The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-22
HARDING NOTIFIED
FORMALLY OF H|S|
NOMINATION T ORR
THE EPRES|DENCY|
SENATOR LODGE, SPEAKING FOR
REPUBLICAN PARTY, MAKES
NOMINATION SPEECH
He DELIVERS A LEN GTHY|
SPEECH OF ACCEPTAN CE|
Ohio Senator Outlines the Policies
Which He VIII Carry Out II
He Is Victorious

He Is Victorious
Marion. Ohio, July 22.--The repubIi-
can campaign attained full speed
ahead today with the formal notifica-
ton here Of Warren G. Harding,
the party's nominee for the presidency.
The notification committees which
| brought to Marion most Of the big
leaders Of the party and many thous-
ands of Harding enthusiasts included
an acceptance speech by Senator
Harding interpreting the Chicago plat
form and declaring the position which
he expects the campaign to be fought
out.
His declarations were expected to|
strike a keynote giving tone to the|
arguments Of republican workers.
throughout the nation in the season OIL
political debate ushered in by not-
fication day.
The acceptance speech came at tho|
end of a long program in which high
pitched enthusiasm ruled the day as
the visiting delegations marched on|
the Harding residence in unbroken|
succession to be received by the can.
didate and to pay respect in the coin
of tumultous political emotionalism-
At o'clock in the morning a noisy
aggregation of Marion citizens that
looked like half the town. led off with
a demonstration that set mark for|
the out of town folks to shoot az.
To their bowling acclaim the senator
played the leading part in q nag
raising. pulling the stars and stripes
to the top Of the weather beaten
Mckinley flag pole sent here q few
days ago from Canton.
Thirty Special Trains
Delegation after delegation with
bands playing and colors flying, fol-
lowed up to the Harding porch as|
thirty special trains and thousands|
of automobiles unloaded their contri-
buttons to the notification crowds. Not|
content with showing themselves to|
the nominee, they reformed anal
marched and counter-marched through
the city In a riot Of noise and color.
From the senator's home down to|
the heart Of the business section.
white pillars formed q court of hou-|
or to mark the route Of the paraders|
and on the way scarcely a window
was without its portrait of the re.
publican candidate
Painstaking arrangements had been|
/ m1Ha nr0tyila la, Il
crowds and improvised stands were|
everywhere. Profiteering had been putt
under the ban by agreement Of the|
city's business men and many house
wives had laid in an extra supply
OF food to make sure that none went
hungry. Most of the public counters|
were under supervision of the churches
Band From Boyhood Home
One of the delegations Of those COM
ing to which Senator Harding looked
forward with keen anticipation, was|
the band from Caledonia, his boy
hood home. 1t had been pieced to-|
gether by his old associates of the|
days when he played the trombone.
and had been practicing ever since
the Chicago convention on old fay.|
orites TO stir the memories Of the
nominee.
The purple, white and gold Of ths|
woman suffrage cause early made its|
appearance in the gathered crowds
but plea of the women to picket the
notification ceremonies was abandon.
ed
During the morning the senator had|
an appointment to receive a delega.
ton from the national woman's party|
who wanted him to aid in securing|
favorable action by the Tennessee
legislature on the suffrage amendment.
He said he would be glad to ltsten|
to their request, but would have no
immediate reply to make.
Send Message to Mrs. Gait
Last night he saw delegation from|
the national American woman's sufr-
rage association and afterward sent|
a message to Mrs. Carry Chapman|
Gait, head of the organization, say
ing he would advise that the amend.
ment be ratified at once. The woman 81
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declared themselves pleased at his|
action, decided to present their psrt
ton as they had planned.
A feature Of the day was q luncheon
given by c. f. Sawyer, at his farm
on the outskirts of Marion. to the|
members of the republican national
committee and Of the notification
committee appointed by the Chicago
| convention.
Hays Presiding Officer
VII! Fl. Hays, the national chairman.
was the presiding officer at the no.
t!fication, for which the city had|
refltted its chautauqua pavilion. The
program included an invocation by|
Bishop VIM. #. Oldham Of the Meth.
Gdist Episcopal church, the fora,aA|
notification speech by Senator Lodgs|
o. Massachusetts,, the convention chair.
nan Senator Harding's RESPONSE and|
benediction by Father Joseph MI
Lcnning, pastor of st. Mary's Catholic
church here. A glee club came ts|
Continued on Ppxe Two