San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-12
PRESS APPRAISES HARDING
AS GOOD MAN SACRIFICED
ON THE ALTAR OF DUTY
Partsanship Disappears in Comment His Death
and in North and South, East and West, Feel
ing Is One of Personal Bereavement at
Passing of Typical American Whose
Success Was Earned.

of his strength. his life. He spared
himself in 10 degree in devotion TO
his task as the chief executive and
his life was forfeit in consequence.
No matter was too small to concern
him and no person was too humble
for him to see. He was still one of
the people, a true type of the Amer
lean who has won his own way to
success. He leaves void. The peo-
pie have lost q leader, friend. a
servant whom they trusted, whom
they respected. whom they loved. For
her WHO sat by his side when he
passed. who has been for many years
his loyal, devoted help-meet. whose
belief in his capacity and character
and qualifications for high service
was one of the strongest aides through
his working life. his wife, the sympa-
t thief ,o Of ALL. all ths people 60 forth r and
To this must here be added the
comment of his own "home folks, "
carried in the columns of the Marion
Star, long owned by him that "those
who we're close to him can hardly
escape the feeling that it must have
been given TO him 10 see into the
future. when, robust and the picture
of health, he told them shortly before
the Inauguration that he would not
come out of the Presidency alive. IT
may be said here that his great heart
which was alike his strength and
his weal1ness-proved his undoing. OF
all our Presidents he was the most
| democratic at heart-the most aD-
proachable. He added to his already
mighty burden by taking on those oil
others. No appeal, no matter how
lowly, was passed by him. He gave
| frecly-tOo freely-of his time and
| effort. He never counted the cost
and spared himself. Full apprecia-
ton of Warren G. Harding the Presi.
dent, will not be written today
probably not in this generation-bur
| posterity will weigh his achievements
as President, and they have been
many and great, at their full worth
But the measure of Warren G. Hard
ing, the man, is today beyond al
question. That he was a man among
men all will concede. None will ques
ton his bigness Of heart, his GREATNESS.
of soul. He thought and lived abov,
the little things of life, and yet wa:
so thoroughly human that to know
him was to love him: and thus it j!
that today, while the nation mourns
our people are stunned by the pass
ing of our citizen and friend-great
est and best beloved"
"World May Well Weep.-
"Not since Lincoln was murdere,
has the nation been so Profound,
shocked as today" says the Clevelant
News. "The big strong clean maj
had seemed out of danger. Then tn
nation found its Chief Executiv,
gone like a flash of lightning leav
: ing night behind" He was tn
, American who stood for America ms
serts the San Francisco Chronicle
land he died as he would have wishc,
to die. his hand still on the task
his ardOr for service still glowing.
His death was "the crowning of
remarkable service. the measure o
whlch can be estimated only whel
there is considered the effect o
Americas stability on the world
civilization" is the point made b
the Springfield, Illinois State Jour
nal, "the world Ny well weep a
his bier" His place in history mus
be answered with time as the Bait
more Sun sees il but "two achieve
ments at least has he written into tn
record that will stand as monument
to his administration-his calling o
the world powers into a successfv
! conference on disarmament and hi