The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-10
IS POLITICAL GENIUS
He Was the Silent Master
Mind in Convention
y of 1920
APPROVE APPOINTMENT
His Name One at Least That
Was Not Opposed on All
Sides in Patronage
By GEORGE X. HOLMES
n 1. SLhlf Gnrrrspnndnnt

BN Gt' 'lt'iE *, ltOisM rs
T. S S. Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, July s.--It Il
seldom the good fortunte Of Presi-
dent Harding TO make an appoint
ment-hc 1t fifth assistant ground
keeper al the White house, or be 1,
/, member OF his cabinet, but what
.omcbody "squaw ks.
The scramble for public office has
been So mad and the competition for
places on the federal payroll 80 keen
finc, the republicans moved into
Warrington four months ago that
the president has scarcely been able
to make single appointment with
out treading on tine toes of some
"s.auroh supporter and loyal party
man who, II not candidate him.
ell, had friend who was.
A number OF these appointments
have aroused so much opposition
hat they have been bitterly fought
ly some uf President liardIng's crst-
Will colleagues in the United States
senate. Some pretty political rows
have without so much as a peep
karose. and no little ill-feeling has
Seeu engcndered.
No Friction over Toxic Post.
Bu. the president Is congratuiating
himclf today on the filling of what
Is generally conceded TO be the
hardest and most delicate place at
his disposal without 80 much as a
peep arising from the job hunters.
That is the post. OF American am
ba Sador 10 Japan, to which he
named Charles Beechcr Warren of
Detroit, a few days ago. The appoint
ment Of the Detroit lawyer has been
greeted IN and out of congress and
81 and out Of political quarters as
= good stroke OF business.
faradoXical as IL may seem,
Colonel Warren, or Charley" as his
intimatcs know him, N one of the
most widely known and at the same
time the leas. known Of any of the
distinguished men who have been
named to fill diplomatic posts
abroad. To the general news-read-
iIg public he Is scarcely known at
az, but TO inner circles of the G..
O. +. he and his works have been
long known and recognized.
He has attended and taken a
prominent although inConspicuous
part tn every republican national
coHention since 1908, when he first
.Atnt 10 Chicago as delegate from
kSlChigan. Many Of the delegates at
the 1920 convention wondered about
u Identity Of the short, quiet, gray
hh-hairel man who stood always on
The platform. close to the elbow OF
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, the
cAarna0, observing, suggesting and.
IN several Instances, deciding. the
course ot parliamentary procedure OF
The convention. IL was "Cnariey
Warren.
NdViscr-in- Chief to Hays.
Golone. Warren has long been
recognized a. the most astute law
yer and political expert in the coun-
ellis II the national committee, or
which he was for ten years mem
Der. During the delegate contests
before the committee he always sat
Z, the elbow OF Chairman VIII II.
Hays and directed the course OF pro-
cedure through whispered insrruc-
ions to tho chairman.
occasionally some negro fra one
OF the southern states, aspiring TO a
seat In the convention 10 which MS
TILE was dubious, would be embar-
faSSed by some question suddenly
shot out by Colonel Warren. 1t al
ways seemed to hit the nail on the
head, and not lniroQucntly 1t caused
the instantaneous collapse of the
contestants claim.
'"loue, Warren was one Of the
tritegists of the Harding campaign.
All summer long ne slipped IN ana
oli nt VI iriOn, ALWAYS quietly ana
unnstcntatiously, with Suggestions
. advice and observations. President
Nyard!ng considered his services IN
valuable and so stated many times
Consequently, while the appointment
or Cu.Ouel Warren 10 Toxic came
a. p surprise to the public, II was
not altogether so 10 those who know
thr services which the Detroit law
yer rendered the a.. O, l.. cause dur
NE the campaign.
Father Of the Draft Law"
Probably Colonel Warren's most
conspicuous public service Is out
least known-his work in planning
and carrying through to successful
completion the operation OF the
craft law during the war, lie was a
lieutenant colonel in the judge ad-
va The chief assistant 10 Major
General Enoch II. Crowder. In
many quarters Colonel Warren Is
termed the father Of the draft law. y
colonel Warren will find long
t.a imposing and extremely delicate
" ~ problems confronting him IN
MS new post at Toxic. The Yap
controversy, the California anti
al'n land problem, disarmament
y" japanese ambitions in the Far
IaHt-thesC are but a few Of the
Questions which will have to be met
e'd disposed Of within the next four
years II the relations between the
'hted States and the japanese en-
Y" are to continue in friendly
channels
. The Detroiter is not entirely With
'rlt diplomatic experience. While
ne has never occupied an embassy
or legation. he has had consider
a 'e experience in international law
y" obtained An carly start in this
direction at the age Of twenty-siN,
When he was an associate council in
u" adjudication OF the Behring Sea
Gains in 1895. Again fourteen
years later, he represented the
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