The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-10
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Iss1ea fsf 1ssa1Fy.
IN ~ secrstaryship Of The ttsassry
= regarded = settisd. 4 wiz
"a /, cossrnor Frank o. Lowdsn
II YiIincfe, wlho threw his do1egntos
- perdjng at Chicago ard thus
1 beat wood. The Th0moeon
,sHlne. which has Just won . big
s<erv Ia Illinois, ID determinsd TO
~ Lorden and has indirectly
- notice on the president siect
z2s1 r. selection o. LOwden to any
~ ii the cabinet viii mean .
Sslsration Of war by the Th0mD-
- crowd. It will be>noced that
1870 Medil Mccormick, 8
3S15f1Seh friend OF Governor Low
1s< nstled to Marion on . flying
r. - morning after election and
Z ~ generally supposed in Mar
- 80 he brought Senator Hard
~ tidinss Of the fight In Illinois
~ urrsd Senator Harding to stand
s1t On the Lowden name and not
worried by the threats Of the
.fhompson people. just what the
MCCORMICK errand was is not
taovn to anybody but the two sen
stors, but the general impression
2 that It had to do with the Lowdsn
appointment.
senator Harding likes L0wden
. and regards him rs a splendid man
= handle the finances Of the c0un-
m He made a fine record in llli-
ri Is a business administrator.
Moreover, he was friendly to- the
Harding nomination when votes
vere needed. Under the Wilson ad-
!. hiuistration the same tendency
J 1spse to recognize first the men who
lined mako the nomination pos
6bje at Baltimore. They were the
Drifinal Wilson men. Well, the
0isinal Harding men will have
much to say.
Wants Daugherty.
That brings us to the department
q Justice. Harry Daugherty, pre-
convention manager for Senator
Harding, will be Offered the port
folio Of attorney general. He will
be urged to accept. Some of his
friends say he can't afford it, but
that Harding will insist. II he
doesn't take it, another man promi-
nont in Ohio politics whose name
VI not ready to be disclosed. will be
10 . position to demand another
place in the cabinet and the feeling
d that he isn't fitted for it. Ohio
viii have one portfolio and Daugh-
city may have IT,
II Daugherty doesn't take depart
nent of Justice, Senator Fall of
New Mexico. or former Senator
Sutherland of Utah may be select
d though both these men are being
really considered for the secretary
ship of the interior because Of their
knowledge Of the west. The latter
Nction Of the country will insist on
htsing western man appointed to
n Sc -etary Of the interior. Sena-
II FaE is we'll liked by Senator
Harding and is looked upon as an
excellent all around adviser. As
for former Senator Sutherland, he
spent much Of the summer at Mar
ion and his advice was taken on
many important subjects by the
nominee.
Pers,,ing for War Office.
For secretary of war the present
prospect is that General John ]
Pershing will be asked to take The
-. Friends of Leonard Wood are
jhsistent that he be given that Of
~ made chief of staff. II Pershinf
10 secretary Of war he will not picl
Wood for chief Of staff Any more
than he would permit Wood II
come to Europe to be a part Of tn,
American expeditionary forces
President Wilson and Secretar,
Baker were blamed for keepin,
Wood out Of Europe but the truth il
General Pershing had much NOR
Wdo with 1t than the folks in Wash
iAgton.
Another thing: Wood tough
Harding in the Ohio primaries ami
oe sores Of that struggle have no
eeen entirely healed. Harding ha
forgiven Wood but the alignmen
Of Hardings friends and supporter
. still against Wood. Senate
warren of Wyoming, father-in-lay
q General Pershing, is q clos
mend OF Senator Harding and help
, q get Wyoming and other western
sattes to vote for Harding at tn
chicago convention.
Navy Portfolio.
For the secretaryship Of the nav
lemer Senator John w. Weeks G
massachusetts, seems to stand tn
ost chance thus far. Senator HARD
W& likes him and maHa him q vy.ay,,