The Washington herald., 1921-01-17
Illinois Leader on Slate
For Conference With
Harding Today.
BELIEVED TO WANT
LONDON EMBASSY
President-elect's Florida
Vacation Trip Starts
On Thursday.
BY SAMUEL w. BELL.

MARION, Ohio. Jan. 16.-Frank o.
Lowden, formerly governor of ILL
nois, and defeated candidate for the
Republican Presidential nomination.
is distinctly in the cards as a prob
ability for a diplomatic post under
the next administration.
President-elect Harding is on rec
ord as in favor of utilizing the ser
vices of Lowden. The question of
such an appointment will be dis
cussed tomorrow when the former
Illinois governor comes to Marion
for his first visit since the election.
If he cannot be Secretary of the
Treasury, it is Lowden's dearest
ambition to represent the United
States in one of the big capitals OF
Europe. preferably London There
is tangible evidence to indicate that
the ambition will be realized. 1t is
generally acknowledged that Low
den is aware that he is not under
consideration for Secretary of the
Treasury and has thrown his sup
port in that direction to Charles r.
Dawes, of Chicago.
Hays Due Today.
Tomorrow the President elect
also will receive Will II. Hays
chairman Of the Republican Ma
tiOnal Committee, who is definitely
slated for Postmaster General
Harry NJ. DauEherty. Harding's pre-
convention campaign manager. and
the man who, it Is understood, will
he ba
rived today for few hours con-
ference just as John w. Weeks, who
also is likely to be in the Harding
cabinet, left for Washington.
Thus the visitors to Marion fol-
the past few days and those sched-
uIed to come before the President
elect leavees for Florida on Thurs
day goes long way toward tndi-
eating the manner in which Hard
ing is now proceeding to the sOlu'
tion of his problems. 1t is TIE ques-
tion of appointments that he Is
wrestling with at present. The in
ternational situation has been side.
tracked for the time being at least
and the meeting of minds" com,
| pleted as far as the remaining
Marion conferences are concerned.
Copyright. 1921, Public Ledger Co..
! Leader in Midwest.
/ Another cabinet possibility Ia
come to Marion tomorrow is Walter
! B. Dickey, of Kansas City. chair
man of the Republican State Com
mittee of Missouri. Dickey is rec
ognized a sa political leader in the
Middle West, and is said to be back
ed for Secretary of the Interior.
Senator Harding's daily routine OF
| conferences will be enlivened to-
morrow by the appearance OF nc
| less picturesque a person than Jacot
| c. CoXey, of Massillon, Ohio. who
made himself internationally famous
| in the early COS by leading his
army" of unemployed to Washing
| ton. Since that date Gen" CoXey
has engaged in varied business en-.
terprises whichs are said to have
made him independen' and is now
owner of large stone quarry il
his home town OF Massillon.
He came into Maxion's only hote
tonight with a Afaveling bag tha
Hooked like it might have been will
him on HIS famess march upon tn
Capital.
To Teif e Nussia.
Isaac Don I.evfn4 - a'corresponden
recently retu<ned 4fem Russia, ha
an appointuent NfAh Senator Hard
ing tomorrow ana win confer witt
the President elect on RUSSIA
affairs. sss
Senator Hardiisz ssday received I
call from John w.eaver, of Hunt
ington, Ind, whoS Mad come on
unique mission. brought wit
him a little stasA1ent signed by
long list of tho &eading men an,
women of Hunttn(1on. who, declar
ing that they w9sked nothing an,
had no purpose eerve with thei
little address. a3fed him. of thei
particular satf1z6tion with hi
course of actt@ since he wa
| elected.