Evening star., 1920-07-01
HUGHES PLEDGES
HEARTY SUPPORT
TO Mr.. HARDING
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years and the leaders in the party
had thought it proper for him to get
out among the people. and his cam
paign trip had followed.
Mr.. Wilcox said that campaigning
now is entirely different from what
it was score of years ago. Today
the rural free deliveries have been
enormously developed, the people in
the rural districts receive the daily
newspapers and are kept in touch
with the issues Mr.. Hughes, Mr.. Will
cox said, will do all in his power to
aid the republican campaign.
Senator Harding will carry New
York state. Mr.. Wilcox predicted. by
as large a vote as Hughes. With the
women voting, he estimated that
Harding's plurality would run over
he said. the Harding nomination had
taken the state out Of the doubtful
column.
Another visitor in the Harding Of
flee today was former Senator Henry
A. du Pont of Delaware.
Gets a Wood Button.
The Harding button is replacing
the Wood pre-convention button.
Senator Harding today mailed cam
paign button and cordial acknowl-
edgment to Julius II. Harden of Bur-
following letter:
My Dear Senator: 81 am attaching
hereto a Wood button which 1 wore
through the pre-conventlon cam
paign In North Carolina 1t is the
button which / had on the lapel
of my coat when I conducted Gen.
Woods itinerary through North Car
olina- 1t is the button / wore when
I cast one of the two ballots from
North Carolina for Gen. Wood on the
tenth ballot, which resulted in your
nomination.
'1 am now forwarding this button to
you and wish you would mail me in
exchange a Harding button to take the
place of this one In proportion Of capa-
bility and opportunity l defy any orig
inal Harding man to do any. more for
you in the coming campaign and cleo
ton than I will do. I. will go just as
far with you as our nominee as l went
with Gen. Wood as our candidate.
II am mailing copy OF this letter to
Gen. Wood, and also a copy to Gen. E.
F-e Glenn, who was Gen. Woods North
Carolina campaign manager"
Coolidge Returns Home.
Gov. Coolidge, the vice presidential
nominee, left here last night for Bos-
ton following his conference with
Senator Harding and Chairman Will
Hays of the national committee.
his nomination and pledging on behalf
of a united and militant party in
your native and home state" it's EN-
thusiastic support" was received yes
terday by Mr.. Harding from the re-
publican state convention in session
in Columbus.
The republican party of Ohio" the
telegram said, 'in convention assem-
bled, ends most cordial greetings and
upon the deserved
high honor bestowed upon you by the
republican national convention in
in the present campaign for the presi-
dency. We pledge you on behalf of
united and militant party in your ma
tive and home state our enthusiastic
support until your triumphant cleo
ton in November. We congratulate
the nation that with your inaugura-
ton as President on March next
there will be a return to popular and
constitutional government
We congratulate the party upon
the presidency will begin another re-
publican administration instead Of a
personal autocratic government, and
an administration that will give help
and confidence to the people of this
country. that will bring peace to
government OF this nation as con-
ceived by the founders"
Plans for co-ordinating the speak
ing campaign of the republicans were
discussed yesterday at a conference
between Chairman Hays and Repre-
sentative Fess Of Ohio. chairman of
the congressional campaign commit
tee Practically all the republican
senators and at least fifty members
of the House are expected to stump
the country. The speaking cam
paign, it was said. probably will not
begin until after the last state pri-
maries have been held in September.
The spellbinding campaign, it was
decided, will be in charge of Mr..
Hays, Mr.. Fess and Senator Poindex-
ter of Washington, chairman of the
republican senatorial committee.
Speakers bureaus will be maintained
at New York and Chicago.