Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-30
HARDING READY
FOR FIRST FRONT
PORCH ADDRESS
Republican Nominee An
nounceS Two More Dates
for Talks.


MARION. ohio. July 3o.-Senator
Hardine's front porch campo en- for
the presidency, to be opened tornor-
row. with an address to delegation
from Mansfield, Ohio. is expected 10
get into fun swing during August a
groups Of voters from more distant
sections Of the country begin TO arrive
in force.
Two more of the front porch sl'rat-
Senator Harding said the number or
delegations on the waiting list Wa
growing daily He expressed cratif -
cation at the applications received.
which. he said. showed that many
thousands were anxious to take an ac-
tive part in the campaign by making
pilgrimage here.
The two dates added to tho list to-
day were August l.. when 600 pot
terry workers viii come from East
Liverpool and Golumbiana county.
Ohio, and September -, when the
nominee viii he paid visit by the
American Defense society. Arrange-
ments for the defense soci@tNs APP
pointment were mai" 10y Hoffman
NickerSon of New York. who said h"
expected about a thousand members
to he present. Visits from ohio dele
cations already had been announced
for August and August 5.
Gets Many Invitations.
Although giving their present AT
tention to the front-porch program
the senator's campaign managers
have received many invitations for
the candidate to speak in other part
of the country. 1t was said at head
quarters today that so far no definite
appointments away from Marion had
been made. but that many of the re-
quests had been put aside to be sifted
over later.
Many of the senator's callers. in
GLIDING party leaders from various
states, also have urged him to include
their respective localities in whatever
speechmaking trips ne may decide TO
take. These requests are understood
to have come from so many sections
of the country that it is considered
impossible to fulfill all OF them.
In his speeches in Marion. Senator
Harding expects to take up one al a
time the issues of the campaign.
particular interest to the visiting
dele cation. That practice will not ap-
ply to the opening speeches, how
ever. his address to the Mansfield
delegation being expected TO deal in
"a general way with several subjects,
Inc ONO SITUATION WAS ulSCusStQ pN
Senator Harding with George II.
Clark. chairman of the republican
state advisory committee, who de-
clared that even with the democrats
making the state one of their princi-
pal backgrounds. there was no doubt
of republican success.
ohio is republican" said Mr. Clark
in 2 formal statement. she will eX-
coed her record in her plurality for
Harding and Coolidge.
81 speak out of knowledge and a
survey of every county and commu-
nifty in the state indicates beyond
doubt the overwhelming victory OF
the republican party. This survey
has been made by the experienced
repre- sentatives of the state commit
tee and has covered county and pre-
cinct.'
Senator Harding had talk on Chi
nese conditions with DR.. Hiram Low
ry president emeritus of Picking Uni
versity. who brought the greetings
and good wishes of the Chinese preSi-
Ident. The nominee asked many ques-
tons about the attitude of the Chi
nese people. and Dr. Lowry told him
they all were looking to the United
states for their example of represent
ative government.