New-York tribune., 1920-06-25
Letters
Reach Harding
In One Batch
Tackles the Job of Answer
ing Them After All Ar
duous Day of Confer
ences With Many Visitors
Roosevelt to Call To-day
Messages From All Parts
of Country Tender Sup.
por, During Campaign

y.,r, The Tilburo's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON. June Ex-senator
T,rren G. Harding spent today at his
,4.s in al effort TO answer an accu-
-nstjon o: mail and kilograms Each
,.r the mail man delivers from 5000 to
,aNo letters and the telegraph mes
..oeers from 500 TO 500 telegrams
About the middle of the afternoon,
rssn the Office staff numbering about
,seuty was growing hopeful of dis
,os;ng OF to-day's mail, there arrived
.-om Marion. Ohio. the nominees home
.oxr huge express package. 1t was
,on,d TO contain about $4,000 letters
-,iIed to the Senator's home. SO, when
s.nator Harding went home to dinner
: arranged to have couple of stem
.--sDhers meet him there so that he
.ould work through the evening.
Il have nothing ahead OF me but
oil" ne said dolefuIy, when asked
about his plans.
,,.ters Of congratulation but each day
,,or men who wish TO give the nom
nee advice on running the govern
rent.
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roose-
,sl, will visit Senator Harding to-mor-
row at the nominees invitation. ex-
gnded in line with his policy of listen
NJ to the opinions Of leaders OF every
agree OF Republcanism.
Learns Desires of Farmers
One Of the visitors to-day was T. E.
i,keson. representing the National
Grange. who told the nominee that the
arnlers want practical farmers instead
Il theorists appointed TO the many
federal boards having to do with agri-
mltural matters. He said afterward
,ba. Mr.. Harding was deeply impressed
,nd fully alive to the problems of
americas farmers.
Elmer Dover. for seven years secre
,v to Mark Hanna and for another
;syen secretary of the Republican Ma
,onal Committee. also called on the
Ssnator. He now lives in Tacoma,
wash. and will take an active part in
he effort TO round up Western votes
:or the Republican standard bearer.
Senator Duncan L. Fletcher, Demo-
rat Of Florida, also paid Senator
Senator Harding enjoyed letter
rom John kendrick Bangs, in whlci.
he writer said:
while have been Wood man ever
dnce first came to know the GeIterai,
;Tenty years ago. l congratulate you
nos. heartily upon your nomination
Ny vote doesn't amount to much.-.we
ne q small community up here nd 1t
,n't safe to vote more than once eX-
:sut on very foggy day, But ass far
il goes il will be yours.
America First Notices
Tie patience Of Dave Dinger, a Sen
rs clerk, has been rewarded at Last
;7er since the tenth ballot at Chicago
nager has been turning cards out o.
is typewriter that read:
Holds America first
"Applauds America first.
Ranks America first.
"Dignihes America first
~Implants America first.
Names America first.
"Greets America first"
These have borne the heading 600
y. cent American" beneath an Amerl-
an eagle clipped from sheets OF sta
lanery, and on the back was written
| Compliments of Dave. Dinger.' One Of
lie cards was sent 20 Chairman VIII
lays Of the Republican National Com
aittee and now Dinger's design prob
isy will be used for 4 campaign poster.
Beeckman to Take Stump
Governor z. Livingstone Beeckman
u Rhode Island has written Senator
lardng as follows:
4 cannot congratulate you heartily
aough upon your nomination. You
az rest assured that you will find
aaode Island solidly behind you when
Sarember comes My time Is abso-