Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-22

ton from the National American
! Woman Suffrage Association, and aft
erward sent d telegram to Mrs. Carrie
I Chapman Gait. head of the associa =
ton, declaring that if any republi-
can member of the Legislature asked
his opinion, he would advise that the
amendment be ratified at once. The
woman party group. led by Alice Paul
declared themselves pleased at his
| action, but decided to present their
petition. as they had planned.
Go to Sawyer Farm.
A feature of the day was a lunch
con given by DR.. G. E. Sawyer at his
farm, on the outskirts of Marion, to the
members of the republican national
committee and of the notification com =
mlttee appointed by the Chicago con-
vention- Both were on d special
train from Columbus, where the ma
tlonal committee held d meeting yes
terday, and a string of automobiles
was provided to take them to the
sawyer farm and afterward to the
chutauqua grounds. chosen for the
notification ceremonies.
VIII H. Hays. the national chair
man. was the presiding officer at the
notification, for which the city had
rehtted its chutauqua pavilion. The
, program included an invocation by
Bishop William F. Oldham of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. the for
NAL notification speech, by Senator
| Lodge of Massachusetts, chairman of
Harding's response and benediction
by Father Joseph NJ. Denning, pas
tor of St Mary's Catholic Church here.
A glee club came from Columbus to
| lead the sSemblage in singing THE
Star Spangled Banner" and Amer
! lea"
Talks to Marion Boosters.
senator until he consented to make
a short talk thanking them for their
show of ''neighborly interest" and en-
thusiasm.
Il am going to make my speech
later in the day." he said, but 1 can
not let you go without saying how
deeply | am touched by this tribute
from the home folks"
Mem bers of the Hamilton Club of
Chicago came up singing Good Morn
ing. Mr.. Harding" fashioned after the
Army marching song. Good Morning,
Mr.. Zip" and presented the candidate
with a resolution giving him honor
airy membership in the club. In re-
Spouse he declared there ought to be
a similar republican organization in
every great city.
I'VE do not give enough attention
to our politics." he added, for good
government ought to be the first bust
ness of every citizen. And / think
we do not pay enough attention to
party: in this country we have had
too much of the rule of the individual
and not enough OF the rule of the
great masses. l am especially proud
to be a member of your club because
it bears the name of the man who, to
my mind. was the greatest construc-
tive American statesman that ever
lived"
Christensen Makes Plea for Debs.
ofNv
Harding and the party of women oc-
cupied only a few minutes Among
the kilograms received by Senator
| Harding was one from PerIey Chris
| Jensen, nominee of the farm labor
party for President. requesting that he
| use his influence for executive elem
! ency for Eugene V. Debs. the socialist
| nominee, who is in the Atlanta peni-
Tertiary. Senator Harding said he
| would reply after the notification
| ceremonies were over
The suffrage delegation who called
on the candidate tonight arrived un
| eXpectedly and walked into Harding
| headquarters just as the senator was
! leaving for dinner. They were given
| a hearing at once and few minutes
later the telegram to Mrs. Gait was
made public. Those in the party were
Miss Mary Olcott, Mrs. w. M. Alice
and Mrs. James Stokes. all of Ridge
field, Conn. and Mrs. George A. Soden
of Chicago.
Makes Reply to Women.
Senator Harding told the delega-
ton from the woman's party that
he will give his answer to their re-
quest that he intercede in Tennessee
for ratification of the suffrage amend
ment in his speech of acceptance
this afternoon. my conception of
suffrage contemplates women taking
place fully and equally with men,"
he said
Claims of the womans party were
presented by Sue S. White of Ten
nessee and Mrs. H. o. Havemeyer of
New York city. Headed by a band.
the woman leaders marched to tie
Harding home carrying the yellow.
purple and white banners and state
standards. Senator Harding met them
on the steps and stood leaning
against a column while the two
speakers presented their claims.
Both urged him to use his influence
in having republican members of the
Tennessee legislature vote for rati-