Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-06-17
ENTERS
STRENUOUS LIFE
Poses for Movie Men, Greets
Senate Employees, Receives
Friends, Plays Golf and
Answers Letters i

Washington. June 14--Senator Hard>
ing to-day found the life of the Re-
publican presidential nominee stren-
uous although he held no important
political conferences.
The senator went to his office at
the Capitol shortly before noon, posed
for motion picture men. greeted Sem
ate employees, received a few personal
friends who called to congratulate
him, went over great piles of con-
gratulatory kilograms. played round
Of golf al a nearby country club and
then worked far into the night at his
home in an effort to catch up with
rapidly increasing correspondence.
The nominee steadfastly declined to
make any statement regarding his po-
siton on party policies indicating that
he would have nothing to say on those
matters until in his speech accepting
the nomination. He also said that
pending his official notification he
would withhold making public his
campaign plans. He also declined to-
say at this time whether he would
resign his Senate seat.
Senator Hardng'S plans for the inme-i
diate future are indefinite. He intends ta
remain in Washington until late this week.
when he will leave for a brief vacation.
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home in Marion, Ohio. before about July
l. The notification ceremonies are ex-,
pected to take place soon after. as the
vacation will give him an opportunity to
prepare his speech of acceptance sound
/ ing the campaign keynote.
: Chairman Hays of the Republican ma.
tional committee and number of party
! leaders are expected to confer with the
Ohio senator probably next Monday, all
: though the date has not been definitely
! fixed. The place of the conference also.
it was understood. has not been deter
! mined. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,
! who was chairman of the Chicago con-
vention. Senator Smoot of Utah and other
! Republican leaders are in Washington, but
no engagements for a conference have so
far been arranged it was said tonight
Senator Lodge plans to leave for his home
Tomorrow, while the Utah senator viii
remain for another week
| Senator Harding's return to his Office
in the Capitol was the signal for an in
formal reception on the part of Senate
| employees who crowded about to consrat-
ulate him. Shortly before his arrival
his private Office was decorated with a
large American flag and flowers while
during the day large numbers of bouquets
were received from friends
Despite his strenuous week at the Re.
publican convention, the senator seemed
in fine fettle and kept up a running fire
of humorous comments as the moving
picture men clicked off foot after foot of
film. Hes As happy as a lark" remark
ed one bystander the senator jokej
with the movie man.
The senator seemed greatly touched az
he read sheaves of congratulatory tele-
grams from Governor Calvin Coolidge the
Republican vice presidential nominee.
former President Taft and Major General
Wood and Hiram johnson. opponents for
the nomination. as we'll as from Senator
Pomerene. his democratic colleague from
Ohio.
| Now wasn't that nice in him." or 1T
> was very thoughtful of him to send that
message" were his most frenuent COM
ments as he carefully read the kilograms.
Among the first responses was a telegram
sent to Governor Coolidge thanking him
for his message and declaring that by the
selection of truly great and trusted
American for the vice residential nom-
nation on the ticket had been strengths
5 ened
) Shortly before the senator left his
( office he was invited to speak at a
flag day celebration held tonight on
: the Plaza in front of the Capitol but
owing to the rush of work was CONS
l PEELED to decline.
The sudden accumulation OF work
due to his nomination resulted in tha
senator being forced to-day to secure
1 additional office space. part of which
will be used as a press room for the
newspaper correspondents. Beginning
tomorrow he also plans to have daily
conferences with the newspaper men
as long as he is in Washington. He
also will confer tomorrow with Les
lie NJ. Shaw, former secretary of the
treasury
t. In deciding to play golf to-day the
= senator said he wanted to get some
= of the convention tobacco smoke out
of his system" He was accompanied
on the links by Senator Sutherland Of
West Virginia; former Senator Bourne
and B. Fl. Warner. Jr.. of Washington.