The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-26
Public Should Be Careful In
Drawing Deductions From
the Names Already Given
Out of Men That Harding
Will Consult
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

National Political Correspondent Of the
IutclligenCer and New York Evening
lOSt.
Wheeling. November -. Three or
four months from now Mr. Harding will.
or will not have made the impression at
4 good start. he will. or viii not, bn
regarded aS having appointed u good
cabinet. He Will. or will not. ba regard
e.l ~ hay ing lived up To In" spirit Of his
campaign pledge. Ia initial" foreign
policy wh!cn small take into account thu
views and wishes OF all sections of pub
lie opinion.
That the impression Senator Harding
is to make in these and other matters
should be favorable must necessarily
be the wish OF that more than seventy
out OF every hundred OF the voters who
supported him. and as 4 matter Of fact,
undoubtedly is the friendly wish OF
almost everybody else. Whether Srna-
tor Harding is able TO live Wy to his
own and the puhliC'S wish that he make
the impression Of 4 good start Is Il mat.
ter wholly within his own control: and
his failure, II he should fail. VIII be
more his funeral than anybody "lse's.
But both for the &:tk" OF the mex
President Of the United States. aud Tor
the sake OF the public who's" l'rcS !dcnt
he will be. il is most desirable that the
first impressions of his work should be
based on the facts after they have be-
come facts, and not on sumiSeS made be
be based on Mr.. lIarding's acts. and not
on Surmises as to what his acts are GO
ing TO be. nor on propaganda attended
TO influence his acts.
The Plain Facts.
Let us, therefore, approach this sub
jcct from the point OF View OF Il public
that wants TO be and ought to h., in
formed, and public that docs not want
- be, and ought not to be. either miSn-
formed through careleSsness or mIsled
Ia tfIFh 2, I'm
Here are all the facts that a reason
ably diligrnt reporter Is able 10 gather
ut the present time:
Senator Harding is at Panama on a
vacation party made up Of friends. III
this group Of friends there arc only TWO
men who are senators, or who are in
any sense. Republican leaders These
TWO senator's were undoubtedly invited
not as politicians but as friends. They
have long been the companions of Sena-
tor Harding's Golfing afternoons and his
other hours Of recreation. That their
presence has no political significance
whatever can be taken for granted. II
can also be taken for granted that, apart
from SUCH meditation as would occur to
any man. even in such "a deliberately
maintained mood Of recreation RS Sena-
tor Harding now mas, nothing OF any
Importance politically. either in the way
OF appointments or Of policies, is being
done.
In few days Senator Harding will
leave Panama. On December 4 he will
arrive at Norfolk. Va. On December
he will make a speech, which was
promised a long time ago, at an ElkS'
home at Bedford. Va. On December 3
ne will probably come to Washington.
to be in the city at the opening OF the
new session of the senate, which occurs
on that day. Within day or two
thereafter he will go to Ma II, and
probably remain there =. least II month.
Early in January just as soon as the
present Democratic governor of Ohio
has been surplanted by the newly
elected Republican Governor. Senator
Harding will undoubtedly resign his