Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-12-11
PRESIDE
ASKS SENATE AID
Harding, in Farewell Address to
Colleagues, Pledges Teamwork.
TEARS SPRING TO HIS EYES
ohioan's Presence in the Body Marks
the First Time In History That
ExecutVe-Elect Has Attended
Its Sessions.

Washington, Dec. 7.-Standing at
his desk where he served for six years,
President-elect Warren G. Harding
babe farewell to the United States
senate and in brief speech, choked
with emotion, expressed the hope that
he might have the cooperation of his
colleagues in the four vars beginning
March next.
Senator Harding's presence in the
senate marks the first time in his
tory that a President-elect has at
| tended sessions of that body as a
member
Harding Bids Colleagues Farewell.
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.
Il am pleased at this greeting, my
! fellow members of the senate" hel
said. There is still greater salts
faction in having this opportunity to
say to you informally some of the
things in my heart which l could ut.
ter in no other way. | recognize that
| am here today under somewhat I'M
usual circumstances, and there is a.
| delicacy about it that one in my po-f
| Sition cannot escape through some
, form of self-effacement which does not
seem quite possible
mo member of this body could be
more reluctant to leave it.
| Il say to the senate that came
here with very high respect for this
body, and l am leaving it with greater
respect than that which l came If
one could always direct his own polit-l
ical fortunes to his liking l 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
1 under our, Constitution. and particular
ly sensible to the obligations of the
| senate.
when my responsibilities begin in
the executive capacity I shall be as
mindful of the senate's responsibilities
as l have been jealous of them as a
member. but mean, at the same time,
| to be just as insistent about the re-
sponsibiities 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 a great and truly repre-
sentative popular government.
SENATE Oliearchy" Fiction
This brings me to the thought par
! ticularly in mind. Something has been
said about the senatorial eligarchy.'
| OF course everyone here knows that
to be a bit of highly imaginative and
;. harmless fiction. But | do recognize
now essential is the helpfulness of the
senate in the making of a successful
administration.
Il 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. ! do not limit this sim
cere request to this side of the aisle.
One cannot promise agreement in all
| things with an opposite party which
| is sometimes mistakenly wrong. but We
may find common ground in the spirit
| of service. and hope for that agreeable
/ and courteous and Ofttimes helpful
relationship with the opposite which
has added to the delights of fellow
service during the last six years.
1--WE are facing no easy task We
| have our full part in the REIMBURSEMENT
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.
4 am sure that the necessity of wise
| solution will inspire us 70 work to-
! gether: TO take common counsel, TO
be tolerant of one another and give
the best which is in all of us to attain
| the ends which become our republic at
home and will maintain its high place
among the nations of the earth.
with propriety l can not venture
upon any suggestions now, even
| though l am speaking as a member Of
| this body. Three months of the pres
EFT administration remain, and would
have house and senate join cordially
in making them fruitful rather than
wasted months"