The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-11

, Chicago Tribune, 2: By the
will of the American people re-
gistered in national election the
administration of the government
of this republic is to be changed.
The regime of Woodrow Wilson
and of his party is to be ended
and the great powers and respon-
sibilities of government will pass
out of his masterful hands into
those Of Warren G. Harding.
The exultation of a we'll de-
served victory and sense of the
high honor conferred upon him
well we believe, be tempered in
such a nature as President elect
Harding's by a consciousness of
the task confronting him. For
the task is such as few of our
presidents have had to undertake
and Mr.. Harding processes no in
fallibility and no transcendental
powers.
But that we think, is his
strength and the promise of sue
cess amid difficulties. The man
most humble among our great
men, the man most willing to
take counsel, brought the nation
through the gravest of it's perils
and is cherished today highest
among our statesmen. We have
had nearly eight years of the con-
trary spirit and practice, and the
nation has turned eagerly back
to wiser and better ways. Mr.
Harding has put himself before
his countrymen not as a super
man but as a believer in common
Ounsel. He has not been a great
popular leader. Admirable as his
words and carriage have been,
he has been chosen not because
of striking qualities of personal
ity or achievement but, so far as
his qualities played a part in the
election, because of a solid hu-
manness which has given assur-
ance to the people that American
government and policy will under
him return to it's own.
The wisdom of common coun-
sci has been the text for Senator
Warren G. Harding's most telling
utterances and we trust he will
give early proof of his sense of
the great weight of the response
bilities confronting him and the
party by choosing the ablest cab
met obtainable. Common counsel
must be the best counsel if the
nations needs are to be adequate
ly served, and it is believed that
the sensitive egotism and ever
wakeful jealousy of power and
prerogative which have been so
costly during the outgoing regime
will be happily absent from the
executive office under Mr.. Hard
ing. The country hopes for a
cabinet of a character which at
once will command public conf
dence. This is not disparage-
ment of Mr.. Harding's qualities,
but the impulse which he himself
has felt and candidly expressed
toward IAN abolition of one-man
government, of one-idea policy,
and it's replacement by an execu-
tive large minded enough, self
confident enough to make use of
the best talent in public life. A
cabinet of small men would not
make Mr.. Harding seem great. To
choose none but first rate men
would mean that he did not fear
comparison, but thought only for
his duty and the nations needs.
The first duty of the new admin
stration will be to demobilize the
army of democratic job holders.
Perhaps now that the election is
,ver the process may be begun be-
fore March 4th, but at best it will
be difficult and inadequate. If the
taxpayers and productive indus
try of the country are to be ma
terially relieved budget reform
must be made more than a statute.
3ut it will remain merely stat
lte unless Mr.. Harding makes it
a reality. If they can see beyond
The ends of their political noses
the republican leaders will 10y
ally support him. Real reform in
Ehe process of government ap-
preparation and expenditure may
lot furnish occasion for lofty
.'hetoric, but it will make a bur-
den-bearing people thankful. Of
rhetoric and towering visions we
have had a plenty and are paying
for the fact that to be competent
executive was too humble, a task
for the architect of a new world.
We hope and believe Mr.. Hard