The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-23
TO NAME WOMAN
CABINET MEMBER,
LAWRENCE STATES
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New Years, so announcement may
be made and the various members of
the cabinet may begin at once to
familiarize themselves officially with
their jobs.
Fleeing together the views of sew
eral close friends of Senator Harding
who talked the situation over with
him at Point Isabel and have since
conferred with prominent Repub-
hcan leaders, the cabinet slate seems
to be at present in this shape:
Secretary of State-Philander c.
Knox, IL his>health permits; David
Jayne Hill, former ambassador to
Germany, or Charles Evans Hughes,
II he could be persuaded to accept
1t, which is doubted.
Secretary Of the Treasury-Gov.
Frank o. Lowden of Illinois. No
other is likely to displace him as
Senator Harding feels grateful to Mr.
Lowden for what he did at Chicago
and regards him as one or the ablest
administrators in the country.
Pershing for War Office.
Secretary Of Warden. John J.
Pershing, Of Nebraska
Secretary of the Navy--Former
Senator John W. Weeks, Of Massa-
chusetts.
Attorney General - Harry NJ.
Daugherty, of Ohio, preconvention
manager for Senator Harding If he
declines, former Senator Sutherland
OF Utah may be selected
S6crntarv of InteriOr-Snnaf ov. Al.
bert B. Fall of New Mexico. He is
understood to have. made arrange
ments for the appointment of success
sor to the senate in the event that he
Is asked to take a. portfolio in the
Harding cabinet. He was one of Mr..
Harding's intimate friends in the
senate and personal advisor dur
ing the campaign.
Secretary of Agriculture-Henry
c. Wallace, of Des Moines, Ia, head
of farm publications and the chief
counsel to Mr.. Harding on agricul-
tural matters during the campaign. Z.
Secretary OF Labor--Represenva-
tive Nolan of California or Repre-
sentative John F. Burke of Pennsyl-
vania.
Postmaster General-Senator Har-
ry New Of Indiana, or Will Hays, of
Indiana.
Secretary of Commerce Walter
Dickey, of Kansas City, who Is being !
backed by Jake Harmon, of Okla
homa, one of the members of the
Harding group, who is largely cred
tied with the success Of Harding in .
Oklahoma this year; A. Tobias Hert,
of Kentucky. who was one of the
original Lowden men and helped at
the psychological moment at Chi
cago to nominate Harding; Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., who is being urged as
a. splendid representative of the pro-
gressive element in the Republican
party.
Now, every cabinet slate is like a
railroad time table-subject to change
without notice. The alternates men
toned in the foregoing list may be
replaced by others depending upon
the lineup of states and other factors.
For instance, Senator New is a close
friend of Senator Harding and head
ed the speakers bureau during the
campaign. He is said to be apple
hensive about denomination for the
senate, as former Senator Beveridge
is believed to be getting ready to op-
pose him in the primaries. There
fore diplomatic conversations are
proceeding with an eye to appointing
New to the postmaster generalship
provided the governor of Indiana will
appoint Hays to the senate.
It's all a question of whether Hays
wants to be in the cabinet or the
senate. 1t looks as If he woald be
in either the legislative or executive
branch Of the government under the
next administration. Moreover Hert
is formerly of Indiana and the con-
test for the department of commerce
seems to be between Kentucky and
Missouri, with Indiana demanding
some voice in the selection.
On the other hand, there is a
clamor for Raymond Robbins, Cliff
ford Pinchot and other Progressives.
Some of Senator Harding's friends
are discussing the possibility of APP
peasing this sentiment by appointing
to the cabinet the son of the man
who started the Progressive move
mert in 1912-Theodore Roosevelt.
Meanwhile Senator Harding's scouts
are busy comforting with the leaders
of the Republican party in the nope
that the slate may be agreed upon
for submission to Senator Harding
when he arrives in Virginia after his
trip to Panama
Copyright, 1920, by David Lawrence
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