The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-12
MANY ARE SEEKING
CABINET POSITIONS;
OTHERS ARE SOUGHT
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
Copyright by The Intelligencer

Washington. NV. ll.-PC"sid>nt-elc
Harding may be hshtng for tarpon but
hH probably has no idea OF the number
."c people hcrcaboU.S who are fishing
tor jobs.
AL the hooks knuWu 10 politics are
il use. Tho persons who have tn" real
pull with Harding are in demaud. r'anS
are being made by Republican leaders
cScrywherc to bring 70 the attention
of senator Harding the names OF those
who want cah:ne, portfolios. some of
this urging - merely pcrfunct"ry-ths
natural way of paying a political ohii-
CATION INCURRED hy leaders To men OF
Influence during the campaign. Many
OF the men who present names Will not
De themselves disappointed If Senator
Harding politely turnS them down.
But aside from those who are really
seeking cabinet portfolios. there are
certain mon who are being Sought-Qot
necessarily by Senator Harding but by
others close to him. One Of the men
who Is being discussed in tho so-callcd
harding circle If friends nowadays Is
rrani \. MunS"y It New York VINO is
being talked of for secretary Of com
ruerce. Mr.. Munscy owns the New YORK
sun and Herald and Baltimore News
and has been 8 staunch opponent OF the
League Of Nations from the very be-
ginning The Harding administration
will feel kindly toward editors AMI
publishers anyway but the Intimacy
between Mr.. Munsey and Mr. Harding
. IS not merely that of fellow-cdttors.
1t is fact that Mr.. Munsey has been
one of the powers behind the throne
throughout the campaign. He has fire.
uucutlv been in ommunicatlon with
Nr. Harding and one interesting story
given tho writer Is that at 4 time when
The anti-league faction in the Repuo-
lican party were most apprchensiHe
about the effect upon Mr.. Harding OF
the advice rendered by Elihu Root,
message was sent to Mr.. NunSey by
Senator Harding reassuring him about
the league issue. The message left no
doubt how Senator Harding stood on the
subject Of Mr.. Root.
To thc outside world K may be a sur
prisc that Senator Harding and former
Senator Root are not going TO De as
close as the public supposed. There
isn't anything personal in IL at all
simply a dIYergcncy OF view and diner
ence OF opinion. For instance. Senator
Harding believes in eXemptlng Ameri-
can ships from the payment of Pana-
ma canal tolls, \ matter covered by
treaty with Great Britain. Elihu Root
insisted on standing with President
Wilson on that issue and would hardly
no able TO reverse himself without con-
siderable embarrassment as an inter-
national lawyer. Moreover, Mr. Root
fayors American entrance into sho
-lpAXuo with proper reservations. Sena-
tor f4arfirg may eSCntuaiIy come to the
same position but for the present he
is disposed 10 try cut the knox pollcy
of kcrpinE America completely detached
from any world organization except one
that gives the United States an aoso-
lutcly free hand end without any oo-
LEGATION, physical OF moral.
Senator Harding feels kindly toward
rho men whose views he shares. Mr.
Nunsey is one of them, Senator Knox Is
another and William Randolph Hearst
Is another. The part that Mr.. Hearst
DIaycd in the campo ign-his opposition
to ,hc League OF Nations was especial
ly pleasing 10 the folks at Marion. IL
IS significant that what one hears at
Marion as the reason Tor not seIectlns
E.lihu Root TO the cabinct-hss alleged
connection with International bankers
j. exactly what Mr.. Hearst has been
saving and still says Of the former
secretary OF state. Mr.. Hearst has
,eleyraphed his various newspapers
from Santa Barbara, Cal. criticism
~ VIII Hays for asking Roots opln-
lon on foreign policy. and says IN part;
"Atr Roots opinion stripped or the
varbiage put In 10 make II hard would
annear TO be in essence the opinion or
Nr Wilson and tho Wilson party. and
Air Root undoubtedly belongs 10 the
Wilson party aloag with Mr Lamont,
NJ Morgan and other international
bankers. q" Why Mr.. Roots ideas
should be asked on questions OF foreign
policy and American pubic opinion pS
AIR flaws is Il matter OF much mystery,
unless perhaps there Is some sort Of
connection that the public does not
know about between the incoming Rc-
nublican administration and Mr.. Roots
.nployers-the international bankers
,hcre Is such a connection the public
,.en best learn IL By watching the at
t.tude OF Dir. HardinSs administration
toward Mr.. Root"
The Inference may be drawn that Mr..
Heart doesn't believe there is going 70
no much connection between MC. Root
and tho Harding administration and
thnt he feels sure of II. Anyway, pcn-
nc at Marion who knew Harding $
views talk about Root III exactly the
aanle emphasis as used by Mr.. heart
~ this may sound like premature
strife inside the Republican party. The
fact IS the lines Of cleavage developed
during the campaign and have been
known - most every body on the in
aide bur Il Is only now that tho news
. coming out. The Importance Of II
- that Senator Harding IS showing a
frierdlineSs to the policies OF Mr..
Hearst and Mr.. Muusey and that these
TWO men Will be more influential in
rhs next administration than any two
editors in the United states have ever
been in the past. senator Harding con-
scientiously believes m eNcmptins
American ships from Panama canal
tolls. He is steadrastly opposed to
foreign entanglements OF any Kind and