The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-15

ing Organization Needed.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
H Especial Dispatch to The Reformer.)
Copyright 1921.
II WASHINGTON. June 1j.-President
Harding has decided to lean heavily on
the new chairman of the Republican ma
tional committee, John L. Adams of Iowa.
and henceforth will seek the advice and
counsel of Mr.. Adams on matters of pat
ronage.
Mr.. Harding has had more than the
usual run of engagements with persons
interested i'll recommending friends for
Office He has found it difficult to give
undivided attention to important matters
of administration because of the ava
llanche of requests for time to present the
/ virtues of candidates for jobs VIII
/ Hays, former chairman of the national
4 committee and now postmaster-general
land Harry Daugherty. pre-conventlon
manager for Mr.. Harding and now attor-
\ ney- general, have both been besieged by
ofice-seekers or their friends so that the
work of the poStothce department and de-
partment of Justice has necessarily been
affected The heads of those two big de-
partments can't give all their energy to
the administrative side of their tasks
when their minds are taken up with mat
ters of patronage.
1t was Mr. Harding himself who was
largely instrumental in the selection of
MIR. Adams and ii was Mr. Harding who
felt the necessity for having the party
machinery in the hands of one who was
not himself identified with the govern
ment itself Mr. Adams is the personal
representative of President Harding in
all party matters. He is the active head
of the Republican party and win continue
70, ha ut ust grIV wi Fgh
period. His will be the task of keeping
the party organizations happy and inter
ested in the next Republican fight.
Patronage l. Important.
II Every body who knows practical poll
ties realizes that a skillful handling of
4 patronage on the questions is essential
to party enthusiasm. The Wilson admin
4 .istration made its first real blunder when
it delegated to the heads of the different
government departments the jab of hand
ling Office seekers. Many of the Wilson's
cabinet members were as unfamiliar with
\ party politics as are some of Mr.. Hard
ii ings secretaries. The boys back home
who came to Washington to get jobs for
hungry constituents didn't even know the
1 cabinet office. They frequently were ig-
nored altogether and didn't have personal
interviews with the powers that were.
President Harding is trying to avoid
| that kind of thing. He wants every
party worker to be stimulated to keep on
working. So he has placed the whole re
| sponsibility for appointments on the local
II Republican organizations which in turn
must cooperate with the national Rcpub-
lican organization of which John T.
II Adams * the chief executive.
If the local Republicans make a poor
recommendation or if the man they recon-
mend turns out poorly it will be a rcfec-
tion on the local organization and the
in the future in looking to other Republi-
cans in that particular vicinity for politi-
cal advice.
But the thing which Mr.. Harding is
eager to have established is an effective
working organization in which the local
elements in the Republican party shall
cooperate with the national HEADQUARTERS
So John T. Adams win maintain perma-
nent headquarters here and will move
his family to Washington He will be at
the beck and call of the White House and
VIII keep in close touch not only with
party matters but with the pulse of the
country on public questions as reflected
in talks with the pilgrims who wander in
from day to day from various parts of the
! country
Mr.. Adams will probably do less travel
ing than his predecessor Mr. HAYS.
largely because there is not 80 much ne
cessity for it. He himself doesn't believe
in drives and organization work when
there Is no fight in progress. He will
keep in touch with what is going on but
Will not start active campaigning until
there is occasion for it,
| Meanwhile, all Republicans who feel
they are not being cared for i'm matters
OF patronage had better get acquainted
with Chairman Adams and put their
cases before him. His word will count
from now on.