The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-23
Six Speeches on Program To
day During Candidate IS
Visit in Big
City.
CONFERS WITH LEADERS
Big Macs Meeting Tonight In Madison
Square Garden Will Wind
Up Busy
Day.
BY Herbert W.. Walker, United
Press Staff Correspondent

Press Staff Correspondent
| NEW YORK, Oct 23.-With six
speeches on his program. interspersed
with receptions and conferences with
democratic leaders, Governor James
( M. Cox faced one OF the busiest days
! of his entire campaign when he turn
led out of bed at the Waldorf Astoria,
early today.
The eliminating feature of this
second and last visit OF the demo
icrafic candidate to New York City
before the election will be q mass
meeting at Madison Square garden
tonight.
The candidates first engagement
today was with a large delegation of
college men and women, at the Wal
dorf, followed by brief speech.
! Next he was to go into conference
with various officials of the, national
committee and leaders from num-
! ber or the eastern states. Later he
was to be the guest at a luncheon
at the Hotel Astor, given by the
women's bureau of the national COM
mittee. Hsg
He was then to return to the Wal
dprf at 2:15 p. m. for an address to
the Marquette club, then proceed to
the Washingto Irving high school,
where he was scheduled for a speech
before a body of public school
| teachers.
The governor also was to visit the
Twenty-second regiment armory to
witness the Sunday World elementary
school champonshiup games and
make his fifth speech of the day.
Further conferences with leaders
| we're on the program, following Cox's
/ return to the Waldorf. Immediately
latter dinner, the governor and party
will head for the Hippodrome after
which they will proceed to Madison
| Square garden.
| Among the other speakers at the
Garden mass meeting will be Miss
Harriet May Mills, democratic cand1-
date for secretary OF state of New
YORK. Rabbi Stephen Wise and
Nathan Straus, who viii preside.
Cox today was determined to keep
alive his dispute with Elihu Root
over the governors attitude on the
| league.
He was awaiting Roots reply to
his latest communication, a telegram
IN which the candidate again de-
manded Root retract his ''unture
statement to the effect Cox and
president Wilson held identical views
i on ratification of the treaty without
qualification.
Quiet Confidence.
gBy Raymond Clapper, United Press
Staff Correspondent
MARION, Ohio, Oct. 23.-Taking ad-
vantage of the lull in the speaking
lcampaisn. Senator Harding worked to-
dnv on addresses to be delivered next
week in several Ohio cities. For the
time being there will. be little fre-
works about the Marion front porch.
IA few visitors are expected each day
but no large delegations and the
nominee will hold few conferences of
for some time.
Harding headquarters here has TAX
en- on an atmosphere of quite conf
dence and has no feeling of doubt as
to the outcome OF the campaign now
drawing to close.
! One reason for this optimistic view
of the situation is the apparent har.
mony among party fsaders which
Harding headquarters believes has
now achieved by the nominee as to
the league of nations. The latest de
lyelopment which brought cheer here
was the statement by Senator Hiram
Johnson that he faYors world
forum" This, Senator Harding in
terprets as Endorsement of his own
position against the Wilson league OF
nations and in favor of some kind OF
association of nations.
| The view at headquarters here is