Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 190, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1920 — COMMENT Of STATE PRESS-EDITORS MT PUBLIC IS TURNING TO HARPING [ARTICLE]

COMMENT Of STATE PRESS-EDITORS MT PUBLIC IS TURNING TO HARPING

Political Writers Emphasize Growing Impatience Abroad With “One-Man Rule"—Republican Nominee’s Sound Policies and Strength in His Party Reasons for His Expanding Popularity —Cox’s Alignment With Wilson Vexes Bemocratic Following. la

The Republican press of Indiana is united in an unqualified endorsement of Senator Warren G. Harding as the G. O. P. candidate for president. Senator Harding’s virile Americanism, his strength with the party throughout the nation, his sound opinions and policies on government and administration and the fact that he was the choice of a convention free of group domination are pointed out by the G. O. P. editors as strong reasons for his popular appeal to the electorate. At the same time the political writers emphasize the growing impatience that is abroad with what the press calls the “one-man rule” of President Wilson and It is asserted there are great elements of the thinking public turning to Senator Harding, whose election they confidently look forward to as the instrument to put an end to the Wilsonism which has long since developed into a national irritation.

Cox Aligned with Wilson. A survey of editorial utterances In the Indiana dailies and weeklies of the Republican faith goes further to show that Cox’s conference with the president and the subsequent announcement by both that each was in hearty accord with the other has worked grave harm on the Democratic hopes. It is asserted that this can have but one meaning; namely, that Cox has surrendered to the President, and that he goes before the nation asking for election on the basis of perpetuating the Wilson program of internationalism. The common people, according to the Bloomfield News, are going to settle the election, and “they like Senator Harding. They understand him. They see in him a relief from the “voices in the air” from the folly of a government run by moral mush. . .” The Newcastle Courier proclaims the nomination of Harding as the “first indication to the people of the country that we are on our way back to sanity and stability in government” and the Shelbyville Republican calls on the public, to “be for the ticket, be for the platform and do your part to redeem the country from incompetency.” Harding Well Qualified. The Greensburg Daily News points out that Harding has been in the senate of the United States for six years and has never dodged an issue and the Monticello Herald praises him as a man who has been courage-

ous enough to stand for his convictions, a man “who will unite every element in the Republican party.’ Further, the Herald declares, “He is qualified by experience and training for the office of president. He is able to grasp large affairs, has great native ability and has bene trained In statesmanship. Senator Harding has learned from experience to listen to the advice of others and in the times just ahead can be trusted to call around him the best and ablest Americans for counsel and advice.” Friendly and Sympathetic. The Corydon Republican finds much to commend “in the human side of the Republican candidate —-his attitude as a friendly and sympathetic neighbor—his solicitude for the welfare of those who, like himself, have eaten their bread in the sweat of their faces. . . ." The Columbus Republican finds occasion for genuine rejoicing in the fact that Senator Harding is a “man that will carry the full strength of his party at the polls, thereby insuring its success,” and insists that “he is right on every important issue now confronting the nation.” The Freeman of Indianapolis (col-) says, “Senator Harding has had all the experience peculiar to the office and should, we think, be highly successful as the nation’s chief executive.” Proof of Popularity. The Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel pleads for an end of criticising a man because he has made friends rather than enemies of his/ colleagues and finds the fact that Harding’s fellowsenators are for him almost to a man a decidedly creditable and pleasing fact and a proof of his faculty to make himself agreeable and affable. Endorsed by Typo. Unlen. The Sullivan Union is sure that “no Republican can find fault with Harding and Coolidge or their nomination” and the Jonesboro Herald says the newspaper fraternity rejoices that one of its members has been named for the highest office in the gift of the people. The Railroad World, Indianapolis, a railroadmen’s monthly, recalls that Senator Harding’s candidacy was endorsed by the Typographical Union of Marion and mentions that some time ago a profit-sharing plan was started by the Senator in his establishments and each year the employes are given a share of the earnings.