The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-08-06

cause he has been a farmer. Since
he has grown to power and eminence,
he has been in contact with the class
es that administer the country's in
dustries, and he has learned their
problems and their difficulties. SO
he is equipped mentally to weigh and
balance in the scales of his cool judg-
ment the rights and wrongs OF each.
In mis- public life Harding has ever
been governed in all his decisions and
votes by this cool judgment and abil-
ity to put himself in the other fellows
place. He has not forgotten his ex-
periences as a laborer and farmer.
and his votes have reflected his sym
pathy and understanding of the needs
vote against the interest OF the peo-
pie, and he has fathered and support
ed all of the important measures aim
ed to better the conditions of the la
boring classes. Among the legisla-
tive acts he has supported may be
mentioned the child labor law, the
minimum wage law, the civilservice
retirement law, the rehabilitation of
industrial cripples law and the wo-
mans bureau Of the Labor Depart
ment
He has voted for woman suffrage
and supported the cause in states
where ratification was doubtful, using
his eloquence and his influence for
the cause of suffrage.
Indeed every act OF his political
career is marked by progressiveness
and far-sighted realization of the
importance Of political developments
Harding Is a Republican of the
Lincoln and Mckinley type. Like
these great figures of the past he
believes in the Importance of cooper
alive action in deciding the great is
sues. He has consistently decried
the egoism of autocratic methods of
government. He has always said
that the great strength Of the Repub-
lican party lay in its willingness to
profit by wise counsel, and he has
declared frequently that presidents
cabinet should enlist the biggest mec
in the party instead of sawdust pup
pets to bob their heads to presiden-
tial orders. Only by having men OF
such calibre can government really
succeed, and when he is elected t.
the presidency and takes his seat in
the White House next March 4th, his
cabinet selections will show that his
practical knowledge of men will en-
able him to build up an organization
such as surrounded Lincoln McKin-
ley and Roosevelt, all Republicans
who believed in this great fundamen-
tai policy.
Harding personally is the embodi-
ment of the finest American man
hood, He is a good fighter. but
clean fighter. He is a good friend
but even friendship has never stooo
in the way of his duty. He is an able
man as his every private and pub
lie act proclaims. He is a good man,
religious and tolerent, gentle, kind
ly husband and a good neighbor.
His employees on the Marion Dali
ly Star will tell you that he is their
friend and fellow worker, as well as
their boss, and that they take their
troubles, their Joys and their wor-
ries to Warren Harding with just
the same freedom today that they cid
before the people of Ohio selected
him FOR high honnrs.
Harding is All ardent patriot His
love of country and his worship of
the flag is the outstanding thing in
his life. On the occasions when he
went abroad f' rest, recreation and
study of european governments and
conditions, he always said on his re-
turn, that every time he went abroad
he came back glad and proud of the
fact that he is an American.
The next president of the United
States will have great responsibilities
and heavy task. lie will nave 20
bring order out Of he chaos of dis
order which an administration of in
efficiency aaI misrule has created. |
Serious problems will have to be met
and answered Tho man who un-
dertakes this heroic task must be a
man who measures up big. He must
be an honest man, a fearless man, a
strong man
When the Republicans in the Chi
cago convention eliminated all otter
claimants for the honor of standard
bearer they picked the right man in
Warren Gamaliel Harding, of Ohio.
He is the man who can lead the |
country out of the darkness into the |
light. He is a man we can pin our |
hopes and our votes on with conf
dence that he will live up 20 the
great traditions of the party of Lin
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