The daily Alaskan., 1921-05-10
Harding Real
 Party Leader
Not a Driver, as President Wilson Attempted to Be, and New Pres-
 idcnt Always Open to Reason.

hltM HlIl bCIHlC AAS NiA'S'N@ White House, is a real leader of his party and of congress. He is leader and not a driver. as MT. Wilson at tempted to be The president is al ways open to reason on any propoSi- ton, and is always willing to listen to advice from persons he trusts, though he always decides every 1m- portant matter for himself. He listens to arguments, weighs the evidence in any given case, and then makes I'D his mind and acts. MT Harding's type of mind and mental attitude is quite different from that possessed by MT. Wilson. MT. Will son always believed he knew it all, on any subject under the sun, and was impatient of the opinions Of others where these opinions did not coincide with his own. One had to have a mind that went along with the presidents mind" in all matters, both great and small, in the Wilson regime. The person whose mind did mot 20 along with the president soon found that the president had no further use for the independent view point, and if that person was con- nected with the government the in dependent mind" soon found itself out of a job. This applied from humble but sometimes arrogant bu- reau chiefs up to cabinet officers. It was the principal stumbling block in the way of Mir. Wilson's success as a president.
 In the Winson regime a senator like Lodge, or Reed, or Johnson, or Borah would never have called volun- tarily at the White House when the president was in good health and re- ceiyed callers daily. Senators never went unless summoned and when they entered the sacred portals Of the presidents study it was not to give advice but to receive commands.
 All this is now changed at the White House. House and senate lead CTS flock to the executive mansion daily, and senators in particular are never kept cooling their heels TOT hours in the reception room. They are shown into Mir. Harding's study almost immediately and stay as long as they desire. They do not enter that studv. either, to receive com mands regarding legislation, but to hold real conferences with the presi- dent and to give and exchange views on important matters concern ing the government and congress- Conseouently there is a totally diff ferent atmosphere existing in the big white mansion on historic Penn svIyania avenue which is the center of the government of the United Stat es. All are welcome there, and the humblest citizen can present ms claims for office or leave a peti- tion for the chief magistrate with almost as much dispatch as cabinet officer.
 By this policy of openness and frankness MT. Harding is winning all hearts. and as stated at the begin ming of this article is universally re- garded by all who have come in per sonal contact with him as a real leader of the people. Warren G. Harding has already made good III the presidency and the Washington observers are a unit in declaring that the cordial relations between the people and the president will con tinue during MT Harding's term, or in all probability, two terms.
 J Every president from Washington to Wilson has had best friend. The Harding administration is no eX' ception. President Wilson had his Colonel House, the furtive little Tenan. who had more influence with Mir. Wilson than any other human being. with the single exception oi Mrs. Wilson.
 Mir. Harding also has an alter ego". It is Harry Daugherty, now attorney general, and Mir. Harding lifelong friend and political manager Mir. Daugherty is the real power be
 hind the throne" If anyone wants anything. in Washington, and can
 not make any progress in getting Il he is advised to 'see Daugherty. v II nearly every instance the genial at torney general will be able to smootf
 out the kinks in the problem anc send the visitor away satisfied. It i! q wonder to many how Daugherty
 finds time to attend to so many af'
 fairs of the administration and aist hold down the department of justice But the Ohioan does do il and is ever now engaged in reorganizing the de
 partmnt of justice, with view tc q more economical, expeditions ant