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General Pershing Attorney General
Daugherty and Mr.. and Mrs. E. F.
Remsberg and family, Mrs. Remsburg
being Mr.. Harding's sister.
Mrs. Harding bravely withstood the
terrible shock of her husbands death.
Throughout his illness she had been
the most optimistic member Of the
group that surrounded him. A mem
Der Of the party said:
Mrs. Harding, who from the begin
ming of the Presidents illness had ex-
pressed complete confidence in his re-
covery, did not break down. On the
other hand, she continued, as from the
beginning, the bravest member Of the
group. When 1t was realized that the
President had actually passed away,
she turned to those In the room, whose
concern had turned to her, and said !:
I am not going to break down"
DR.. George T. Harding. the eighty
year-old father of the dead President,
was notified at his home in Marion,
Ohio, and while he did not break
down, he was, of course, terribly
shocked. To friends who gathered
about him he kept repeating: Boys,
this is terrible. Warren has gone.
Warren had the interest of the coun-
try at heart. There never has been a
President since Abraham Lincoln that
had the interest of the country at
heart like Warren"
DRESIDENT COOLIDGE is the first
chief executive which the New Eng
land states have given the nation in
seventy years, the last one from that
section being Franklin Pierce Of New
Hampshire, who took office in 1853
Mr.. Coolidge, lawyer by profession,
after holding many municipal and
state Offices in Massachusetts, became
governor of the state in 1919 and dur
ing his first term sprang into national
prominence because of the manner in
which he handled the police strike in
| Boston. Regardless Of political con-
sequences and with calm nerve he ut
terly squelched the movement.
What he did in that grave crisis
to stay the forces OF disaster, to up
hold American Institutions and vindi-
cate the principles of law won him
commendation from governors, United
States senators, members Of the house
and from host Of men prominent in
and out Of public life.
Woodrow Wilson, then president of
the United States, although of the op-
posite political faith, took occasion to
send message to Governor Coolidge
in which he lavished praise upon him
for the courageous stand he had taken
in that emergency.
Nominated for second term as gov
ernor, he was opposed by Richard E.
Long, who pledged himself to rein
state the striking policemen II he were
elected This became the main issue
and Mr.. Coolidge was triumphantly re-
elected. In the Republican national
convention of 1920 he was the choice
of the Massachusetts delegation ler
the presidential nomination and re-
mained in the running until the tenth
and final ballot had been taken. He
was nominated for vice president on
the first ballot, the vote being made
| unanimous.
During the campaign Mr.. Coolidge,
in the course of number Of speeches,
vindicated his reputation for inde-
pendence, although In the main he
went along" with the policies pro-
claimed by Mr. Harding and embodied
in the party platform. On what was
one Of the leading issues Of the CAIN
paign-the League Of Nations issue
Coolidge was not as orthodox as some
Of the Republican leaders might have
| desired.
The death of Mr.. Harding throws
the Republican party into remark.
able state OF chaos, for 1t had been
generally assumed that his renomina-
tion in next years convention was a
certainty. Although the party leaders
quite properly refrained from dis
cussing politics, the possibilities were
necessarily in every mind
| CENAToR UNDERWOOD, before the
~ Alabama legislature, definitely flung
his hat into the ring, saying that ito
have my state for the second time sug-
gest my name as the presidential can
didate Of my party would be the
crowning honor of them all, one that
would greatly cherish and am de-
lighted to receive" He then outlined
his position on various leading issues.
Replying to those who have branded
him as wet, he recounted his reasons
for his votes In congress in opposition
to the eighteenth amendment and the