Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-12
HARDING AND, HAYS DISCUSS
 GENERAL CAMPAIGN MATTERS


 spent a busy day today. attending church services in the morning with Mrs. Hard
 ing and later discussing campaign plans at length with National Chairman Will
 H. Hays and Harry NJ. Daugherty of
 Columbus. the senator's close personal
 friend and member of the executive com
 mittee of the republican national com
 mittee in charge of the campaign. MT.
 Hays later left for New York, where he plans to spend the week conferrlng with republican leaders. ! This was the first time Mir. Hays had ! seen the republican nominee since the latter's return home from Washington and and they took advantage If the oppor- tunity to discuss general matters sur rounding the campaign. It was also un- derstood the senator went over both with the national chairman and MT Daugherty portions of his speech of acceptance now under preparation for the purpose of re- eeiving any suggestions they might offer
 Mir Hays reached the Harding home
 before the senator had arisen for the day. While breakfast was being prepared MT. Hays visited the administration building next door to the Harding home, where he dictated to his secretary personal mail until called by the senator
 Joined by MT. Hays, Senator and Mrs. Harding attended services at the Trinity
 
 l ther Dr. George T. Harding, was also a
 worshippers
 With the close of the services a re- | ception lasting nearly thirty minutes dur l ing which members of the congregation l filed past the pulpit and shook hands with 1 Senator and Mrs. Harding, as well as Mr. Hays. followed. Rev T. H. McAfee pas ! tor of the church, stood beside the senator
 and introduced the worshippers. In many 1 instances. particularly with the older | members, this was unnecessary, however i as the senator would recognize them and 1 exchange some recollections of the past
 as he firmly shook their hands. A large crowd greeted him as he left the church to enter his automobile
 I On their return home from church the 1 Hardings were joined at dinner by MT. i Hays and MT. Daugherty, after which a conference followed between the senator 1 and the other two. Later Mir. Hays is- 1 sued a statement in which he expressed l his delight over the fact that he had been ] able to spend Sunday with the senator and the cordial reception extended the nominee by members of the church con- gregation
 l "It has been inevitable. of course. that we have discussed some phases of the | political situation during our visit" MT. 1 Hays added 'I can only say that every l day more and more congratulate the party and the country on Senator Hard 1 ing's nomination"
 Aside from conferences scheduled for 1 tomorrow. Senator Harding announced | tonight he would see no callers from i then on until he had completed his speech l of acceptance and that only one confer ence instead of two with the newspaper correspondents would be held daily dur ing that time. He was uncertain tonight when the speech would be completed but hoped ct finish it by late this week 1 Senator Cunmins of Iowa. was to ar rive tonight to confer with the republi- can nominee regarding the political sit uation. The Iowa senator is chairman 1 of the interstate commerce committee and ! it was expected they would also discuss 1 the railroad situation in connection with l the nominees speech.
 Raymond Robins of Chicago former 1 head of the Red Cross mission to Russia | L. J. Taber of Gainesville, O.. president 1 of the Ohio state grange, and Judge R. I M. Wanamaker, candidate for the republi- 1 can senatorial nomination to succeed l Senator Harding were also to be callers | tomorrow
 Assurances that he would receive the support of the large negro population in Illinois were today received by Senator 1 Harding in letter from Colonel R. $. Abbott of Chicago. publisher of news paper for negroes. A similar letter was also received from John W. Thompson. 1 chairman of the executive committee of the Kew York state republican council. a negro voters organization.
 1 A committee representing the American Legion at Newcastle. Pa. today invited 1 the senator to sneak there late this
 month, but he was compelled to decline.