Nebraska Newspapers

    Hardin? Viewed as Good Man
Betrayed by Friendly Nature
Mark Sullivan Comments on New York World's Consider
ation of Struggle Between Good Fellowship and High
/ Minded Idealism in President.
. By MARK Sl'IAJVAN.
Washington, Feb. IS.—The root of
the rumors about Harding, as well
•a tha root of the whole scandal, Is
put In words for the first time by the
New York World. It Is the first ap
pearance of this phase of the subject
In print, and it Is done with a com
plete dispassionateness that preserves
the sense of delicacy which has caus
ed others, up to now, to hesitate to
say things hurtful to the memory of
a president recently dead. The most
pertinent sentences of the World's
utterance read:
“In the Integrity of President Hard
ing the world has complete confi
dence. It did not and does not credit
the faintest, echo of the dirty rumors
which have been disseminated about
him. Yet his admanistration will he
historic for the betrayal of public
, trust by men whom he put In high
place because of his admiration for
their personal qualities and because
he confused their friendly service to
him with administration fitness. Re
peatedly history records this adminis
trative experience of men whose
kindliness of nature renders them
unable to separate their personal
from their official favor. Invariably
consequences are disapolntment
|wSnd humiliating for the executives,
disgrace for their aids and—worst of
all—a deadly blow to public confi
dence In the personnel and methods
of government.”
Picked Some Splendid Men.
It Is this alone, the existence of
these friendships on Harding's part
with some men whom, to put ft
plainly, no president ought to take
into the White House. It was these
friendships that furnished the soil
In which these rumors could take
root and grow.
"Harding brought to Washington
some of the finest men in American
public life, such men as Hoover,
Hughes and Mellon. It, is now oc
casionally said maliciously that these
men were taken in to the show win
dow behind which a different kind of
man could operate. That is not true.
The selection of these and some other
appointees, because of their ability
and character, represented an emotion
of aspiration which came to Harding
with the exaltation of his election. A
spiritual elevation which moved him
during the period when he was select
ing his cabinet to try to rise above
hie old personal and political asso
ciations, and give the couutry the ben
efit of the best minds in the party.
Betrayed by Friends.
This mood of a really spiritual as
piration recurred to Harding again
and again during his administration,
but It was never permanent. When
ha was not in this mood he fell back
into hia old personal associations and
the old point of view of his training
in local Ohio politics. The presence of
these abler and mors high-minded
f^Hx was always a little of a strain on
Harding. For his hours of ease he
took chiefly to the other type. When
ever an Issue arose between these men
named and the other sort, Harding
always decided In favor of the better
men, but the personal tastes he had
developed In his pre-presldentlal days
led him again and again to slump back
into association with the less elevkted
type of men. As a result, the record
stands today as follows:
"One of Harding's cronies whom he
put in the cabinet, Fall, Is on his way
to the grand Jury. While Fall was still
In the cabinet, a republican leader
tried to call Harding's attention to the
suspicions about Fall's actions, snd
Harding replied: 'I have complete
confidence in Fail's knowledge, abil
ity and character.’ ” *
“Another man. Forbes, who railed
Harding ‘Warren’ and In other ways
flaunted his Intimacy with tne White
House was mads head of the war
veterans bureau, which, in the
magnitude of Its flnanci^ operations,
Is more Important than a cabinet of
fice. Forbes' conduct of the bureau
la at this moment before two grand
juries, one In Chicago, and one in
NaW York. The Forbes case la In
some ways worse than the Fall case.
Federal Judge Carpenter In Chicago
told hia grand Jury it la ’the most
Important case In a hundred yeara’
It should be added that after nearly
two years, Harding was finally per
suaded to realize what use Forbes
wad making of the president’s eon
^ fldence.
third of Harding’s Intimates la
now under subpoena from the oil in
vestigating committee. Perhaps one
should refrain from mentioning this
man's name In the present grouping
because he Is not, as the other two
are, on the way to being formally
charged with crime. Neither did
Harding ever appoint him an official
of the United States. His relation
was that of intimate friend. At the
time the subbpoena was issued for
tills third friend of Harding, the pa
pers reported that the committee
feared lie might leave the country.
He had already tried deliberately to
mislead the committee about the
source of fall's money, but told a
different story when Senator Walsh
made him speak under oath. Because
of grouping him with the other two,
it should be added that this partici
pation with Fall in a falsehood
cooked up to deceive the committee
Is the only degree of culpability with
which he Is charged, though the com
mittee obviously wants to know more
about his relations with Fall. •
This man was even a closes Inti
mate of the White House than Fall.
That Intimacy with the president is
talked about for reasons of a differ
ent sort from those attaching to the
Fall case.’ In the senate the other
day. Senator Norris, speaking of
Harding's social relations with this
person, said some of the severest
things one man can say about an
other. Norris was so outright that
he was persuaded to soften his re
marks in the printed record.
Imposed on Friendship.
