Evening star., 1920-07-07
ROUTINE STREAK
MARKS DA|LYL|FE
At HOME
Senator Assemblies Office
Force, Including Some
Washingtonians.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

MARION, Ohio, July IA lone blue
coated policeman, standing patiently be-
| fore the Harding residence here, is all
Dental nominee is residing within.
Senator Harding's life after two days
at home has developed a routine streak.
In the morning he walks across the
lawn to the executive Offices" located
in the home of George Christian. his
secretary, and goes to work on his
speech of acceptance, to be delivered July
o. and upon the mail that the clerks
have ready for him to scan. With an
interruption for brief meeting with the
score OF newspaper men now stationed
here. he goes through the morning at
work. In the afternoon much the same
procedure is followed.
Several of the personal friends of the
family, particularly of Mrs. Harding, are
in and out of the house during the day.
Late in the afternoon the senator joins
home and chats with his friends about
old times.
Have Been Away From House.
1t is long time since the Hardings
have lived in their. home here, though
they have visited Marion not infre-
Quently. The senator's duties have
kept him in Washington almost con-
stantly during the last five years. When
he was nominated i'll Chicago and an
nounced ne would return to Marion for
his front porch campaign, it became
necessary to get the house in readiness.
Senator Harding's brother-in-law, c. B.
King, took hold of the job and now the
house is in spic-and-span condition in
side and out.
Mount Vernon avenue, on which the
Harding house is located. is broad
thoroughfare. with shade trees arch
ing over it much in the same fashion
that they arch the avenues of Wash
ington. But there is, in addition, a
wide strip of green parking on each
side of the street, and the houses all
are we'll back from the sidewalk, with
the greenest of lawns in front of
them.
The houses themselves are all de-
tached. No fences divide the lawns
and the impression is that of a long
park with comfortable and attractive
homes set down in it. Mount Vernon
avenue itself is paved with concrete.
The office force, under the direction
of Mr.. Christian, consists of a score
of men and women who have come
here for the most part from Wash
ington. One of the assistant secre-
taries is Elisha Hanson, secretary to
Senator Medill Mccormick, who has
been loaned" to Senator Harding for
the campaign. With many hundred
letters and kilograms coming in every
day, this force has its hands full.
In the rear of the executive of
fees it is now planned to build a
temporary structure for the press.
into which wires will be run and all
the paraphernalia necessary to an up
to-date pressroom will be installed.
Cannot Take Time for Golf.
Press of work is keeping Senator
a 10
which he has relied during the long
1t is necessary to ride about an hour
and half to reach a golf course
from Marion, and it looks as if the
golf games would be few and far be-
tween for the present. Some other
form of exercise will have to be de-
veloped for the candidate
DR.. George T. Harding, father of
the senator, has very distinct recol-
lection of President Lincoln. He was
a Union soldier in the civil war
DR.. Harding is seventy-six years
old. though in vigor and appearance
fifteen years the junior of that age. He
still practices his profession
When he was youngster in the
Union Army he was stationed at one
time outside of Washington.
We were able to get leave and go
DR.. Harding. ''One day five of us from
the regiment went to call on Presi-
dent Lincoln. We butted right into
his offices, and he was engaged inside
with a major general The man at
the door told US to wait and the
President would see US. Pretty soon
the general came out, and we saluted
him, of course. A moment later
President Lincoln came walking out
He stopped and spoke to US and asked
If he could do anything for US.
Lincoln's Joke Recalled.
IT told him that we were five
Buckeye boys who wanted to shake
hands with the President before we
went back home. He took each of
our hands in his great. big hands and
gave us a good handshake.
when you go back home tell
with the handsomest man in the
world said the President, never
cracking smile
Senator Harding said today that it
had been decided to hold the notifica-
ton exercises on July %, at Garfield
This is public park owned by the
city. and contains a spacious pavilion
1t is planned to extend this pavilion so
that it will seat several thousand peo-
pie A very large attendance of re-
publicans. not only from Ohio but
from other states, is expected at the
formal notification of Senator Hard
ing that he has been nominated. For
that reason it has been determined
not to hold the exercises at the Hard
ing home.
Chairman Will Hayes Of the ma
tional committee is scheduled to come
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