The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-06-25

haAarded that Ohio opinion
have . good deal to do with
1etivle1e6 q IN bfttent 49,
tf6oD6A.
Besadse staAyine pubiis ~.
hent. the 1ext important funeti
Of = kitchen cabineter ID to eoo1
ldf1e tie Presidents time b. Ss6lse
te0rfA Patronage matters. ee162
ally. 4 q lt1der9toUd. viii b9 ~
ere Of Mf. Warrington. bat IL II
~tee" peOpf6 On { great vafie{t p
D4bieel1. Everyone who haA ~
&ny de4iingS WITH 1dminfstfsf)1s
Knows t6at there 10 alwAys a ~
oficiAl some one whose eli 4
sometimes worth more To the seek.
q of fAvoft tlIAn that Of the pfeS.
dent himself. IN the late adhi6E.
tf4ti0h, u course. this place ~
long held ~ Colonel House. Is
raft'e time, Brother Charlie was ths
m6t To see, and during the R0o6N.
veit Administration. despite a.
e1f-sdfIcieftcy Of III chief incun.
bent, "See Lodge" was advice giSn
50 often that even Archie Rosa
welt, .as . small lad. is said to IN
given II TO 4 Waterman In the
White house grounds VIC Nas 4
need q s0nie favor from on ki0
Hams was the power behind d
poftico III MeKihley's sdminittfS-
ton, and Daniel s. Lamont VA
Cleveiand's favofite adviser. %
the succession runs all the Wy
hack to Andrew Jackson. WHO
seems to have been the first 70
lean heavily on unofYiciAi advisers,
and to f&ve given origin to tRe
term Kitchen cabinet"
Mrs. HafdiMGsD Part
All Of these have been men 81
to some extent. That Is,
no one has known just what peft
each has played. One might etess
with some confidence that some q
them have been strong men don.
mating weak presidents and Others
have been instruments employed b
strong presidents.
It has been suggested that in tae
present administration the kitchen
cabinet mAy well be said to include
the fightful mistress Of the kiteA-
en-. or course. other first ladies
have had an acknowledged ihht-
ence UPON what their husbands did
III public matters, ana this Wis
notably true Of Mrs. Hay. There
wds much contradictory gossip
about what Mrs. wilson did daf-
ing her husbands illness. some
giving her credit for considerable
usefulness in q political way.
OF Mrs. HArding's Keen interest
in her husbands political life. ana
of his confidence in her, there
seems to be no doubt. Besides.
she Is the fffst Of the first ladies
to have a vote, and q large voting
constituency Of her own sex. II It
becomes known that the president
places large confidence in his wife.
ana that the wife is favorable to
the legislation that women want.
those facts would certainly be
worth many feminine votes to the
administration. Certainly a situa-
ton has been created in which .
presidents wife might build for
herself d really formidable politi-
cal power, II she was q woman Of
strength and intelligence.
whether such q part Is to be
taken by Mrs. Harding cannot yet
be ascertained. perhaps. But it is
interesting to note that the some
what surprising favor which Mr..
Bryan enjoys at the White house is
said to be In part due to Mrs.
Harding. Bryan spends an hour at
the White house whenever he Is tn
town. The recent appointment OF
q prohibition chief Is said to have
been ia accordance with his wishes
At the same time It is known thssss
Mrs. Harding, while presumably
deprecating Mr.. Bryan's political
radicalisfn. regards him as a great
religious and moral teacher.
Another story they tell is that
during the campaign President
Harding showed q larnentable ten
dency for 4 time to depart from
the text Of his speeches. These
speeches were carefully prepared.
and represented not only great
deal OF effort on his part, but also,
it IS said, on the part Of others. In
fact. many Of them were probably
what the "best minds" thought he
ought to say. But the president,
once on his feet and under full
steam. was frequently seized with
4 desire for spontaneous self-ex-
preston. He would 90 OF on little
rhetorical side trips, for which, 80
to speak. he had no official ticket.
and some Of these divaeations were
considered indiscfeet. Various OF
his advisers took him to task fof
this matter without avail, and final
" 1t was turned over to Mrs. Hard
ing. It has beeer noted by many
that she hears all OF her husbands
speeches. and 1t Is said that the
presidential imprdvisations have
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