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Show Rumors Circulated That Senator Sen-ator La Follette Will Be- . come Candidate. t HARDING GREETED ON : . RETURN TO CAPITAL Energetic Campaign to Be! Conducted in Behalf of Re- j publican Candidate. ! ROCHESTER. Minn.. June Physicians refused today to al-lowSenator al-lowSenator Robert LaT'olleltc. of Wisconsin, Wis-consin, to make a statement regarding rumors that he will head the, ticket as presidential candidate of a now party, par-ty, announced by Amos Plnchot. member mem-ber of the committee of forty-eight Senator LaFfillcitc was operated on a week ago for, the removal of the gall "sac and wi'H7remain In a hospital here untllhe' ' completely recovers. Hospital authorities tods&said he Is Improving rapidly. .;8r ? (Predicts New Party. CHICAGO, Juno 11. Declarations by Amos Plnchot, member of the committee of forty-eight, that ther? positively would bo a new party presidential presi-dential candidate In the field, rumors that 'Senator LaFollctte would head a ticket as presidential candidate, and , . announcement that the campalgi in 4' behalf of Senator Warren G. Harding. I Republican presidential. nominee, would be started promptly were' tho outstanding developments following y- the Republican nn tloriai-coirvOntlon. ' Tho statement by Mr. PInchot de-1 .' .. clarcd that "the Republican party has: driven out of representation In Its councils the millions of voters who followed Roosevelt. Johnson and La-Fojlctto." La-Fojlctto." and that the .now party will represent the people and present i definite and constructive program. Reports concerning Senator LaFol-lette's LaFol-lette's possible candidacy were less clearly defined, and in some Insiancw . wcro linked with declarations made in behalf pi the "committee of forty-Ready forty-Ready for Campaign. Harry M. Uaugherty, pre-conventlon mifnager for Senator Harding, began preparations for the presidential., nominee's nom-inee's campaign by requesting the national na-tional committee to take "prompt, snappy and energetic action" in placing plac-ing the merits of the. Republican is sues before the voters of the country. Party managers, It was said, would start the campaign soon after the Democratic convention Is held and would not wait until Senator Harding J and Governor Coolidge are officially ,4 ' notified of their nomination. Harding is Busy. WASHINGTON, June 1-1. Senator Warren G. Harding, the Republican presidential nominee who arrived hero last night from Chclago, put In a busy day today receiving the congratulations con-gratulations of friends and dealing up pending matters In connection wi'h his senatorial duties. He found time, however, to play a round of tej'.f at x neighboring country club. Tho Republican nominee announced that for the present ho would have no statement to make. He reached his office shortly before nooi. and was given an informal reception by senate employes. While posin' for moving picture mer he kept up a running run-ning Tlror uf humorous comment. Hundreds yf Telegram. '! Among several hundred telegrams I of congratulations found at his office were messages from hs father, Dr. Georgo Harding, and sister, Abaga.il. sending "congratulationa and love, ' , and, from former President Tafl, Charles E. Hughes, Senator Hiram W. Johnson, Governor Coolidge. the sena- Ii lui a i mining jiid.ii-, OL'iiiLiur jviiox, aim l , , a number of others. These messages! Lj1 were Identical with those previously made public. I . ' Sousjt Sends .Message. I ' ' Senator Harding was especially pleased with a telegram from John Phillip Sousa, which said: "Bless your musical soul. May ( - God's harmonies bo with you forever." Other messages received were from Senator Pomerene, Democrat, Ohio, and Representative and Mts. Nicholas Longworth, of Ohio. No engagements were made today . for Senator Harding, who desired to rest as much aa possible. The senator said ho probably would leavo Washington Washing-ton tho last part of the week. Ho plana to confer before Monday with P Chairman Will H. Hays, of the Repub- f 0 lican national committee, and other I i ; - Republican leaders, and then will tako Ifi a rest before going to his home at fis, Marlon. O., about July- i. |