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Show tj HARDING TALKS MIL PROBLEMS WITH CUIUS Governor Cox Arrives in Columbus Co-lumbus to Resume Duties I in Executive Office. G. 0. P NOMINEE GOES INTO DEEP SECLUSION i Candidate Desires to Finish His Speech of Acceptance With Dispatch. Ikmi mHI MARION, O.. July 12. The trans- mbvClT portation and high cost or living prob-'A prob-'A A lcms were discussed at conferences to- i MM i between Senior U:. i ding ami Sen-j kr ator Cummins, of Iowa, chairman t ' f the senate interstate commerce com-' nilttee. and J. L. Tabor, of BarnesvIUe, I O.. head of the Ohio State Orange I Poth came at the senator's request. A Senator Cummins later to the news- Tk paper correspondents emphasized the gravity of the railroad situation. ; I "The Inability of the railroads to do '5kk the business of the country!s costing! H the country every day more than the! H German war cosi the people any one! day." said Senator Cummins, who add-j :jH cd, however, the people of this country! do not favor government ownership at fHH this lime at least. IMPORTANCE l FARMING. wbsj Mr. Tabor said he discussed the ag- 'Jkm rlculture situation and the high cost I ijSjH of living with Senator Harding, whom i aH lie found "keenly alive to the import-: 3m ar.ee of a proper recognition of agrl- H culture." and "who realizes the ne-J H cesslty of agriculture properly func-j. IwtIJHb xioning u me nation is to enjoy en-jfWflftj en-jfWflftj during prosperity and tranquillt " IfB Owing to the short time lapsing fwnL before his notification on July 22, IjSiHMjl Senator Harding plans to seclude him-H' him-H' f-clf beginning tomorrow, ti-.m .-ill vis-sHS' vis-sHS' Itors until he can complete his speech. ' In diaking ine announcement, the Ben-i;'4lSL'' Ben-i;'4lSL'' r'tor sereu notice on the newspaper 7JiMri correspondents that he would ee them once duilv n.;, ,,j ,,f t w i e from h how until tho final touches had 1 " placed on hi- speeeii H r COLUMBUS. O.. JuJy 12 Governor gk James M. Cox, Pemoeratic presidential presiden-tial nominee, addressed several thou-fand thou-fand men fnd women. most of them from Columbus, who gathered at the state capltol at noon today to greet SttjUMre him upon his first return to his office B! since his nomination at San Francisco. fCKSt It had be n planned to hold the in formal reception in the rotunda of the (Jagg! state house, but the crowd was bo RIhkJs large that the ipeech was delivered l -flflSjg from the nleps ot the capltol. I Reviewing his three teinis as chiel ' executive r.f Ohio. Cox declared he had lI'II "never broken confidence with the people of this commonwealth. " UStR The governor said that, it would be! his purpose to "look to the r-unrise I t' rather than the sunset." Wjegi "I have the deepest conviction thai 'jufltK the guarantee of continued progressive fgTfrSttf government will be adopted by the B people of the nation in the election of! gXflsi t Mr. Roosevelt and that it will be bui Hi nu expression of ihe nation that their, B well-being Her. in the go'din dawn of HB morrow rather titan the twlllghl zone H of yesterday." jH Mr Roosevefl arrived al l 40 o'clock nnd with Governor Cox went direct 1 I to the. executive mansion where they had lunch and when- they planned to! ffkt hold their conference The vice pros ' mW dential nominee expected to lea- fo VSflSj Washington this evening. ft Sunday Busy For ! BP Candidate Harding Bf MA ill OX. July 11. Senator ""ffiflH Harding. Republican, presidential HE nominee, spent a busy day today, at-MJH at-MJH tending i burcll in the murnlng with H Mr- Harding anu later discussing campaign plana with National Chair-man Chair-man W ill ii. Ha3 and Harry M HQaBiv Daugherty of Columbus, member of KpitflB the executive committee of the !:- 9fflw publican national committee in Charge of the campaign. Mr. Hays later left H "HHr This v.-us the first tlmo Mr. Hays BH had seen the Republican nominee . RlW him" t hi- 1 iit i ' return bono- from Bfti Washington. Il BjjBT senator went over both with the oa-"IJBH1 oa-"IJBH1 tional chairman and Mr. Daugherty ingBMl portions of his speech of acceptance 3uH' now under preparation. cjgUISI Mr Huys reached the Harding homo "HHHHBI before the senator had arisen. While breakfast was being prepared. Mr. Hays vlHlted the administration bulld-BtaaUil bulld-BtaaUil ing next door until called by the sena- Joined by Mr Hays, Senator and KUHW Mrs. Harding attended services at ImBW Trinity Baptist church. The party oc- nmlMf copied a pew Immediately In front of HtH the pulpit. HAYS is DELIGHT! i. mrjB With the close of the services, a re- IvmSWBB I'ejitlon for the candidate's party lat-i Mu"m cd nearly 30 minutes. The senator rer.- 5 ognlsed many of the worshippers and HHB exchanged recollections as he shook I"""""HD their hands. Mr. Hays expressed his E delight over Die fact he had been uble """"K to spend Sunday with the senator h9""""""K "I can only say thai ev-- day 1 1 3n"Hk more and more congratulate the party! riflK and the country on Senator Harding's I HHHr nomination," he said jH""fl""H During his conference today with IHH the newspaper correspondents, the WFms senator recalled a time when ho had . iii nil "HHHrv ctJBHS I ator a series of services conducted by j 'f 'InEj I luymcn had been arranged. It finally msbtI 1 tame his turn to preside He decided1 (Continued ou Page TWO.) HARDING Itm it PROBLEMS WITHGUpilNeS (Continued Prom I'ago One I ; to take ao his text tiu first ver?c his finger would fj'.l On win n iio opener) the Ulbls BICXATOIt "REACHES. "Strangel) enough It wa4 9 ,,ot i offended if I teil ou the truth,' the sams used by T. H. McAfee, this morning." morn-ing." said Senator Harding .e-iiljnre- thdt ho would receive t he support nf the huge negro popu- latlOn in Illinois were today received, by Senator Harding In a letter from' Col. R B. Abbott, of Chicago publisher pub-lisher of a newspaper for negroes. A i similar letter ui.s uls,-, re. eled from; John w Thompson, chairman of the executive committee Of the New Vork I state Kepublicau council, a negro vol-' erg organization The proposed front porch" cam-! paigu policy was one tiling n iderStOOd to have bocn discussed at the conference confer-ence today. Mr. Hays was understood to have told the Senator that many : persons all over the country arc urging urg-ing a modification of the plan and that approximately lle hundred rc- ! quests for the senator to speak have tirn received Tne nominee touight however, reiterated statements )r - iviouslv made by him that while thei plan wa-s not Unalterable, he has no I present intentions of changing it. |