Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-07-22
knator Acts or Eve of His \ Formal Notification \ Today
I'LL ALSO DEFINE POSITION ON LEAGUE
Ire Than 30 Special Trains and
 Many Motors Go to Marion for the Ceremonies to be Held There Today

Marion, O., July 21.-Senator liar |g enlisted in the fight for the wo h suffrage amendment tonight Barring on the eve of his formal ac |tance of the republican nomination president that he was ready tt |Dw the weight of his influence fo1 : ffication in. time for all women tt E in November.
 he announcement followed cal Representatives of the Nationa erican Suffrage association, anc k the form of a telegram to Mrs rie Chapman Catt, head of the pciation, now at Nashville, Tenn. am exceedingly glad to learn,' telegram said, "that you are ir nesee seeking to consummate the fication of the equal suffrage ndment. If any of the republican bbers of the Tennessee assembly i'd ask my opinion, I would cordi, recommend an immediate favor action"
 presenting their plea and secur- results tonight, the associations tesentatives stole march on a gation of the national woman's y, who planned to enliven the for notification ceremonies tomor- by demanding that the nominee republican legislatures in Ten lee to vote for ratification. What pn the women's party crowd would was uncertain tonight, but their tgement to see Senator Harding brrow stood.
 e conference between Senator Hing and the party of women oc- ed only a few minutes and fol- Id a day given over largely to minute preparations for the mo- Rtion ceremonies at which the nee will mark out the skirmish h of his campaign in an acceptance eh, interpreting the party plat and declaring his personal stand ational issues.
 Speaks in Afternoon.
 position on the league of na- was discussed by the candidate two hour conference with Senator of Massachusetts, who will de- the notification speech and who Chairman of the foreign relations nittee, led the senate fight lst unreserved ratification of the y. Afterward neither would statement but it was under they went over thoroughly the pd on which the league battle is fought.
 his close association, the can k is expected to lay down a poll Pmorrow contributing to the par |ntcy of the league issue in the Rign and helping to clear the air finish fight between the two big es. His advisers declare he will
 out with all his strength st the league as President Wil- |ubmitted it and will add con- tlve suggestion of what should ne to secure peace and to main It.
 acceptance speech will be- der Id late in the afternoon, although Fogram begins at 2 o'clock in the lng. At that hour a local dele will march to Senator liar.
 residence and the candidate fficiate at a flag raising, hoist ne stars and stripes on the flag recently transplanted to the Har- lawn from the residence of Will Mckinley at Canton.
 legations from other cities will feeted by the nominee sas they
 put he expects to make no ad, until the notification program s at park in the outskirts of lty at ? p. m. He thought un- ne would get to attend a lunch wen the national committee and otlfication committee by Dr. c. wyer.
 re than 30 special trains are ex- q and many thousands will mo- rom nearby cities. Republicans emocrats of Marion have joined
 to provide entertainment and ty Is decked out as never before
 history.
 4,000 to Attend.
 ? delegations will be particu- welcome. One will be the resus- a brass band from Caledonia in
 Senator Harding once played Pmbone and the otehr a group veral hundred citizens of Day Fhe home town of the Senator's cratic opponent, James M. Cox, notification is to be held in a Ruqua pavilion where seats have provided for about 4,000, all n more than ten times that num- re expected. Will H. Hays, na-
 chairman, will preside and
 will be no addresses except
 of Senator Lodge and Senator ng. Bishop William F. Oldham
 Methodist Episcopal church, aeiiver the invocation and the
 Father Jos. M. Denning of St
 Catholic church here, the ben bn.