The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-13
Nominee Prepared to Give
.WadswOrth and Miller
His Help.
HAS. NET ALL ISSUES
Believes Opponents Seek to
Split a United
Party.
AT CHATTANOOGA TO-DAY
Throngs Greet Senator on
Way to Tennessee and Ken
lucky Meetings.
b. a Staff Correspondent o, rHn HERALD.

BIZ Staff Correspondent OF TIM HERALD.
WITH SENATOR HARDING's SPECIAL
TRAIN, COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 12-The
Republican nominee, on his way to-
night from Marion to Chattanooga,
smiled without comment when he was
told that Senator Pat Harrison, boss OF
Gov. Cox's speakers bureau. taunts
him with q statement that he has aban-
doned his Eastern trip because he is
afraid to meet the issues.
Senator Harrison's fling seems TO have
been built upon an outglving from Re-
publican leaders in New York city to
the effect that the proposed speechmak-
ing tour In New York State and city
and in New England and New Jersey
has been cancelled. This may turn out
to be the case. hut the present fact Is
that Senator Harding has not definitely
made up his mind whether 1t is neces-
sary to go to New York. The whole
matter never has got further than
tentative stage containing one stated
date, Buffalo on October 81.
While Senator Harding simply is not
concerning himself over the jibes of the
Pat Harrisons and the innumerable
lesser men of the Democratic organiza-
ton and pursues the course he set for
himself long ago. deliberate and dig
nif1ed discussion of the matters that the
people are thinking about. the fact re-
mains that he Is willing to go to New
York provided Wadsworth and Miller
need his voice Personally he thinks his
stand on every lmportant matter Is sat
isfactory to the East and that his time
would be better spent in this part OF the
country.
Has Met Issues sauareIy.
AT no time and in no place has
Senator Harding finched from or
avoided questions put to him. Some
times queries were flung from his
audiences, sometimes they met his eye
from the first or editorial pages OF
Democratic newspapers. Usually they
we're shrewdly designed to embarrass
hinl--so worded that any answer might
he disagreeable to large numbers He
never yet has failed. however. to meet
these questions head on. Several times
he has anticipated them and has made
his replies as explicit as he could pos
sibly do. In this way he met the issue
OF going into or staying out OF the
League of Nations, of whether he
favored an association OF the nations
against war. OF what he would do about
iItAdH1, ol Nlltl ut lHOubht dDodl lilt
continued use OF American troops in
Germany.
1t can be stated here authoritatively
that Senator Harding looks upon such
outgivings as that OF Senator Harri-
sons and of others who continue TO de- l
mand from him his well understood
7 views about the League OF Nations
and q League OF Nations as very
obvious efforts to Insert splitting
to-, al
He believes now the people thoroughly
understand that he is earnestly In favor
of a league against war in which the
United States can play an honorable
part without ceasing to be the best
Judge of its own conduct, and that he is
unalterably opposed to the League Of
Nations that was submitted TO the
Senate.
Wants No Dangerous League.
Ills whole position is that he knows
what kind OF league he won't enter
and that he will do his best TO get all
the people behind him in entering a
league that is not tricky or dangerous
or made UP of false pretences.
He as said over ana over again and
he repeats to-day that he has no pro-
gramme yet for the kind OF world league
he wants because he doesn't believe tho
brain Of one man ~ big enough In the
heat of a political campaign TO produce
such an ordered scheme for the whole
future. but he makes II clear that his
first business will be 10 call to him as
many of the best minds OF the country,
both men and women, MS can be found,
and that when he is ready to offer
league plan II will be one that the whole
United States can get behind safely
For these reasons no raya Iitfia
tention to haunts and jeers, needing
them as little as he does the whisper
ing" campaign that has been conducted
by the Democratic organization in nu-
merous States.
Greeted by Large Crowds.
Going toward Chattanooga, where he
Will speak tomorrow night, the Senator
passed through Columbus and Cincin-
natl tonight and was greeted by large
crowds In the railroad stations Travel
ling With him Is Gov. r. Livingston
Beeckman OF Rhode Island. whose pri-
waite car is attached 10 Senator Har-
dings. Mrs. Harding accompanies the
Senator, of course, for her personality
has been n large asset In his various
trips.
The visit TO Tennessee will be an in
teresting experiment. 1t is not a State
that Republicans usually invade. MIR
Hughes tried II four years ago and with
results not particularly agreeable. There
is n better outlook THE time II reports
may be believed, a real demand 20 hoar
and see the Republican nominee.
There Is not much hope OF carrying
Tennessee unless the landslide does oc-
cur Possibly the circumstances OF SEN
ator Harding's reception in Chattanooga
and elsewhere in the State may throw
some light upon this situation. He will
have also an interesting trip through
Kentucky before reaching Louisville on
Thursday night. for there has been a
real demand In Kentucky to see more OF
him. Then will come indianapolis on
Friday night and windup at St Louis
On Saturday night.
q q. y. MONDAY MEETINGS.