Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-06-14
WEBSTER CITY E
HARDING AND COOLIDGE.

HARDING AND COOLIDGE.
The great republican national con-
vention of 1920 completed its work
Saturday evening and adjourned. Scna-
tor Warren G. Harding of Ohio was
nominated for president on the 10th
ballot and Gov. Calvin Coolidge OF
Massachusetts was selected on the first
ballot as the candidate for vice presi-
dent. With the single exception of the
nomination Of Garfield in 1850, who was
nominated on the Both ballot, more
ballots were taken at the convention
last week than at any other convcn-
ton in the history of the republican
party, the. next largest number OF bal
lots being in 1876, when Gov. Hayes
Of Ohio was named as the standard
bearer on the Sth.
The Frecman-J ournal believes the
outcome will be fairly satisfactory
to republicans generally, though many
are sorcIy disappointed at the failure
of Gen. Wood, GOV. Lowden or Senator
johnson TO get the nomination.
There is no question but the OK
posures of the an~te-convcntion cam
raign expenses had large influence i'll
the defeat of both Wood and Lowden,
many delegates fully realizing that
The party would have Il lot of explain
ing to do with either of these leaders
as the nominee, a fact that took much
of the enthusiasm out of the supporters
of these gentlemen. NOr is there. any
question but that the dOmineering attI-
tude of Senator Borah, leader in the
Johnson campaign in Chicago, did
much to weaken the Johnson candl-
dacy. The threats he INDUCED III
were ilI-adyiscd and only made the
Johnson opposition more determined.
Taken all-in-all, the nomination OF
Harding, under the circumstances, was
logical and is probably the best nomi-
nation for the party that could have
been made. Senator Harding Is a
strong personality and has worked his
way to the top by hard labor, dllllsent
effort and genuine industry. AS a boy
he worked on the farm until he was
fourteen years of age, attending the
village school, when he went to ONO
Central college at Iberia, from which
he graduated. He earned the money
for his schooling by doing such o
as was offered him, painting buildings
and driving teams in building a rail-
road. At Various times he worked i'll
the printing office and soon became an
all round printer and has for many
years been proprietor of the Marion,
Ohio, Star, now II of he influential
papers of the Buckeye state.
Warren Harding twice represented
his district in the Ohio state senate
and later served. as lieutenant gov
ernor. In 1914 he was elected to the
United States senate, at once taking
a prominent part in the deliberations
of that body and is now one of its
luOSt IIllutlltIdl IltliDNiSs VIII q I'LL
Der of the foreign relations committee,
which is now one of the most import
ant committees of the senate.
The nomination of Senator Harding
will unite the republican party, as he
has not been prominently engaged i'll
the fractional fights that have divided
the party and did not antagonize other
candidates before the Chicago conven-
ton. He is Il clear thinker n a good
speaker. well balanced. e~ven-poised.
fair and liberal and those who know
him best vouch for his qualifications
to fill the great office to which he has
been nominated, and they are predict
ing for him an easy victory and a most
successful administration, II that
will meet the approval of all fair
minded, unprecedented men.
Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts is
known as a successful man of affairs
4. and as an official who knows his duty
and is not afraid to do it. He has been
before the people OF his state many
years in various capacities and has
steadily grown in popular favor and
confidence. He is now serving hiseScc-
ond term as governor, having been re-
elected at the election last fail by an
overwhelming majority, upon which oc-
casion President Wilson sent him Il
message of congratulations. declaring
that his victory was u victory for law
and order.
The ticket-Harding and Coolidge
is a good one and there is 40 reason
why il should not receive the loyal II
undivided support of every republican.
Webster City gave Cunmins better