Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-04
WHY DOES HARDING
FAVOR GEORGE HARVEY? ?
Edward O. Lowry New Republic Writes the Capos Cloak
Gossip

President Harding. as he sits here
at Washington In his daily habit,
transacting business (which means for
tho most part receiving office seekers.
ia still tho single object of bright and
eager curiosity. lie is unlike any Pres
ident wo have ever had before. The
significance OF this Is in no wise Inn
paired by the circumstance that II has
been equally true of all his predecessors.
Oven tho movie men. who are not gifted
MS students of politics or tho conduct
of public affairs, know that Mr.. Hard
ing In overshadowing interest, for they
have never left the White House since
Inauguration Day. They come I'm bat
tallons and act up their batteries out
aide the executive Offices. Only n few
of them left.
Washington is never content until II
knows all about the President. who
over he may he: his daily habits, his
manner of thought. his pet foihles and
weaknesses. all the little human quail
ties which go to make up the man, MS
he Is Mt his ease. II seeks To discover
his private habits. what times he gets
up. whether he takes morning exercises
In his bedroom. wheth~he ahnves MIN
@elf or has an attendant comc In ana
perform that task for him, what he
reads. what he does for his amusement
and recreation, what time he goes to
bed. his choice of intimate friends ana
on what basis his choice is made. All
OF these things we are trying 10 hnd
out about Mr.. Harding
THE PRESIDENTS FRIENDS.
But particularly IL the town curious
Drn-Eaarffa grIpFf1a for II
already In these frat days clearly seen
that his lntinates will color and give
shape 10 all the activities of the admin
Istrafion. II In the definite opinion OF
Ali the experts IN such matters that
even more than Mr.. Taft will Mr. Hard
ing be susceptible TO any friendly IN
nuonces always at his elbow. That is
,,yhv 40 much concern IL nlanifeated ri
the president's choice OF cronies. This
concern shows itself in dozen diff
ferent wnva For example. the one topic
NJ eycrv dinner table and In every cioak
room now wow for more than week
baa boeu why ia Mr.. Harding 20
bent on aepdinE colonel George Harvey
TO EnElnnd2 Who F behind It VINO
is putting him over?
So far aa anybody has been able to
| md out II ia the President own idea.
There has not set been uncovered any
Senator, or responsible leader In tho
councils of the Republican party vino
! in urging Colonel Harvey aa atnhaasa
! dor to London. As q matter II TACT.
| they none of them seem tn want him.
but when the Foreign Relations Com
| nittee of the Senate was polled ~ the
/ White House by WAY Of precautlon II
4 was quickly discovered TINT not ore ~
/ tho Senators would oppose the nomina-
/ tion II and when made. That is in
conformity with the usual practice and
| convention 10 give n now President
| free hand In tho beginning.
Nothing that Mr.. Harding has done
| IN his brief tenure haa evoked so much
smothcrcd criticism and opposition rs
/ haa this proposed appointment Of
! Colonel Harvey The politicians and
/ PARTY men are opposed 70 Il because
/ they do not think that Colonel Harvey
/ is much of n Republican. and the pres
ont order of the day is that only loyal
partlsauq and attcsted Iarty workers
! shall be rewarded with office. Further
1 opposition comes from thoa. who do
not believe that Colonel Harvey be-
| longs in the same gallery with Motley.
| Adams. Lowell. Choate. Hay. 30 vnard
and the other eminent men who have
represented this country IN Great
| Britain.
GOOD WILL LEAKING OUT.
Much Of this feeling has been con
vcyed 70 the White House directly and
Indirectly. but suspect that Mr.. Hard
/ ing is not aware of either the volume
or the Intensity of tho protest. There
! aren't many persons who care 70 bring
unpleasant news TO President and Mr..
| Harding Is no more fortunate in this
| respect than other Presidents have
| been All the same, the mere proposal
i of the appointment has made leak
I'm the reservoir Of good will toward
Mr.. Harding which at the moment Is
his most precious possession. If he only
! knew IL.
Mr. Hardings prime selfish interest
Is TO see that this leak does not become
a great fissure and drain his container
in which there is so much present kind
" hope for his success. He can dc
things now, and get away with them
that will be Impossible year from now
Colonel Harvey S proposed appointment
is a case in point. In my own eXper-
ience in Washington. / do not recall d
suggested nomination that has been re-
ceived locally, and that means political
ly, with such sharp and general disap-
proval. That this emotion has not been
more articulate and vocal is due To the
simple and effective circumstance that
virtually everybody here who is III posi-
ton to make his opposition felt wants
something from Mr. Harding for himself