Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1920 — HARDING GETS FORMAL NOTICE [ARTICLE]

HARDING GETS FORMAL NOTICE

Republican Candidate for President Delivers Speech of Acceptance. GREAT CROWD AT CEREMONY •■" 1 - . 1 " — Senator Lodge Formally Notifies Ohio Senator and Latter Outlines Course Republican Party Will Pursue. Marion, Ohio, July 23.—Before an audience of party leaders and fellow Ohioans which filled Garfield auditorium and overflowed thousands strong Into the park and fields surrounding it. Senator Warren G. Harding, formally accepted the Republican nomination for the presidency here yesterday afternoon, and in a ringing speech—bls first since the Chicago convention — outlined the course which Republican policy will pursue in the 1920 campaign. Opening Gun of Campaign. Peace first and then an association of nations for international justice It to be the Republican policy, as outlined by Senator Harding. The candidate accepted at every point the challenge issued by the Democrats, emphasized by the Wilson-Cox conference, to make the president’s league of nations the paramount issue of the campaign. Senator Harding announced himself and his party as ready to go before the people in a referendum on the question. Senator Harding’s speech—the opening gun of the campaign—was in reply to Senator Lodge’s short speech of notification in which the Massachusett’s senator warned the candidate that no campaign in the history of the republic ever Involved graver issues than this one. Raises American Flag. All Marion was awake and stirring when the senator, at seven o'clock, assisted in the formal raising of the American flag on a flag pole hallowed by the tradition of having stood through the 1896 campaign in the front yard of the Canton, Ohio, home of William McKinley, the martyred president The flag pole had been loaned by citizens of Canton to the citizens of Marion for the Harding campaign, and it lias been planted In the-Harding front yard. In Gala Attire. Delegation after delegation, with bands blaring and colors flying, followed up to the Harding front porch as thirty special trains and thousands of automobiles unloaded their contributions to the notification crowds. Not content with showing themselves to the nominee, they reformed and marched and countermarched through the city in a riot of noise and color. Marion was dressed within an inchof its life for its debut in the great affairs of the nation and bubbled over with eagerness to make the big day a smashing success. Patriotic frills and flounces draped the city from tip to toe. Business was adjourned and partisanship was forgotten as Republicans and Democrats joined in acknowledging the honor that had come to one of their neighbors. From Senator Harding’s home down, to the heart of the business section a lane of tall white pillars formed a spotless court of honor to mark the 'route of the paraders, and along the way scarcely a window was without Its portrait of the Republican candidate. Flags and bunting were displayed In carnival profusion In every street ■