Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-12-10
HARDING ASKS
AID OF SENATE
Presidert-EIect in Farewell Ad-
dress to Colleagues Asks
Cooperation.
EYES ARE DIM WITH TEARS
First Instance In History Where Ma
TONS Chief Executive Has Sat
as Member of the Eegisla-
tive Branch.

Washington, Dec. 8.-Standing at
his desk where he served for six years,
President-elect Warren G. Harding
babe farewell to the United States
senate and in a brief speech, chokeo
with emotion, expressed the hope that
he might have the cooperation OF MS
colleagues in the four years beginning
March next.
Senator Harding's presence in the
senate marks the first time In history
that a President-elect has attended
sessions of that body as member.
The galleries were choked with peo-
pie and hundreds stood outside I'M
able to gain admittance. Senator
Harding's voice was low and husky as
he began his farewell. His eyes were
dim with tears.
IT am pleased at this greeting, my
fellow members of the senate" he
said. "There is still greater salts
faction in having this opportunity to
say to you informally some of the
things in my heart which / could ut
ter in no other way. / recognize that
I am here today under somewhat un-
usual circumstances, and there is
delicacy about it that one in my po-
sition cannot escape through some
form of -effacement which does not
seem quite possible.
mo member of this body could be
more reluctant to leave it.
II say to the senate that ! came
here with very high respect for this
body, and lam leaving it with greater
respect than had when came. Ii
one could always direct his own polit-
ical fortunes to his liking, should
have preferred my membership here
to any Office a citizen may hold in
this republic or elsewhere in the
world.
81 like the freedom, the associates,
the patriotic sense of responsibility
which abides here. / am conscious of
the great place which congress holds
under our Constitution, and particular
~ sensible to the obligations of the
senate.
when my responsibilities begin in
the executive capacity / shall be as
mindful of the senate's responsibilities
as have been Jealous of them as a
member, but mean, at the same time,
to be just as insistent about the re-
sponsibilities of the executive.
"Our governmental good fortune
does not lie In any surrender at either
end of the avenue, but in the co-ordi-
nation and cooperation which becomes
the two in great and truly represen-
tative popular government.
'This brings me to the thought par
ticularly in mind. Something has been
said about the senatorial oligarchy.'
OF course everyone here knows that
to be bit of highly. imaginative and
harmless fiction. But / do recognize
how essential is the helpfulness of the
senate in the making of a successful
administration.
I want to express today the wish Of
a colleague for the confidence and the
cooperation of the members of this
body in the four years which begin
next March 4. I do not limit this sin
cere request to this side of the aisle.
One cannot promise agreement in all
things with an opposite party which
is sometimes insistently wrong, but we
may find common ground in the spirit
Of service, and hope for that agreeable
and courteous and Outlines helpful
relationship with the opposite which
has added to the delights of fellow
service during the last six years.
"We are facing no easy task. We
have our full part in the readjustment
of human affairs, after the world tu-
mutt. We have our tasks at home, we
have our part in the inevitable work
Of the civilized world.
II am sure that the necessity of wise
solution will inspire us to work to-
gether; to take common counsel, to
the best which is in all of us to attain
the ends which become our republic at
home and will maintain it's high place
among the nations Of the earth.
with propriety I cannot venture
upon any suggestions now, even
though / am speaking as member of
this body. Three months of the pres
ent administration remain, and | would
have house and senate join cordially
in making them fruitful rather than
wasted months. Let ME express the
hope to one and all that, though there
comes change in official relationship,
1t will not interrunt our cO-opera-