Arizona republican., 1920-06-15
BIG TASK TO bE [. ]. NOMINEE
 HARDING FINDS

Into Night In Effort to
 Catch Up Work-Import-
 ant Conferences Planned
 Later
 WASHINGTON June 14.-Ssnator Harding today founa the life of the Re publican presidential nominee stren- uous although he held no important | political conferences. He went 10 his l office at the capitol shortly before noon posed for motion picture men, i greeted senate employees. received per sonal friends who called to congratuI ate him. went over piles of congratul- atory telegrams. played golf and then worked far into the night at his home in effort to catch up with correspon- dence. He declined to make any state ment regarding his position on party | policies, indicating he would have nothing to say until his speech of ac- ceptance. He also said that pending his official notification, he would with hold making his campaign plans He also declined to say whether he would resign his senate seat.
 ! Senator Harding's plans are inder- inite. He intends to remain here until | late this week when he will leave for a brief vacation. He does not ccntem- l plate reaching his home in Marion, l Ohio, before about July 1 The notifi- cation ceremonies are expected to take | place soon after, as the vacation will | give him an opportunity to prepare his speech of acceptance. sounding the campaign keynote.
 To Meet Hays Sunday Chairman Hays of the Republican national committee and several party | leaders are expected to confer with the senator, probably Sunday, al- though the date has not been definite | 1y fixed.
 l Senator Lodge chairman of the Chi cago convention, Senator Shoot. of | Utah and others are here, but no ar engagements had been made, it was an i nounced tonight.
 Senator Lodge plans to leave for l home tomorrow, while the Utah sem ator will remain andFher week.
 Senator Hardings return to his of flee was the signal for an informal re- ception by the senate employees, Short ly before his arrival his office was decorated with large American f1as and flowers while today many bouquets were received from friends. Despite his strenuous week at the convention, the senator seemed in fine fettle- and kept up a running fire of humorous comments as moving pie ture men clicked off foot after foot of film Hes as happy as a, lark" remarked a bystander.
 Touched By Conqratulatory Messages
 The senator seemed greatly touched as he read congratularory telegrams from Governor Calvin Coolidge, vice. presidential nominee: former presid ent Taft and Major General Wood and l Senator Hiram Johnson, opponents for | the nomination as we'll as from Sen ator Pomerene. his Democratic col | league from Ohio.
 Now wasn't that nice in him" or
 Tt was very thoughtful of him to send | that message" were his most fre-
 quent comments. Among his first res- | ponses was a telegram to Governor Coolidge, thanking him for his mes
 sage and declaring that by the sci ccticn of truly great and trusted i nomination. the ticket had been stren- | thened
 The sudden accumulation of work. duo to his nomination, resulted in the
 senator being forced today to secure
 additional office space, part to be
 used as press room for newspaper
 men. Beginning tomorrow, he also
 plans to have daily conferences with
 newspaper men as long as he is here. He also will confer tomorrow with ,I Leslies M. Shaw, former secretary Of ,I the treasury
 Tn deciding to play golf today. the T senator said he wanted to "get some of the convention tobacco smoke out , of his system
 Likes Friendship Best ,l BOSTON, June Ex-Governor Coo lidge, vice presidential nominee, re !, ccived congratulations from Massachu-
 setts party leaders at a reception at ; the state house today. He was greeted } by Lieutenant Governor C. H. Cox,
 Frank B. Hall, chairman of the Re } publican state committee, and Masssa } chetts delegates
 Replying to the eongratulatfons, Governor Coolidge said: ''The great office to which the nat
 ional Republican convention has nom- , mated me is one for which I hold tho 5 greatest respect. I am mindful of the great honor conferred upon me hut besides that and apart from it, I ap- preciate very much more deeply the ! mark of friendship that has caused 1 you men and women, tired as you are,
 to come here the moment you arrive
 and to assure me of your Friendship
 and of your good wishes. 7 After all, offices are ended ana they
 fade away. Friendship and the esteem
 in which men hold each other may re- main for ever. And great as I regard
 the honor that the convention has con- ferred upon ne. I regard with much
 more satisfaction and much more
 honor this tribute of you who know me who have lived with me and worked
 and wrought with me and the eonfi-
 dence that your presence here shows
 that you have in me-
 Cheers were given for the ''next vice
 president"