Iron County register., 1922-04-13
Washington Correspondence.
BY WALLACE BAssFoRD.

In June, 1919, Senator Harding wrote
letter to William P. Brewster, whose
Office is in the Edison Building in
Chicago, criticizing Elihu Root for his
stand favoring the League of Nations.
In the letter Harding said 81 am per-
fectly frank to say he has not been SO
helpful as he might have been in deal
ing with this matter il he had been
free from professional entanglements
which have committed 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 interest. If Harding knew
that to be true--and he would be do
ing very strange thing to make such
a charge unless ne had his proofs, !,
why did he appoint him as the senior
American delegate to the Arms Con-
ference, which was to negotiate
treaties among the nations that were
principals at the Versailles Confer
ence? A New York paper says it 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
salaried publicity agent of J. P. Nor
gan & Co.,, that he was their repre-
sentative at the Chicago convention
and aided greatly in securing the
nomination of Harding. Now he Is
Ambassador to England-and Eng
lands fiscal agent in America for
many years past has been that same
firm of j. P. Morgan & Co.,, and adj
vocates the reunion of the two coun-
tries, divided by the sword of George
Washington on the bloody field OF
Yorktown. Then came Ambassador
Geddes with newspaper interview
in criticism of Senator Hiram john
sons attitudej on the -Four. Power
Treaty, and Harding utters not q
word. Gould anything be in worse
taste than for the Ambassador of q
foreign power to do this9 For a
similar and less offense President
Cleveland gave Lord Pauncefote his
his walking papers. Again Harding
demonstrates the possession Of q fist
of mush--in glove of the same.
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 neglect
ed every opportunity to aid the coun-
try to get on its feet. But it is inter-
esting to reflect that born leaders OF
men never have to be urged to get
out in front-they are already there.
The country is slowly and naturally
recovering from its industrial stagna-
tion. The Republican Congress elect
ed in the middle of President Wilson'S
term would render him no aid in his
efforts to get the country back on Q
sound basis; they thought 1t good
politics to follow Penrose's sugges-
ton to "let the people sweat" They
are still sweating. There are many
thousands who should find no diff
Guilty standing in line waiting for 9
chance to vote next November, aftel
having stood in line 80 often ct sour
Kitchens in the cities, waiting theil
turn. Conditions are improving, bu
it is difficult to discover just wha
thing this Congress can point to al
having aided in the recovery. It ha
done nothing, and has done 1t poorly
The country will recover-it Away
has done so--even in spite Of the sor
Of statesmanship at the helm in Con
gress.
Senator Poindexter OF Washington
has written long letter to farme
constituent who had the temerity t
ask him why he voted to seat New
berry when the evidence showed tina
the latter had purchased his seat j
the Senate. 1t took good deal
paper and whole typewriter ribpo
to make an explanation that wa
satisfactory to Poindexter. Then th
economical Senator, to save lot {
postage stamps, put it in the Congret
sional Record as 'spart Of bis re
marks p SO that he could send it q
over the State under his frank. Sens
tor Caraway rose to ask the Senate
why he had voted for Newberry aftt
having denounced Isaac Stephenso
some years ago for having bought
Senate seat. 1t may be possible th
Poindexter thought Stephenson hs
gotten his too cheaply, for he pa
less than half as much as Newberry
but then, everything is higher sin
the war. tits interesting to note tn
senator Caraway is still waiting +
Poindexter to explain the why OF 1t,
k pv..,dent Asked TO Withdraw Name o