The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-02
HARDING AWAITS
 DECISION CALMLY
Makes No Prediction of Out come, But Is Confident
 of Victory
By Associated Press

Marion, O., November 1.-Putting the stress and worries of his campaign be- hind him, Senator Harding awaited calmly tonight the decision of his fel- low countrymen on his candidacy for the nations highest office.
 He made no prediction of the out come, but his demeanor carried every sign of satisfaction and confidence.
 T can only say" he replied to a request for his opinion, that we have made the best fight we knew how to make, and await the result with com placeny."
 Surrounded by his family and per sona1 friends, he spent election eve at home.
 Throughout the day. he let down from the strain of the campaign, declined to concern himself with the routine of his headquaTters and spent most of his time chatting on everything but politics with friends and neghbors who came talked for an hour with the newspaper correspondents.
 Tomorrow he expects to vote early in the forenoon and then motor to q golf course. forty miles away to tramp over the links while the story of the ballots is telling itself throughout the nation. He will be back home in time to hear the earliest returns.
 Virtually the only attention given to politics by the nominee today was in telephone conference with Wilt IL. Hays, republican national chairman, and Harry M. Daughterty, his pre-con- vention manager. Mr Hays, in New York. and MT. Daughcrty in Columbus. gave him detailed reports of the out look which he described as decidedly encouraging.
 From Indiana, New Jersey. Illinois and New York, battlegroupds of more than ordinary interest throughout the campaign. the candidate said his in- formation was especially gratifying. He added that he also had received some heartening reports of senatorial races, a feature of the election in which he has taken particular concern
 Although he has spent most of the last month on the stump, Mr Harding finishes the campaign in robust con dition, physically. In all, since his nomination in June, the senator has made 1S1 speeches, long and short. By far the greatest number of them were delivered from the rear platform of his train during his travels over sixteen states. Thirty-thre were de livered from the front porch and SC at other places in Ohio,
 After election day there will be a vacation for the senator and his--wife. but detailed plans for 1t have not yet Ia.N NT,, come to them from popular southern resorts and from points outside the continental United States and it is taken for granted they will make a trip that will take them away from Marion and give them at least two weeks of seelusion and recreation
 The voting booth where the senator and Mrs. Harding will cast their bal lots tomorrow is in small, garage about a block from their home. The precinct has been normally democratic , This year the political signs in tha' particular section are not convincing how ever, for the precincts registra l ton showed a greater number of wom
 en first voters than there are men. At his home in the evening tn, nominee will receive the returns b9 | the Associated Press, whose leased wire has been established during tn, campaign at press headquarters a few I steps away from the Harding iron porch. In the circle gathered with thu senator during the evening will be hi! father and sisters, Mrs, Harding anC Mir. Daugherty.
 Local committees have made eiabo | rated preparations to serenade him 1T l the returns come in and. to celebrate ] the event with red fire parade. l