New-York tribune., 1920-11-04
Cabinet Making
Is Postponed
Till December
Harding Will Not Begin to
Select His Advisers I'm
til After He Returns
From His Southern Trip
Job.Seekers Are Active
Senator Has Made No Prom
ises and Will Take His
Time to Make Selections
From a stor CORRESPONDENT


MARION, Ohio, Nov. 3.-While Sena-
tor Harding will not undertake to Sc
lect his Cabinet until after his return
to Marion, the middle of December,
after q months rest in Texas and at
Panama, there already has been much
speculation at Marion concerning the
men that ultimately will sit at Presi-
dent Harding's Cabinet table.
The Senator has been deluged with
letters from all over the country from
applicants for Federal Office, ranging
from the tank town postmasters to Sec
retary of State. One young man the
giving his qualifications, for considera-
tlon as head of the Department of
State, that, summarized, consisted of
the convection that nothing was the
matter with the applicants honesty,
that he was young and, therefore. not
yet dlsillusioned, and that he thought
he could work along the same track
as Senator Harding's.
But to these letters the Senator has
had scant time to give his attention,
and postmasters come under the civil
service laws, anyway. What is upper
most now in the mind of the President
elect is his vacation, his last for four
iong years at least, the golf scores he
hopes to make and the fishing pros
poets in Texas.
No Pledges Outstanding
While the Senator speculates as to
the weight of Texan tarpon nearly
everybody n -1arion, it seems, has his
own ideas concerning the Harding
Cabinet, which thus far is still un-
slated, and won't be for several weeks
One thing is virtually certain. No
promises we're made by the President
elect. His mind is still open, and selec-
tlon of his Cabinet will be task ar
lived at only after many weeks Of de-
liberation and consultation.
Senator Harding said to-day that he
never expected to receive such a land
sllde OF popular vote as was regis
.ered Yesterday, although throughout
he was confident of winning the cleo
1lo2 by large majority. He considers
i large part of his vote was due to citi-
lens of foreign vote or descent 1t
had been charged during the campaign
that the German vote was lined up
solidly for Harding If this was true,
lat!on, failed to deliver Instead of the
small majority it gave Harding, Gin
clnnatl. comparing its vote with other
OHIO cities, should have given Harding
$4,000 majority
Over in Cleveland, on the other hand
city of 70 per cent foreign descent.
Cuyahoga County came through with
majority for the Republican national
ticket for the first time since 1904. So
lar as ONO is concerned, the indica-
tlons are that all, and not one of two
national groups, voted for Harding as a
protest against the, provisions of the
treaty of Versailles.
Senator Harding in replying to Il
message of congratulation from Gov
ernor Cox,s said, briefly:
As the successful candidate thank
you for your message of congratulation
and pledge of support
"WARREN G. HARDING"
Root and Hughes Congratulate Him
Thousands of telegrams arrived at
Senator Harding's headquarters last
nlght and to-day. and to each one the
senator VIII endeavor to send a reply,
although in some cases the addresses
OF his wellwishers are unknown. Eljhu
Root sent the following:
Hearty congratulations. God give
you strength and wisdom. D
Charles Evans Hughes wired: "Mv
heartlest congratulations on your splen-
did victory"
The hunch YOU told me about at
chicago has come true wired former
Senator John W. Weeks, of Massachu-
oN-IS' Ht country mas maze YOU
magnificent birthday present"
II. 7. Dawson said: CAS- telegraphcd
you the first instant of your candi-
dacy, so | telegraph you on the first
instant of your election my cordja!
congratulations. Needless to say. 7.
with millions Of other Americans. am
happy Tor myself and for my country"
Senator llarding's newspaper, The
Marion Star, to-day received tele
The New Orleans States, telling him
that he had received the largest vote
ever given a Republican in Louisiana
and that he had carried one Congress
stonal district and had polled $1,000
votes IN New Orleans alone The tele
gram oontinued Senator Harding.
send The New Orleans States some
comment on thi unprecedented polit-
lcai upheaval. When the President
long will he stay in New Orleans
Thanks and congratulations"
Hopes to End Sectionalism
=, To the foregoing Senator Harding au
thorlzed the following reply:
Senator Harding asks our Office to
utter his most grateful appreciation of
the hne vote given him in Louisiana.
partlcularly as it marifests "a growing
belief IN the Republican position. He
asks me to say to you that he has one
ambition, which he has often expressed
20 wipe out the last vestige of sectional
Ism IN America in thought, in politics. in
our economic life. in government. Sen
ator Harding is planning a trip to Texas
for rest and recreation, but it is wholly
personal and his present plans do not
contemplate routing through New
Orleans. G. II VAN w EEr N"
managing Editor The Marion Star"
Senator Harding spent the dav at his
campaign headquarters receiving late
e.eeuon returns and reading congratu-
presidential campaign over, Mrs Var-
ding, who has contracted severe cold
renamed at home resting, and denied