New-York tribune., 1920-06-13

Warren u. haToiHS, hepuDilcah
rominee for President, is newspaper
man. the editor and proprietor of "The
Marion (Ohio) Star" He likes dogse
reveres Roosevelt and idolizes Ma
no,son. Out in Ohio they know him as
whirlwind campaigner and an elo-
cuent orator. He is a Baptist and
.ornts former President Taft as a
warm friend.
The junior Senator from Ohio was
.,scted to the United States Senate
November 8, 1914, and his term ex-
r;res March 8. 1921. He has filed his
net;t;on as candidate for reelection.
In 1904 and 1905, when Myron G. Her
r;ck was Governor, Mr.. Harding was
Lieutenant Governor. In 1910 he was
defeated in the race for Governor
Harding of Scotch Descent
Warren G. Harding is descendant
an his fathers side OF Scots who set
tied in Pennsylvania in Colonial times,
auho had to fight for their homes and
lives against the Indians and who con-
.ributed patroit soldiers to the Revolu-
tionary army. His father, j. r.
Harding. is successful practicing
musician. On his mothers side he
comes of Dutch stock. including the
well known Van Kirk family. His
mother before her marriage to DR..
Harding was Miss Phoebe Elizabeth
Dickerson, kin to the Dfckerson or
Dickinson family which has greatly fig
ured in the history Of New York and
New Jersey. Of such ancestry and
parentage he was born on November 2,
1865, at the village of Corsica, or
Blooming Grove, Morrow County, Ohio.
His boyhood was spent on the farm
which his father cultivated in addition
to practicing his profession, and until
he was fourteen years old he attended
the "little red schoolhouse" of the vii
lage. Then he went to the Ohio Central
College, at Iberia, an institution now
defunct, and was graduated from it in
1882. Most of his expenses in col
lege were paid with the earnings of his
teams, worked on grading the roadbed
Of new railway and painted barns.
Also he worked in the office of the vii
lage paper and learned to set type and
to make up" forms. In his last year
in college he taught village school
and played a horn in the local brass
brand.
Newspaper Man
His work in the village printing
Office and on the college paper gave
he adopted on leaving college. The
family in 1884 removed to Marion,
Ohio, and there, with the assistance Of
mis- father, the young man became half
owner of "The Daily Star" of that
place. and assumed the editorship
Of it.
But his career in that capacity was
brief. He had run the paper only ten
days when the Blaine and Logan con-
vention opened in Chicago Harding
found pass trip book in the office. He
shouted himself hoarse for Blaine,
then told the two printers and the boy
that kicked" the press to get out the
paper and hurriedly departed for Chi
cago When he got back to Marion the
Sheriff had the Office closed.
Harding then turned to reporting on
The Marion Mirror" a Democratic
paper, for So week. He was the only
reporter on the paper, and was making
rapid strides az a country journalist
when one day his Democratic boss di-
rected him to write editorials against
Blaine. Harding refused, and to show
his contempt wore his tall, brown
Blaine hat to work. He Haunted it
about the Office and in the streets.
Next thing he knew he was "fired."
With undated zest he continued to
whoop her UP" for Blaine, betting all
that he had. When the tension was
over ne was broke and blue.
The night the Democrats jollified
Harding played in the town band. In
the band was "Jack" Warwick, now
paragrapher on. "The Toledo Blade"
warwick and Harding that night bor-
rowed enough money to buy "The Star"
once more. Warwick soon grew dis
eouraged and became salaried man on
tne paper, while Harding worried about
syerincreasing debts and the shadow
Of the sheriff. But Marion grew, and
80 did "The Star" and in time it be-
came prosperous and powerful paper.
IN all the years of Mr.. Harding'g own
ership Of it it has never suffered a
sflke, or even the threat of one.
Entry Into Politics
AS journalist Mr. Harding took an
intense interest in politics, but it was
many years before he ran for office.
Iinaily, in 1899, he accepted the nomi-
nation for the State Senate. He was
sieeted, and served four years. Then,
% lsos-os, he was Lieutenant Governor
Of the state. In 1910 he was the Re-
publican candidate for Governor, but
.arough dissensions in the party suf-
iersd defeat at the polls.
HIS popularity with the people of
sae state continually increased, how
ever, and ne soon began to be talked Of
as Presidential candidate. His great
popularity was shown in 1914, when he
vas elected United States Senator by a
majority Of more than 100000, running
i'eo0 ahead of the next highest pan
On the ticket.
In The Senate he was made mem
oef of the Committee on Foreign Rela-
hons, which because of the war Wa.
ons OF the most important Of all. III
vas an earnest supporter Of Presiden'