Evening star., 1921-03-05
Editorial Digest
The Harding Team as Unit.

favorabl There are a few interest
ing contradictions. some writers COM
| planning that not enough members
in the official family are of national
repute and others praising the Presi-
dent for his selection of uniformly
great figures. but the majority con-
-, slider the selection good average.
! With President elect Harding $
| croice of tie men who are to con-
stitute his cabinet. his party and the
country generally will be highly
! pleased. Surrounded by such ad
visers. he will be able to give d
strong administra tion.-Salt Lake
Deseret News Independently.
| The sober judgment of the nation
will De that Mr.. Harding has done
exceedingly well in this delicate and
/ important undertaking. He has
| named men whose characters and rec
| ords establish the fact that he is to
| have the kind of help he needs in the
| great work of readjustment: and he
| has again confirmed the people in
| their high opinion of his intelligence
and patriotism-Seattle PostIntel-
| ligencer independent republican,.
The ten men who are to advise and
| assist the President and viii. con-
stitute his right arm in the admins
| tration of affairs represent very
composite SDll Oh group anu Set one
that will readily yield to the coordi-
! mating hand of the PreSident.-Fresno
| Republican independently.
| President-elect Harding has talent
enough in his official family and eXpe-
, rience enough with affairs to create d
most useful administration. Everything
! turns on whether they pull together
and on what they really aim to do
! Des MoineS Register independent
| republican,.
! 1t is evident from the character of
! the men he selected for his cabinet
! that Mr. Harding has been pursuing
| the policy he announced during the
| ampaign-consulting with members
of his party before determining his
! course of action.-Wilming tDel)
Journal republican,.
| Any one without prejudice will be
bound to say that. on the whole, the
Harding cabinet is good one, and
| that. indeed. it starts out b >tter than
| the average.-Utica Press Gndepend-
| ent.
The average American citizen will
! be found satisfied with the personnel
| of the cabinet President-elect Hard
| ing has picked. 1t measures up, on
| expected of the new President. There
are. of course, those who will be dis
| satisfied and who will feel that they
! personally could have done much bet
ter if the job had been theirs
! Tacoma Ledger independently.
The reaction of public opinion to
| the President elects cabinet appoint
ments is on the whole favorable. Only
! extreme partiSanS. or those who look
! ed for "A supercabinet, composed en-
| tirely of the best minds" profess
disappointment. - Ithaca Journal News
! GndependenO.
| When Warren G. Harding takes
his place at the nations helm on
Friday he will have a cabinet to ad-
wise him and to execute his policies
| that should be a credit to him and to
| the nation. True, it is not perfect.
but has there ever been one that was
! or will there ever be?-W orceSter
! Post independent democratc).
| To large extent the man on the
streets impression of the Harding
cabinet is determined by the fact that
Mr.. Hoover is a member. The Hughes
appointment, announced by itself
ahead of the others. was greeted
with approval, but had all the other
members proved to be ordinary, the
Hughes prestige would not have
saved the entire list from an un-
favorable reception = New Bedford
Standard (republican).
The proceedings of the President
elect have given the country much
satisfaction as indicating that the
new President will surround himself
with strong men and that the final
d ecision on policies will represent the
composite view of some of the best
minds of the country.-San Francisco
Chronicle independently.
No critical analysis of the coming
republican cabinet is necessary to dis
cover that the heads of the executive
departments during the next admin
istration will be executive in fact as
well as in name: that the era of the
rubber stamp has definitely ended
Public Offices under the next Presi-
dent will not be filed by men ignorant
Of public affairs-Los Angeles Times
independent republican,.
On the whole, it is a strong cabinet.
proving by that fact that Mr.. Harding
does not fear to be overshadoWed by
strong men, and that he does not want
weak men who would be mere chief
clerks while he ran their depart
ments. 1t is progressive in the sense
that it will be the Presidents lieu
tenants in leading the nation for
ward, and it is conservative only in
the sense that it will not disturb the
solid foundations Of our institutions
and will not travel so fast that a
backward step might be necessarily
Portland Oregonian independent re-
pubtican).
Democratic newspapers of the ma
ton are far better pleased, or rather
less complaining over the Harding cab
met than are the republican papers.
From any angle ii may be seen that
Mr.. Harding is not going to have
picnic for the next four years. And so
far as this is concerned, we do not
expect anybody else to have one
Columbia Is. c. Record (democratic).
The painstaking and thorough man
ner in which President-elect Harding
went about the task of selecting
cabinet. problem made all the
harder by the great number of possi-
tiiitieS among whom there was little
difference as to fitness, has made a
most favorable impression as an
augur Of the policy of the new ad-
minstration. The names of members
phasize the belief that in acting de-
liberately Mr.. Harding chose the
course Of wisdom.-Colorado Springs
| Telegraph (republican).
All Of those named have the marks
of personal ability and strength. Mr..
Harding is carrying out his campaign
pledges and meeting the expectation
of the country when he places the
management Of it's government de-
partments with men who contain the
promise of performance and whose
acceptance implies in advance that
they are to enjoy that independence
of action which is necessary for re-
sults.-St. Joseph (MoD News Press
GndependenD.
President-elect Harding. on the
whole, has done better than any one
could have expected of him. knowing
his political type and characteristics.
He has developed an ind Viduality and
will power for which he has not been
given credit.-knoXville Sentinel Gn-
dependent democratic).
| The Harding cabinet may not be
spectacular in appearance-busines
| like bodies seldom are-but it looks
i like capable working body and
goodness knows that is what the