New-York tribune., 1921-02-08
Mail Campaign
To Get Davis I'm
Cabinet l. Made
Also. 500 Moose Telegrarns
Are Piled Up Awaiting
Return of MIR. Harding
to ST. Augustine To-day
Railroad Chiefs ON Hand
Roads Officials Desire TO
Discuss Financiah Affairs
with the President-Elect
Erom a star Correspondent

81. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Feb. -
~srouehout the election campaign
senator and Mrs. Harding demon
Grated many times that they were ex-
trserdinarily sensitive to public reac-
.ion, as revealed in letters from un-
,dersiied correspondents. This trait
l. being turned to account now by in
s;rfduals anxious TO give volume TO
propaganda favorable to certain Cab
met ambitions.
The desire of James j. Davis, head
ot the Loyal Order of Moose, to be
Secretary OF Labor, is an illustration.
Before election there were days
vben the Republican candidate smoked
b:a cigarettes almost furtively be-
es1se anti-tobacco cranks, having seen
,,is. putting happily on .he screen. had
SLED his mail with protests against
she habit. His principal outdoor
recreation, golf, also was neglected De-
cause of letter writers who deluged
sae Hardings with complaints against
the "rich mans game"
Now that he is Presideut-elect most
ef the letter writers have turned their
attention to the Cabinet. But Mr..
Harding seems less sensitive to their
expressions nowadays.
Avalanche of Teiegrams
In the case of Mr.. Davis, the
qsantity of mail received indicates
Shat there is something more afoot
than the ordinary class who "take
their pen in hand.h Ali of the letters.
1t is understood, impiore Mr.. Harding
as brother Moose TO place Brother
Davis in the Cabinet. In addition to
the letters something more than 500
kilograms from various Moose lodges,
sll boosting Mr. Davis, are awaiting
the return tomorrow of Brother
Harding"
There are three private cars on the
railroad sidings at the station here
which are symbolic of another group OF
petitioners awaiting the return of the
President-elect. One belongs to Davies
Warfeld, chairman of the board of the
Seaboard Air Line Railroad and presi-
dent of the National Association oil
Railway Security Owners; another tc
s. N. FELTON,, president of the Chicago
~ GtS1S w CaA~AAA 1SdAIIOa0Y anu announcer
TO Colonel ]. H. Carroll, attorney fol
several railroads. The private cars OF
other railroad executives are expected
TO be parked here before Mr.. Harding
departs for the North at the end of
the month.
Democratic Trick Charged
Railroad men are anxious to have ar
early conference with Mr.. Harding tc
convince him of the seriousness of the
financial situation of all the carriers
They believe that the government can
relieve much of their distress by ar
ranging for the payment on account of
some of the money due the roads as q
result Of depreciation during the gov
ernment control period.
The roads sought to collect parts OF
the sum due them as fast as they
established their claims, but the Comp
troller OF the Treasury recently ruled
that the money torestore the rail-
roads must not be paid in instalments
He ruled that the government would
paJ all when the railroads turned in
tetal and final claims.
Republican leaders assert that in the
ruling of the Comptroller of the
Treasury they see q Democratic politi-
cal move intend d TO mark the restora-
eon of the Republican party to power
With vast expenditure Of public
money for the railroads.