Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-03
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FOR NEWC CABINET
Lodge, Root, Knox and Hughes
Mentioned for State
Portfolio
POST FOR DAUGHERTY
BY the Associated Press

81, BY. the Associated Press
Marion. o.. Nov. 8.---Althoush moth. !.
Ing authoritative has come from Presi.
dent.elect Harding or any Of his close
advisers. a. to the probable cabinet se-
lections Of the new administra tion. cam
paiyn gossip. az it has been related by
callers at Harding headquarters and
BY local leaders entertained aboard the
Harding campaign train, has included
repeated mention Of several prominent
Republicans for cabinet posts.
In this current OF unofficial and
purely speculative talk two names
heard with great frequency are those OF
Harry M. Daugherty, Of Ohio, q cam
paign manager, and John w. Weeks,
Of Massachusetts.
Throughout the campaign Mr..
Dhugherty has been more closely asso- :
ciated with Mr.. Harding than any other
party manager, making many trips here
and taking a large part In the formu-
lation OF the nominees campaisn STRAIT
egy. This close contact, together with
the senator's Oft repeated praise OF
Mr.. Daugherty's services, has led to
guesses In many quarters that the lat
ter. can sit In the new Presidents Off :
cial family II he 30 desires. He Ia a
lawyer, and has been mentioned most
frequently as possible choice for attor-
ney general.
Weeks an Annapolis Graduate
A former senator, Mr.. Weeks, also
has been a member Of the Republican
campaign executive committee during
the campaign Just closed. He Is q
graduate of the Naval Academy and q
former member Of the Senate naval
committee; circumstance which has
linked his name in the undercurrent OF
political speculation with the secre-
tarysbip Of the navy.
Among many names whispered by the
self constituted cabinet -mnKers In con
nection with the post Of secretary Of
state are those Of Henry Cabot Lodge,
Elihu Root, Philander G. Knox and
as chairman Of the foreign relations
reserved ratification Of the Treaty Of
Versailles, and Mr.. Harding frequently
has expressed high regard for his
knowledge and judgment in interna-
tional affairs.
Mr.. Root and Mr.. Knox both are
former heads of the State Department,
and Mr.. Hughes. who was the Repub-
lican presidential nominee four years
ago. has been a close student OF the
league fight.
Hays May Land in Cabinet
Whether political history will re-
peat itself in the selection Of Will ".
Hays, chairman Of the Republican Ma
tional Committee, as postmaster general,
is another question with which the gos-
Sips have busted themselves. The name Of
John T. King. national committeeman
from Connecticut, also has been con-
nected with the place in the same spec
Herbert Hoover, the former food ad :
many quarters for many posts, but the
gossip has assigned him most frequently
to the treasury or interior departments.
There also has been theory circulated
that Senator Harding might prefer to put
the reorganization Of the war depart
ment In the hands OF an army man in q.
stead of a civilian and might ask Major
General Leonard Wood or General John
]. Pershing to take that portfolio.
Another name mentioned frequently
in connection with the attorney general
ship Is that Of former Senator George
Sutherland, of Utah, who was attached
to Senator Harding's headquarters here
during large part of the campaign.
George w. Wickersham. of New York.
former attorney genera. has been
mentioned in speculation about both the
war and justice portfolios. and Sena
tor James w. Wadsworth, of the same
state. chairman Of the military commit
tee Of the Senate, has been talked about
as a possible secretary of war.
Capper Another Possibility
For secretary of agriculture. those
who think they know are suggestinl
Henry Wallace, of Iowa. the publisher
| of farm periodicals; Senator Arthur
Camper. Of Kansas. and many others
Representative John j. Esch, Of Wis.
consin, Is one Of those suggested fol
| secretary of commerce, and in genera
speculation about cabinet assignments O
one sort or. another have appeared tn
names Of Senator Albert r. Fall, o.
New Mexico; Myron 7. Herrick, o
| Cleveland; Water 8. Brown. of Toledo
Raymond Robins, Of Chicago; Senator
Smoot, of Utah, and enough others I,
work up a dozen official families.
The possibility that a woman may 81
! In the cabinet before the next admins
tration is over is suggested by tn
senator's proposal for a new depart
ment of public welfare.
Hint Of Woman's Appointment
In q speech some weeks ago advo
eating such a department, he declare,
! his faith In the intrusting Of importan
social welfare work to women, but h
/ did not specifically express convic
ton that a woman should be given tn
new portfolio.
Secondary to the cabinet gossip an,
of the same indefinite and unauthorita
tive character is the speculation as T.
who will have the important post o
secretary to the new President. Georg
b. Christian, Jr., has been Mr.. Hard
ings secretary since he entered tn
Senate, but some of his friends hav
+ suggested that he might prefer to tax
some other place In the new administra
tion.
/ Besides his name, those Of Ere,
Starek. Of Cincinnati, former Wash
4 ington newspaper man, and Richar,
Washburn Child, Of New York, botl
| of whom have been attached to HARDIN
! headquarters throughout the campaign
= have been mentioned as possible sec