Arizona republican., 1920-07-06
HARDING GIVEN
 GREAT OVATION
 AT HOMECOMING
All Marion and Country Side Turns Out to Greet Next Presid n t" - Thanks Neighbors and Friends for Support In Past Campaigns
Republican A. p. Leased WlreI

MAtSlONs OnlO. July to- day paid tribute to Senator Harding, Republican candidate for the presi- dency, upon his return, accompanied by Mrs. Harding, to his home here from Washington for the first time since his nomination It was a big day for the little Ohio city and one that will go down in it's history
 The celebration began early in the day and lasted until tonight when, in the presence of a crowd of home folk that crowded the spacious lawn of the Harding residence and overflowed to the opposite side of the street, Senator Harding was officially welcomed by D. R. Crissjnger, president of the Marion Civic association. The senator replied in a brief speech, in which he opposed one-man government and urged the restoration Of normal conditions as a Steadying force for civilization which, he said, "has been fevered by the su- preme upheaval of all the world"
 Let me say to you friends and neighbors,' said the Republican nomi- nee, 'if I believed in one-man gov ernment if I believed the superman were necessary to appeal to the sober sense of the republic, an1 ask our peo- pie to plant their feet in secure and forward paths once more, ' would not be here in the capacity which has in spired your greeting.
 Celebration Non Partisan
 ''Let us pledge ourselves anew, one and all, that this heritage handed to us through the heroism and sacrifices of the founding fathers shall be held sa- cred, unabridged and undimmed and American nationality shall be the in spiration of the myriads oi~ Americans of the future, even as it stirs our hearts today"
 Partisanship took no part in today's celebration and both speakers carefully avoided any reference to politics. MT. i'm his Grapch mai a tribute to Mrs. Harding in connection with the success attained by the senator, while Senator Harding, in concluding. intro duced his wife as "a faithful friend, who knows my faults but has stuck to me"
 Mrs. Harding blushingly acknowl- edged the tribute and bowed while the crowd cheered.
 Harry M. Daugnerty of Columbus, manager in the pre- convention cam paign, was also introduced by the sen ator as "one of the best scrappers in the world"
 MARION, Ohio, July 5-It was as dear friends and neighbors" that United States Senator Warren C.. Harding, the Republican presidential candidate spoke to the thousands of Marion and other Ohio citizens today who gathered about his home to well come his return.
 In response to a welcome address by
 
 Marion Civic association, he told them frankly that he liked their rejoicing lover a more than usual tribute to a fellow townsman."
 The senator's speech was delivered from the front porch of his home and was the forerunner of many others that are expected to follow from the same place in connection with his pol icy of conducting a front porch" cam paign Later he and Mrs. Harding
 w~SN shook hands with their fellow towns men as they filed past.
 The senator, accompanied by Mrs. Harding and a party of newspaper men, arrived in Marion early in the afternoon. after having motored from Washington. Plans had been made for the senator to slip quietly into his home in order to meet few personal friends and rest before his official welcome.
 eff it is becoming to assent to the praise you bestow let it be under stood that any preference ever shown me is wholly and invariably due to that consideration which l have Will insIy shown to others, and to an lh- herfted conviction that it is waste or Gods rich endowments to assaii ana destroy when all the flowers or lIIe bloom best in the soil of sympathy and encoura cement he said
 Has Heart to Heart Talk
 He spoke intimately with his fellow townsmen of their joint efforts 10 make Marion a greater and better city, their tributes paid him on other oc- casions when he had been victor Tn Dolftical battles, and especially the tribute of endorsement shown nm by inc county at the April primaries He said if he had to choose between the trib,1te paid by his home county in the ,,rinoarv and that extended by the Chl- aaro convention he would choose the fornoey. "because your knowing me mace 1t the finest tribute to Whlch one may aspire" ,..-..,a
 If the admonit1on ot MT VT OrlSl.Isei t..=, himself a Democrat. comes true Seha +or I.ardine will ride the Democratic r9,,1e into inc White House next No I-ernber. "I admonish you, my 1eIIoW oitfzens,' he said that he wlll llue inc Democratic mule into the HItS TTouse in November as preslueht o1 the United States. z.-,,-
 Following a recital of HardlIs carly life from barefoot country Idu' NTr C1-issinger declared the seAa0 0ol ..is neither too proud to fight nor lou l proud to work" that he IS lio 9, 9 ltocIfug'' business man. but req feIfoxv a man who thoroughly knows 1is bus{ness and does 1t, and Ihe ,,,.inta,'s rule which he always caIIISS $ his rabbit foot. -a-
 Eu+ senator Harding did not re ,.fva ali the tribute. He was com reI1ed to share it about 5o-50 with NlfS fIar37,,o- in the welcoming cerenlOlle9 t41-,~ she had shared in the trials and -riumphs of her husband were +5,s, I-- Mir Crissiuger who asserted '"e,' .t.c+f1f ways will make her
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