Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-09
He Will Have Post it HIS
Health Permits Sources
Close to Harding Reveal.
HILL OR HUGHES NEXT;
LOWDEN FOR TREASURY
Pershing Present Prospect for War
Portfolio; Daugherty and Hays
Settled on for Cabinet.
nv DavID LAWRENCE.
BY DAVID LAWH

Secretary of State in the Harding ad-
ministration if his health permits
him to accept the Office. Senator
Knox is President-elect Hardings 8
first choice.
Grafton for the Harding cabinet have
come to the writer from men who
discussed the entire cabinet situation
with Senator Harding before the lat
ter went south.
In general way. President-elect
Harding feels that he must follow
certain geographical rules in pick
ing his cabinet. Certain states are
demanding recognition, and it is prob
able that certain excellent men may
have to be eliminated simply because
OF the embarrassment of selecting
two men from the same state.
Reflects HardinE's Views.
Senator Knox is wanted for the port
folio Of Secretary of State. however. not
because Pennsylvania gave Harding
such an overwhelming majority. but be-
cause Mr.. Knox more than any other
man in the world reflects the wishes
and desires of Senator Harding on for
eign policy. An irreconcilabIe or bit
ter-ender' at heart, Senator Knox voted
against the treaty and reservations of
any kind, but differed from his col
leagues in the irreconcilable group by
Offering constructive suggestions for a
concert of nations to enable America to
play her part in world peace movements.
Mr.. Knox was Secretary of State un-
der the Taft administration. He knows
how to deal with foreign diplomats and
is thoroughly acquainted with the ira
ditions of American foreign policy. Sem
ator Penrose would be especially pleased
over the appointment of Knox. 1t is
fact that Mr.. Penrose helped to hold
the Pennsylvania delegation at the Chi
cego convention in line by using the
name of Knox as a dark horse.
Friends of Harding say he has been
persuaded to believe that Penrose
helped nominate Harding with the in
Guence of Knox. Whatever there may
be to the political side of the mat
ter however, the fact is Senator Hard
ing thinks Philander Knox not only
knows what he. the Presfdeht=elect,
would like to see done in foreign pol
icy. but he is looked upon as the one
man capable of untangling the treaty
TO square with the Harding campaign
speeches.
Lowden to Have Treasury.
If Mr.. Knox's health doesn't permit
him to take the job David Jayne Hill.
former ambassador to Germany or
Charles Evans Hughes, former justice
of the Supreme Court may be asked
TO take the portfolio. Mr.. Hill is well
liked for his views on foreign policy,
and the only hesitancy about asking
Mr. Hughes is that Senator Harding
really wants to put him on the Su-
preme Court again.
The secretaryship of the Treasury
may be regarded as settled 1t will
go to Gov. Frank O. Lowden of IL
linois. who threw his delegates to
Harding at Chicago and thus helped
beat Wood
The Thompson machine. which has
just won big victory in Illinois, is
determined to fight Lowden. and has
indirectly served notice on the Presi-
dent-elect that the selection of Low
den to any Office in the cabinet will
mean declaration of war by the
Thompson crowd. 1t will be noted
that Senator Medill Mccormick, a
stanch friend of Gov. Lowden. hus-
tied to Marion on flying trip the
morning after election, and it was
generally supposed in Marion that he
brought Senator Harding tidings of
the fight in Illinois and urged Sen
ator Harding to stand pat on the
Lowden name and not be worried by
the threats of the Thompson people
Just what the Mccormick errand was
is not known to anybody but the two
senators, but the general impression
is that 1T had to do with the Lowden
appointment.
VIII Insist on DauEherty.
Senator Harding likes Lowden and
handle the finances of the country.
He made d fine record in Illinois as
a business administrator. Moreover,
he was friendly to the Harding NOM
ination when votes were needed.
Under the Wilson administration, the
same tendency arose to recognize first
the men who helped make the nom
ination possible at Baltimore. They
were the original Wilson men. Well,
the original Harding men will have
much to say.
That brings US to the Department
of Justice. Harry Daugherty. pre-
convention manager for Senator
Harding. will be offered the portfolio
of Attorney General. He will be urged
10 accept Some of his friends say he
can't afford ii. but that Harding will
insist If he doesn't take it. another
man prominent in Ohio politics. whose
name is not ready to be disclosed.
viii be in a position to demand an
ether place in the cabinet, and the
feeling is that he isn't fitted for it.
ohio viii have one portfolio. and
1augherty may have it.
If Daugherty doesn't take the De-
partment of Justice. Senator Fall of
New Mexico or former Senator Suth-
erland of Utah may be selected.
though both these men are being
really considered for the secretary
knowledge of the west. The latter
section of the country will insist on
having a western man appointed to be
Secretary of Interior. Senator Fall is
well liked by Senator Harding and is
looked upon as an excellent all
around adviser. AS for former Sen
-tor Sutherland, he spent much of the
summer at Marion and his advice was
taken on many important subjects
~ the nominee.
Wood Left Ont in Cold.
For Secretary of War. the present
prospect is that Gen John j. Pershing
." III he asked to take the job. Friends
80 Leonard Wood are iusistent that
ir- he given that or be made chief of
aff. If Pershing is Secretary of
Var he Will not pick Wood for chief
"f staff any more than he would per-
AIT Wood to come 10 Europe to be a
part of the American expeditionary
frees. President Wilson and Secre- =
- iary Baker Were blamed for keeping
Vi ood out of Europe. but the truth is
Cen. Pershing had much more to do
with il than the folks in Washington.
Another thing: Wood fought
Harding in the Ohio primaries, and
me sores of that struggle haven't