The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-24
HARDING SHOWS
NERVOUS STRAIN
4 Running Government Try
ing Job, Executive
Now Confesses
FACES BIG PROBLEMS
President Beset by Gravest
Industrial Puzzle in Years;
Misses Vacation

WASHINGTON Running tho
United states government undor con-
d.tons that have prevailed for the
Tho strain OF it has begun TO show
on President Harding There arr
lines IN his face that were not there
"a wear ago. and those who see him
frequently II appears his hair is a lit
tle more silvered than II was few
months ago and there is a little more
droop to his shoulders.
be-et oil every side by the gray
est Industrial problems in years and
with congress showing none too
keen desire TO be helpful in this year
If politics, the president has battled
Tlh his Problems for the most part
slone--at least the responsibility
has been his.
President Harding was forced TO
foropO his vacation entirely because
az the Industrial situation. He had
MANNED a series OF weekend trips
10 break the tedlum Of scorchinc
washington summer, with probably
a few weeks thrown in at Bar Tar
Dor for good measure, but one by
one his vacation plans went into the
discard as fresh problems arose in
COnutclOn with tne SlllkNS
Now he is beginning to show Il.
He still keeps up his daily golf, GO
ing out sometimes at 6 O'Clock in
the morning. four hours before the
rest Of Washington gets going for
the day.
Frank Kellogg OF Minnesota,
"Joe" Frelinghuysen OF New Jersey,
FREDDY" Hale of Maine Truman
H. Newherry Of Michigan. Gpca Ner
,Gillett. Lawrence Phipps OF Colo
; rado and Waiter Edge OF New Jersey
men with whom he was particu-
larly intimate during his senatorial
days-usually make up his golfing
company.
No appointment that President
Harding has made IN the nearly
two years he las teen r. the White
House gave him such uaalloyed
personal satisfaction as that of his
old friend George Sutherland OF
Utah to the supreme court bench.
This was attested by the fact that
within an hour after the resigna-
ton OF Associate Justice Clarke was
received at the white House Mr..
Harding accepted It and announced
tho appointment Of Senator Slthar-
land by the informal method Of
summOning newspaper correspon-
dents TO his office and telling them
about it. They knew II long before
Senator Sutherland himself did.
Many men have been described
as CLOSE" to Harding during the
campaign. Some were and some
weren't. but among the few that
were was George Sutherland. It is
probably true that Of all the advice
that was blown about the front
porch Mt Marion during the SUMMER
OF 1920, Sutherland's was followed
most closely.
Quiet, unobtrusive and not par
tcularly distinguished looking Sena-
tor Sutherland worked day in and
day out in n little office near that
Of Harding in Marion, and save for
those Immediately attached 10 head
quarters, he was TO great extent
unknown.
Incidentally Sutherland's appoint.
ment has led to n good deal OF pri-
yate criticism among democrats in
Washington. The democrats feel
that a democrat should have been
appointed 70 fill the vacancy created
by the resignation OF Justice Clarke,
democrat, and = Wilson appolntee.
We're It not for Sutherland's
popularity and his unquestioned fit
ness for the position, II is probable
that some open criticism would be
voiced over the appointment.
When Sutherland takes his seat
the political lineup OF the court Will
DO seven republicans and two demo-
Gratis. IL has been many years since
one party was so predominant on the
highest bench. While supreme court
justices are not supposed to have
any politics after gaining the bench,
ths common practice has neverthe-
less been TO keep the two parties
about even in order 10 escape any
nnge OF partisanship in the court.
When Harding became president
me lineup was five republicans and
-FOUR democrats. Chief Justice Ed
I ward Douglas White, a Louisiana
democrat, died and in his stead was
appointed former President william
Howard Taft, That suited the demo-
Gratis because Taft had made White
chlet Justice during his presidency
ana i was considered fitting that he
ship
Then Justice Clarke. an Ohio
democrat, resigned and afforded
PRESIDENT Harding an opportunity
70 appoint Senator Sutherland, n
Ie-long republican.
British to Mount NeIU-