The Washington herald., 1920-06-27
HARDING ON REST
TRIP; KEEPING HIS
WHEREABOUTS SECRET
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

ratified before election, and that
they would go ahead and work for
his election on that basis. Miss
Alice Paul. chairman of the Ma
tional WOman's party. in a state
ment warned the Senator and Gov.
Calvin Coolidge, Vice Presidential
nominee. that they would be pick
eted from the time of their notifi-
cation, If suffrage was not ratified
in the meantime.
At the request of the Senator it
was not announced where he in
tended to stay until Tuesday. eX-
cept for the fact that he would be
the guest of one of his colleagues
in the Senate.
The first appointment after SEN
ator HardinE's return has been fixed
with Gov. Coolidge. Will II. Hays,
chairman of the national commit
tee. suggested last week that the
two candidates should meet and
confer on the issues of the cam
paign. so that there might be en-
tire unanimity in their addresses in
the course of the campaign.
Met In Massachusetts.
Senator Harding met Gov. Cool
idge during the precOnvention cam
paign while on speaking tour in
Massachusetts. Although Senator
Harding will of course be the prin-
Cipal spokesman for the ticket, Mr..
Hays in arranging the meeting be-
tween the two men thought that an
interchange of ideas would be bene-
fetal
Mrs. Mccormick. who discussed
the aspects of the campaign as the
women voters see them with SEN
ator Harding for more than half
an hour. said after her conference
that she was entirely satisfied that
the best interests of women gener-
ally would be served by the election
of the Republican ticket.
The question OF suffrage and its
ratification vas matter which
women had worked for as a body
and in nOnpartisan manner and
she considered it mere fitting that
they should finish the task without
the aid Of any political EGrty so that
the victory would be essentially
theirs
The National Woman's Larty in
its pronOJnccnCnt yeste rday said
that the avOwed purpose of ~ :
membership would be to make ssf-
frage the mc.r conspicuous issue
in the Presidential campaign, and
that members of the organization
from every sta te in the Union would
attend tne notification of Senator
Harding and GCv. Coolidge, July 90
and 81 respectively. unless the
thirty-sixth State had ratified the
amendment in the meantime
Plans Not Decided.
Tine form which our suffrage
demonstration at that time will
take has not been decided" said
Miss Paul last night. I'VE shall
use every possible means and the
most effective method &c secure ac-
ton from the Republican candidates
to hasten suffrage ratification by
connecticut and Vermont, and If
such action is evaded or refused, to
advertise to The country the failure
OF these candidates to use their in
huence in completing the suffrage
Struggle.
Efforts made yesterday by the
President and the Democratic Ma
tional Committee to hasten ratifica-
ton IN tennessee ana North Caro-
lima may spur the Republican lead
ers to similar action in Vermont
and Connecticut. Should this ac-
tion result in winning the thirty
sixth State the demonstration
would. of course, be unnecessary"
Efforts to obtain an immediate
appointment for a suffrage delega-
tion to confer with Gov. Coolidge
are still being continued, Miss Paul
said, but so far the suffragists have
been unable to obtain any express
sion from the Vice Presidential
nominee except that he will not
interfere with other States" on the
suffrage issue.
Two callers that Senator Harding
saw prior to his departure were
Leslie NJ. Shaw, formerly Secretary
of the Treasury, and Alden w.
Skinner. of Los Angeles, who as
sured the Senator that his nomina-
ton has aroused much popular en-
thusiasm in the Far West.