The Washington times., 1920-06-25
ROOSEVELT BACKS
SENATOR HARDING
6eung 1T. r." Visits G. O. P.
Nominee and Issues Opt
mistic Statement.
ny A. q. HAYWARD.
Iateraa tioaaI News Service.

Tn Roosevelt political strength and
following was thrown solidly behind
Senator Harding and the Republican
ticket today by Col. Theodore Roose-
Welt, jr,, after an hours conference
with Senator Harding, held at the In
vitation OF the Senator. Colonel
| Roosevelt authorized this statement:
II had a most satisfactory talk with
Senator Harding. The Senator's ideas
as to the policies of this country when
he Is elected President and as to the
campaign for the Presidency. are
Ssych as every young forward-looking
Ian will indorse I'm full. In Senator
Harding we will have In this cam
paign and after a man who will rep
resent and unite the entire party.
Under the leadership OF the Senator
we are going oft to meet the issues
squarely-to make hghting cam
paign with our hghting clothes on"
| With this pledged support from the
Roosevelt following, Senator Hard
ing has drawn TO the support OF the
Republican ticket every faction OF
the Republican party. or all the
leaders, Senator Hiram Johnson alone
remains unpledged to his individual
snd personal support OF the Repub-
lican nominees. II is expected that
Senator johnson will spring into line
\efore many days.
Col. William Boyce Thompson, OF
ptana. who has been prominent at
ublican national headquarters in
York in connection with financ-
the Republican campaign, con
d with Senator Harding this
poon. Colonel Thompson is well
n because OF his connection with
ed Cross.
PUT IN HERO CLASS.
hator Harding today received a
gram from Senator Warren OF
bming. father-in-law Of General
bershing, stating that Wyoming is
Nor the Republican ticket. and he ex-
tended an invitation to the Senator to
visit Cheyenne. Warren said that he
had acted on reception committees at
Cheyenne for Presidents Hayes, Ben
jamin Harrison, Mckinley. Roosevelt
and Taft, and hoped to add Harding
to the list.
Senator Harding was put in the
hero class today by Mary A. Dean. of
Trimble, Ohio, who wrote him let
ter OF congratulation stating: 81 am
the lady whom you kept from being
run down by an automobile during
the G.. A. II. encampment in Marion in
June, 1916. I feel 1 owe you vote at
Ileast."
1t Is being made more difficult
every day for Senator Harding. the
Republican nominee, to adhere to his
determination not to discuss public
questions publicly until delivery Of
his acceptance speech July 90.
He repeated this morning that he
would not be drawn into such discus
Bons at this time. He declined to
send special messages to political
friends throughout the country who
are holding ratification. mass meet,
.fnEs in his interest. He will not send
Iany message to the Ohio State Re-
publican convention, which is to meet
hs week.
Insistent requests met him this
morning for statements regarding the
suffrage question and he-criticism OF
some of the suffrage leaders that IN
would not take Affirmative action in
helping secure ratification Of the
suffrage amendment @s',f
REFUSES COMMENT. Il
The Irish question has been made
hothersome because of the publication
Frank p. Walsh of a letter. written
Senator Harding. expressing SYM
kthy with the Irish people in their
fforts to secure their independence,
nd a copy of which letter the Sem
tor has been unable to locate in his
les.
The Senator Is firm in his deter
nination that he will not "trespass"
pn the rights of State executives by
hsking that they shall take some ac-
tion which they are, unwilling or not
prepared to take. He does not think
tt right that this should be demanded
of him.
His office today gives out the fol-
lowing letter from Eleanor M. Free
I1an, vice president of the First Stuff
'rage Party, Marion County. Ohio:
"tPioneer suffragists of Marion
County resent attitude of militant
VAffragists toward Senator Harding.
They believe it to be detrimental to
suffrage and unfair to Senator Hard
ling. In 1912 Senator Harding gave
columns of his paper freely to inter-
Views and editorials by suffrage
workers. He introduced prominent
suffrage speakers at meetings, and
has always been fair and honest in