The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-09-16
WESTERN STATES
Want. HARDING
FRED w. CARPENTER, FORMER
TAFT SECRETARY, TELLS
HERALD OF POLITICS
ASK REPRESENTATIVE GOVT.
BELIEVE IN LEAGUE TRIBC NJ
ALI. BUT NOT IN FORM AID
VOCATED BY PRESIDENT

That the people of California are
DESTROYS of electing Republican
president in November-that they
are not at all in sympathy with the
League of Nations as advocated b.
President Wilson, is the firm belief
of Fred w. Carpenter, former sec
letary to President Taft, and later
minister to Morocco and Siam.
Mr.. Carpenter, who is visiting III
Sank Centre, discussed the matter of
western politics freely with the
Herald, and although he is no longer
directly interested in national poll
tics, Mr.. Carpenter has kept in close
touch with the political. pulse of CAL
ifornia, and is an authority upon
matters of state and national poll
tics in the west.
Mr.. Carpenter, whose home is in
California, is a native of Sank Cen
tire. He made his home here while
boy, and later graduated from the
law school at the University of Min.
nesota.
Following his graduation, Mr.. Car
penter went to San Francisco where
he became engaged in the practice
of law, until summoned to the Phil
ippines to act as Secretary of Lit
cation under Governorship of Will
liam H. Taft. He was made secre-
tary to Mr.. Taft while the latter
vas still governor of the Philippine
remaining with him while he was
Secretary of War, and for two years
while Mr.. Taft was president.
In the third year of the Taft ad-
ministration, Mr.. Carpenter was arp
pointed Minister to Morocco where
he remained until that lite natlor
became a protectorate of France
going from Morocco to Siam. He re
NAMED in the diplomatic service un
til the beginning of the Wilson ad-
ministration. Since then, Mr.. Car
penter has been in charge of the
bonding department of one of the
large banks of San Francisco.
It has been the custom of Mr.. Car
penter whenever the opportunity
presented itself, to visit his old
home in Sank Centre, and he ex-
poets to remain here for several
weeks. He is a guest at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fay Sprague.
Discussing the nomination OF Sen
ator Harding, Mr.. Carpenter is OF
the opinion that the Senator was
the strongest man the Republican
party could have chosen at Chicago.
"He is man who gives evidence OF
willingness to gather about him a
staff of advisers, and willing to &c
cept their advice in the management
of this government" said Mr.. Car
penter.
At the request of the Herald. Mr.
Carpenter has written the Iollowing
sketch of the political situation in
California, as he has seen it prior to
his departure from the state few
days ago.
"Your paper has been good enough
to ask me to write a few words con-
corning the political situation IN the
West as l have observed it from my
home in San Francisco and in trav-
cling about.
"There is no doubt that there Is
strong determination on the part OF
the people of California to elect a
Republican president and to get back
to conservation and common sense
n government and business. The pc
ople want genuine and practical pro-
gress and are tired of the orgy OF
expenditure and impracticality OF the
mast few years. They are turning
to Mr.. Harding with great feeling
IF relief and security in his ability
to guide the nation, and with the
further feeling that he will bring TO
his aid the strongest men the coun~
try has as cabinet and advisers.
The country is too large for anv man
20 administer alone, and Mr.. Hard
;ng's announced desire to secure able
odvisers, and to confer with them
md use their wisdom, is one OF the
first elements of statesrf nship.
eve have Just had test of Re-
rnblican strength in California in the
domination of Samuel Shortridge on
The regular Republican ticket for
United States Senator by a plurality