The Coconino sun., 1920-09-24
Dy WILLIAM ROSTER.

By WILLIAM ROSTER.
 The American people will decide, sf course. If they can visualise the vital principle which is at stake-the spirit which is at once the keynote and the handspring of the campaign upon which the nation has entered, there can be DO doubt of the result
 It isn't . thing that can bs carried about the country. and exhibited from the rear end of . Pullman car. It is wholly apart from the red nre. blar. ing bands and stump oratory of old fashioned campaigns. The issue, In short. goes deep down to that principle which has been the mainspriug sf the national life since the days of Lex ington and Concord; and the patriotic citizen. Republican and Democrat alike, by taking counsel with himself. will nnd 1t imbedded in his own heart
 Here In Marion. O., you get . con- crete exposition of that vital princi. pie. It is good to come to Marion and get the true perspective. You are brought anew, here. to the realization that the country is in process of elect ing . chief executive to guide the des- tinies of 12O.O00.00O people for the four years ensuing from March ( next; that the very serious business of bringing about what European ob- server described as "a revolution by due process of law" is going forward with . proper regard for the dignity and importance of the task.
 Scene Entirely Appropriate.
 Your first impression is of the nt- ness of Marion as the scene for the enactment of such . chapter in Amer ican history. It is . quiet little coun. try town. for all its boasted industrial activity; and when you approach the Harding residence, one among many In It's simplicity and attractiveness. you feel it Is quite in keeping with events that from this typical American home there should come . modest, dig nifed and capable. up-standing Amer ican upon whom the choice of his fei. low citizens should fall to uphold the honor and traditions of the nation. This conviction grows when you meet the man. He Is typical of the success ful business man-of the hundreds of thousands of successful Americans who have accumulated . competence through the ordinary channels which are open to all hard working, straight forward American boys.
 Meet him, now. He has established n onics in the home of George Chris tan. Jr, his secretary. which adjoins the Harding heuse-and this is typi- cal: chief and secretary live side by side, each owning his own modest home. And by the way, these exec utivs o6lcers are illuniinating as to the kind of . man 1t is whom the Re publican party has made its standard bearer in this epoch-making campaign. Every room in the house is given eyer to the business in hand-the senator's conference room is the Christian din- ing room. his private efice. where the important conferences are held, is the kitchen. In the living room sits Chris- tan. Elsewhere, from cellar to gar rot, the stan are at work. Nc confu- sion, no disorder. no hectic shouting at the top of ones voice, no running around in circles, pounding of the table, no Marrying. Jimmying or Billy ing, with strident denunciations of tAs other side, and loud boastings of the way the opposition candidate is te bs beaten into pulp. Just thor sugh, careful. business-like transac- tion of the business in hand-precissiy the way in which ws like to think the vsrk of 120. .000. 900 pecrl. will De con- luctsd at the White Houss after March (
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