New-York tribune., 1920-07-23

With them came bands that had
played IN the campaigns since 1896.
They were playing the same tunes to-
day, including Hail. Hail, the Gangs
All Here" "There'll Be Hot Time in
the Old Town Tonight Creole
Bells" and "Semper Fidels," a prime
1avorlte with every organization.
sometimes all these tunes were striv-
ing to blend in the same street block.
ing in the tall gray beaver hats and
the long black capes in which they
had turned out for James G. Blaine, a
costume, incidentally, that must have
chased thrill of recollection up and
down the spine of Senator Harding,
who once wore a similar outfit and
lost newspaper job because of his
admiration for Blaine
There were few bent old citizens
who carried their dinner pals faunt-
ing the word full" on a bullying side
that they had carried in the Mckinley
campaign. But it was all a part of
the notification ceremonies from the
noisy arrival at 7 o'clock in the morn
ing at the green frame house with the
wide porch in Mt. Vernon Avenue that
is the Harding residence to the crowd
of 10000 in Garfield Park this after
noon, pressing about the circular
Chautauqua pavilion where the nom
inee delivered his speech of acceptance.
There were seats inside that pavilion
for fewer than 1000 and most Of these
were fortunate members of out of
town delegations, as, for example, the
New York County delegation of 100,
headed by Samuel Koenig waving a
Harding pennant on slender bamboo
cane. But jammed into the apertures
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barndoorlike sides of the structure
were at least 5000 others who, be-
cause of the unusual acoustics, were
enabled to hear as we'll as perspire
Committees on Platform
On the high platforns. glistening
under the rags of half score of
moving picture arc lights suspended
from the ceiling, were the members
of the notification committee and the
entire Republican National Committee
to run the campaign.
There in the front row sat former
Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock,
who maneuvered at Chicago to win the
nomination for General Wood Near
him sat Harry Daugherty, who was
Senator Harding's campaign manager
and Hitchcock's successful opponent.
There was William r. Wilcox, of New
York, who four years ago as chairman
of the Republican National Committee
was directing the campaign of Charles
Evans Hughes. Near by was General
I. Coleman du Pont, chairman of the
notification committee
IN the center of the platform was
small black table Offering tall glass
pitcher of ice water and a solitary
glass. The chairs behind were vacant
Through an opening at the rear of
the WALL shaped like one-quarter of
a followed pumpkin, appeared Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge and Senator Warren
G. Harding.
There was joyous roar from the
crowd that was taken up by the thou
sands outside the pavilion, and earlier
cheers by comparison were feeble
bleats
Quieted With Wave of Hand
The crowd showed no signs of easing
off its cheering, and finally Senator
Harding quieted them by holding up
the palm of his hand and including
them all in an afTectionate smile that
included his wife in the first row of
the audience and near by his sisters and
bis father, DR.. George Tryon Harding,
in his inevitable Palm Beach suit,
VI ooiiSu atia'iia Hdl ana OiacK rlmmed
eyeglasses perched on the end Of his
nose scant inch from his white
mu tache. 1t was then 2:27 o. m.
viii H. Hays, chairman of the Re
publican National Committee, appeared
in starched cream linen suit, with
pencil stripes an inch apart, and high
starched collar embarrassing the free
dom of his jaws
There was an invocation by Bishop
Oldham of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, home on vacation from The
argentine. Then the Republican Glee
Club of Columbus. Ohio, sang "The
Stars -Spangled Banner" standing Just
outside the building to the left of the
platform. Before they had got through