The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-05-19
OUR GREAT PRESIDENT

Recently a number of children
journeyed a long way to Washington
10 see President Harding to ask him
to pardon their fathers-but the
great man had an important engage
ment to play golf and could not see
them. Suffer little children to come
unto me, and forbid them not, for of
such is the kingdom of heaven!"
said Jesus, but Mr.. Harding was toe
busy playing golf to spend a few
moments with these little ones. Re
ferring to this matter, Senator Cara
way, of Arkansas, addressing the
president Of the senate, said:
Recently. Mr. President, a num-
Der Of children-misguided it may
be. unwise it may be, but believing
from the newspaper stories, the presi-
dent had a heart, that he was sympa-
thetic-came here on a weary cru
SADIE, asking that there be pardOned
frauded the government out of mil
lions of dollars and who was able
to pay munificent fees to have some
body lobby for his pardon, but little
children of humble parents the faith
ers of two of them being ministers of
the gOspel-gOod or bad, | do NOT
knOw--came here to see the presi-
dent and on their little Bonded knees
to ask him to pardon their fathers
They were not able TO hire lawyers
Mr.. President; and what happened?
Tboy wore refused an audience with
the president of these Unitd States.
If they had been able, / presume. to
have paid $4,000 for lawyer, such
as Mr.. Daugherty was before he came
to WashingtOn-a specialist in get
ting pardons for rich riminals-they
would have had hearing: but, hav-
ing nothing but the hope of mercy
in then little hearts and nothing to
clothe them but their tattered rags,
they were denied a hearing
Mr. President l was somewhat
diverted from what | had intended to
say when | was talking about the
President, who, as rumOr says-and
| presume | must label it "rumor" in
order to meet the censorship of my
genial friend from New Hampshire
was just setting out to a game Of
golf, and therefore had no time to see
thnCD 40 oil In
but time, Mr.. President, and there
fore they were willing to wait until
the president should have finished
his amusements and come back to his
place of business, but they were de
MED an opportunity to see him, and.
wandering around in this presumably
! Christian city on Sunday, they chanc-
ed upon a church Baptist church
and wanted to go In because ser
wees were being held. The usher.
am informed, asked them in. but the
policeman, presume acting under or
ders of the people in authority, de
MED them the right to 90 in. TIL,
T. president of the United States wa
p in the church worshipping, and thes
poor little outcasts were told tina
Y they must not 90 in. They were fin
A ally taken into some room and hear
q a lecture on being good to animal
+ when they had come thousands c
+ miles. some of them, with a praye
on their little lips, to ask the pres
% dent to be good to their fathers.
Is The fathers of these little fellow
is were convicted of violations of Il
P espionage act. What the offens,
id were particularly | do not know.
re do not know that the fathers ougl
RS to have been pardoned, but do kno
" that unless Jesus Christ was wrol
b. the children ought to have been =