Norwich bulletin., 1920-11-05
HARD|NG'S HOME TOWN PAYS TRIBUTE

at the same time bade him Godspcesi +
 the responsible he has undertakea
 Thousands took part h tile evening;
 paradfng and serenading: Noise irakins
 devices of many kinds sf1rie sd abnus U.
 Harding home and the crowd sang ;,m
 shouted by turns while a, hah aoze2
 bands pieced in with patriotic 1f-s otG- time favorites and common saZs:
 The Harding front porch, ehicf forum:
 of the senator's campaign was the cen
 ter ef the celebration although the
 towns business and residential st-eets
 also were under the Swsy of the carnival
 spiris until late at night: stan.lias
 where he had Delivered most of his in
 portant utterances zt to the nation z;.E
 with Mrs Harding at his side, the pit
 Nient-eiect received the eongratasatN
 of bis fellow -tcwnsmens shock hant
 with hundreds of them and thanked
 them for their devotion to his fortunes.
 The Marion Civic Association was the
 moving spirit in the publication but there
 were many present from other Ohio cit-
 ies including large delegations from
 Columbus. Cleveland and Cincinnati. D R: CFisinger; former democratic nof.,i- nee fer congress. but supporter Of MT
 Harding through the campaign, is pros ident of the civic association a1d acted as the spokesman of the seFenaders. The desen girl steRosraphers aud clerks attached to Harding headquarts g l headed the parade which formed in the business section and marched to the Harding residence along the white-ol- l Jared pathway of the frent porch dele- gatiens of the campaign. The Harding Marching Club, the Harding Women 2 1 Club of Marion, women employees of the | Marion Steam Shovel Company the Harding Railway Club and many other n1 rit iosi were in the line.
 P-esident-elect and Mrs. Harding frs reviewed the parade as it passed tan l front porch and then personally greetei | the marchers as they broke ranks and
 assembled on the lawn. They both ex | pressed particular pleasure at the work | of the civic association which despite l the fact thateit officials include members 1 of both parties. has busicG itself during ne summer extending coHrtesies O. those called here by the |.tort po.c'l campaign i With virtually no a,opoi1tElcats on lis
 programme, MT. Harding devoted today {, to cleaning up his affairs here m prep | aration for his vacation trip. He pushed 1 through mass of correspond dence, re- 1 piled to many telegrans of .congratula | ton, and late in the afternoon visited his bank for the first time in several weeks Detailed arrangements for the Vaca- | C1On trlp, announced IOudyS SiO" lLd those who will go along with the pres ident -elect and his wife include Senators FreIinghuysen of New Jersey; Hale of Maine; Elkins of West Virginia Edward B. Mclean, the Washington publisher , Harry M Daugherty. the Harding pre- convention manager; George B. Christian Jr., MT. Harding's secretary; Dr. c. E.
 Sawyer, his family physician; Judson c. Welliyer, publicity director at Hard ing headquarters also Malcolm Jen- nings attached to the headquarters. The wives of several of these will accompany them, and two stenographers. a secret service guard and dozen newspaper men will complete the party.
 The trip will be made on special train, which will leave here Saturday morning and will go to Point Isabel, Texas, by way of St. Louis and San An tonio There will be a. short lay-over at San Antonio Saturday night, where the senator will be joined by F. F. Scobey- and R. B. Creager, prominent Texas re- publicans, whose guest he will be during l the twelve day stay at Point Isabel. The i train will reach Brownsville Monday
 morning and the party will travel the | remaining twenty miles by motor.
 Some difficulty has been encountered 1 in arranging a, suitable schedule for tht ! president-elect's proposed trip iron l Point Isabel to the canal zone where he l had expected to so after twelve days hunting and fishing along the Texa coast. It was said tonight that detail
 i of the voyage were in abeyance pendin;
 further advices from steamship compan
 ies. There are no regular sailings be T tween the points where the senator ha
 hoped to sail