The Washington herald., 1921-02-24

Harding Names Only Six
Men as Definitely De-
cided Upon.
SIGNIFICANT REPLY
SENT MAGAZINE
Mellon, Davis and DENLY
Not Sure, Says Off
4 cial in Florida.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla, Feb. "a
,-,Warren q. Harding's Cabinet is not
Fet complete. Assertions to the con-
Etrary are premature and unauthor-
lied. Today a, New York magazine
which wants to got to press with
its April number telegraphed to st.
Augustine to ask how many por-
traits of Harding's cabinet members
could safely" be printed in ad-
vance.
Six" was the reply from an aut
thentic quarter. who are theyd"
asked the recipient of the New York
inquiry. Hughes, Daugherty,
Weeks. Hays. Wallace and Fall"
what about Mellon. Hoover, Da-
4 Wis and Denby?" the information
seeker persisted
Good bets. but not hundred to
one Shots" was the cautious and
significant rejoinder.
That was the situation as to the
binet late today. The Treasury,
Ivy, Commerce and Labor posts
Re not finally and irrevocably ap-
bortioned. Harding expects before
the night is over to pow-wov with
Harry NJ. Daugherty over the long
1 distance telephone from Washing
ton. The Attorney General promised
to inform his chief. before leaving
the Capital for Ohio. of the result
OF this afternoons conferences with
Republican Senate leaders.
Decisions I'm Making.
Virtually all four of the port
folios above mentioned more or less
are associated with the Daugherty
mission to Capitol Hill.
That is to say, If Hoover or Mel
Ion. or both of them, emerge out
side of the Cabinet breastworks for
any combinatioh OF reasons that
developed, the other two doubtful
posts, DENLY, for the Navy and
Davis for the Labor Department
automatically will be effected. The
President-elect remains adamant in
his desire for Mr.. Hoover's inclu-
sion in the Harding official house
hold. That desire is as old. prob.
ably, barring his partiality fol
Harry NJ Daugherty, as any Cabi-
net thought that ever found lodg.
ment in Mr.. Harding's mind. II
dates from the visit the Food Ad.
| ministrator paid to the Republican
Presidential nominee in Washing.
ton a few days after the Chicago
convention in June, 1920.
In the Intervening eight or nint
months the reason Mr.. Hardine
then formed has been nodded into
a determination. Almost without
any question no single name nov
in the Cabinet lineup, actual Oh
prospective, has commanded such
universally and catholicity of sup
port as that piled up on behalf O.
Herbert Hoover.
That the President-elect realize.
Washington, not ST. Augustine, to
day was the center Of deal Cabinet
} making activity was manifested b,
his own preoceupations. They wer,
divided among routine correspond
ence, some intensive spadework OF
the inaugural address. and >eighteel
holes Of golf.
Sees Progressive.
Mr.. Harding's only caller wa
Walter Folger Brown, lawyer o
Toledo, and Intimate Ohio politica
friend. Mr.. Brown was chairman o
the Ohio State Progressive Commit
- tee in 1912 and a member of tn,
Bull Moose National Executiv
Committee. 1t is probable his con
versation at Harding headquarter
touched deftly on Progressive for
tunes under the new administration
They DO not seem to be conspicu
ously represented. Leonard Woo
running-due primarily to the in
n aptitude of the Wood pre-conven
ton campaign managers In corral
ling delegates from Ohio's favorit
SON in his own State. Mr. Brow
may have suggested to Mr.. Hard
ing the Assistant Secretaryship o
the Navy for young Theodore Roose
Welt, IL not very substantial recog
milton for the cult which his distin
rtIished father incarnateda
There is one indefatigable woo,
worker" at st. Augustine, thougl
she Is passive rather than active
Mr.. Arthur d. Meeker. of Chicago
wife of ]. Ogden Armaur's partner
. Mrs. Meeker. though she cam
paigned zealously for Harding an
Coolidge. is inclined to think ther
Is a danger Of the nationwide Woo
sentiment being aIienated from tn
new administration IL some YER
marked token OF esteem Is not be
slowed upon the general. Other ad
herents of the Roosevelt cult 1
81. Augustine suggest Cabine
most Tor Nicholas Longworth woul
nropitiate the ct. r." wing of tn
a. o. p. But Mr.. Harding has sal
defniteIy Ohio's slice of the Cabine
nie will exclusively be marked wit
the initials of his Attorney Gen
-eral. Harry NJ. Daugherty.
Considers Sections.
II the Hoover -Mellon-Davis -Denb
combination goes through, Ware
q Harding will enter office wit
wSa skiilfully constructed Cabine
from the Ss6graphical standpoin
A line beginning in New Engian
through New York across the Al
lexhenies into Western Penpsylva
4 mia, bisecting the heart of the gres
Middle West. piercing in order Ohi'
Michigan. Indiana, Illinois and lows
trek across the Great Divid,
touching New Mexico on the wa,
to California. and You have tn
Harding transcontinental trun
cWyz6rn1os RkaH ruo.