The Washington herald., 1921-01-12
Opinions S
of Other.
E d i t O r S
Brief Comment From
Leading Newspapers
Throughout Nation
Cabinet Making.

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Equal suffrage will Justify itself
in proportion as all the voters, men
as well as women, prove themselves
less susceptible to persuasive emo
tiOn and more open to convincing
reasoning than under the old sys-
tenn Of limited franchise. Thus,
though it would be real progress
to have a woman in the Cabinet
Of the United States, there is no
reason why, as a result of propa-
ganda intended merely to move hu-
ma feelings, there should be es-
taLIfshed an Unjustly autocratic de-
partment for a woman to have
charge of. In other words, the aEi-
tation and the advertising by means
Of interviews with prominent wom-
en- sociological or medical workers.
and by mems OF every other mod
ern device of suggestion, are ma
neuvered in order to excite enthu-
siasm rather than to convince.
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New. York Times)
Senator Harding ought to reject
that he is simply experiencing the
common lot of men about to enter
the Presidency. 1t is almost impos-
sible for them to get disinterested
advice; very difficult even to get
truthful answers to straight ques-
tions. II Mr.. Harding expected to
find everything grace, mercy and
peace in his counselors, IT was time
that he learned how capable they
are of anger, wrath. malice and all
unCharitablene
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New York Tribune).
For a month there has been no
relaxation of effort to surround the
President elect with an atmosphere
which will stifie his common sense
and keep from him knowledge Of
what the overwhelming body of
Americans want
A Cabinet of politicians is not
wanted, not because politicians are
specially bad. but because there is
developed among them an artificial
way of looking at public questions.
A Cabinet OF personal friends is not
wanted-rather a Cabinet of rep
resentative men, with special COM
petence concerning the duties as
signed to them.
No better advice can be given TO
Senator Harding than to cut loose
to do what he would obviously
regard as the proper thing IL he
were merely an average citizen fol-
lowing events with intelligent in
terest.
ATLANTA constitutional
That the South, whose Demo
cratic solidarity was last Noyem-
her broken for the FIRST time since
The civil, war, is entitled to recog-
milton in President Harding's Cabi-
net is almost universally conceded.
Newspapers all over the South,
the Constitution among them, have
editorially suggested that the South
be accorded this measure, Of recog-
milton by the Republican admins
tration.
kansas City Times.)
The difficulty is the fear Of Con-
gressmen that their action will be
msrepreseuted as taking a burden
off the rich and putting it on the
poor. They are looking ahead to
their opponents using that argu-
ment in the election of 1922. They
know the argument is not valid, but
still they fear il can be made to
count against them.
The welfare of the country ought
to outweigh any such consideration.
If a Congressman knows he is right
he can convince his constituents
People are reasonable. The man who
gees to them with a valid and
straightforward argument can
count on their support. The taxa
tion system of the country is too