The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-09-22
HARDING'S HUMAN SIDE
REVEALED BY COLLEAGUE
Frelinghuysen Impressed BY Candi-
didate's Likeness to Mckinley
In Love Of Mother.
For President.

Washington, Sept. 21.-The personal
side of Senator Harding's character is
touched upon In speech of one Of his
colleagues, Senator Joseph S. Freling-
huysen, of New Jersey, who pays a
tribute to the Republican candidates
devotion to his mother He says:
while the political conflict now be-
ign waged is largely contest of issues
and principles, the nation naturally
turns to the standard-bearer Of the
party-the starwart figure who carries
the banner of Republcanism in the
great battle that is being fought. The
people want to know and have a right
to know the character, the life, the
record and the achievements of their
candidates.
Warren G. Harding comes from the
state of Ohio which, like Virginia,
has furnished the nation a long line OF
, Presidents Republican Presidents
who served the union faithfully and
we'll during thirteen years of glorious
history-Rutherford B. Hayes, James
A Garfield, William Mckinley and
William Howard Taft - patriots all,
Americans all--constitutionalists all.
Truly may we say Ohio is the cradle
of Republican Presidents.
my acquaintance with Senator
Harding began during the Taft cam
paign in 1912 when he came to my
state and spoke in my home town. /
have served nearly four years in the
Senate with him. Since my entrance
in the United States Senate the ac-
quainttance formed at that time, rip
ened into an ardent friendship. But my
reasons for supporting Senator Hard
ing are not due to the fact of that close
friendship, but because believe him
to be the man of the hour and because
of my realization of the fact that we
want a man Of his type at this time to
solve the great problems this country
must face.
Senator Harding is kindly, easily
approached, and likes plain people. He
is dignified, yet tolerant Those who
meet him become his friends and he
never loses a friend he makes. He has
the judicial temperament and when he
talks he reasons and never rants. A
man of strong conviction, he is not
averse to taking adice but when he
has taken a stand he does not swerve
from it but news to the line--the kind
of man who, in times Of stress and ex-
citement by his GOODNESS and common
sense brings reason out of hysteria
and calm out of the storm
HE has been Lieutenant Governor
of the state OF Ohio, and was elected
Senator six years ago by over 100000
majority. His simple heartfelt devo-
ton to his mother is one of the most
attractive sentiments of his life. For
many years during her life. he always
sent a boquet of flowers to her on Sun
day morning. ! like to tie to a man
who not only before but even after he
becomes great still bowed to that
shrine.
Senator Harding loves to talk about
hi searly boyhood struggles in the
West and several times has related to
me the STORY Of his playing tn alto
horn in the Marion band Of which he
was manager.
"A great event in Ohio was the con-
tets between the bands of the state
annually held at Findlay Young
Harding was anxious to get the uni
FERNS Of the Marion band paid for and
so entered the band In the competition
and took II TO Findlay. The uniforms
had cost 800 and he thought II the
band could win one OF the prizes II
would pay for the uniforms. He engi-
neered the affair and as he said to me,
f'Wt blew our heads of but there were
30 many bands from the big cities that
/ felt discouraged and thought we had