New-York tribune., 1921-02-22
Harding Says Opposition
TO Ohio Man Has Only
Strengthened Belief He
SIS the Man I Want
Declares He Will
Be Proud of Aids
Elimination of Shipping
Board Suggested After
a Talk With Hartman
From a !ston correapondert


President-elect Harding replied to
critics of his friend Harry NJ. Daugh-
erty to-day by announcing that he was
ready and anxious to make him Attor-
ney General if Mr.. Daugherty would
accept. MIR. Daugherty not only would
accept, but did
1t also became known definitely to-day
that Herbert Hoover had informed SEN
ator Harding of his willingness to serve
as Secretary of Commerce and that ne
will be appointed.
AS it now stands the Cabinet will be
as follows:
Hughes, Secretary of State.
Daugherty, Attorney General
Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the
Treasury.
John W. Weeks, Secretary of War.
Navy, still open.
Hugh Wallace, Secretary of Aeri-
culture.
Will H. Hays, Postmaster General
Senator Albert Fall, Secretary Of +hs
Interior.
Herbert HoOves, Secretary of Com
merce.
Labor, still open.
"A. 7. Hert has been eliminated from
consideration for the Navy post.
There was an air of defiance about
the President elect when he made his
announcement. He had been asked his
intentions concerning the Ohio polti-
clan, and in replying said:
AS far as l am concerned, / an
ready to invite Mr.. Daugherty into
tho Cabinet, and when he is ready to
accept there VIII be an announcement
find Mr.. Daugherty splendid man
ana | think he will make a splendid
Attorney General if he can persuade
himself to make the sacrifice involved
by neglect of his personal affairs.
II can say this--that the opposition
TO MS appointment has merely strength
eaed my conviction that / want him"
Daugherty Tacitly Accepts
When Mr.. Daugherty. who has beer
here nearly week dining with the
Hard,ngs daily and seeing the Presi.
dent-elect frequently, heard this hc
wrote out this statement;
mo man would refuse to serve e
friend and his country under the cir,
cumstances. | am appreciative of both
the honor and the Responsibilities
Don't worry about the Cabinet
said the President-elect to the CORE.
spondents safter telling them about
DauGherty. "Set at rest any fears yor
may have as citizens that there Won't
be Cabinet. 1t will be good Cabi,
net, too. 1t is one | am proud to stand
sponsor for: You can put that in your
papers in black-faced type. Make il
bold; all OF WHICH is the way man
thought, "l'll tell the world"
as it going to be a Republican Cabi.
metz" he was asked somewhat need
lessly. He replied with marked en-
phasis:
wholly! Wholly; I'll tell you some
thing about the inside of Cabinet max
ing. There are three points of con.
sidcration. First is the, idea of serv-
ice to the country. Second there is
the taking into account the popular
mind. This is important because OF
the improved morale that comes from
sympathy with leader. Then, third
political consideration.
Personal Regard Not Factor
"There is no secret about this
thought for the political angle, and ]
am not apologizing for it, Personal lk-
ing doesn't enter into it. I'll say this
that if l actually disliked man that
knew was best fitted for a Cabinet
post I'd appoint him, and then strive
to get along with him. Now, then
those are the viewpoints l have been
measuring FROM"
Observers who have watched the
President and Mr.. Daugherty
since the convention in Chicago never
have had the slightest doubt that the
President-eleet would offer his friend
the Attorney Generalship. There has
been some doubt, though, as to whether
Daugherty would accept, in view OF
the bitter and embarrassing attacks
that have been made on his record.
To Daugherty more than any other
living human Harding owes his present
high place. 1t was Daugherty, sharp
ened by years of contact with such
astutc Ohio politicians as Mark Hanna
and Joseph B. Foraker, who saw in the
editor of the Marion Daily Star man
who Cooked the part of President"
1t was Daugherty who has been lis
political guide alrsost since the days
when Mr.. Harding vent to the Ohio
Senate. 1t was Daugherty who man
aged the pre-convention campaign that
ended with the very dark horse.
tcantaued on pass thrss)