Evening journal., 1920-08-18
harding DATES
AREDISCUSSED
Long Talk With Party
Chiefs Fails to Bring Set
tlement on Schedule
PORCH PLAN
is STRONGEST

MARION, o., Aug. is.-A conference
OF Republican party chiefs, convened
here yesterday to shape a speaking
schedule for Senator Harding, ad-
1ourned after a session OF several
hours without completing the task
or setting time for another meet
ing.
Requests from various parts OF the
country that the nominee make speak
/. ing trips away from Marion were dis
cussed at length. together with plans
Tor the reception here OF front-porch
delegations, but no out-of-town invi-
tation was accepted. and only two
dates were added 10 the list Of 'front.'
porch engagements.
VIII H. Hays, national chairman,
announced that ''at Senator Harding's S
personal, very insistent wish" the can
didate's Labor Day speech Will be de-
liNered from the front porch to a
meeting arranged by the Central
Labor Union. The chairman said the
Senator was anxious 10 speak on la
Dor issues her among people who
know his labor record, and for that
reason invitations from other cities
Cor that day had been turned down.
The other front~pOrch date announc~
ed was September 1. when the nom
hcan State ways and means chair
men.
Times and places where the several
issues OF the campaign are to be pre-
sented by Senator Harding also were
discussed, and II was announced that
there would be an elaboration Of his
! position on thu Deagt Of Nations n
the speech he will make here August
2S TO a delegation from indianapolis.
II is expected the address will be de-
voted almost exclusively TO foreign
affairs, and that It will help TO bring
the league issue more prominently "a
the fore OF the Republican campaign.
Besides Mr.. Hays and Senator Hard
ing those at the altday conference
were Senator's New, Of Indiana, head
Of the party's speakers bureau; Harry
NJ. Daugherty. OF Ohio. Senator Hard
ing's pre-oonventOn manager; Henry
Wallace, Of Iowa, publisher Of farm
periodicals.; Albert Lasker. OF Chi
/ cagO. connected with the publicity de
partment and Carmi S. Thompson. Oi
ohio. an official Of the speakers bu-
reau.
At the opening of the meeting Mr.
Hays announced the purpose was T.
make up a complete schedule Of date
for the nominee up TO October 4 anc
20 consider various related subjects
such as publicity and a program foi
presentation Of issues. He said M
change in policy was n be workef
out, and ne exhibited a stack Of let
ters a foot thick asking for speaking
appointments here and in othe
cities.
What took place at the session wa
described by Senator New as Just
general discussion. without reaching
any decisions except tentatively" III
said all OF the participants exoep
Senator Harding were leaving Mariol
tonight and that there had been m
4 agreement FOR resumption Of the con
ference later.
Chairman Hays said there had bee
no hitch" in the proceedings, bu
that the work Of sorting over the ap
plrations and dOvetailing hem Ia
Tether had been found very laborious
i Asked when ne thought the schedul
would be completed he replied. M
guess is about October 81.
All Of those in the conference wer
emphatic in declaring that they e1
pected no modification in the princi
i ple Of the front-porch campaign. A
said however. that "a number q
speeches" probably would be made j
other cities. adding that such trip
had been a part OF the plan from IN
beginning. The only point tO be sci
tied. il was said. was the numb
dates and places Of out-of-tow
speeches.
In addition to favOring a from
porch Labor Day speech, Senate
Harding emphasized the number {
applications that had been. receive
here. declaring the requests for from
porch engagements had been so nj
i merous that not one-tenth OF thel
could he granted.
on the other side of the equation
Senator New laid before the candida
inuvitations % speak in other place
received by the speakers bureau an
1n some cases buttressed by reques
from local political leaders. But u
nominee held 10 the condition N
none OF these should be accepted 4
1 the present.
There was some discussion OF Ser
4 ator Hardng's speech OF September
al he Minnesota Siate Fair. his on
engagement thus far away from Ma