The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-04-12
Harding to
W age Fight
for Court
L. S. Entry in Body to Be
Presidents Aim, Observers
Impression From Re-
cent Developments.
Preparing for Campaign
By MARK SULLIVAN
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bes

Washington, April IA setting
down of the more important impress
sion Washington has got since the
return of Harding and his party would
begin with the statement that the
president will fight within the limits
of his temperament for his proposal
that America join the international
court and that he will authorize the
members of his cabinet and his friends
TO go as far as they like in pressing
II on the country.
As to Harding's personal relation to
the next republican nomination and
the announcement on that point made
in Florida by Mr.. Daugherty it has
been public here locally, under cir
cumstances which cause most of us
TO accept it as authentic, that Daugh-
crty's statement was not authorized
by Harding and was not relished by
him.
Harding Prefers Silence.
Harding prefers not to make any
announcement on this subject until
let us say, next December or Jan
uary, and when he comes to a de-
cision on the point, he will make the
announcement himself; that "an ear
lier announcement has not been. and
will not be countenanced by Mr..
Harding Most of the republican
leaders agree that it would be mex
pedent and politically dangerous t.
fail to nominate a president for a
second term; hut that there is con-
siderable number of republican lead
ers especially among the senators who
have a contrary notion and would like
to put forward another candidate and
finally, that there are at least three
men as to whom their friends have
made moves of one degree or another
Of definiteness looking to putting
them in the race in certain advan.
tages.
These three are Senator Hiram
Johnson. Gen. Leonard Wood, and Ex-
Governor Lowden of Illinois.
Hays to Manage Campaign
As to the organization of the re.
publican party, it is clear that among
some republican leaders. but not
necessarily including President Hard.
'sing. there have been definite moves
looking to bringing back into the
arrangement either Will H. Hays or
some one with the equivalent of Hays.
pep and resourcefulness.
As to the mention of Chairman Las.
ker of the shipping board in this con-
nection or in connection with man.
aging Hsrding's personal campaign
for denomination. assuming that
Harding makes such campaign,
there is little in this.
There appears to be more substan-
tial basis for the idea that Chairman
Iasker will resign from the ship.
ping board and will devote his very
considerable fortune to becoming the
owner Of a group of newspa pers. a
business with which he was familiar
in his career as an advertising agent.
II Mr.. Lasker should put back of a
group Of newspapers the same dy-
namic energyhe has put into the ship
ping board, he would have consider.
able effect OH public affairs.
Work for Everybody.
As to issues. the republican leaders
say that If the present wave of pros
perity continues for a year and seven
months, they wont need any issues.
They point to the fact that there isn't
an unemployed man in the country
who wants to work and they cheer
each daily announcement of wages
increased by steel mills and mines.
They celebrate it all as a triumph OF
republican management of the coun-
try.
Three leaders who look on II SUI
perficially are quite willing to trust
, TO this prosperity wave for reelection
assuming 1t continues. Some of the
more thoughtful republican leaders
however. are disturbed by the lack
Of evenness OF the distribution of the
fruits Of prosperity. They say that
il it fails to reach the farmer suf
ficiently, or II the farmers fail to
share it equltably with other classes
then the republicans cannot hope to
carry the farming states that are
necessary for success.