The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-08
HARDING MAY PLACE
SCHWAB IN CABINET
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favored Gen. Wood so markedly More
over, the campaign fund scandal still
sticks in the public mind, hurting Gen.
Woods prestige, though no slightest
breath of scandal ever touched him per-
sonally. The betting Is five TO one
against Gen. Wood However, Mr.. Har-
ding alone will settle this Cabinet puz-
gle. as he Will work out all others. Some
folks are sure TO be amazed-and dis
appointed.
Gen. Pershing's stock as prospective
Cabinet officer is about as valuable as
his stock was as candidate for the Pres
idency. one of the objections said to
operate against both Pershing and Wood
is that il might be very unwise TO put
a military man. a man soaked in the
rigid traditions Of the United States
army, at the head of great business
task
Two Democrats Mentioned.
Who. then. may be asked to bercme
Secretary of War. Merely as interest,"
ing speculation 1t is worth while to put
forward the name of Lindley NJ. CARR
son, now receiver for the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company and formerly Secre-
tary of War under Woodrow wilson. un-
til such time as he couldn't tolerate VII
sonism longer The story is about In
circles close to Mr.. Harding that Mr.
Garrison's is one Of half dozen names
under consideration. 1t Is stated that
Mr. Harding has high regard for Mr.
Garrisons special abilities and hkes
him as a man. This is important. IL
can be put down right here that. so iar
as the long time observation of this
writer goes. Mr.. Harding is not likely
to put anybody in his Cabinet that isn't
personally agreeable to him, tempcra-
mentally sympathetic The Hon. War
rem G. Harding is chuck full OF tempera-
ment. He Is loaded with sentiment OF
most agreeable human kind. When ne
fails to detect that quality In others ne
suffers a chill. He will work best with
men that he likes This could be MADE
to apply to Mr.. Garrison. who Is dis
tinctly likeable persons as well as be-
ing distinctly an able citizen.
There has been hint that the Presi-
dent-elect might ask Senator George r.
/ Chamberlain of Oregon, beaten at the
! last election, to become Secretary OF
War. 1t is only a hint as yet and may
be a bud that will never flower. Mr..
Harding Is extremely fond of Senator
| Chamberlain and had high respect for
his knowledge of military affairs. He
respects the courage Senator Chamber
LAIN displayed In resisting the autocratic
methods of Wilson. The fact that he is
a Democrat might make little difference,
regular as Mr.. Harding has been in
partisanship. Mr.. Chamberlain has for
years been voted for by so many Re-
publican out in Oregon that some of 1t
may have stuck to him. He would have
won last November had II not been for
the irresistible Harding wave. Mr.. Har-
ding knows that he (Hardng) beat
Chamberlain. VIII this count in the
Harding temperament, in the Harding
humanities?
Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen Of
New Jersey is among those mentioned
for the war job. but 1t is clearly under
stood that Mr.. Frelinghuysen desires to
remain in the Senate, keeping a special
eye on military affairs. and particularly
the Canal Zone defences.
Mention of possibilities for Secretary
of State has been deferred in this article
only because of certain very new sugges-
lions as to other offices II was necessary.
in point of informative interest, to put
forward quickly. Possibly the only GER
tain thing is that Elihu Root will not
be Secretary of State 1t is unneces-
sary to go into the reasons except to
touch on two. Harding and Root have
ever been far apart on the League of
| Nations and were distinctly apart at the
most delicate and trying period of Har-
dng's campaign. Moreover. Harding in
tends to get free tolls for American ships
in the Panama Canal, and 1t was Root
who did as much as any man to make
American ships pay tolls. There are
other reasons quite as important.
Knox has been high in Harding's con-
sideration, affectonately. respectfully.
But the task of reorganzing our foreign
affairs. OF dealing with muddled Europe,
with Japan, with Mexico, OF unscram-
bling the league from the treaty. of out
lining a clear. steady foreign policy
along which America can march proudly
and safely, not for four years or eight
but for generation or generations, is a
task for n robust man physically as
well as mentally. Could Senator Knox.
frail. growing old, not. 1t is said, in the
stoutest OF health. stand up under this
crushing load? There is reason to be-
lieve that both Senator Harding and
Senator Knox are considering this and
that both are wondering II IL would be