Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-09
Homefolk Confident
/ That Harding Will Make
Good AS President
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Aolhs AMER L46- CnlCaSO. convention as
before, and she Is just the same after
election as she was in the campaign,
and it's a safe guess that, she will be
the same at the White House. There
are some things delightful about : the
personality of the president-elect
which ~innpresseS newcomers. He
makes a.. much better impression in
his private talks with newspaper men
than his public speeches. Somehow
he feels the restraint; OF public speak
ing much more than most men do.
Among the most interesting incidents
OF the past week have been the talks
between the president-elect and the
newspaper men in the little shack
which has been press headquarters
throughout the campaign.
Warren Harding smokes a>cigarette
and likes to chew tobacco. That's a
relic really Of early days in the print
shop where the Idea grew up that
chewing heired o keep the dust
American. He doesn't affect the
often in the attitude OF public men.
He says "mebbe" when. others might
say maybe" He talks with the
'drawl Of a countryman rather than
the precision of the drawing. room
ccnversationalist. He ,tells a good
story n enjoys hearing one. He
knows life in its every aspect and will
probably get along better> with the
members OF the senate and house than
any president in recent years because
he knows how to handle congressman.
He was Just a bit disturbed by the
overwhelming size of the Republican
majorities in both houses. He won
deredtf they wouldn't be too unwieldy
But on the other hand 1t was sug-
,gested promptly by others who have
geen gossiping with him about it that
a large majority in the house will
furnish exactlyAthe challenge to leader
will admit who knows what happened
in the last two years Of the Republi-
can congress that the leadership was
amateurish and clumsy and that with
fup responsibility for all branches OF
the government ins5the hands OF the
Republicans, the latter will be COM
pelied to develop leadership. Oscar
Underwood showed what could be
done when the Democrats had a large
majority IN the house n there will
arise someone on the Republican side
to attempt the same thing though the
legislative problems are infinitely more
complex than they yer have been.
The new president-elect will be a
methodtcal worker. He takes things
calmly. He will do one thing at a
time and not attempt everything at
once. Just as he was leaving his
home, I fasked him the other day If
he was happy. a
A Big Job. &
"Happy?" said Newell. I should
rather say just s~pleased--if one can
make that Observation-Disclosures a big
job"
Eyes" IS .h,,t tho m
p~ortunity to do a service is there"
True" said ttTe% president-elect-
that is what really makes me happy
the chance to serve" a
We chatted about the overwhelm-
ing majority andfthe meaning Of it.
The president-elect IS pleased beyond
measure thAtsssshes has behind him at
the stu RI such = great body Of opinion.
Will Interpret It in his own way
from time to time but it isn't alniss to
state right here that now that the
campaign Is oyer. none would appre-
ctato more than Warren Harding him-
self a frank and free expression by
the newspaper Of the country of their
ideas on foreign policy. The tsugges-
ton has been fftade.again and again,
for instance thstgthe. league issue was
confused with domestic questions and
that RepuhlIc4n ssnewspApers which
refused to be led into the Democratic
camp q n the leakue question during
the campaign viii speak their views
fully now that the campaign 81 over.
The new preeident-elect wouldsappre-
ciats that more than anything else
juat now.