Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-12
Harding Rules Out
All Lame Ducks,
Administration Warns That Appoint
ments viii BE Exclusive vi
Lately Defeated Candidates
(By Isaac GregS)

Lately Defeated Cahqiua'es
CIV Isaac Gregg)
Washington, Dec. II President
Harding is determined to appoint no
noiiticsI lame ducks to federal of
ices during the remainder OF his ad,
ministration and is letting the word
be spread that both Republicans and
Democrats who were defeated at the
last election need not look TO the ad-
ministration for jobs. The PRESIDENT
laid down this rule shortly before
election and will adhere to. 1t with one
or two conspicuous exceptions.
Among the exceptions are possibly
Governor Miller, OF New York and
Zen Hough, of Ohio, and fhere is an
outside chance that Senator Calder,
of New York, might yet be consid.
cred for appointment as Collector of
the Port of New York. Miller Is be-
inc seriously considered for Associ-
ate Justice of the l. 5! Supreme
Court because of his admittedly high
legal attainments, his possession OF a
conservative judicial mind and his
utter fearlessness in the conduct OF
public affairs. Hough, who was a
candidate for Supreme Court Justice
on the Republican ticket in ONO, IS
being considered for a Federal DIS
trict Attorneyship.
The Presidents rule against lame
ducks will mean the elimination from
consideration for appointment to led
eral jobs of host Of prominent men,
including several Senator'S and score
or so of the present House. Among
those thus eliminated are:
Representative isaac Siegel, of n.
Y. candidate for federal judgeship,
who is strongly endorsed by Senators
Wadsworth and Calder, OF New York
but who, it is learned definitely, can
not be appointed to the place.
Senator Townsend, Of Michigan,
whose frineds had urged his appoint
ment as a member Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission because OF his
long and faithful service on the Sen
ate Interstate Commerce committee.
Senator Harry s. New, of Indiana,
close personal friend of the President.
who has been talked of for appoint.
ment as Governor of Porto Rico and
for other places.
Senator Kellogg, Of Minnesota who
has been looking hopefully forward to
q possible vacancy in one of the ma
jor Ambassadorships, preferably al
Paris and London.
| Senator MeCuraber, "a North Da'
kota, wfo is candidate for a place
on either the War Finance Corpora
ton or the Federal Reserve Board
depending on the disposition made OF
Eugene Meyer, jr., now chairman o1
the War Finance Corporation.
Majority Leader Mondell of the
House who has been looking over the
list of vacancies Of the better fed
eral Jobs with view toward request
ing appointment to a place suitable
to him.
And a long list of others, some OF
whom have and some of whom have
not found the places they would Ike
to have but who are hopeful of dis
covering them before March !, next
when their names will be separated
from the government payroll.
The Presidents decision against The
appointment of lame ducks arises
largely from his feeling that the ele-
walton of men to appointive ofhceS
who have Just been repudiated by the
voters would in most cases tenG to
create a lack of confidence in the
Government and a feeling on the part
of the people that no matter now
they decide elections the government
: chooses its own employees.
Furthermore, the President is un,
derstood to feel that he could not
possibly appoint tc office all the de,
feated members Of the Senate anG
House who would like to get Jobs and
/ if he takes at the outset a stanc
against the appointment OF any OF
! them. his task will be infinitel y more
easv than that of discriminating be-
! tween the defeated candidates.
| The strong efforts put forth by the
administration to get Major Genera.
Leonard Wood to remain at MS posi-
in the Philippines are understood to
have resulted from the pollcy agaihs'
the appointment of lame ducks SeV,
eral defeated candidates In the iaS'
election would have liked to nave
had Woods place, and the President
feeling that none of them WoulG
prove as equal to the task as Wooo
caused him to urge Wood in the strong
est terms to remain as Governor Gen
eral of the Philippines, which Gen
eral Wood has decided to do, resign
/ ing from his place as Provost OF tht
University of Pennsylvania 10 wh'ci
he was chosen some months ago