Pueblo chieftain., 1921-07-10
.HARO|NG'S APPOINTMENTS
MEET POPULAR FAVOR
Senate Is Unable To Control Itself and Instead Of Boss
ing President, He May Have To Guide
Law Body

the senate II the country is to get any
action out of the latter body.
The reasons for all this lie chiefly in
Hardings unexpected strength and the
senate's unexpected weakness. Har-
ding has gone quietly about his job and
has done 1t well. The senate for
week or two talked some what excited
ly about the control they were going to
assume over the government and es
pccislly over foreign affairs. That
came to nothing, and since then the
senate has done nothing to impress the
public fsvorably. with one exception.
This exception does not really repre-
sent the senate. Senator Rorahs q inltla-
tive In proposing an internabonal con-
ference for disarmament, and his en-
ergy in pressing 1t until an unwilling
or indifferent senate voted for 1t un-
animously is the solitary act that has
come out of the senate in the nature
of the sort of leadership likely TO Inn
press the public and give the senate
prestige.
ANY fair review Of Hard,ns's four
months in the White House must
credit him with a most impressive rec
ord of achievement. In the first place
he appointed cabinet of strong men
Not less important than this is the fact
he has kept this group Of strong mon
working in complete and happy mar
mony. Once in SO often a fragment Of
the kind OF gossip that is too common
In Washington expresses speculation "a
to who viii he the first to resign from
tho ca binat In this. Of course there is
always an inplicstto Of some rift or
other in HardinRs official family. Ths
truth however. In there is nothing III
this. Probably Hardtncs greatest Ei-
is tina. quality Of his personality which
has enabled him to keep ten forceful
men working together without the
fsirt,st trouble in being or in sight.
That he should be able to do this at
period when the reorgarization OF gov
crnment departments raises an un-
usual number of opportunities for con
tention Is the more. remarkable
Aside from this cabinet. many Of
HsrdinEs other appointments have
been Of sort tn entrench him very
strongly in the public favor II would
difficult to over estimate the amount
OF pr-stis. h. has got from the ap-
pointrnent Of General Dawes. and for
III. conspicuous way in which General
Dawes has started ont to make good
on his Job This ono appointment
alone together with tho circumstances
that have accompanied u. tho evidence
Of good faith IN the direction of gov
ernm~nt efficiency. and tho prospect
Of substantial achievement in that
line is enough alone 10 give Harding
IN any quarrel that may arise with
congress sufficient prestige with the
public TO make him the winner from
the start
The appointment of Taft az Chief
Justice is ons OF the sam. sort. Taft
today IL n very popular figure. Dur
ing tho eight years since. the split In
tho Republican party the attitude or
the public toward Tafts personality |
has become ono Of Increasing friend |
lines. The good humcr with which Taft
on that occa-,on accepted defeat. tn"
circumstances OF his reconciliation !
with Roosevelt. and a score Of other /
things which are tho natural cman"-
iionS Of his hearty and friendly per
sonality. have made TAFT today one OF
tho best llkcd Of living Americans.
Tho mere fact that ap many people I
hav. se~n Taft and heard him talk and .