Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-09
Rooseuelt's Friend and Supporter
Sizes Up Harding Against Coz

Times Republican: So many for
mer progressives have asked me why
I am for Harding that perhaps your
readers might be interested in my
reasons. Here they are;
am follower of Theodore Roose-
welt alive or dead. While he. was
here worked with him and support
ed him. Now that he has gone to his
reward, | stand for the principles and
work for the things for which he
worked and stood. / am Roosevelt
republican,.
Had he lived my choice for the re-
publican nominee and for the next
president would have been Theodore
Roosevelt. But only the spirit of
Roosevelt is with us still. The re-
publican convention has perforce
chosen another candidate. I can no,
have what l wanted. That, however,
Is no reason for throwing my vote
away.
Senator Harding and l have OPP
posed each other in politics. He was
regular in 1912, while followed
Roosevelt; and I can never be glad
enough that 1 did. He has said
things about Roosevelt which I deep
~ resented; have said things about
Harding which he must have re-
sented just as deeply; and 1 have
not forgotten. He has many friends
who are not mine, and there is not
a little in his record that I regret.
On the other hand, find deep in his
confidence men whom / trust; what
like least in his record is farthest
back; and what he has said about
forestry. conservation and agricul-
ture at Marion is sound and right.
Aarding's Square Way.
/, Senator Harding was not to my or
| der, but he is by no means the reac-
tionary thought him. He is a re-
publican regular, who supports what
his party agrees on, and acts with
the majority. There Is nothing auto
cratic about him. Under him, there
will be no one-man rule at Washing
ton. congress will represent not the
president but the people, and the
| government will be American again.
Harding Is no super-man, but
| simple, earnest, sincere, and human,
! best thought of where best known.
Men who know him, and on whose
! judgment rely, say he is slow to de-
eide, but having decided stands like
stone wall. What saw at Marion
| confirms it. ( liked Harding because
| he lodged nothing. looked me
straight in the eye, and Enthusiastically
meant what he said. And I liked
| Mrs. Harding even better.
I want to Sc Harding elected not
| only because I have come to think
well Of him. but because he belongs
to the party of Lincoln and Roose-
welt, and because l have had my fill
Of the democrats at Washington. We
must have in charge men and a party
capable Of running the government,
and in the White House president,
not boss.
Cox in Bad Company.
Cox is in bad company. The LIQUOR
men are for him. He stands with
Baker, who refused to prepare when
he knew that war was sure to come
and therefore sent against the Ge--
man machine guns thousands Of
young Americans unframed or half
trained. and without artillery sup
port.
Cox stands for Palmer, who prom
ised to reduce the cost Of living and
conspicuously failed, but for politi-
cal reasons let the liquor traffic go
on; who denied the rights of FREQ
speech and free assembly. innrison
ed hundreds OF people in defiance OF
the law he was sworn to enforce; and
turned over to the Southern Pa,i flc
Railroad without struggle five hun
dred million dollars worth Of oil lands
in California to which 1t had no
right. That Palmer was seriously
| considered for the nomination at San
Francisco shows how low the demo-
Gratis have fallen. There may have
been more unfaithful public sers antn