The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-11-26
MARK SULLIVAN SAYS Mr.. HARDING
HAS Nd FORMAL LIST Of BEST MINDS

seat IN the senate. and III" recently
elected Republican senator. Frank Will
lis will he appointed IL I'LL ont the
seven weeks of senator ilnrdin"'S uncN-
pircd term
No Formal List Of Best Minds"
DurluG December Senator Harding
will make and give out Il certain num-
Der Of decisions aCd appointments
which Will h" the fairrSt possible basis
for judgment on the part 81 III" public
Also, during these weeks he VIII he Wis
itcd at Marion by Il number ut puiitiCal
leaders and other leaders of thought.
They will h.. summoned for tn" purpose
of counsel. not only about our foreign
policy. hut ab"u, other subjccts, and
about appointments.
As To who these visitors will lie lists
have lately been published which have
been seriously inaccurate both as 10
some Of thu names mentioned and - 10
many of the names omitted. II these
lists should h,. .tcCcIt"G by the public
as iinal they would l." ia" basis of mos,
unfortunate misarprrh"u$I"n 50 far as
that goes. there is no Very formal list
1t Is true that Immediately after his
election Senator Harding reC@llcd his
promise Ia IN" public tn MAKE the sub
jrCt of our foreign relations hiS hrSl
concern. In the spirit of 'a"r. i'IG "ut
this prumiS" n" did writ" /" 20 .v.N men
asking them Ia come L. s." han Al
Marion: hut the ones "" n. Il-d then
were only the more ohN luu~ ones and
were probably it"nd'G rs merely
enough "f Il beginning I" h" Il sign Of
his Intention /" carry "ui his "hlITr-
ZION. later on. lpuar"ntlI. in tn"
c"urS" Of acknowledging messages Of
rnnrratulntiuN and in other informal
ways. he asked other men 10 come t.
see Him. 70 others h" has sent in
formal messages through friends which
hav. not Yet h"eu delivered l!U: th"r"
WAS. and is. NJ f"rmrl ~ r'lnpl"'" list
uf such u sort rs Ia justify in" dcdu"'
tiunS that hay" been made.
Mccormick No Agent for Harding
Probably one OF thu. east accurate
and most misleading REPORTS ihIt hiN'
rnaIat"d has been III" ono I" the effect
tnat Senator .,Mdill Nc, nrm:rl Of lii
mos i on his way 10 Europe as an
agent of Senator Harding. with 4 COM
mission from him to n"""titc with
Eurupcan statesmen UpuCrrnin& Scna-
;,t1r HarGing's policy with regard I" IN"
League u Nations.
The only truth in all this runner IS
the fact that Senator Mccormick IS At
this moment on the ocean bound for
Europe. There IS tho best OF reasons
for SAYING that Senator Mccormick has
no commission from Senator Harding
and does not represent him senator
Mc,'ormick'S TIP Is wholly rr"S"nal and
wholly for rest.
Senator Mccormick Is on" "f ia" most
determined. ~ well rs on" Of tn" most
rSt-mIndrd of the opponents "f the
League of Nations. That a Senator
with such views should h" said :" hhN''
been selected by Senator Ilarding aS u
delegate to negotiate with TIA" lcIHU"
would be unfortunate If Il were not.
happily. so Grotcs Guc as to hc -tilCu-
luuS. 1t would br unfortunat" not only
from the standpoint of Americans in
ter,%tcd in this question. but d"uhly un-
fortunate and seriously miSlc tGinC con
Sidrring the fact that the League of
Nations is now officially in session and
has postponed considering any amend
mcnts until they know Americas .nt%n-
lions.
Senate" Mccormick himself w"ul h"
the last To wish to he involved IN such
q misconception as has attended the be-
ginning Of his journey.
Most Of tho SurmiSc about cabinet
appointments is Less harmful. and some
Of il contains elements OF pretty Shrcwd
surmisc But Il little Of It. unt"rtun-
atcly. IL animated by the wish to FUR
thCr some appointments and to impede
others.
Copyright, 1920, Intclligcnc@r)