and exhibited from the rear end of Pullman car. It is wholly apart from the red lire, 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 notional life since the days of Lex ingtoa aod Concord and the patriotic citinea. Republican and Democrat adike, ng taking counsel with himself, wiA Rnd it imbedded in his own heart.
 Here sn Marion, O., you get con crete exposition of that vital princi- pie. R E good to come to Marion and get the true perspective. You are brought anew, here, to the realization that 6e country is in process of elect ing a ehxaf executive to guide the des- tinies of 12o,OOo,OOO people for the fotr> years ensuing from March 4 next: mttthe very serious business of bringing about what European ob- server described as "a revolution by due ptucfss of law" Is going forward with 8 prgper regard for the dignity and rtmh mhortance of the task.
 seene' Entirely Appropriate.
 Your first impression is of the fit ness of Marion as the scene for the epaetmeHtTof such chapter in Amer ican history It is a quiet little coun- tfy town for all its boasted industrial actiYlty: and when you approach the Harding residence, one among many in its Simplicity and attractiveness, you feel. it Is quite in keeping with events that from this typical American home there should come modest, dig niffed and capable, up-standing Amer ican upon> whom the choice of his fel- low citizens should fall to uphold the honor and traditions of the nation. This conviction grows when you meet the man. Be 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, gJr, his secretary, which adjoins the Harding house-and this Is typi- cal; chief 8nd secretary live side by side, each owning his own modest home. And by the way, these exec utiFe officers are Illuminating as to the kind of a man 1t 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 tian. 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 ether side, and loud boastings of the way the opposition candidate is to be beaten into pulp. Just thor ough, careful, business-like transac- ton of the business in hand-precisely the way in which we like to think the work of 120, 100000 people will be con. i ducted At the White House after 1 March A.
 Step into the dining room and meet