, 1921-01-27

They commended hat n new census,
taken after REIMBURSEMENT was COM
plete. would show that the farming
states had recovered their lost popula-
ton.
Always, when reapportionment Is in
order, the South fears that 1t will suf-
fer through application of the constitu-
tional provision which authorizes the
house to reduce representation from
any state that denies or abridges the
right to citizens of the United States
to vote. This time Tinkham Of Mas
~sachusetts sought to have the provi-
sion written into the bill, asserting
that several southern states denied
their negro citizens the right of suf-
frage. But nothing came of 1t and the
South breathed easier.
Mr.. Harding has departed for Flor
ida without making public his cabinet
selections, but before leaving Marion
he said he might be able to
the personnel of his official family af-
ter settling down in st. Augustine next
month. He declined to discuss the
attempt of certain senators and others
to induce him to substitute Elihu Root
for Charles E. Hughes as secretary of
state, and indeed he never has said
that he had chosen Mr.. Hughes for
that place, though II is taken for
granted by some of the correspond
ents. One rumor Mr.. Harding did dis
pose of-that there would be a Demo-
nFnf tn hts aahfnAk uz entI -. -,
bers would all be Republicans, but
would not be selected solely because
of party obligations. Fred Upham,
treasurer of the Republican national
committee, is responsible for the state
ment that one and possibly two men,
bers Of the cabinet will be from the
South.
The Republican majority In the SEN
ate has decided that no more of Presi-
dent Wilson's army and navy appoint
ment shall be confirmed, with the
exception of some 5000 minor officers
commissioned under the army reor-
ganization act. The appointments of
eleven major generals and Of hun
dreds of high army and navy officials
in bureaus and departments will not
be acted on. They will be left for the
Harding administration to handle.
Congressional committees are af-
ter A. Mitchell Palmer, with the pur-
pose of at least giving him an IN
pleasant quarter Of al hour. Last
wee the attorney general was called
before the senate judiciary subcommit-
tee to reply to charges Of illegal and
unauthorized practices by the Depart
ment of Justice In its activities against
the Reds. ostensibly, Mr.. Palmer was
summoned merely to express his opin-
lon of Senator Frances resolution for
n general amnesty for political pris-
oners. He opposed the resolution be
cause. he said, the government was
already doing all II could In this line /;
he favored the repeal OF the espionage
act. but said there should be perma-
nent legislation to protect the govern
ment from violent radicals. The France
resolution strongly condemns the prac-
tees of the department OF justice, and
In reply Mr.. Palmer made sweeping
denials OF the charges and produced
reports Of his agents to prove them I'M
founded.
Samuel Untermyer recently accused
the attorney general of malfeasance.
In an interview Mr.. Palmer said he
did not know how far Mr.. U~ntermyer
is actuated In his present attack by
the recent conviction OF his friend
and former associate. a member of the
New York bar, for conspiracy to vio-
late the trading with the enemy act.
In n case In which Mr.. Untermyer
very earnestly pressed me to with
hold action at the beginning"
Mr.. Palmer say that Untermyer
was opposed to taking over enemy
property and once threatened him
when. as alien property custodian, he
declined to yield to the lawyers re-
quests.