Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1921-01-06
Busy Days For PresidentElect
Harding

what is Senator Harding do
ing these days?' asked Ruth as
she and her brother Jack were
walking along with Uncle Ted.
"9'hese are mighty busy days
for our next President" was
Uncle Ted's reply. "You see he
has only been back home for a
short time after his vacation in
Texas and Panama and his trip
to Washington for the opening
session of Congress. His two
day stay in the National Capital
was a mighty busy time for him,
as he not only attended the OPP
ening session of the Senate,
where he made a mighty fine
speech, but he was busy every
minute talking with various big
Senators and other men who will
help him run this country on a
businesslike basis for the next
four years at least.
"And | want to tell you kidd
es, the newspaper men in Wash
ington are mighty fond Of Sem
ator Harding, and that means a
whole lot. He talks to them just
as one of them, for, as I have
told you before he
is newspaper man himself.
While waiting at the Capitol in
Washington on Monday, Decem-
Der 6, he talked to them and told
many funny things about his ex-
periences. when he was struggl-
ing with his paper in Marion
Ohio, long, long before he even
thouht of being a Senator, and
certainly long before he ever
dreamed of being President"
Whom did he talk to at the
Capitol?" asked Jack.
HE talked with all the Repub-
'lican leaders in the Senate.
Speaker Gillett Of the House of
Representatives called, too, as
did the British Ambassador, Sir
Auckland Geddes. In fact there
was a steady stream of callers
congratulating the next Presi-
dent and comforting with him re-
garding important matters.Y VI
"Can you tell us about what
he said in his speech at the Sen
ate?" asked Ruth.
swell, certainly by this time
you have read his speech. The
only thing | can do is explain
what his speech meant to me
and what it should mean to all
of us. In the first place we must
remember that this is the first
time that a United States Senat-
or has been elected President,
which is not only what might be
called an unusual happening but
one which is q step forward and
in the right direction. All of us
have seen what a man can do in
the Presidential chair who has
not had the training in the big
lawmaking body Of the country
and who, because Of that and q
stubborn will refused that copper
alton with Congress is vitality
necessary his speech in the Sem
ate, President-Elect Harding
showed his great respect for that
body in which he has been such
a hard worker.
won't he be a better Presi-
dent because he has been a SEN
ator?" asked Jack.
Exactly, Jack. In all those
things which keep the wheels of
of our government moving, the
President and Congress must be
the last ones to decide. If they
do work together and consult
each other, then the country will
receive the best from both. Be-
cause the next President has
been in the Senate he under
stands the way in which the SEN
ate must work and naturally
when he sits in the Presidential
chair he will be equipped in the
best possibel way to bring about
peace and harmony and comp
lete understanding.
ssNow, another thing, Riddles.
So long as Senator Harding has
been in the United States Senate
he has always insisted that the
rights of the Senate should be
recongnized. He still thinks so,
but in his speech he also showed
that he is going to insist that the
rights of the President also be
kept in mind at all times. With
such view Of the situation we
should have one of the best Pre-
sidents the country has ever
l.