Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-27
HARDING GETS JOLT
ON SPECIAL TRAIN
Switch Engine Sideswipes Ad-
joining Car, But No One is
Hurt; Greeted by Crowds.
Nv Associated Press to Every Fveping

Nv Associated Press to Every Fveping
On Board Harding Special Tram, Sept.
27.-Senator Warren c. Harding, ke-
publican Presidential candidate, made hrs
first speech of the day on his journey to
Baltimore, at Altoona, where he told rail-
road employees that I he Cummins-Esch
railway law is "the best piece of legislation
for the railway workers ever placed on the
statute books.
The nominee also told the Altoona
crowd that he loved Pennsylvania because
il WAS staunch Republican State, but
added that when the Republican party
made mistakes the people should correct II.
"It has been reassurlng, he continued,
''to know that If we of our party have been
,nmindful, YOU have turned TO another
party TO correct things. ! am glad YOU did
It, because when one party has taIled YOU
should turn TO another TO put your wishes
into execution. | have a strong notion we
are gong to do something of that kind
very soon
Later the nominee made short talk at
Jewistown. Pa. and greeted still an
other crowd at Harrisburg, where his train
stopped for more than an hour.
As the train passed through Pittsburg
during the night, switch engine side
swiped one of the cars occupied by news
papermen and jolted the Senator s private
| car Ideal which WAS directly behind. No
| one was injured and the only damage done
was the shattering of the vestibule WIN
| dows of the news paper car.
The special was running slowly when
| the impact occurred and few Of those on
| board were awakened Train officials
! said the engineer of the switch engine had
| misunderstood the signals.
In his Iewistown speech the nominee ey-
pressed confidence that the Republican
party would be put into power at tho
| November election. and told the crowd
| that is should consider the government as
s'your own and not look at il from dis.
tance or regard it as something apart from
| their daily lives.
| Necessity for some slight repair. 10 his
| car gave Senator Harding an opportunity
/ 10 accept an invitation OF Lieutenant
| Governor Edward +. Beidleman to visit
the State capitol at Harrisburg: Declinine
an automobile the Senator walked 10 ths
| hill" where State officials and clerks
formed in line and shook hands with him
On his return to the station the Senatol
addressed the State Chamber of Com
merce, declaring he wanted the nation K
he righteous in its business dealings anc
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make the government efficient. tn,
Senator left for York considerably behinc
his schedule.
RSenator Harding stopped at haber
| dashery in Harrisburg TO buy travelling
cap. A small crowd trailed him, anC
| stopped many times to shake hands. On'
| Young man wearing Democratic rooste
in a buttonhole of his coat attracted thu
| nominees attention and he stopped anC
asked
is that Democratic rooster or ,
fraternal emblem?"
'Tt's a Democratic rooster" was th,
"Well, keep him Growing" laughed
Senator Harding.
On Board Senator Harding's Specis
Train, Sept 27.-Traveling eastward
on his second speaking trip of the campaign
| Senator Harding was greeted by cheering
crowds today at the stations where his
train made short stops on its way acros:
| Pennsylvania.
The first leg of the three day trip vii
be concluded at Baltimore where the
| candidate viii arrive late this afternoon
and will deliver tonight his second i'm
portant speech of the campaign away from
Marion. Tomorrow night be is to speal
in Wheeling, ". Va, and the following
day at Ashland, Ky.
Running on slow schedule the specia
train traversed Pennsylvania at a spees
which permitted stops for rear platform
speeches at several of the larger cities.
Altoona, Pa, Sept. 27.-Two Thousand
persons, including many women, greeted
Senator Harding when he arrived hen
this morning enroute to Baltimore. He was
obliged to appear without collar anc
| necktie, owing to the fact that he wa
not called early enough.
He made brief speech in which he
stated that the Cummins-Esch bill was
one of the best pieces of legislation eve
enacted for the workers.