New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-06
Home Town
Opens Arms
To Harding

gled to keep the gathering from break
ing the lines they had drawn and from
sweeping on to the Harding lawn and
cngulfng the camera men poised there.
Senator and Mrs Harding walked
| through this wide lane of friends and
then up their front steps to the
porch. There Mrs. Harding embraced
white-haired woman with young
face. Miss Abigail Harding, the SEN
ator's sister. who teaches English in
the High School.
Greeted by Relatives
The Senator was embraced by sew
eral other women relatives and then
inside the door white haired old man,
stopped of shoulder and wearing a
Palm Beach suit, beckoned with sun
Drowned stubby forefnger and Mrs
Harding got 8 real kiss from her
The Republican party's nominee for
President walked into the dark of the
house and was grabbed by this same
| old man and Kissed like little boy.
"W. G." ana his dad didn't linger in
the reception hail. but the crowd hung
about and shook hands and clapped
each other on the back and pointed
the noses of their offspring skyward
to look at the pair of airplanes buzzing
| overhead.
There we're only about 800 persons in
this gathering, but everyone of them
who wasn't kin to the .Hardngs counted
himself or herself a warm personal
friend. They were folks who could tell
what sort of treatment the Senator gets
from Mrs. Harding when he has a
cold and what they eat for breakfast
Sunday mornings, though perhaps only
few of them could tell off-hand how
he voted on the railroad bills or what
he thinks about merchant marine.
The Senator was asked about the
front porch campaign and if he had
changed his nina since Senator Boies
Penrosc gave an interview In which he
said lt thought the nominee ought to
travel about the country.
"Scnator Penrose is very wise" re-
joined Senator Harding, "but | have
some impressions about this myself.
Nothing is unalterable. but my judy
lnent IS that the campaign will be here.
nave very strong convictions about
the KIND of campaign | want.
Those of my friends that I would
be expected to take counsel of think
we'll of the front porch campaign. |
have been a nation wide campaigncr.
but now am 4 nationwide candidate
and that is another thing"
me senator was told that in a re-
cent newspaper article it had been said
that committee Of four of the execu
tive committee had been selected to de-
eide important questions OF the cam
palgn. This article named former
Senator John W Weeks. of Massa-
chusetts; A. T. Hert, Of Kentucky:
Charles D. Hillcs, of New York. and
Harry Daugherty, the Senator's pre-
convention campaign manager, as the
super committee.
'1f there was any such committee"
said Senator Harding, at would in
clude Will Hays. MIR. Hays won't be
superseded as director of the cam
palgn.
individuals Don't Count
There has been some talk of a
SUPER to act on matters of
budget and other questions requiring
immediate action when IL is impossible
to get quorum Of the executive COM
mittee. AS far AS l know this commit
tee has not been named. There has
been nothing formal "
The Senator was asked if the front
porch campaign would be altered If
William G. McAdoo should be nomi-
mated By the Democrats.
individuals don't count with u.s. he
replied. II don't mean that in any in
considcrate way. This is not to be a
campaign of personalities. This is to
be essentially conflict of parties, as
far as l can make it, You know my
policy is the restoration of party gov
eminent. 1t would be foolish to say
that ! won't make any speeches away
from Marion. There are three or four
occasions that appeal to me as APP
propriate for talks away from here.
but even then don't expect them to
be campaign utterances."
The Senator added that the campaign
would be directed from chicago, and