. A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents, orts of the United States against Germany andAustria-Hungary, voted for the ratification of the treaty with thereservations added by the Republican majority in the Senate. In the Republican National Convention of 1916, Senator Hardinghad delivered the keynote address, and he became a candidate forthe Republican Presidential nomination in 1920. He was one of theleast frequently-mentioned candidates, receiving only 65^ votes of atotal of 984 on the first ballot and only 78 votes on the fifth ballot atthe convention in Chic
. A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents, orts of the United States against Germany andAustria-Hungary, voted for the ratification of the treaty with thereservations added by the Republican majority in the Senate. In the Republican National Convention of 1916, Senator Hardinghad delivered the keynote address, and he became a candidate forthe Republican Presidential nomination in 1920. He was one of theleast frequently-mentioned candidates, receiving only 65^ votes of atotal of 984 on the first ballot and only 78 votes on the fifth ballot atthe convention in Chicago in June, 1920. But due largely to a deadlockbetween the leading candidates, and to what were considered seriousdisqualifications of each of them, Senator Harding became the compro-mise candidate and was nominated on the tenth ballot. In the followingNovember, he was elected President by the overwhelming majority ofabout 7,000,000 popular and 2jy electoral votes over his Democraticopponent, Governor James M. Cox, of Ohio. He assumed the Presi-dency on March 4, ^)Undwwoc<l & Underw< od FLORENCE KLING HARDING Florence Klixg, born in i860, was thedaughter of Amos Kling, who became a bankerand one of the leading merchants in Marion,Ohio, where she received her education. Shewas the constant companion of her father, notonly in his avocations, but also in his vocation,for she took a keen interest in his business activi-ties. Her desire to help the men of her family intheir work was not dimmed by her training inmusic at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Musicand abroad, nor by her later music-teaching; andwhen she married the owner of the strugglingMarion Star, she insisted on taking some of theload of the early journalistic struggles from herhusbands back. She went into the office of theStar as its circulation manager, held that positionfor many years, and thus was largely responsiblefor the papers success. When prosperity came tothe Hardings, Mrs. Harding continued her
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