“There are still other friends of or
appointees of Harding whom I know
would be wrong to group with the
first two, because they are not
charged with any connection with the
Fall case. Their faults or the things
charged against them, were vulgarity
of a sort that made them unworthy
friends of a president, or use of their
intimacy with the White House for
personal advantage of a dubious kind,
or. at the least, grave vnfltnass for
the office or the personal associations
Harding bestowed on them. One man
who helped nominate Harding, and
whom Harding praised fulsomely, was
murdered under circumstances that
gave sufficient indication of his
character. A man whom Harding
appointed to a high office committed
suicide. Another of Hardings important
appointees and personal intimates
is about to be Investigated by another
senate committee. And there are
many others.
"It ought to be said that most of
Harding's relations with these men,
while intimate, were of the nature the
French describe as 'from high to low.’
Their only, or certainly their princi
pal access to him, was in his hours of
relaxation. They amused him and
rested a mind that waa tired from
earnest wrestling with unaccuatomed
probiema. They represented the kind
of relaxation and amusement he had
had In hla smalt town Marlon days,
and when he was tired from the ex
tremely hard work he put Into his
new and big duties, be liked to go
back to that old familiar kind of
amusement and recreation.
Good President, Xevertlieless.
No one ever thought of these mert
as Influencing Harding's judgment
on public matters, nor even of his
discussing serious matters with them.
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Their association was almost wholly
v itli his hours of relaxed ease.
“Also it should he emphasized, that
even persons of austere judgment,
who knew all about these less for
tunate associations of Harding, never
theless felt that in his administra
tion as a whole, Harding was a good
president. They felt that Harding
kept rising, although fitfully, to al
ways higher things. A person entire
ly competent to judge Harding's
course since he became president,
says that his elevation to that office
and his experience in it, brought to
him a process of spiritual elevation.
He had begun, although too late, to
see the defects of his old associates.
Whenever their improper actions
forced themselves on his attention
he took prompt steps to remedy the
wrong. All these and more things
to Harding's credit would need to be
included in any adequate summary
of Harding's presidency, for which
there is not space In an article that
merely attempts to explain how the
Harding rumors arose.”
Dwight Taylor Is Ordered
Held on Contempt Charge
Dwight Taylor, proprietor of the
battery stationi in front of which
Henry McArdle was slain last No
vember, and who recently figured as
a witness during the trial of Jimmy
Griffin in connection with the slay
ing, was bound over to district court
on $750 bond in municipal-court yes
terday on a larceny charge.
He is accused of stealing a quan
tity of batteries from a representa
tive of the U. S. Li. Battery company.
Taylor denies the charge and says
he purchased the batteries.
Sixth District Legion
Auxiliary Holds Meeting
Atkinson, Neb., Feb. 18.—The sec
ond annual convention of the sixtli
district of the American I.egion auxll
Inry wan held nt Atkinson. Represen
tatives from most of the units in the
district were present. A lmnquet was
served to the visiting delegates and
local units in the evening followed by
a mass meeting, held under legion
auspices. Clinton Brome of Omaha
discussed the topic of adjusted com
pensation. A dance concluded the
convention.
Snow Falls at Beatrice.
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.
Beatrice, Neb.. Feb. 18—This sec
tion of the state was visited by a
wet snow which fell most of the day,
giving the ground a thorough soak
ing. Crop conditions will be greatly
Improved a.s a result.
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T uesday
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For Spring Wear
The Dresses
300 new spring dresses
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The Suits
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Hundreds of the
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in this remarkable
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All of the new color combinations and shades are shown in the
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Boys’ Sheep Lined Coats
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Rummage Sale of
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At Great
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Gowns
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Flesh and white. Sizes
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Bloomers
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Wanted colors. Values
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Men’s Suits
$095 1
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Rummage Sale of Boys’
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$£98
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Rummage Sale
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In neat patterns and at
, tractive materials. All sizes
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Rummage Sale
Boys’ Pajamas
Of fine muslin, fashioned big
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Coverall Aprons
63c
These Coverall Kitchenette Aprons for women are
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very pretty patterns. These are neatly trimmed in rick
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Rummage Sale of Yard Goods at Mill Prices
Sheets
72 x 90-inch ' seamless, Marion
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soft finish, each..., f l«l I
1,000 Yards
White Remnants
White poplins, oxford eloths and
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Outing Flannel
27-inch outing flannel in
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Yard .I 0 /26
Table Oilcloth
48-inch oilcloth in • splendid
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Yard..
Indian Head Muslin
36-inch bleached Indian Head
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Fancy Cretonnes
"6-inch Stratford cretonnes in
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Remnants of Gingham
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checks of blue, black and bcown.
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Rummage Sale of Shoes for the Entire Family
TJie greatest shoe values that have been offered in the history
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at tremendous reductions.
FOR MEN
500 pairs black ami tan kid
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250 pairs of high and low shoes.
Samples and broken sises in
k such makes as Banister,
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1 lot of boys’ and youths’ sturdy
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Values to $4.45. Pair.
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1,000 pairs of novelty strap pumps
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$4.95. Pair .
350 pairs of famous makes of custom
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Priced at, pair. A
FOR BOYS ®
200 pairs of black and tan calfskin
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Price, pair. (0
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children and misses. These have sensible round tot s and
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