The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-04-12
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Back in June, 1919, Senator Hard
ing wrote a letter to William F.
Brewster, whose Office is in the Edi-
son Building in Chicago, criticizing
Elihu Root for his stand favoring
the League of Nations. In the let
ter Harding said: II am perfectly
frank to say he, has not been so help
full as he might have been in deal
ing with this matter II he had been
free from PROFESSIONAL EN-
TANGLEMENTS which have commit
ted him more or less to the League
of Nations plan" That could only
mean one thing-that Root was a
paid attorney of some party in inter-
est. II Harding knew that to be
true-and he would be doing a very
strange thing to make such charge
unless he had his proofs--why did
he appoint him as the senior Ameri-
can delegate to the Arms Confer
ence, which was to negotiate treaties
among the nations that were princi-
pals at the Versailles Conference? A
New York paper says 1t is because
President Harding, backed by the
International bankers of New York,
seeks the sort of alliance which Root
was paid to advocate. He adds that
George Harvey was and is the salar-
led publicity agent of J. p. Morgan
G Co., that he was their representa-
tive at the Chicago Convention and
aided greatly in securing the nomi-
nation of Harding. Now he is AM
bassador to England-and England's
fiscal agent in America for many
years past has been that same firm
of ]. P. Morgan & Co., and advocates
the reunion of the two countries,
divided by the sword of George
Washington on the bloody field of
Yorktown. Then came Ambassador
Geddes with a newspaper interview
In criticism Of Senator Harm John
sons attitude on the Four-power
Treaty, and Harding utters not a
word. Could anything be in worse
taste than for the Ambassador, of a
foreign power to do this? For a
similar and less offense President
Cleveland gave Lord Pauncefote his
walking papers. Again Harding
demonstrates the possession of a
fist of MUSLIN glove Of the same.
The country is slowly and natural
ly recovering from its Industrial
stagnation. The Republican Con-
gress elected in the middle of Presi-
dent Wilson's term would render
him no aid in his efforts to get the
country back on sound basis; they
thought it good politics to follow
Penrose's suggestion to ''let the peo-
pie sweat They are still sweating
There are many thousands who
should find no difficulty standing in
line waiting for chance to vote
next November, after having stood
in line so often at soup kitchens in
the cities, waiting their turn. Condi-
lions are improving, but it is difficult
to discover just what thing this Con-
gress can point to as having aided in
the recovery. 1t has done nothing,
and has done it poorly. The coun-
try will recover-it always has done
so-even in spite of the sort of
craftsmanship at the helm in Con-
gress.
Republicans are urging Harding
to get out in the forefront and lead
his party in the coming campaign
he declines to exert himself to save
lot of Representatives who have
neglected every opportunity to aid
the country to get back on its feet.
But it is interesting to reflect that
born leaders of men never have to be
urged to get out in front-they are
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