Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-11-03
APPOINTMENT Of
KELLOGG MEANS
| REPUBLICAN ROW
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.
(CopYright. 1920


(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
Copyright, 1921
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-Political
warfare between the regular wing
of the Republican party and the
insurgents in the west and north
west has been to no small degree
intensified by the selection of for.
mer United States Senator Frank
B. Kellogg. of Minnesota, to be the
American ambassador to Great Brit
ain.
The president and Secretary
Hughes asked the British govern
ment in the customary way wheth-
err their selection was persona
grata,' - neither Senator Magnus
Johnson nor Senator Henrik Ship
stead-both of whom represent the
Farmer-Labor party in Minnesota
have been asked the usual question
of courtesy as to the appointment OF
a man hailing from their state.
This does not mean any fight Of
consequence against the confirnla-
ton Of Mr.. kellogg, who stands in
high esteem in the senate. and W.
probably will be confirmed quickly
when once his nomination is report
ed to the floor of the senate.
POrtends Trouble
It does portend trouble Of another
character. The insurgents are ask
ing whether the appointment Of Mr..
Kellogg means that the administra-
ton intends in Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin. Iowa and other rebellious states,
politically speaking, to award its
patronage plums to the so-called con-
sentative branch Of the party.
About the middle of the Taft ad-
ministra ton, the late Charles D. Nor
ton, who was private secretary to
Mr.. Taft, committed the tndiscretion
of writing a letter. which was pub
lished, to the effect that unless the
insurgents played ball with the adj
ministration they could expect no
patronage. Nobody has written any
such letter today, nor has any final
word been communicated to the fac
tons in the various states concern
ed, but it is known that the Kellogg
appointment has precipitated a
merry little controversy, and that
parallel with it is another row In
Wisconsin which the political men
tors of President Coolidge are trying
to settle.
Farmer-LabOr Supreme
Minnesota, in the last two sena-
torial elections, has thrown her in
fluence to the F'armer-Labor party.
The Republicans have lost many of
their regular supporters in the me-
lee. The Democratic party has been
almost entirely wiped out. Who
then should get recognition? The
regular party workers will not be
encouraged to keep up the fight II
the administration is to bestow its
rewards on the insurgent radicals.
AS for delegates to the. nominating
convention, the president probably
will not get the support of the Farm
er-Labor party anyhow, and the
question Of what he gets from Min
nesota will depend on what faction
of the Republican party possesses
the AldCu1Aely AOI CHOOoAAiS WI
gates.
In Wisconsin an interesting situa-
ton his developed as result Of the
complaint of some Of the followers
of Senator Lenroot that the admin
istration was flirting with the La
Toilette wing of the Republican
party. Here the problem is some
what different, for in addition to
Senator La Toilette, who won the
regular Republican party nominal
ton and election, there are several
members of the house Of representa-
tives who are classed as Republic
ans.
This Group Divided
In this group there are two kinds,
however, those congressman who are
friendly to La Toilette but also are
on good terms with the national adj
ministration, and those who are out
most of the time denouncing the adj
ministration with ''tool of Wall
street" epithets. There are ques-
tons arising all the time with refer
ence to the appointment of postmas-
tiers and other federal officials, and
the administration will have to
choose between the factions.
AS for Mr.. Kellogg's appointment,
the friends of the White House are
letting it be known that President
Coolidge was committed to the APP
pointment of Mr.. kellogg by the
promise of late President Harding.
This does not mean that Mr.. Cool
idge thinks any less of former Sena-
tor kellogg than did Mr.. Harding
but that were the political factors to
be taken into consideration, he might
have avoided entering into a contro-
versy with the two Minnesota sena-
tors, one of whom boasts of the fact
that he was elected to office by the
overwhelming vote of the people
against Mr.. Kellogg. Outside Of the
radical wing of the party, the KEEL
logg appointment is looked upon as
bringing to the court Of st. James
an exceptionally able lawyer, a man
of means who will not suffer the
financial handicaps Of his predeces-
sor, and man who has the conf
dence of the co-operationist element
in the Republican parties which be-
lieves in a closer understanding with
Europe instead of a policy Of aloof-
ness and isolation.
cate that the yield will be disappolnt-
ing, and some well-posted authorities