Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-28
TASHINGTON, June 22.-Who is to be
wv the unofficial adviser, the minister


w without portfolio, the Colonel
House. the Kitchen cabinet of the new adj
ministration?
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, newspaper man Of
Columbus, Ohio, has already been named as
the Colonel House Of the Harding admins
tration by Harry Wilson Walker, and the
nomination seems to meet with many in
dorsements and no objections. It Is said that
already "see Mannington''. has become one
of the administration watchwords.
The facts with regard to Warrington and
his connection with the administration seem
to be about as follows
He, like the president, is an Ohio newspa-
per man. His home is in Columbus, next
door to that of Harry M. Daugherty, the at
torney general, and he is said to be Daugh-
erty's closest friend. He began life as a
country editor, and supplemented his earn
ings by investments in leading Ohio industries
so successfully that he is now able to leave
business behind and devote himself to poll
tics without a salary.
During the campaign Warrington was
extremely active in the mysterious fashion
befitting a Warwick. He consumed an enor-
nous amount of mileage, and held a great
number Of conferences. At Marion he was in
charge of the newspaper men, and is said
also to have read all Of the Harding speeches
before they were delivered.
Now he has come to Washington, and he.
Daugherty and Jesse Smith, have taken a
large house on K street and there dwell IN
considerable style. Jesse Smith is an Ohloan
also. a storekeeper, and said to be one OF
the sharpest traders in the middle west. He
has no intention of helping to run the ad-
ministration, according to the most reliable
reports but has merely come here along with
~ of fho Ohio. DtlGSS
to avoid loneliness.
A House Of Mystery
This K street house bids fair to be an ao-
ministration landmark, housing, as 1t does'
the cabinet officer and the private citizen
who are reputed to be closest to the presl-
dent It is also said to be famous for It's
hospitality. It's occupants are careful to ex-
plain that their establishment is not place
of undemocratic magnificence, but measure
of economy. For time, 1t seems, Manning
ton and Daugherty lived at one of the local
hotels. They found the service unsatlsfac-
tory and their endurance was exhausted
when one of the bellhops stole Mann1ngton's
trousers at critical moment, so that aftalrs
of national and international Importance were
delayed while the presidents secret adviser
was pantaloonless. Following this unfortu-
nate episode, the K street house was taken,
and is said to have proved less expensive, as
we'll as more convenient.
Just exactly what happens in this K street
residence is, Of course, a mystery. Being
mystery is one of the chief functions OF
presidential adviser. and may also be one or
his chief assets, as Colonel House demon
strated. Warrington, it is said, will emulate
the colonel by never speaking for direct quo
tation He will be much talked and written
about, but will n-ver talk himself, except in
the bosom Of the administration family. His
normal sentiments and political convictions
will be lofty and somewhat general in char
acter. Thus he Is already known to have ex-
pressed the opinion that unemployment
should be remedied and that taxes ought to
be reduced
He is described as man detached, philo-
sophical, humorous, addicted to making cpl
grams and not strongly partisan. 1t is stated
that he will keep the president Informed as
to public sentiment, and that his own. state
of Ohio will be the laboratory in which he
will test and analyze that strange fluid. He
is said to quote with approval McKinley's re-
mark: ''Tel1 me what Ohio thinks and I'll
tell you what the country thinks" His the
DRY is that in Ohio are represented all the
elements of the American population, and
that, therefore, Ohio opinion is a cross Sec
ton of American opinion. 1t may at least
be hazarded that Ohio opinion will have a
good deal to- do with the activities Of the
present administration.
| Besides studying public sentiment, the
next most important function of kitchen
| time by seeing people, Patronage matters,
| especially, it is understood, will be the care
| of Mr.. Warrington, but he will "see' people
| on great variety of subjects. Everyone
who has had any dealings with administra-
| ton knows that there is always an unofficial
some one whose ear is sometimes worth more
to the seeker of favors than that of the presi-