The Winslow mail., 1923-08-17
WINSLOW JOINS in
MEMORIAL SERVICES
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nant Governor, ran for Governor but
was defeated. He was then elected
United States Senator and as the
crowning achievement of his illustrious
career he was elected to the greatest
office within the gift of man.
Even as he stood within the shadow
of this great honor-as he was with
in grasping distance of the Presiden-
cy, his noble wife, the one who had
shared all of his joys and all of his
sorrows, seemed to have premoni-
ton of what it meant.
She said "I am content to bask
in my husbands limelight, but I
cannot see why any one should
want to be president in the next
four years. I can see but one
word written over the head of my
husband if he is elected, and that
word is "Tragedy''. CAS- a mat
ter of fact I would rather have
him Senator than President
Being Senator and being Sen
ators wife is wonderful life.
Of course now that he is in the
race, and wants to win, / must
want him to, but down in my
heart | am sorry" es ats,
1t is said that during all of his
political career there was never one
unkindly thrust at an opponent.
This glance at his career shows
that he was schooled and disciplined
by hard work. The road that led
tim 10 fame and fortunes was no
pathway u rose He was ioL al
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of fortune, but he knew failure and
success. He had felt the emotions
of defeat as we'll as the sensations of
victory He had gone through the
refiners fire and came out with the
dross and superficiality burnt away.
He was left with the common touch
and those personal qualities essen
tial to true greatness Little by lit
tie light was. infused into that, spirit
and it grew strong. The chrisalis felt
the ray of. the sun which called it to.
life and launched it forth fearlessly
from the darkness of the cloister into
the luminous space of its destiny.
When he became President he Sc.
lected the ablest men in his party to-
be members of his cabinet. There
was no jealousy-nO thought of being
overshadowed s,1f
He faced the tremendous tasks con-
fronting him with calm courage 1t
was a time of unrest and uncertainty,
of sharp division and turbulent feel
ings. His genial personality and
generous nature did much to smooth
out the rough places in our national
life. His power was the power of
the sunshine rather than the power
of the tempest He had rather win
his enemies than intimidate them.
Wether the great measures with
which his name is connected were
wise or unwise, righteous or unright-
eous, must be settled by later and
more deliberate judgment than ours.
But when the muse of history records
his life and work I fancy she will
show that Warren G. Harding be-
lieved his policies to be right and
wise, that he loved his cOuntrymen
and wanted to be just.
After two and one-half years of
the most strenuous work, he started
on this trip across the continent as
an apostle of good will. He was
striving to uphold our laws and was
proclaiming the message of Peace
on earth and goodwill to men,. If
he had lived in q the time of Monroe,
he, as well as that president, could
have ushered in an era of good feel
ling. But travelling 1900 miles, pre-
pairing and delivering sixty set ,ad-
dresses and many impromptu address
ses,- holding conferences, meeting
thousands of people, and all the strain
incident to these things would break
the constitution of the strongest of
men He broke as his illustrious pre-
decessor before him had done In
this weakened condition there came
the stroke. Then in the twinkling
of an eye his last earthly journey
was ended and he started on a long
er pilgrimage to that country from
whose bourne no traveller returns
He left nation to mourn his depart
ure