The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-07-23
HARDING NOTIFIED
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SAoAASAAt Nst cAAS AN ASpeS
lican campaign attained full speed
ahead today with the formal notifca
ton here Of Warren G. Harding; the
party's nominee for the presidency.
The notification ceremonies which
brought to Marion most of the big
leaders of the party and many thous.
ands of Harding enthusiasts, includ.
ed an acceptance speech by Senator
Harding, interpreting the Chicago
platform and declaring the princi-
les 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
tffcation day. y
The acceptance speech came at the
end of 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 their respects in
uhe coin of tumultuous political EN-
otionalism.
At z o'clock in the morning a moi
sy 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 bowling acclaim the sena
tor played the leading part in bag
raising, pulling the Stars and Stripes
to the top of the weather beaten Nc
Kinley fiagpole, sent here a few
days ago from Canton.
Delegation after delegation, with
bands blaring and colors bying, fol-
lowed up to the Harding front porch
as thirty social trains and thousands
of automobiles unloaded their con-
tributions to the notification crowds.
Not content with showing themselves
to the nominee, they reformed and
marched and counter-marched thru
the city in riot of noise and color
Marion was dressed within an n n
of its life for it's debut in the great
affairs of the nation and was bub-
bling over with eagerness to make
the big day smashing success.
Patriotic frills and founces draped
the city from tip to toe. Business was
adjourned and partisanship was for
gotten as republicans and democrats
joined in acknowledging the honor
that had come to one of their neigh
bers. ,:i ~
One of the delegations to whose
coming Senator Harding looked at
with keenest anticipation was 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 go,d of the
suffrage cause early made Its ap.
pearance in the gathering crowds, but
a plan of the women to picket the
notification ceremonies was abondon.
ed. During the morning the senator
had an appointment to receive a
delegation from the national WON.
ans party who wanted him to aid in
securing favorable action by the
Tennessee legislature on the suff.
rage amendment. He said he would
be glad to listen to their request but
would have no immediate reply to
make
Last night he saw similar delega
ton from the national American wo
mans suffrage association and af
terward sent telegram TO Mrs. Car
rie Chapman Gait, head Of the asso
citation, declaring that if any repub,
lican member of the legislature ask
edFnis opinion he would advise tn
amendment be ratified at once.
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