The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1920-06-17
WARREN c. HARDING

The prolonged agony Is over, and Warren G. Harding
is The republican candidate for president Of the United
States After the hardest struggle forty years, TIE
convention, did in $780, turned to Ohio the mother
Of presidents" for its candidate This is not the only
coincidence These two contests 1880 and 1920 caused
the only deadocks in the history Of the republican party
IN the convention Of 1880 Garfield was not candidate,
and the delegates did turn TO him until they had bal
cted four days without result Harding was candidate
but he received only 65 votes the first ballot 80 Of
them from his state. Early in the campaign he had
been looked upon as one Of the four most likely to be
nominated but later his prospects seemed to have faded
and at the opening Of the convention he was generally
looked upon but Of the possibles The deadlock
brought the nomination to him, as it did to Garfield
He, like Garfield is native Of Ohio; like him. also, he
brought up the farm; both served in the Ohio
State Senate and both were members Of Congress when
nominated Garfield had served long in the House and
had been elected to the Senate five months before his
nomination Hardings service in Congress has been en-
tirely in the Senate
Harding resembles Garfield somewhat in his qualities
but the people of Ohio who know him best see closer
comparison with Mckinley He is without doubt,
man of the Mckinley type having much the same sane
and balanced judgment the soberess of demeanor
the conservatism Of speech He comes Of colonial
stock, of Scotch ancestry on his fathers side and Ho
and Dutch on his mothers Like Lincoln he split rails
in his youth, well performed the numerous other
tasks Of the farm He will be IS years old November
2, which happens to be election day He will have some
to expect unusual celebration of his birthday
his year AT Ohio Central College from which Harding
graduated he became interested in newspaper work
the editor of the college paper and after he left
lchoo when he was but 49, he acquired possession of
The Star, small daily paper in the little county seat
town of Marion, by the easy process of assuming its in
lebtedness newspaper publisher he has been all his
e since then pnnng his faith and his fortunes to the
one STAR which has grown into lourshing and nAu-
entail paper of the most important in the state.
He learn ed the printers trade and practices it yet when
occasion requires for public office has not pre-
'ented him from maintaining the direct management of
lis paper But being an Ohio republican he could not
Ieep out of politics. He went to the Senate for two
terms and was then elected Lieutenant Governor In
1910 he the republican candidate for governor but
defeated and in 1915 he was elected to the United
States Senate.
AS member of the Senate Harding quickly won the
respect of his associates that body largely thru
heir influence that he made the chairman of the
republican national convention in 1915 and it is the
influence that is mainly responsible for his nomi-
nation for president. The fact that he has their
esteem and confidence to this extent during his first term
extraordinary proof Of qualities that appeal to their
Judgment well to their affection. They look upon
him safe man, who can be depended upon to
steer straight course in the difficult waters of this
complex time, who has no fantastic notions but
who actuated by plain common sense. And his con-
1uct in the Senate supports that view He is
fre-brand, loud-mouthed, never rhetorical He
speaks calmly, plainly and to the point and he speaks
so he does His position the treaty shows his
servatsm He has not INDUCED in loud opposition and
has taken his stand in favor of ratification with substan
al reservations, voting last November and pairing
in favor of ratification with the adopted reservations
in March--St Louis Globe-Democrat