Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-08
ONLY HUGHES SURE
ODE IN CABINET
Other Candidates to Await
Decision, Though Post Is
7 Open to Daugherty.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE

~A ioh, ana washington,
whither runs the great political high
way OF the nation, many a change has
come during the past week. Some of
the early cabinet probabilities have
1aiien by the wayside. Some OF the
|, early legislative enthusiasms have
oeen sidetracked, and the hard and
! serious business of readiust,,- the
nations economic affairs with a
group of able executives has come to
/ be, looked upon by, President-elect
niIiiraips 6iiitnp as z sranscendent responsi-
No longer 10 the former eom,.a..
OF senator Harding at WashinTton
regard~ the man at Marion. ONO. as
Any direction Atsw1B, ts a S sisfy stssd eon q.
! mse ntlcai cravings or individual whfms,
,n4 nuIoenS OF state rest heavily
upon the Presidents elect, and fhe
members Of Congress who have re-
turned here from Marion after long
taIAs with him speak of the earnesto
ness with which the. next President of
the united States is tackling the pre-
liminarfeS Of his job.
Upset In Cabinet SLATE.
An washington has learned during
, me week OF the upset"fn the cabinet
!, - w. - sHdt only one man
IS Charles Evans Hughes. who is al
ready arranging his affairs for tha
acceptance of the portfolio. Of score
tary OF State. The other is Harry
DDaugner!y' who can be Attorney
General it he wants to,
In a general sense, nobody elsa no.
cabinet promise from Mr. HARDING
tnat cannot be revoked. Indeed San.
ator Harding has adopted a policy
which the wiseacres here say is an
as. as.u5e piece Of personal strategy,
men. When Mr.. Harding talked with
some OF the celebrities who have been
mentioned for cabinet positions he
sasd to each something like this:
O1 course. cabinet states are like
chne1 ci,ne "a DaesLthey s.eas.y are subject to
about the time one had fixed mari ~
the slate. some geographical consfd-
erations enter into another parf and
SHIFT must be made. All things BE-
ing equal; II things do shape them
to go into the cabinet:"
Not u DeAnite Csnnitne.,.
Now to some men that might annaar
as dennite oner OF a cabinet port
folio sufficiently certain to 70 home
ano tell ones wife and ones intimate
tiiehds: ana that's how news of posi- :
tive selections finds its way fnfn the
public prints. But any rea3rr Will
agree that the foregoing doesn't rem.
resent a dednite commitment and that
presidential prerogative permits the
making OF such general statemenfs
to more than the ten men who would
eventually be chosen.
Then there's another factor 10 be
taken into consideration. The mo-
ment word gets out Of the probable
selection Of cabinet secretaries all the
people who have criticism TO make
pile their letters and teleRrams Of
dissent on the heads of the men whose
names have been printed as probable
appodntees. For instance. the Chicago
packers had been quietly working to
prevent the appointment Of Henry C.
Wallace as Secretary of Agriculture
and thought they had succeeded. when
rather positive information that he
would be appointed was made public.
They redoubled their efforts and so
did certain farmer organiza tions
.gs Indiana Politics.
Another fascinating situation from
a political viewpoint is that which
surrounds the selection Of Win HAYS.
committee, who has been mentioned
for the postmaster generalship. It
all has to do with Indiana politics. the
ramification Of which always passeth
all understandings. 'Tis said. for in
stance. that Senator Harry New js
afraid that former Senator Albert
Beyeridge win enter the primaries
and defeat him for renomination next
year. 'Tts also said that Mr.. New
would like to be in the cabinet and
race for senator. Some people who
ought to know and who are not them
selves parties to the Indiana contrn-
ve,sy. say win Hays will land in the
but as Secretary Of Commerce..
. The slate which got attention firm,
one end of the country to the other
Kentucky, Win Hays and HaTv
parsherty. three men active in re-
but men who some Of the critics have
said didn't measure up to the cam
paign promise Of the "abiest men in
the republican party But. on the
other hand. Senator Harding is =
vetsran student OF politics, and he,
kff0WS that ten men nav hA able in