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Show FIRST VOTERS DAY IN IRION 0 S)L'8CiS BmpJBH J0CU3$ Group of Young Men and Women MARION. O.. Oct. 18. First voters' day at Senator H:.rding's front porch, brought to Marion today many delegates dele-gates of yountr men and women to hear the Republican nominee make a plea for ' America first" as the motto of those about to cast their ballot.s for the first tlms Indiana. Michigan. Illinois. Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio rent the larrest representation although ilti.ens from many ot hoi-states hoi-states were present. Several special trains brought delegations from outside out-side Ohio and many from the cities nearby came by motor. A bicycle division di-vision also was one of the features of the parade, which preceded the senator's sena-tor's speech. Miss Edna Thomas Gordon, of Ot. tuwma, la , was designated to present the women first voters to Senator Harding, and Walter Rogers, of Columbus, Col-umbus, O., was the spokesman for the men A number of civil and world war delegations also came for the occasion oc-casion ami there was group of Polish-Americans from Cleveland, a gen. eral tlelegatlon of Italian-Americans, ; and a committee of Llthuanlan-Amert- cans from Illinois j One of tho first separate organizations organiza-tions to present Itself at the front , porch was from 1'ittsburgh It was headed by Mayor li-ibcock and lnclud- ! od a group of women In marching uniform of blue, and white who sei- I enaded the nominee with campaign songs. In response Senator Harding made a bhort speech in which h BZ-pressed BZ-pressed gratification that women "hao come Into full possession of American citizenship. ' 00 |