Seward daily gateway., 1923-08-11
Remains of Late President Laid to Rest at Marion

respect of all who came in close asso- citation with him.
 It Is said even those who opposed his nomination and election realized his sincere thought and candor, his modesty and ability, and soon learned to depend upon the honesty of his : opinions. ...~
 President Harding was patient and logical In forming his opinions; his conclusions were reached after care full and comprehensive study and con- sideration, which were predicated up on keen analysis, earnest thought and [ steadfastness of purpose.
 Having once taken position upon a given issue he was as firm as the granite hills themselves to the cause which he advocated and espoused. He was classed as conservative, and had to be personally convinced that new proposition possessed merit and would be beneficial to the people as a whole before he would definitely commit him 1 self
 He never was a demagogue; he nev- CT needed the appeal of propaganda; i, he never strived for headlines in the 1 public press. He had a sincere con- tempt for the superficial and the sen sational which seeks publicity, void of merit, and gives the Expression to the : public of character which does not exist. zs4
 No duplicity existed in his life at any period; he never swerved from the right as he saw the right; he stood firmly where his clear and com prehensive judgment directed him to stand. In every position in life in public affairs or private, he discharg- ed the duties thereof with modesty courage, ability and honor.
 He has passed on. He has left us for a time; he has fought a good fight; he has finished his course, he has kept the faith"
 Here Mir. Ray recited the beautiful poem by Whittier, ending with:
 T know not where His islands lift
 Their fr0nded palms in air;
 1 only know I can not drift
 Beyond His love and care"
 Continuing, MT. Ray said
 President Harding had those deep CT, finer qualities of mind and hearl which give pervading dignity to man. hood.
 We live and die in a world we do not understand. The wisdom of man has made it's conQuests but wherever we look upon the changing panorama ot the world we behold a mystery. In earth and sky and sea- in every dawn and every nightfall, in the prophecy of every springtime and in the fruition of every harvest, in leaf and flower and crystal-always and everywhere t-the note and breath of mystery. And greater than this mystery of this world around us is the mystery of this world within us More compell- ing than the mystery of what we see IS the mystery of what we are. The mystery of thought, the mystery of love, the ever surging mystery of life and the ever saddening mystery of death
 At the meridian of his powers, President Harding took his departure from freside and forum. Why thing like this should be w. do not know-it belongs to the end less mysteries of life. But somehom in the economy of the universe and the endless years It must be well,
 1t must be so in land of far hori- zons and cloudless skies" Now we see through glass darkly, but then. face to face ***
 T think we all will treasure m in our memory the many kind and con- slderate acts of the President while in seward. To me the absolute trust in the kind of citizenship we have here as evidenced by his strolling our streets practically unaccompanied is 2 olsunguished honor, which coupled With the fact that he personally con- sented and did with Mrs Harding meet and talk with our sturdy young sters, gives to our town an honor m. paralleled during the presidential trin throughout the United States.
 In closing I want to state that # Is difficult for provincial country at. torney to do justice or attempt to do justice to the character of the man like the late President.
 In this great Territory the service or President Harding to the countrv will be held in grateful remembran oo and with deep sense of nersona, 5 ioss. It is infinitely pathetic.