The New York herald., 1921-08-07
HARDING Sees GREAT
FUTURE FOR nation
America Must Keep Her
Hat on Straight He Tells
Admirers i'm Maine.
TO BE A MIGHTY POWER
Sails at Midnight From
Portland for Home After
40 Mile Motor Trip.
TO BE A MIGHTY POWER
TALKS TO ILL SOLDIERS
Promises Men Who We're
Gassed i'm War That He Will
Do All Possible for Them.

Special Despatch to THE NEW York HERALD.
POLAND SPRINGS, Me-, Aug. s.-Presi-
dent Harding brought his New Eng
land trip to an end to-day with a 140
mile automobile journey across Maine
to Portland to board the Mayflower for
midnight and is due at the capitol at
noon Tuesday.
II was dusk when the party reached
Westbrook, where one of the biggest
crowds of the entire New England trip
awaited the President The President
repeated in effect the speeches on dis
armament that he has made during the
week.
Il am happy" said the President
ito come here and say to you how
grateful we are for the cordial greet
ing We have received in the States OF
Maine and New Hampshire
Il have thought what change has
come about You haven't gathered here
to greet me personally. because when
I've been here before you scarcely
noticed It. But you have come TO me
tonight because / am your spokesman.
When man is a candidate for Office
he is always seeking to come among
you and make himself heard, but when
man is In Office the people want him
to come among them and he ought to
come among them and be heard and
hear from them.
That's as it should be- for this is a
popular Government. and let me say TO
you that no President ever could do
anything of which the American people
did not approve.
Things Turned Upside Down.
Let me tell you also that 1t is diff
ficult thing to conduct the Government
Of the United States. We have just
emerged from cataclysniic world war.
is a time when America must keep her
hat on straight, when America must be
confident of herself. would like to say
In passing that l have more confidence
In America tonight than ever had be-
fore in all my life. II believe America
has found her soul and has found the
inspiration to become not only tie first
great Republic of the earth, as We are,
but to grow into the mightiest Power in
the world, leading mankind to higher
and higher levels.
Knowing your sentiment, / have re-
Gently been able to ask the great nations
OF the earth to meet with us around the
council table and look each other in the
face. just as neighbors should look each
other in the face. and ask each other why
there should be any war. We are going
to have that kind of q conference, and !
hope 1t will be my fortune before my
term OF office is done to be able to say
that our America somehow appealed to
the conscience OF mankind and that In
the awakening of that conscience we put
aside conflict. That's fine ideal for
America"
The start for home from Mount Pros
pect was made at about 9: 80 O'Clock.
At the last minute the President coflr
sented to take an indirect route over
part of the journey turning Off at
Bridgeton, Me-, and going to Oxford. AT
the last place there is a hospital for SOL
diers who were gassed, and when the
President heard that the men wished to
see him he changed plans A hundred
of them were awaiting him, and In a
brief friendly talk no urged that they
be not discouraged and promised that
the Government and the Administration
would do everything possible for them.
The Executive and Mrs. Harding shook
hands with each of the invalids.
President Plays Golf.
The party had luncheon at the Poland
Spring House and the President. with
Senator Frelinghuysen. Senator Hale
and Secretary Christian. went out Inn
mediately for a foursome on the Poland
Spring course. A big gallery was on
hand
George Henry Harding of Baldwin.
Ne, Is one OF the proudest boys in
New England to-day. He was selected
to caddy for the President and be
was cheerily greeted. The president
told him that he should make a future
Jim Barnes and properly hold up the
family name.
On reaching Portland the President
went direct to the home of Mrs Eugene
Hale. the mother or Senator Frederick
Hale and widow of the late senator Eu-
gene Hale. Though in her eighties MrA'
Hale is hearty and gave the president
warm re0eption. She is distinsuisheo Dy
the fact that she Is the oaush.sr y.
Senator and "a the mother of a Senator.
THE reception to the President was
hold IN the Hale home in State street, a
flne old Colonial mansion. and II at
tracted a large crowd, president and
Mrs Harding receiving all Of those who
gathered in front OF the house.
r. was nearly II o'clock before the
President and his party, which had
dyindled somewhat boarded the May
flower for Washington. Senator Hale
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