Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-10
STRATEGY IS TOPIC
AT CONFERENCE OF
HARDING LEADERS
viii Hays and Harry Daugh
erty to Call on Nominee
Today.
By the Associated Press.


! MARION. Ohio. August 10.-Major
questions of political strategy. together
with many details of party management
were given consideration by Senator
Harding today in consultation with ac-
tive leaders of his campaign.
On the nominees calling list were Will
H. Hays. the republican national chair
man, and Harry Daugherty. who man.
aged the Harding pre-convention cam
paign and since has served as a mem
ber of the campaign executive commit
tee Their conferences with the sena-
tor were expected. to occupy most of the
day.
1t was understood that one of the sub.
jects to be threshed over was the prog
ress of the front porch campaign and
the related question of how many
speeches the nominee should make in
other cities. Local leaders from many
parts of the country have urged the
candidate to come to their communities
during the campaign, and many similar
requests have reached the national
chairman and his lieutenants at party
headquarters.
Report From States.
Detailed reports of the political stu
alton in every state also had been COM
piled at headquarters for submission to-
day to Senator Harding, together with
the conclusions of the council of party
leaders who met in New York last
Thursday.
With the acceptance speeches OF
inees for the presidency and vice
presidency now before the country
there was a feeling among the con-
ferees here that the issues were be-
ginning to take such form that a
definite program of campaigning
n ha ri aa or,f n
numerous similar conferences would
be held as the campaign progressed.
1t was the first meeting between
Chairman Hays and Senator Harding
since the latter formally accepted the
nomination, and there were many
minor questions to be put up to the
nominee for decision. He conferred
last week with Mr.. Daugherty, who is
understood to have conveyed his opin-
| ions on the front-porch campaign and
other subjects to the New York con-
ference.
Would Break Up South.
s,,t In telegram Of greeting to Texas
clared last nj ght that it would 'herald
a new era in American politics" il
this campaign could see a breaking
up of the democratic solid south.
The message was sent to F. B. Scoby
| to be read at the republican state con-
vention at Dallas. 1t follows:
"Please convey my most cordial
greetings to Texas republicans as
! sembled in state convention. 1t would
herald new era in American poll
| tics to have the great state of Texas
lead in new political alignment in
the wonderful southland, with ali its
! measureless possibilities
Il recently sensed the INSPIRING
| confidence of Texas in the CAPACITY
| of our republic to work out great
American destiny, and I firmly believe
that the interests of your great state
are those of our common country
which the republican party aims e
preserve and promote. 1t will be fine
| to know that a strong and harmo.
( NOUS republican organization ha.
been effected to give voice and in.
| fuence to the party sentiment ir
| Texas. and add to the force of oul
appeal to the confidence of all the
American people"
Held Political Conferences,
| Most of yesterday was spent b,
Senator Harding at work on cor.
respondence. He held several politi.
| cal conferences. however, among his
| callers being James B. Reynolds, for.
mer secretary of the national repub.
lican committee, and James Weldon
johnson of New York. field secretary
! for the National Association for the
Advancement of ColOred People.