The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-06
Mark Sullivan Says G.O.P
Leaders Want a High Tariff
Very High and Very Quick
Harding Will Learn in Conference With Party Captains
That Majority Favor Such Action, With Thought
full Minority Questioning Its ACCESSIBILITY.
elect Asks His Callers for Advice About Cabinet Appoint
ments, He Will Find Himself the Center of
Maze of Contradictions

that almost any newspaper man mas nau
during the past few weeks. he woulu
probably avoid advice and make his APP
po!ntmentS out OF his own head. In the
discussions that have taken place prl-
vatcly and publicly, a good many preju-
diCcS have arisen. Il good many commit
mentS have been made. good deal -
partiSanShip has been created for >tSe
men and 4 good deal of opposition 10
others.
II Senator Harding starts 10 take any
large measure of advice from his Harl-
GUS callers. he will find himself the CEN
ire Of Il maze Of contradictions:
There will be those who Will tell him
that Senator Root is tn" only man for
secretary Of state. and others who VIII
toll him that senator Root would he tho
greatest of all possible mistakes. There
will be those who VIII tell hIm mat sem
ator Root is the best EQUIPPED man IN
America for foreign affairs. and others
who viii tell him that # he takes Sena-
tor Root in the cabinet the secretary or
stat, Will outShin" The President, much
as James G.. Blaine ovcrShadowcd i'resl-
dent Garfield. This argument. 10y tho
way. Will probably have little effect on
Senator Harding. for those who have the
highest hopes Of him really believe that
senator Harding has some OF Lincoln 5
capacity for getting the best even out
Of men who differ With him as much as
Stanton differed with Lincoln.
As regards thu secretary of war, there
will be those who Will tell Harding that
failure to mako Gen Wood secretary OF
war. will create diSaffcCtion in large
faction NJ the Republican. party, and
others who will tell him that tn" APP
printmcnt Of ten. Wood will create
equally serious diSaffcCtion among high
officers of the army.
There will b" those who will tell him
that Mr. Hoover must be taken into N"
cabinet because Of his admitted ability
md his public following. and others VII"
will tell him that Mr.. Hoover Is too
closely Identified with advocacy OF the
League Of Nations to be satisfactory 10
those VIII" composed the Republican
|, ina ority in the recent election.
Two Policies Pacing Harding.
1t has always seemed to me unfortu-
nate and unfair 10 everybody concerned
I that all this discussing and surmisinE
should have taken place. Senator Hard
ing is entitled TO name his own cabinet
and stand or fall by ii. In appointing
the cabinet there would seem TO he.
from Mr.. HardinE'S point OF view. Nv"
possible lines of policy. On" would be
. to name = cabinet of distinguished men
already well known TO the public AMI
commanding the public rcspeCt--a cab
met which would hc received by the
public with the feeling that here Is Il
group Of men well known 10 be able
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. which
would at the outset enlarge and crystal
iZC the favorable attitude the pubic
now has toward the incoming admins
tration. THIS policy. however. apparent
its advantages. has also it's defects. Ten
men selected wholly on IN" basis ~
their individual ability and their indi-
vidual standing with tho public might
or might not make a good team.
The other policy would nc for Mr..
Harding to consider that his admins.
tration Is to he Judged not by its be-
ginning but by it's end. This policy
would lead him 10 appoint group 81
younger men. less we'll known I" tn"
public perhaps. but known to him TO
have not only individual capacity for
their various posts. but TO have also the
m pacIty for team work among them.
selves and for growth in the public cs-
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