Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-20
HARDING COMPLETE
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH;
To TAKE MORE REST
Republican Nominee viii Be
Formally Notified at His
Home in, Marion on
Thursday

MARION, Ohio, July Ex-senator
Harding gave his speech of accept
ance its final polishing tonight and
then prepared for day of complete
rest from the arduous task of a COM
position which has occupied his at
tention almost exclusively for a
week.
He planned to spend tomorrow very
quietly and in the early days of
the coming week to take more time
for recreation. Since he began work
on his address he has been out of
doors scarcely at all, and the con-
finement has tried his nerves and
taken away his coat of golf links tan.
He said tonight he was feeling tired
and cross" from want of exercise.
During today the senator worked
again as in days gone by in close CO.
operation with the composing room
of his newspaper, the Marion Star,
where his speech was put into type
by installments for printing the adj
vance copies that will be distributed
to the press. A relay of messengers
carried copy and proof between the
newspaper offices and the senator's
residence, and once he went downtown
and paid a visit of inspection to his
composers.
Speech Is Quite Long
The speech, which will be delivered
here next Thursday at the formal
notification of his nomination for the
presidency, exceeds in length the
candidates expectations and will run
we'll beyond the four-coluran limit he
originally fixed 1t has been pre-
pared with particular care, because
he regards it as an important mile
stone in his campaign and has en-
deavored to have it express compre-
hensively his stand on all Of the i'm
portant issues.
With the speech out of the way
the speculation of those close to the
Republican nominee swung toward
the possible significance of the meet
ing tomorrow between his Democrat
ic opponent, Governor Cox, and Pres1-
dent Wilson. 1t was a persistent
topic of conversation among the local
Harding managers tonight, for they
expected it to put the spotlight again
on the League of Nations and per-
haps to show up more clearly what
lines the campaign on t4fatvissue will
follow.
Senator Harding himself had moth
ing to say about the conference,
though he did not conceal his inter-
est in it. 1t was said that any public
expression from him regarding the
league or other important campaign
issues probably would walt now until
notification day. His close advisers
are said to have counselled that
course, especially regaF ding the
league, urging that he stand on his
recent statement that President Will
son had forced Governor Cox to take
his cue on the treaty issue from the
administration.
Result of Conference
The Harding partisans argue that
the logical result of the White House
conference will be to develop def
nitely whether Governor Cox win
stand with the president regarding
the league or with Democratic sena-
tors and others in the party VINO
have advised acceptance Of the Re
publican reservations. They count
on Mr.. Wilson to use his influence for
complete vindication of the admins
tration, and they take it for granted
that those who disagree with the
president, many of whom supported
Governor Cox at San Francisco, will
bring pressure to bear in the opposite
direction.
Whatever the decision, the Harding
men declare, the result will be to
widen the breach over the treaty
within the Democratic party. They
assert that the Republican candidate
would profit if the Democratic nom
inee either broke with the president
or disappointed his advisers of OPP
posite convictions.
WILL HAYS TO ATTEND
EXECUTIVE MEETING
NEW YORK, July 17.-Will H.
Hays, chairman Of the Republican
national committee will attend a
meeting of the executive committee
of the national committee at Colum-
bus, Ohio, next Tuesday morning, it
was announced here today at the
headquarters of the national COM
mittee After attending the Senator
Harding notification ceremonies in
Marion, Mr.. Hays will spend week
at Chic9pO If was Stat0d.