Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-25
Kitchen Cabinets
By frederic j. Haskin.

| by F1euerlC y. hdShlH.
| Washington, D. C.. June 2i.-Who is
to be the unofficial adviser. the minis
ter without portfolio the Colone
House, the Kitchen Cabinet, the minis
administration.
| There must be such functionary
for no president has ever yet got
along without an adviser of the kind
who holds no office and seeks none.
| Howard Warrington, a newspaper
man of Columbus, Ohio, has already
been named as the Colonel House OF
the Harding administration by Harry
Wilson Walker, and the nomination
seems 20 meet with many endorse.
mepts and no objection. 1t is said
that already See Warrington" has
become one of the administration
Watchw lords.
ton and his connection with the ad-
ministration seem to be about as fol-
lows:
| He. like the president. is an Ohio
newspaper man. His home is in Col
umbus. next door to that of Harry NJ
IDauGhcrty, the attorney general, and
he is said to be DauShcrty's closest
; friend. He began life as a country
editor and supplemented his earnings
by Investments in leading Ohio indus
| tries so successfully that he Is now
able to leave business behind and lc-
Npi' UlDlSell " pvhllNS Mlthpul -
salary.
During the campaign MannnGton
was extremely active in the myster-
ious fashion befittinE a Warwick He
consumed an enormous amount oil
mileage. and held a great number of
conferences. At Marion he was in
charge of the newspaper men. and ls
said also to have read all of the Hard
ing speeches before they were deliV-
cred.
Now he has come to Washington,
and he. DauGhcrty and Jesse Smith,
have taken a large house on X stree.
and there dwell in considerable style.
Jesse Smith is an ohioan also, a
storckceper. and said to be one of the
sharpcst traders in the Middle West.
He has no intention of helping to run
the administration. according TO the
most reliable reports. but has merely
come here along with the rest of the
population of Ohio. doubtless to avoid
loneliness.
A House OF Mystery.
This h street house bids fair to be
an administration landmark. housing
as it does the cabinet officer and the
private citizen who are reputcd to be
closest to the president. 1t is also
sal ITO be famous for its hospitality.
Its occupants are careful to explain
that their establishment is not place
OF unuVINOtTdtlc bul "a
measure of economy. For a time, IL
seems. Warrington and DauSherty
| lived at one of the local hotels. They
found the service unsatisfactory and
their endurance was exhausted when
one OF the bellhops stole Warrington 5
trousers at a critical moment. SO that
affairs of national and international
Importance were delayed while tho
presidents secret adviser was panta
loonicss. Following this unfortunate
episode tho * street house was taken,
and is said to have proved less eh-
rensivc as we'll as more convenient.
lust exactly what happens in this
street residence is Of course a mys-
terry. Being mystery is one OF tho
!chicf functions OF presidential ad-
| wiser. and may also be ono Of his chief
assets. as Colonel House dcmonstrat-
cd. Warrington. it is said. viii emu
late the colonel by never speaking for
direct quotation. He will bc much
talked and written about but VIII
never talk himself except in tho
bosom of tn. administration family.
His moral sentiments and political
convictions will reach an cxrcctant
world at second and third hand. and
they will be lofty and somewhat gen
cral In character. Thus he Is already
known to have expressed the opinion
that unemployment should be rcmcdlcd
and that taxes ought to he reduced.
TIC ~ u'SNiltNu llhn b'kt'HN's
philosophical. humorous. addicted to
ma king cpigramks and not strongly
partisan. II is stated that he viii
keep tho president informed as to pub
lie sentiment. and that his own state
OF Ohio will he the laboratory In
which he will test and anaiyzc that
strange fluid. He Is said to quote
with approval Mckinlcy's remark:
Tell me what Ohio thinks. and III
tell you what tho country thinks.
His theory is that In Ohio arc repre-
Ecntrd all tho elements of the AmcrI-
can population. and that therefore
Ohio opinion Is cross section OF
American opinion. II may at least he
hazardod that Ohio opinion will have
n good deal to do with tho activities
OF tho present administration.
Besides studying public sentiment.
the next most important function OF a
Kitchen Cablnctor I. 10 cconomize the
presidents timc by seeing people.