Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-04
HARDING TO Be GUIDED
BY G.O.P. TR|UMV|RA1E
Daugherty, Sutherland and New
Said to be Closest to Presi-
dent Elect.

Washington. Nov. 4.--Therc is the
most active inside speculation here as
to the men upon whom Senator Harding
will lean in the choosing of a Cabinet
and in arriving at other important con-
| clusions. He has publicly said that he
1 would consult all the important leaders
| of his party upon important matters,
J but nobody assumes that he will call q
party caucus and ask for views from 800
| or 400 men as to the best man for Secre-
tarv of State. He will get the views Of
! a small group of men, as all his prcde-
cessors has done and rs his successors
will do, and il is the personnel of this
group Of insiders that is absorbing the
interest of those daily in touch with the
Senator.
There seems to be no question what
ever that If elected Harry l.. Daugherty.
the Harding pre-convention manager
and his confidential adviser now, will
have q powerful influence with the next
Chief Executive. Daugherty is todny
closer TO the candidate than any other
man. il is said. and his judgment as TO
men and measures will ~ far with the
Senator Mr.. Daugherty also was the
intimate friend of President Taft, and is
the man who finally pursuaded Mr.. Taft
TO pardon Charles W Morse from the
Atlantis Penitentiary with the plea that
Morse, now in good health, WIS a dying
man.
Next to Mr.. Daugherty, the closest
man today TO Senator Harding is former
Senator George Sutherland, of Utah,
the Ohioan's mentor when he first en-
tered the Senate and now his trusted
friond and adviser. Mr.. Sutherland
went To Marion at Mr. Hardinpr invi-
tation Immediately after the Senator
left Washington and has remained there
almost continuously ever since He as
sisted the candidate in the preparation
of campaign speeches and IN the issu-
ance Of political statements He trav-
eled wherever the candidate travelled
and was always on the inside Of any
situation. He is constitutional lawyer
of recognized ability and WAS looked
upon for years as one Of the foremost
figures in the Senate. Since his retire
ment he has served as president Of the
American Bar Association.
Next to former Senator Sutherland the
man now in pubic life closest TO Senator
Harding is Senator Harry New, of Indi-
ana, now chairman of the Republican
Speakers Bureau and former Republican
national chals man. The two Senators
from heiHnDOilnS States nAfe NetU III
innate personally and politically for 20
years, and Senator Harding has the ut
most lespect for the political sagacity of
his associate from Indiana. Few impor-
tant political moves will be made, il
Senator Harding is elected, without con-
sultation with Senator New.
Doughertv, Sutherland and New COM
pose the tiiumvirate clooe.t to the Re
publican candi date. II MIGHT be a eumcd
that Chairman Will HAYS. Of the Re
publican National Committee. would be
member Of that inner circle, but he is
not It is we'll known he.e that Senator
Harding. though apprcciative of the
loyalty and efficiency of Mr. Hays. is IN no
sense enamored of him. The Senator feels
that Hays himself was candidate ioI the
Republican nomination and that he,
therefore, did not maintain that neutlaliiv