Evening star., 1923-02-24
c. 0.P. VOTERS HEAR
FROM MR.. HARDING
State Voters Association
Praised by Executive in Let
ter Read at Meeting.
PARTY RECORD REVIEWED
Senator-Elect Fess Lauds Foreign
Policy-Other Speakers
on Program.

REPRESENTATIVE republlcanS iioii
every state north of the Mason ana
Dixon line filled the red parlor OF the
Willard Hotel last night for the hrst
meeting of the Republican STATE
Voters Association, and enthusias-
tically cheered when Henry NJ. camp
read a message from President Hard
ing. The message. addressed TO VIII
liam Tyler Page, president OF Qle or
ganiZation. follows:
Il have had my attention called 10
the fact that the Republican State
Voters Association in the District OF
Columbia is to meet this evening ior
the purpose. as understand, of max
ing a preliminary program for the
wears work 1t is always Il pleasure
to express my hearty appreciation OF
the effort of this organlZd ton. Amer
lean citizens who chance to be resi-
dents of the District of Columbia nave
need to be inspired by a considerably
greater measure of PATRIOTISM anu
civic interest than is required of other
citizens if they would exercise their
suffrage privileges. Tor they must
keep up their voting citizenship III
some other community and go to more
or less trouble and expense at election
suffrage. Consequently ! always feel
that a somewhat special considera-
tion is due To those citizens IN the
District who maintain organizations
and keep alive the interest in prac-
tical political activities.
Most sincerely yours.
"WARREN q. HARDING.
Reviews &. q. =. Record.
Senator-elect Simeon d. Fess of
Ohio was the principal speaker of the
evening. He reviewed at some length
the record of the Harding admins
tratiOn, pointing out the more I'M
portant accomplishments of the re-
publican party. He declared that the
republican administration had re
duCcd the national debt nearly three
billions of dollars. practically bring
lnG the tisca! administration of the
government to normal.
He reviewed the condition of for
eign affairs the republican admins
tration found the country facing
when President Harding took up the
management of the government.
America" declared DR.. Fess. now
has a foreign policy administered III
the interest of America and not in
The interest OF foreign countries. as
was the case under the democratic
war policies" .NSain touching upon
the fiscal policies of the republican
are paying Americas war debt. We
are paying that enormous debt
created by the democrats in the war
period, without asking questions, and
intend TO pay every dollar of it. We
not only have reduced largely the war
debt, but We nave in the same pro-
portion reduced the war taxation
DR.. Fess said he welcomed the eff
forts and intentions Of the demo
cratic party to make the league of
nations the issue in the national cam
paign of 1924 and predicted the re
election of President Harding.
Miss Alice NJ. Robertson. member
OF Congress from Oklahoma. declared
the people of the District of Columbia
10 not realize what a political infiu-
ence they exert here. not only upon
the Congress. but in the states. Gen.
Frank =. Dickson. for fifteen years
adjutant general of Illinois, was the
last speaker. He paid tribute to the
memory of Mrs. John 4. Logan, who
died this week He appealed to alb
sentee voters to see to it that their
votes were cast in the coming ma
tional election.
Seek New Members.
Mr.. Page. who presided. predict ed
before July l d membership of 5000
in the organization and the purpose
of the organization.
The reception committee at last
nights meeting was as follows: Con-
necticut. Henry NJ. Camp; Delaware.
Mrs. Lena r. Anderson. Hobart d.
Dunlap; Idaho, d. \. Dunning; Illi-
nois, II. VI. Fandervort, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. W. Wilson. j. c. Eversman: Indi-
ana. c; f. Alden: Miss Katherine
Brown: Iowa, Carl J. Skinner; Mary
land. Frank E. McMillin: Massachu-
sets, a. b. MeSser: Michigan, Mr.. and
Mrs. +. A. De Groot, Gail T. Grabill;
Nebraska. y. f. Chaffee: New York,
w. III. Estey, +. II. Wilson; Ohio,
Mrs. Ada S. Macneal; Oregon, Miss
Virginia c. Bacon; Pennsylvania. Miss
Nan Barclay Young. Mrs. Mary Reid
Tmstead. Maj. F A. Awl. Louis A.
Hill, j. Russell Young: Utah, f G.
Matson, j. A. Beck; West Virginia
Collier. Fred Fl. Wilson, New York,
chairman.
The committee on arrangements was
as follows: Connecticut, Henry NJ
Camp; Colorado, Miss Mary Stewart !;
Delaware. Mrs. Lena Anderson; Illi-
nois, H. NJ. Vandervort and Mrs w.
w. Wilson; Maryland. William Tyler
Page and Frank E. McMillin; Massa-
chusetts. James B. Reynolds: Nebras-
ka, A. L. Chaffee; New York, w H.
Estey and Fred II. Wilson: Ohio. Har-
leyV: Speelman and Mrs. Harriet Tay-
Tor Upton: Oklahoma, w. F. Ward:
Pennsylvania, Mrs. Virginia White
Speel and ]. Russell Young: Tennes-
see, w. Frank Gibbs; Utah. f. A. Mat
son; Washington. Elmer Dover; Wis
consin. DR.. III. d. Norton; Michigan,
+. a. De Groot.