New-York tribune., 1920-09-29
Misgovernnlens Held Re.
sponsible i'm Measure
for Expensive Living
and Housing Problems
Hailed With Cheers
In West Virginia
Budget System and Econ
omy i'm Washington is
Promised by Nominee
rror, a staS coyYesnondens

age and other unhappy conditions Of
American life were attributed by Sena-
tor Harding in speech at the Audi
torium here tonight to the inefficiency
of the Democratic Administrator. The
Republican candidate declared excessive
interest rates paid by the government
on war loans had drawn money, the life
blood of business, from the channels
of trade. Predicting the complete COL
lapse of the American industrial sys-
tenn IL the process continued, Senator
Harding promised relief for the nation,
il he should be elected. through budget
reforms, strict economy and q real
business administration at Washington.
The address, delivered to 5000 per-
sons, following a parade Of $4,000
insrehers, was the Climax Of q day of
rear platform speeches in the hill
towns strung along the Baltimore &
0hio's tortuous right Of way through
West Virginia. Senator Harding spoke
first at Grafton, then at Warrington,
Fairmont, Glover's Gap, Cameron and
Moundsville. At each of these stations
large crowds had gathered and they
eheered the candidate in q fashion that
warmed his heart. The best part of
the day, however, began on the OUT
skirts of Wheeling. The shrek and
roar of hundreds of mill and factory
whistles, suggestive of the welcome
Sror ,~
York harbor at the close of the war,
burst on the candidates. ear.
Greetings to the Miners
"What in the world is that" he
asked OF Davis Elkins and Howard
Sutherland, West Virginia's Senators,
who had boarded the train last night
at Baltimore.
THAT is Wheeling's greeting to the
next President" expaaiuadHehe Sehators
in chorus. :,
Mile after mile the train sped amid
the roar Of steel mills and glass factory
Whistles. Many of the plants had re-
leased their employees so that they
could catch q glimpse of Senator Har-
eng standing on the rear platform Of
his special train, which ran slowly over
!. the last few miles to the station.
women whose features were shaded
by gun bonnets held their babies up for
tne Candidates approval as he viewed
the family washings drying in the back
yards that fanked the right of way.
There was swarm Of people in the
station. All wore red badges establish
ing the fact that they were members
OF the reception committee. They
yelled themselves hoarse while Senator
their close ranks. then hem came safGdsa Mrs..
Harding. and the yells were quite as
ioud as she waved both hands which
mad been filled with flowers. Larger
crowds than any that have greeted the
nominee in his trips away from Marion
lined the curb in a solid mass on the
roundabout course from the station to
the MeLure Hotel. For several blocks
sne automobiles passed between ranks
OF men standing with uncovered heads.
IL was estimated that there were $4,000
visitors in Wheeling to see Senator
Harding.
Three States Represented
They came from Pennsylvania and
Oh,o towns as we'll as West Virginia,
Msyor Babcock, of Pittsburgh, headed
delegation that included the Amerieus
G!ub, the members Of which wore tall,
gray Blaine hats and black caps that
senator Harding last saw at the notifi-
SSsIon ceremonies IN Marion.
a, There was general reception at the
aeLure Hotel from four to Ave o'clock
in the afternoon and several times the
impatient yells Of the crowd in the
ieboy brought Senator Harding out on
sne iron ballustrade in the gallery from
which Abraham Lincoln once spoke.
ars Harding held a separate recep-
ION for the women Of Wheeling at the
Soantry Club. and the Senator received
.he men at the hotel, but there seemed
ID be an infectious insistence on the
gafs Of one sex to attend the reception
intended for the other.
nan for West Virginia, introduced
temporary Chairman N. p. Whitaker
!he Auditorium meeting tonight.
as IN turn introduced the permanent
sasifman, Judge Z. y. Morgan, the Re-
ssDiicar, candidate for Governor.
Nrs. Harding entered The Auditorium
sDoat $3.50 o'clock. escorted by Alexan-
~ Moore, publisher Of The Pitts
asgn Leader. The candidates wife
~ ~ loudly acclaimed, and presently
s s crowd began TO call on Mrs. Hard
aor speech. Shaking her head, she
Where is that man Aarding7"
developed that his car had been
tn 80 ~pS V0EaUc LH1t CCU'tHuetl
- Hsseh back and forth thro, the
ssss Of Wheeling long the
ws.orinm had been filled 70 doors.
isM Senator Harding eAuered the
H.. ~; about ten minutes after Mrs.
mso,hg. nc was eheered for several
sasases' saa' the cheer ending In laugh
sssSfne one shouted:
wsfe for yon. kid
Aesails speech ON Eve Of War
gpeaktng Hxtamporaneously for a few
ssaass sshss before he began to read his
sspSssd address, Senator Harding re-
1910 1910 BIS audience that his last ap.
gsaee on the same platform had
~ m April. 1917. on the eve Of Pres
i ~. Wilson'S going before Congress
ssMA - Tor declaration of war.
sssn.sss we're talking then" he said,
sssss sssas the welfare Of our common
sssnfs, and az I talked to you of pre-
sssss sse nationality the President sum
wsxs Ceagrsss, You remember we
~ - y, nes talking that night about max.
80 - world safe for democracy.
hsas..wssas. wss not present whep the Senate
~ the war resolution. but ! know
M y senyeysd, know what IL meant
# sassS osd not 60 10 war 10 make the
81 49, ss safs for democracy. We did not
40 swaf evan YeY hsmantty'g sake.
. $50 we cast the die that night, we
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