Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1920 — THE TICKET. [ARTICLE]

THE TICKET.

Out of the violently agitated political pool in which the gold fish swam tantalisingly near the surface, eager to be taken, the republican national convention succeeded in capturing the one real whale of a candidate in the person of Harding. In view of the conditions that were created by other candidates in their anxiety to win, it is undoubtedly true that in a convention unbossed as no other convention has been unbossed for a great many yean, the delegate* chose the one proper and satisfactory solution of the dilemma with which they were confronted. Here and there an ultra-radieal yawp,will be heard for* time, but the vast majority of American voters find a sweet feeling of contentment and confidence as a result of the nomination of Senator Harding and Governor Coolidge. / . After having sat as a reporter through a week of torturing heat and aggravating uncertainty Arthur Brisbane, chief megaphone artist of the ' Hearst publicity organization, arrives at this sage conclusion: “Six , prerident of the United States have come from Ohio—-Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, McKinley and Taft Democrats may as well realize that, unless something musual happens, a is also going to “come from Ohio. In this country elections are settled not so much by talkingin favor your own man, as by talking against the other man, and there does not seem to be much to say «^ nst he could not negotiate, while Sena:

tor Johnson was unable to carry the handicap of Hearst support and the reputation for radicalism and doubtful party allegiance. Harding was the one avowed candidate to whom -the delegates could turn in such an emergency, and for his running mate they selected a law gnd order American whom President Wilson has publicly congratulated for his courage and wholesomeness. Small wonder, then, that the republican party today is experiencing a feeling of, confidence that is seemingly in nowise without foundation. A hasty scanning* of the result of the tenth ballot, on which Harding was nominated, reveals the fact that many of the states that are classified as progressive commonwealths contributed materially to the nomination of Harming, a fact that is not without significance and which should not be overlooked by those extremists who at present incline to the idea that the work of the Chicago convention will be distasteful to any large number of republicans. . ' The one outstanding spirit that pervaded the convention atmosphere was the spirit of Americanism and recognition of the necessity and desire to again set the feet of the country upon the solid earth of nationalism - and practical things instead of attempting to tread the thin air of idealism wherein is wet the snares of foreign entanglements that mean disaster for those who are caught therein. Out of a protracted penod of delirium the country is now rapidly emerging and the nomination of Harding and Coolidge may be likened to the first application of a welcome cooling compress to the fevered national brow.—Editorial Lafayette Journal-Courier.