The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-14

ident might regard as Il good working
cabinet, but the trouble Is New York
had come to expect q super-cablnet,
with General Wood, Herbert Hoover and
EIlhu Root in it, and authentic des,
patches from Harding's headquarters
have indicated that none of these three
giants of Rep~ublicanism would be
chosen.
lake the secretaryship of state, fol-
instance. Now Charles Evans Hughes is
well known i'll New York and his abil
ity IS fully recognized, but EGhu Root
would lave been more enthusiastically
approved because his training has beer
III International affairs aid diplomacy
However, the objections to Hughes are
relatively insignificant compared to the
murmurs of dissatisfaction over the
commission OF men like General WooC
and Herbert Hoover
The New York Tribune, for Instance
] one of the leading Republican f.>wspa
pers, seem to think it is not too hate tC
/ persuade Mr.. Harding to change hi'
mind and accordingly published recently
a cartoon showing the snadowy figure o
Abraham Lincoln, behind Uncle SAN
: who is admonishing the P~resident-elpcl
thus: Don't forget, Warren, the kim
OF men he tLincoln) picked for his cab
met
While Gotham admires the genius and
ability of Andrew ". Mellon of Pitts
burgh, who il slated for the secretary
ship of the treasury, some Republicans
are uneasy over the way the Demo
~cataloguing the large financial holdings
of Mr.. Mellon. They wonder if the
country will approve the selection of Il
man whose wealth is said to be next to
that of John ID. Rockefeller. Blu New
York really doesn't object to wealth.
nor does it consider Mr.. Melons bust
ness connections as a handicap me
bottom of the trouble is that Wall
street and the banking community had
come to hope that one Of its own group
OF tinanciers would sit in the treasury
department under n Republican admin
good friends, like George Nj. Reynolds,
the big Chicago banker, might be 50
honored.
There seems to be no particular obiec-
ton to Governor LoWden or iiIlloiS'
On the contrary, he is much admired,
but the people on the inside here in
sist that within the last five days Gov
ernor Lowden's letter declining to enter
the cabinet, at all, has reached Mr..
Harding at st. Augustine. Much praise
of John w. Weeks. former United
States senator from Massachusetts, who
is slated to be secretary OF war, Is
heard, but there is no denying that the
appointment of Leonard Wood would
have been many times more pleasing.
Messrs Will Hays n Harry NJ.
DalElleIJA- WHO are IiSlGd loi IpNtiitN
ter general and attorney general. are
popular, in political circles but it Is
nevertheless true that leading Republic
cans question the ACCESSIBILITY of putting
men of prominence in political organl-
zation in the cabinet. What some of
these New Workers do not know l. that
a politician with his ear to the ground
is sometimes ID better Judge of the pub
lie pulse thar a business man, whose
training has been entirely inside Il single
CITY and in a single business.
New York has been somewhat OF a
| Hoover stronghold and since the former
food administrator has come 50 prom
~inentlv before the public IN connection
with the European child relief. the ,peo-
ple have been constantly reminded OF
| his executive ability, 80 that it Is not
unusual to hear one man say to an
| other. or one woman TO remark: II
wonder why Mr.. Harding doesn't put
| Hoover in the cabinet Most folks,
however. refuse to believe what they
see in the newspaper about cabinet Sc
leetions and are s%creueIy confident that
when the list is fnallv made pubic II
al surely contain the names OF Leon
"A Wood, Elihu Root and Herbert
Hoover.