Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1920 — THE STATE ORGAN’S ESTIMATE [ARTICLE]

THE STATE ORGAN’S ESTIMATE

Of Senator Harding’s Acceptance Speech la Not Flattering. Tn speaking of Senator Harding’s speech of acceptance, the Indianapolis News, the Republican state organ, says editorially: “The speech is better than the platform which it interprets. It has a restraint and moderation that contrast most favorably with Mr. Lodge’s hymn of hate and the platform’s glittering generalities, to Indicate those frailties mildly. An air of sincerity and of modesty pervades it throughout. It accurately reflects the man. Perhaps we can not ask more. Mr. Harding will never be the author of great state papers. His style is labored, sometimes strained toward condensation or restraint, without literary distinction or cultivated atmosphere, and absolutely devoid of moving appeal.’*