Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-04

Cabinet Gossip.
Although nothing authoritative
/ has come from Mr. Harding or any
of his close advisers az to the prob
able cabinet selections OF the new
administration. campaign gossip as
! it has been related by callers at
/ Harding headquarters and 10 al
leaders has included repeated men
, ton of several prominent repub!l
cans.
! In this current of unofficial and
purely speculative talk two names
heard with great frequency are
those of Harry NJ. Daugherty, Sem
ator Hardiug's pre-convention man
ager and John W. Weeks, of Mas
saChusetts.
Throughout the campaign Mr.,
Daugherty has been more closely
associated with Mr. Harding than
any other party manager. This
close contact, together with the
senator's oft repeated praise Of Mr.,
Daugherty's services, has led 70
guesses in many quarters that the
latter can sit in the new president s
official family If he 80 desires. He
is a lawyer and has been mentioned
most frequently as a possible choice
for attorney general.
Weeks Is Mentioned.
A former senator Mr.. Weeks,
also has been a member of the re-
publican executive committee. He
is a graduate of the naval academy
and a former member Of the SEN
ate naval COMMITTEES. CirCum-
stance which has linked his name
in the undercurrent of political
speculation with the secretaryship
of the navy.
Another name mentioned fire.
quently in connection with the at
torney generalship Is that Of former
Senator George Sutherland of Utah.
who was attached to Senator Hard
ings headquarters here during Il
large part OF the campaign. George
W. Wickersnam Of New York, a
former attorney general, has been
mentioned in speculation about
both the war and justice portfolios,
and Senator James NJ, WadsWCrtn
of the same state, chairman of the
military committee of the senate.
has been talked about as possibl"
secretary of war. For secrctarr of
agriculture, those who think they
know are suggesting Henry Wa
lace of Iowa, publisher of farm pc
riodicals. Senator Arthur Capper
of Kansas, and many others. Rep
resentativc John j. Esch of WIS
cousin, is one Of those suggested for
secretary of commerce, and in gen
eral speculation about cabinet as
signments of one sort or another
have appeared the names of Sera-
tor Albert B. Fall of New Mexico,
Senator Smoot of Utah, and enough
others to work up dozen official
families.
Woman May Get a Post. 90.
The POSSIBILITY that a woman
may sit in the cabinet before the
next administration is over has
been suggested by tho senator
proposal for new department OF
public welfare. In a speech some
weeks ago advocating such de-
partment, he declared his faith IL
the entrusting of important social
welfare work to women.
Among many names whiSpere'
by the constituted cabinet max
ers in connection with the post OF
secretary of state are those of Hen
ry Cabot Lodge, Elihu Root, Phi
lander C. Knox and Charles Evans
Hughes, Senator Lodge, as chair
man OF the foreign relations com
hnp To- ;S,l, ai,,g, 4
reserved ratification Of the treaty
of Versailles and Mr.. Harding fire.
auently has expressed high regard
for his knowledge and judgment
in international affairs.
Whether political history will re-
peat itself in the selection of Will
Hays, chairman of the republican
national committee az postmaster
general is another question about
which the gossips have busted
themselves. The name of John I.
King, national committeeman from
Connecticut, also has been con
nccted with the place in the same
speculative way.
Hoover Talked About.
Herbert Hoover, the former food
administrator, has been talked
about in many quarters for many
posts, but the gossip has assigned
him most frequently to the treas
ury or interior departments. There
has also been a theory circulated
that Senator Harding might prefer
to put the reorganization of the
war department In the hands of an
army man instead of a civilian and
might ask Mai. Gen. Leonard
Wood or Gen. John j. Pershing to
take that portfolio.
If II Is a Bilious Attack.