The St. Joseph observer., 1921-02-05
THOSE WHO WILL GOVERN"

Senator Harding, who in less than a
month will be president of the great
est nation on earth, on his trip to
Florida and the south where he went
to make up his mind on his cabinet
problem and to draft his inaugural
address, had with him as compan-
ion Harry NJ. Daugherty, which fact
was not at all reassuring to those OF
his party who know Daugherty and
had hoped for better things.
1t is now generally believed in high
republican circles that Daugherty will
bc the next attorncy-general despite
the fact that neither as a lawyer or
az a statesman has his name been
able to break into who's who"
with its more than $4,000 names of
more or less prominent Americans.
But he is known as master mechan-
&c OF Ohio politics and as the liasion
officer between the republican organ
ization Of the Buckeye state and the
big business organizations of the EN-
pire seate, with their ramrications.
lie is also known as the man who at
the national convention in charge OF
the Harding boom which apparently
then was making no headway who
said something about like this.
Senator Hardings managers are
not worried about the apparent lack
of popular support for his candidacy.
When on about the fourth day OF
the convention, at . o'clock in the
morning "A dozen bleary-eyed men
are gathered about a table in a big
Chicago hotel, we shall confidently
present his name to them as the best
solution Of the problem and gladly
take chances on their decision"
That is not an exact quotation, but
It Ia the substance of a widely pub
Ished interview which was never de-
MED. 1t may be taken, true. to indi-
cate that Daugherty is wise" that
he knows the game" that he is IA
miliar with the management OF the
republican party and knows what
makes the wheels go round. And it
may also be taken as the sufficient
evidence that he is not the right man
TO be at the head OF the department
OF justice, and an appointment which
would lack much OF being popular.
Mr. Harding is having an extreme
time in getting his cabinet organized
and he is making considerable Of a
struggle to keep away from the senate
oligarchy, which has already made it
impossible for Harding to take in
Hoover, Root or Hughes. what the
oligarchy is doing is using Hughes
ana Root to kill Off each other, and
thou persuade the amiable but tor
Inented colleague whom they have
elevated to high place to give them
somebody like Knox or Fan or David
Jayne lin, with whom they know
they can get along" famously.
As TO the oIgarchy's frame OF mind
we have been given some public
manlfeatations. for instance such as
this from Penrose, who said:
u do not think it matters much
especially the senate, will blaze the
way in connection with our foreign
policies. / do not think we will be
satisfied to sit back and take the
program Of any secretary OF state"
And Lodge is reported by Mark
Sullivan as having remarked that he
would "cxpect the noyt secretary Of
state TO work with him as comfort
ably as he would ev". ro secretary
Of h'r ... ....... .. work with
him..
Imas1. ...r .n. Root OF
Charles rao- H..... ...y in with
fH.-. .... -.,rs and poll,
..H a.y,yuy out Of the stodgy hand
of Pcnrose or the cold and flshy
land Of a Back Bay Machiavclu
Little wonder that Mr.. Harding has
zone TO Florida nervous. irritable
lroclalming aloud his disllusioumeut
lie has discovered how uneasy lies
the head that is going to wear 6
crown. lie is in tho hands Of hil
friends. They were good friends
compan!onable and jolly, when theiri
was The power and he sat as vassa
guest at their table, Now that his il
Inc power-power which they Gav,
lIim--and they are insisting that ht
WELD it according 10 their will, no
lis. he finds them no longer jolly.
we may syInpathize with Mr.. Hard
ing. as we should. We may be hope
ful. and ready TO accord glad support
in that we know him as ar honorable
liudly and well-meaning gentleman
who has given some thought to tn
problems Of American statescraft anC
has served a credltable apprentice
ship. But we should not permit our
selves to pin our hopes TOO high III