Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-14
.Daugherty Nominees Man
ageL Requests National
Committee to Get Busy
Among the Voters,
HAYS RESTING AFTER
SEVERAL BUSY DAYS
New Executive Board, Com
posed of Several Women,
viii Be Named Without
Delay By the Chairman,

Chicago, June l3.-Campaign
managers for Senator Warren O.
Harding of Ohio, who was made
the presidential nominee by the
republican national convention
Saturday night, said today no time
would be lost in getting things
under way. Harry NJ Daugherty,
director of Senator Harding's pre-
convention campaign, requested
the national committee to take
prompt, snappy and energetic
Iactior' in placing the merits of the
Republican issues before the voters
of the country. Party managers.
it was said, would not wait until
Senator Harding and Governor
Coolidge of Massachusetts are Of
ficially notified of their nomina-
ton but plan to start the cam
paign soon after the democratic
! convention Is held
VIII II, Hays. reelected chair
| man by the new national commit
tee, was out of town today. resting
after his strenuous days during the
Iconvention. The members of the
new executive committee, of whom
seven will be women, will be named
without delay by Chairman Hays.
| A vice chairman of the executive
committee, who will be a woman,
Will be selected at the time the
committee is announced.
Slap Mt Southern States.
The resolution passed in the
final minutes of the convention
forecast change in the repre-
Isentation of the republican party
from southern states at future ma
tional conventions. The resolution
offered by former Congressman
Paul Howland of Ohio, provides
that the apportionmept of dele
gates to conventions shall be In
proportion to the republican votes
cast in the states
Testimony before the national
committee ten days ago in its ex-
animation of Gains of contesting
delegations from several southern
states showed certain delegates
represented only a small constitu-
ency as compared TO delegates from.
other sections of the country The
resolution which was passed unani-
mOusly, Notwithstanding the vigor-
Gus protests from delegates from
Louisiana, Alabama and Texas, pro-
Yides that in order to effect a
proper and necessary change in the
apportlonment of delegates in pro-
portion to the republican votes
actually cast at general elections
throughout the various states. and
in order to inspire a greater eff
fort to erect and maintain substan-
tial party organizations In all the
states. the national committee,
Notwithstanding any rules hereto
fore adopted, Is directed within
twelve months to adopt Just and
equitable basis of representation in
future national conventions. The
basis shall be set forth in the call
for the next convention and be
binding upon all other future con-
ventions until otherwise ordered.
Campaign Fund Probe.
About the time party managers
began their real activities. the sem
ate committee investigating cam
paign funds will resume hearings,
holding its first session in Chicago
July Z. While the committee has
been authorized to extend its in
vestigations. Senator Kenyon. its
chairman. said no plans had yet
been made to inquire into campaign
funds up to election day.
The republican presidential nom-
lnee will become the center of
the campaign Of the national
woman's party to bring about rat
ification of the suffrage consti-
tutional amendment, according to
statement issued by suffrage
leaders. A large delegation OF
women from many states, IL WAS
announced, will wait upon Senator
Harding and ask him to insist
upon republican action to secure
the thirty-sixth state for ratifica-
ton.
Our campaign against repubii-
can obstruction to suffrage is not
over" said the statement. We
will continue publicly and insist
entity to demand action from the
republican party to complete suf-
frage ratification. Since our
picketing began at the republican
convention hall, additional press-S
ure has been exerted by republi-
can leaders to secure a special ses-
sion in Vermont"
Delegates Flock Homeward.
Delegates and visitors attracted
to Chicago by the national con-
vention lost no time in getting
away from town after the nominal
tions were made. Today there were
few delegates here and virtually no
party leaders. Senator Harding
left for Washington late SATURDAY.
night on the same train with Sem
ator Lodge, of Massae husetts, chair
man of the convention, and Senator
Smoot. Senator Johnson, of CALI
forma, also departed.
Before departing for Washington
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