A PRESIDENTIAL COINCIDENCE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3528, 15 July 1920, Page 7

A PRESIDENTIAL COINCIDENCE.

1' It is rather :1 surprise that both I|the Denioerats and the Republicans _ilia\-e :selec.ted -candidates} from the lisame State, both journalists. to con;'te.~‘.t the Presidential electi-on—GoVern- _ or Jzinies M. Cox, an extrenze Liberal, lltllree times elected Governor of the g'State, and Senator Warren G. Hard,—l.‘i.ng, a cautious Conservative. A contemporary has published each one’s L opinion of the other before they knew - they were to be opponents in the great; - contest. _ Of Senator Harding, Gover[nor Cox said: “Harding is a man“‘of i "great pc-rsonal.charm. Strange as his lconvictions may appear to me, he is . perfectly sincere in his belief that the ‘future welfare of the country lies in. .tl:e eustodianship of the Republican I P:lrt_\f under the policies which he re—-—'pl-e.~'ent..'<.. There is no manufactured glor afl'ecte<‘l likeness to i\:[‘Kinley in §Harding. He is one of the M‘Kinley \ type, brought up on the Old Guard Republiean’ faith and persistently cling- ! ing to it. He is a skilled and polished." lorator. and has a decided gift for ’phrase and alliteration. I respect his §joux-nalistic acliievements, but we lstand very far apart.” And of Governor Cox, Senator Harding said: “I don’t know What he thinks of me, but‘ Cox is :1 very shrewd man, possessor of

great political wisdom, «and has made 2. very capable. Governor of Ohio, whom the people like and approve. He has done many things in Ohio. Cox is smart. He understands politics. He? makes -.1 very impressive spoech. I Imvo a great respect for ‘his newspaper ability.”