Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-22
Campaign Plans
Driving Ahead
At Speed
MARION CITIZENS
LEAD DELEGATES
Blar1ng Bands Take
Visiting Thousands
To '.FrontPorch. -

| BY the Associated Press
| MARION, Ohio, July 22-The re-
publican campaign attained full speed
ahead today with the formal notifi-
cation here of Warren G. Harding,
the party's nominee for the presi-
dency
|, The notification ceremonies, which
brought to Marion most of the big
leaders of the party and many thou
sanos or Harding enthusiasts, includ-
ed an acceptance speech by Senator
Harding interpreting the Chicago
platform and declaring the principles
on 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
OF political debate ushered in by no.
tification day.
Delegates Pay Respects.
The acceptance speech came at the
END or long program. in which
nlgh-pItched enthusiasm ruled the
day as the visiting delegations march
ed on the Harding residence in un-
broken succession to be received by
the candidate and to pay their re-
spects in the coin of tumultuous polit-
ical 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 a mark for the
out-of-town folks to shoot at. To their
leading part in fag-raising. pulling
the stars and stripes to the top of the
weather-beaten Mckinley flagpole sent
here a few days ago from Canton.
Delegation after delegation, with
bands blaring and colors flying, followed
fn ha 10 rdi inc frnn -;
special trains and thousands of automo-
biles unloaded their contributions to
the notification crowds Not content
with showing themselves to the nomi-
nee, they reformed and marched and
counter marched through the city in a
riot of noise and color. =
Party Lines Forgotten.
Marion was dressed within an inch
Of its life for its debut in the great af-
fairs of the nation and was bubbling
over with eagerness to make the big
day smashing success. Patriotic frills
and hounces draped the city from tip to
toe. Business was adjourned and parti-
sanship was forgotten as republicans
and democrats joined in acknowledge
ing the honor that had come to one Of
their neighbors.
From the senator's home down to the
heart of the business section a lane of
tall white. pillars formed a spotless
court Of honor to mark the route of the
paraders. and along the way scarcely a
window was without it's portrait Of the
republican candidate. Flags and bunt-
ing were displayed in carnival profu-
sion in every street.
Painstaking arrangements had been
made to provide luncheon for the
crowds and improvised sandwich stands
were everywhere. Profiteering had
been put under the ban by agreement
of the city's business men and many
of food to make sure that no one went
hungry. Most of the public counters
were under supervision of the churches
Hnrding's Old Band Appears.
One of the delegations to whose COM
ing Senator Harding looked forward
with keenest anticipation was a brass
band from Caledonia. his boyhood home
1t had been pieced together by his old
associates Of the days when he played
the trombone and had been practicing
ever since the Chicago convention on
| old favorites to stir the memory of the
nominee.
The purple, white and gold of the
woman suffrage cause early made it's
appearance In the gathering crowds. but
a plan of the women to picket the noti-
hcation ceremonies was abandoned. Dur
ing the morning the senator had an ap-
pointment to receive a delegation from
the national woman's party, who wanted
him to aid in securing favorable action
| by the Tennessee legislature on the s,lf-
frage amendment. He said he would
be glad to listen to their request. but
would have no immediate reply to make
Last night he saw a similar delega.
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