The Washington times., 1921-05-31
SENATORS Menace
| HARDING CABINET,
| HAPGOOD ASSERTS
Drive Of Foreign Relations Com
mittee Aimed at Presidents
Official Family.
ny NORMAN HAPeooD.

One of the most delicate situations
yet developed faces the. President.
The drive OF the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations against Mr.. Hughes
has taken a direction in which 1t can
not much longer be disguised. The
President will have TO give definite
support TO his Secretary or his power
full Cabinet will dissolve.
The unmistakable success that has
marked the first three months OF the
Administration has been due to the
fact that. against fierce protests. the
President selected a strong Cabinet
and backed IL UP. Elements in the
In the campaign have freely conceded
the remarkable strength developed.
Hughes and Hoover have stood
first In this Cabinet phalanx, but Wal
lace Is q complete success. Hays has
shown courage and ability. notably in
lrs recent declaration on return to
freedom. Mellon is doing well. Six
or seven out of the ten are doing
work that stands out creditably.
The groups in the party that want
to break down this Administrative
power and leadership haves selected
Hughes as their target Hoover can
walt until the Hughes matter is set
tied. Colonel Harvey's Pilgrim speech
was not a casual performance. 1t was
part OF a policy he and Lodge worked
out before Harvey sailed.
Tho President is reported to have
said;
Harvey has spilled the beans al
ready"
He Ia also reported to have said he
holds Harvey's promise to resign i'm
mediately In case of certain specified
kind of indiscretion. But this speech
Is no indiscretion.
Colonel Harvey stated his position
to several persons frankly before he
left Washington. He spoke sltghtingly
of Mr.. Hughes, and said he would not
accept the post of ambassador to Great
Britain II IL meant serving under the
Secretary of State.
As a mater of fact argued Harvey
the Senate Committee on Foreign Re
lations intends to conduct our foreign
relations, and ought to conduct them.
Therefore, Harvey said. ne should look
to that committee as his real chief.
Mr.. Hughes Is not exactly the per
son to take SO humiliating a position
lying down. He did not wish to be
head of the American Bar, enjoying
his work and rapidly piling up q COM
petence.
Senator Lodge has been back of
Harvey from the beginning. Even
during the preceding Administration
Harveys periodical used information
that had no right outside of Senator
Lodges committee. Lodge pressed
harvey's appointment and counted on
him to represent the Senate Commit
tee.
The prophecies, so freely INDUCED
in by Senators, that Mr.. Hughes
would not last a month. were based
en- this plan. They Inquired they
could make the Secretary's life un-
bearable. They have failed so far
for two reasons.
First. the magnificent work of
Hughes, scoring one foreign triumph
after another, has nlled the entire
rress and public with enthusiasm.
Second, the President, with the ex-
ception OF the Harvey appointment.
has stood firmly behind the Secretary,
and has several times warned the
Senate that II would not be able to
encroach on the Executive.
In my opinion. even after this Pill
grim Demonstration, the Senators are
mistaken who think they have the
Secretary's scalp all ready for the
wigwam. II Mr.. Hughes should leave
the Cabinet IL would be only the be-
ginning