South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-16
''SHOW- ME" STATE
WORRIES HARDING
IN APPOINTMENTS
Missouri Springs Pandora Box
of Surprises in stormy
Patronage Fights.

WASHINGTON. j. c. Nav rs
CspecaD-The "Sbov ms stase is
showing prast LarlIrs Tor OF
things these DAYS THE PRESIDENT
political eye-tee-a wera .ut long
time ago and every 1.lg comedies
that as a politician be- is wise IN bis
generation. blt Missouri. ls spr.ugins
on him Pandora boss of surprises
tha- he never dreamed Of
If u can be said truthfuuy that
the weather originates al Medicine
Hat it may be added with equal
emphasis that the bulk OF the ad-
ministration's patronage troubles
originate in Missouri
Patronage in Missouri has given
Pres Harding more worry than the
combined patronage ln an The other
states Apparently the Withdrawal
Of the nomination Of Sat Goldstein
10 be- collector of internal revenue
at ST. Louis viii not end tho troubles I
thar be-et the patient man I'm the
White House. IT,. Mont Reilly of
Kansas city IS stlu governor of Porto
Rico and Is stiI under FIRE
Rcily Has stormy Career.
Democrats .u and out OF congress, /
aided and abeJed by "a good many
republicans. are directing the finger
al scorn at three other Missourians
Roy q. Davis. minister 10 Costa
Rica, vs. Fl Allen. federal prohlbi-
ton director iu the state and W.. L.
Cole. an assistant attorney general
or the United States-aud are ask
ing how 1t happened that these
three rare poLucal seTaniums hap
pened to be appointed 20 high office.
Goldstein. Reilly. Allen and Cole are
all representatives OF what is known
as the Rely Babler republican ma
chine ia Missouri Davis. Allen and
Cole seem 20 bo i'm office TO stay.
but there is good deal Of question
about how long Reilly Will last as
governor Of Porto Rico
RELY has not had a peaceful day
since he went 20 that island Prest |
Harding. from time 90 time. has in
dictated that hc has confidence i'm the
new Porto Rican governor. but Secy
OF War Weeks. at the request of the
president. is now making a careful
inquiry into the Porto Rican stua-
ton. After receiving the report the
president VIII decide what 10 do
about the governor.
Appoint Davis and Cole.
Pres't Harding had not been in the
office a month when "a quarrel over
Missouri patronage broke out. The
drst fare-up was over the nomina-
tton OF Charles c. Madison Of Kansas /
City az district attorney. Madison I
was IN good standing with the Reilly /
Babler crowd and Atty. Gen Daugh- |
erty approved his appointment. Sell /
den =. Spencer, republican senator |
from Missouri. was not consulted be |
fore the Madison nomination was /
sent in TO the senate
After a bear-cat hght that lasted /
more than six months and which I.
brought rival delegations to the exc
cutive offices from Missouri on an
average of once a week. Sen Spen-
Ger Capitulated and the nomination .
OF Madison was confirmed by the .
senate That was victory no. j for .
the Reily-Babler outfit.
The Madison appointment was no /
sooner disposed of than the president /
was compelled 10 deal with another |.
red-hot controversy over who should /.
DC appointed federal prob bition di- /.
rector. 1t was waged for many
weeks and finally resulted in the ap-
pointmeut of W. III. Allen. another /
representative of the Reilly Babler .
machine In the meantime. Roy c. 7
Davis was appointed minister OF
Costa Rica and Atty. Gen. Daugh- /
erty placed w. L. cole ON the pay
roll Of the department of Justice
Sen. Pat Harrison of Mississippi
read 10 the senate the other day
from the record of the committee
that investigated primary election /
expenditure I'm the spring Of 1920 F.
testimony TO the effect that Mr.. F..
Davis received $500 from the Low
den campaign fund and Mr.. Cole
$500. Nat GOldsteiu. whose nomi- F.
nation has been Withdrawn. accord f.
ing TO his own testimony before his
committee. received $4,000 from the F.
Lowdeu campaign fund
A feature of the situation that is
causing comment here IS the COM /
plete change Of front of Sen. Spen- .
Ger. During the early DAYS Of the /.
Harding administration be positive F.
is refused 20 support any of the
Rely BabIer outfit for office The /
action Of the Missouri republicans in /
1920 fin /repudlating this machine F.
was fresh in his mind. But as time
went on Sen Spencer weakened /
and. strarse 10 relate he was the
sponsor for Nat Goldstein. whose /
nomination the president found il T
necessary 10 withdraw
The White House IS not backward F..
IN letting it he known that Pres't /
Harding has about as much Of this
Missouri pickering over patronage /
as ne cares for. The White House (
places all the blame for the Gold /.
stein on the Missouri senator.
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