The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-15
HARDING FINDS HIS
 WORK K|SSTRENUOUS AS THE NOMINEE
Is Especially Well Pleased With Telegrams From the Big Three" at the Chi
 cagO Convention
By Associated Press

Washington, June 14.-Scnator
 Harding today found the life of
 the republican presidential nomi-
 nee strenuous, although he held
 no important political confer
 ences.
 The senator went to his office at
 the capitol shortly before noon,
 posed for motion picture men.
 greeted Senate employees, received
 few personal friends who called
 to congratulate him, went over
 great piles Of congratuIatory tele-
 grams, played n round of golf nt
 nearby country club and then
 worked far into the night mt his
 home In an effort to catch up with rapidly increasing correspond ence.
 The nominee steadfastly declined to make any statement regarding his po- sition on party politics, indicating that he would have nothing to say on those matters until his speech accepting ths nomination. He also said that pend ing his official notification, he would withhold making public his campaign plans. He also declined to say at this time whether he would resign his Sem ate seat.
 1 Senator Hardng's plans for the im- mediate future are indefinite. He in tends to remain in Washington until ! the last of this week, when he will leave for a brief vacation He does not contemplate reaching his home in Marion. Ohio. before about July 1. | The notification ceremonies are ex | pected to take place soon after, as the vacation will give him an opportunity 1 to prepare his speech of acceptance sounding the campaign keynote.
 WILL CONFER SOON | Chairman Hays of the republican, 1 national committee and number of l party leaders are expected to confer with the Ohio senator. probably next Monday, although the date has not been definitely fixed. The place of the conference also, it was understood, has not been established.
 ! Senator Lodge of Massachusetts who was chairman of the Chicago conven- ton; Senator Shoot of Utah and other republican leaders are in Washington, but no engagements for a conference have SC far been arranged. 1t was said tonight
 Senator Lodge plans to leave for his home tomorrow, while the Utah Sen ator will remain for another week.
 Senator Harding's return to his of flee in the capitol was the signal fol an informal reception on the part oi Senate employees, who crowded abou to congratulate him. Shortly befor' his arrival his private office was deco rated with large American flag ant flowers. while during the day larg' numbers of bouquets were received from friends.
 Despite his strenuous week at th republican convention, the senate seemed in fine fettle and kept up running fire of humorous comments a the moving picture men clicked of foot after foot of film. He's as hap py as a lark" remarked one bystande as the senator joked with the movi men. The senator seemed greatl, touched as he read sheeves of con gratulatory telegrams, including thos from Governor Calvin Coolidge. the re publican vice presidential nominee former President Taft and Maj. Gen Leonard Wood and Senator Hiram Johnson, opponents for the nomina . tion. as well as from Senator Pome rene his democratic colleague iron } Ohio.
 , WELL PLEASED
 Now. wasn't that nice of him." O l "It was very thoughtful of him t' : send that message" were his most fire . quent comments as he read the tele 7 grams Among his first response !. was telegram sent to Governo Coolidge thanking him for his mes l sage and declaring that by the selec t tion of a truly great and trustee , American" for the vice presidentia . nomination the ticket had bee l strengthened.
 n shortly before the senator left hi v office he was invited to speak at Flag day celebration held tonight O.
 the plaza in front of the capitol, bu
 owing to the rush of work was com
 pelled to decline
 The sudden accumulation of wor due to his nomination resulted in th
 senator being forced today to secur additional office space, part of whic v VIII be used as a press room for tn
 newspaper correspondents. Beginnin
 tomorrow he also plans to have dail
 conferences with the newspaper me
 as long as he is in Washington II
 also will confer tomorrow with Leslj
 M. Shaw. former Secretary of tn
 Treasury
 In deciding to play golf today. tn senator said he wanted to get som 5 "convention smoke out of his system u He was accompanied on the links b I Senator Sutherland of West Virginia n former Senator Bourne and B. H. Wal r ner. Jr, of Washington