South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-30
HARDING DECIDES
AGAINST FURTHER
OHIO APPOINTEES
Will First Consider Other
States Political As
pirants.


WASHINGTON, d. c., March %.
"A halt has been called on the APP
pointment of Ohioans TO important
offices under the Harding admins
tration. Ohio applicants for large
offices-and their name is legion
| are being told i'm a very authoritative
way that no more big appointments
will go 10 Ohio until the quotas of
other states are taken care Of. If
there is one criticism 20 which the
new president is especially sensitive
1t is that he is giving undue recog-
milton TO mis- own state in the mat
ter of appointments.
1 Consequently no more big plums
are TO be passed out to Ohio until
other states catch up i'm the patron
I age distribution process. This means
that Ohioans are shut out of the big
/ offices in Washington and elsewhere
for an indefinite period; at least un-
til It can be ascertained whether
/ Ohio has any more large offices com
ing TO it under a just apporuonment
that recognizes the claims of all the
states.
Il am a victim Of geography" said
an Ohio aspirant for appointment as
/ commissioner Of internal revenue.
\ "Most people have told me that be-
cause I live in Ohio I would have a
good show Of appointment but now
II find the doors barred against me
J because 1 live in Ohio"
Il. g.
pointment on the interstate COM
merce commission, federal trade
commission, tariff commission. ship
/ pins board and other highly salaried
\ government agencies, as well as for
/ diplomatic positions of the first or
/ der. All of these VIII find soon that
the question of geography has loom
ed up as a barrier to their appoint
ment. With Prest Harding, George
1 3. Christian. his secretary: Brig. Cen.
/ G. Z. Sawyer, Comptroller u. r.
Crissinger and Atty. Gen. Daugherty
all from Ohio, to say nothing of less
/ or lights who have been appointed
to various positions the decision has
| been reached 10 put on the brakes
in the matter of further Ohio APP
pointments. This viii leave lot of
ambitious aspirants for large offices
very much 'in the air"
Hears Many Arguments.
Pres't Harding has listened TO
many ingenious arguments in be
| half Of this. that or the other candi-
date for office but Rep. John w.
\ Langley of Kentucky capped the
/ climax by assigning very novel rea-
son for the appointment of Ken
I tuckian as commissioner of internal
| revenue.
Mr.. President" he said, earnestly
/ there is every reason i'm the world
why this appointment should go TO
/ Kentucky. As rs' .". -4', s.. one of
| he largest part Of the duties or the
internal revenue commissioner is the
/ enforcement of national prohibition.
| Down in Kentucky we understand
\ that problem better than it is un-
\ derstood anywhere else in America
The great bulk of the whisky that
remains in the United States is stored
| in Kentucky warehouses"
BY this time the kentucky sOlOn
was so deeply in earnest that he was
I
I his fist TO emphasize each point.
and. Mr.. President" he added,
Kentucky has more moonshiners
than any other state in the union"
1t had never occurred TO the pres
I ident before that a sta.e might be
} entitled 10 recognition at che patron
age counter because of its luNuriant
crop OF moonshiners, but he assured
T Langley that the commissiOnership
of internal revenue had not been
promised to any one and that III Ken
I lucky had an OUTSTANDING candidate
on whom all the republican leaders
I of the state could unite his name
would receive serious consideration.
With this assurance Langley got
busy at once and arranged for con-
ference of state leaders NJ Louisville
1 TO discuss the availability of various
Kentucliaus for the bis Job of CHIEF
I OF the internal revenue service.
I While kentuckys choice has not
simmered down 10 any particular in
dividual the impression is growing at
+ the white house that Rep. Langley
Will have no difficulty I'm finding
some accomplished mOoushiner who
viii be willing to take II.
Message Under Consideration.
PRIEST Hardings first message 20
+ congress is i'm process of incubation.
Tn fact. he already has it roughly
outlined in his mind. lie has said
T 10 senatorial and other callers that
he does not expect TO be prepared 20
discuss the international situation IN
I his first message. lie may refer 20
Z the desirabiuty Of the United States
F making peace with Germany as soon
as possible. but his present inteu-
ton is 10 leave the presentation Of
any definite plan for later message.
According to the presidents CALI
ers. With this in view he viii ask
somewhat definite program for deal
ing with domestic legislation. Firs,
of an. the president desires lesisla-
ton that viii make the working mae
chinery of the government more Of