The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-05
HARDING'S BEST
DEMOCRAT FRIEND
Remarkable Warmth of
Feeling Between Men
Opposite in Politics
SHED AT GOLF CURE
President Recognizes South
erner As an Opponent Who
Always Fights Fair
:. m, New york Times. .

:, M. New York Times.
little more than six years ago
vyar,on c.. Harding. then a COM
,arailyoly unknown Ohio editor, and
ps,ar W. Underwood, whose lead
o-shln OF the democratic majority in
~ house of representative had
Ia, him a national figure, took the
~ as senators of the United
eso,os From that time dates the
sr,endshin that has grown between
,hose two men Of opposite political
Ha,tIee The democrat whom Prcsi-
tert Harding likes best and whom
he regards as the ablest Is Mr..
Underwood.
THAT tho senator from Alabama
,,o,Id be- the democrat selected by
'o prcsidpnt as a member of Amer
~. "EIp Four" at the forthcoming
no,fsrenCe for the limitation OF
srn,afrent was predicted many
rceka ago by those close TO Mr..
tIordtne. They had no official
au,boritv for the guess" but as
one of these friends Of the presi-
der- EXPRESSED It to the. writer, I'VE
knew what he thought Of Under
wood. and so Underwood was a
hundred-to-onc shot
In many ways President Harding
and Senator Underwood are alike.
Roth are quiet spoken and both aNc
n tbcir hest around the conference
,sble They are both men who
make friends and know how to hold
,bom. both are modest TO a degree,
boih detest sham and hypocrisy.
/ One pl1vs golf and the other does
Mot both know all about baseball
and both arc American to the core.
Tho fact that President Harding
is golf enthusiast while Senator
Underwood has never caught the
golf fever is the basis OF a little
white house story.
Some weeks ago there came 10
Washington n committee Of Bir-
mlncham citizens Their mission
was 10 invite the president TO visit
tho "Pttshurgh Of the south this
fall an invitation that n Is under
stood the president has accepted.
senator Underwood made the in
reductions All Of the members Of
the BIRMINGHAM delegation were
Senator Tnderwood's perso n
friends These friends were quick
10 note the fact that the president
addressed Senator Underwood as
oscar. At that time, as a result
OF a long and arduous tour OF duty
as leader of the minority in the
senate, job that makes exercise a
problem and not pleasure. Sena-
Tor Underwood had taken on con-
siderable flesh
oscar" said the president, 80
the story goes you are getting just
little too stout WHY don't you
take M golf / will be your IN
structor"
Maybe l will" replied the leader
Of the democrats, but 10 date. so far
ms the unofficial records disclose
Senator Underwood has not pur-
chased his golf sticks
An Inauguration Incident.
Persons who Witnessed the inaug-
uration Of Calvin Coolidge as vice
president may recall.an incident that
followed the taking OF tho oath by
Mr. Coolidge. Mr. Harding at that
time was still about fifty minutes
removed from the presidency.
As Is the custom with incoming
presidcnts-elect Mr.. Harding wa'
. seated IN front Of the vice presl
dents desk. The new and the re
elected senator's were hcinC sworr
lIlf If E|Nnt tbtFl'tl hI uf'T W a. A'l
lowed and some thirty-odd senator,
had subscribed to tho oath 20 sup
port the constitution before th'
name NJ Mr Underwood was called
As senator after senator passct
him ON their return TO their seat
the president nodded EraCioUslv Z,
each ono. but when Trnlorwoo,
i5'artcd back the president aroa
from his scat and, stepping rorwar,
two or three paces, rrasnod Mr.
Undorwood's hand. Every perqoI
IN tho crowded galleries witnessed
the aot, for all eycs~~were on IN,
president elect, end noted IN
warmth Of tho greeting Wha
nassed during the few seconds tha
Harding and Underwood were Il
conversation none know. but tho
an d'd know that II was the trlbut,
o. tho new president to an OLE
friend
It was Senator Underwood VIII