Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-20
BY JACK WARWICK.

nx JACn "Anw1Cns
Jack warwick has long been q 4. friend nd Of
land election they both played horns in the
Marion Band and after this they joined forces
as republicans and newspaper men,
TOLEDO, Ohio. June Is. 1920.
This is about me and the republican
nominee for President of the United
States.
II knew him when
Truth is mighty and must wall.
Too many falsehoods have been given
out about Warren Gamaliel Harding
w. G. for short. This is especially
true Of his brass-band past. People
have him confused in their minds
with Hi Henry, who fourished about
the same time. Hi and w. G. didn't
play in the same band. and their
methods were different. Hi could
play either PIP or n, and was i'm
partial between the little end and big
end of a crescendo movement. w. 6.
was strong for the big end.
Truth further forces the admission
that Warren G. Harding had no more
brass band conspicuity than | had.
We began to make the night hideous
in the same organization. He was
conspicuous because he was big and
blew the smallest horn. and l was
conspicuous because was small and
blew the biggest horn. Destiny main
tains a balance for her own. But let
that go.
BEGINNING Of Collapse.
NV recollection is that the begin
ming of the collapse of w. G.'s horn
| blowing ambition took place in No
yember, 1884. Grover Cleveland's
election had much to do with 1t. The
| democrats Of Marion were turning on
big hurrah in celebration N. OF the
Johnnie Sickel, friend of mine, and
| I drove a pair of yellow ponies nine
miles to hear the reheartened rank
and file chortle with glee. Harding,
with his cornet, was furnishing the
keynote for the wolves OF democracy
| to howl by.
| When the parade was over he found
| Sickel and me in front OF a restau-
| rant. We all went in to eat to Hard
ing's hunger. It was IN. .nere ee. Ina. 'ne
| Jack, let's buy the Marion Dally
IF we do" asked who's going to
pay for these OYSTERS?
Then Johnnie broke in: Tne treat
on me, boys oysters and start.
| That was the beginning of the re-
suscitation of the rundown. flea
bitten. four-page paper that has since
become a vital force in the county
Of Marion, Ohio. Harding did It. lie
question whether he ever fully re-
covered from having blown that horn
in celebration of Grover Cleveland's
triumph while his heart was aching
over James G. Blaine's defeat.
Il knew him when
Made Famous by Harding.
It was a shock to my nerves to
myself famous, through no fault of
my own. Harding had done it. The
man with whom I had worked in
various capacities for nearly twenty
job in the country. ] must say l
worked with him" in Difference to
his wishes. Always it was his de-
sire and request that associates and
co-laborers should avoid saying they
worked for him." He never wanted
thing it is the elements of czar
! Well. it was a long time before
the Star began to make as much noise
in the community as the old brass
tensibly. but publication had been
intermittent. The first thing we had
to do was to get it to come out
every day. in the evening. That was
done. finally, and only a week or two
of regularity was required to estab-
lish a bit of confidence in the minds
of the people.
w. G. was an indefatigable worker.
He worked inside and outside the of
nee. He messed in printers ink until
the Office devil was immaculate by
comparison. Whatever his hands could
dnd to do he dirtied them with it.
Honest toll was written over his shirt
sleeves in black splotches. In those
days, in that community, the value
of printers ink was not as well es-
tablished as now.
"It Paid to Advertise.
W. G. was a pioneer in the belief
that 1t paid to advertise. and he could
n prove it by his shirt
Il knew him when
William G. McAdoos patched pants
would have been an impotent political
! asset in the Marion Daily Star office.