The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-06
Today's Thriller
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dred pigs ran wild through the
 streets and yards in the East Buff
 falo section today when 200 wom-
 en, weary of waiting for city ordi-
 nances to regulate live stock dfiv-
 ing in the streets. took the law
 into their own hands.
 The women first argued with the
 drivers and, finding them obdurate, .
 attacked them with sticks and
 stones. The pigs scattered during
 the melee.
 detail of policemen quelled
 the riot. The drivers were cut
 and bruised, but seemed most con-
 cerned over tho loss of their
 charges.
 The departments of health. and
 safety have had under considera-
 ton for several weeks ordinances
 forbidding the promiscuous driving
 of pigs through the streets.
 ate then to prove, that it reciprocated these friendly feelings and woud do its share to bring the public business back to a sane and normal basis Mir liar ding furthermore had heard there was to be TOW in the Senate over the nomf- nation of Herbert Hoover to be Secre- tary of Commerce, and that possibly one pr two other prospective members of his cabinet might be held up temporarily as a sort of mild protest over the appoint ments by two or three senators.
 REED AND JOHNSON
 Some of MT. Hoover's closest friends were perturbed over the published re- ports that Senator Hiram Johnson of Cal ifornia implacible fore of Hoover whc dared to oppose him in the California primaries last spring when the republican presidential nomination was at stake would ask that the nomination. De aot acted upon until he could have time to prepare& a case against the former food administrator. These same reports had said that Senator Reed, democrat, Mis- Souri, who fought MT. Hoover openly and vigorously from the moment he assumed direction of the food administration dur ing the war, would aid and abet Senator Johnson in throwing a monkey wrench into the cabinet circle.
 If there was to be row, President Harding wanted the Senate to know ex- acty where he stood. He had selected his cabinet with the greatest possible care and had reported directions as to each member of it only after weighing the pros and cons with infinite pains. There was a particular reason he ar gued, for the presence of each man on the cabinet slate.~ So, without disclos- iuS HlS llteHtioi lO eNtu LHe' most lnll- mate of his friends he asked the Sen ate to meet him in executive session and calmly waited in the Presidents room until a quorum could be assembled
 Mir Harding then roid the senators plainly that he wanted to go to work. He felt the government had been at a standstll long enough To work eff gently, Nlr. Harding said it was neces- sary to have complete cabinet about him. This cabinet had been selected, and MT. Harding added that he felt dependent upon each member of it. Senators who have been in the public service for many years could scarcely believe their eyes when MT. Harding, entirely at ease, did the unprecedented thing of taking a piece of paper from his pocket and read ing to the Senate the names of his ca b. inet.
 This personal act of nomination, cou- pied as it was with plea for immediate and favorable consideration, swept the Senate off it's feet, and in less time than it takes to tell it the entire cabinet slate was ratified. Senators Johnson and Reed accommodatingly were absent from the startling little ceremony.
 Accordingly, MT. Harding had the re publican administration in working or der With all the democratic heads of department out of office and gone. Never was a transition of the national gov ernment so quickly effected
 Meantime, the capitol is expecting to see a great deal of Warren Gamaliel Harding during the next four years. :