Smartest Politics Since
Campaign Days Seen In
President's Appointments
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In Elevating I)uvi? of .Mi?Honri to W ar Portfolio and in
Naming llanford Mae.Nider of lona to Succewl Da
vit* an '\K>i>tiint, (!oolid^e !\1adc W hat llis Kricnds
See u* Stroke of !\1a*ter Mind in I'olitie*
Ity DAVID liAWKKMl
ic?prr1gkt. mu, lb Tt>? A4>ia-?)
Washington, Oct. 19. ? The smartest piece of politics
since the days of the last campaign, when master strategy
was uppermost, has just boon exhibited by President Cool-i
idge this week in two appointments ? I) wight F. Davis, of
Missouri, to be Secretary of War, and llanford MacNider.
Of Iowa, to be Assistant Secretary of War.
' The success of a political* ~ ?
maneuver is not always dem
onstratable at the outset but
if the reasoning which promp-!
ted the appointments should
work out as planned it will
remove some of the principal
sources of criticism which the
President has lately been
facing.
DwIkIiI Davis is a Missouri man.
and the Went Itus l?wn rlumorinu
lor recoKnltion In the Cabinet
Mr. Cooltdge has been crUlrt/'-il
for too "much New KiiKlund." II
had appointed Harlan Stone to !???
Attorney General and then elevat
ed him to the Supreme bench and '
appointed another New Knulander
Id his place.
When John Weeks of Massaclm- ;
aetta notified tile I'reslilent many
months ago of his desire to resign.
lWr. Cool id Ke be^an to think of a
Western man. feeling that Massa
chusetts would forgive him il he -
didn't select a man from his home
State to be Secretary of War. And j
MIkhoui t Republicans have lieen
particularly anxious to secure a
Cabinet portfolio because In t wo j
successive Presidential campaigns J
What has been hitherto a doubtful
state has been ploci'il in Hie Re
publican flt'Cloral column.
H- liuul the select ion of Hanford
MiicNIiliT, of Iowa. Is another de
lo please I In* Middle Wt'Hl.
Hut basically it wax an effort to
please Hi*' American Legion and
fXWIViPe men generally. Thin
Isn't because Mr Coolidi:*' has felt
IkilllHt-ir weak with the e\-*ervice
men ever since he vetoed the bon
us bill, hut because from these ex
service men has been coming the
latgest and most enthusiastic ele
ment iti support of Colonel Hilly
Mltch? li s attack on administrative
methods in the air service. While
Colonel Mitchell will he dealt with
by court martial for indiscreet
stat* Hu nts, the President has been
shrewd enough to discover that
l h<- sentiment behind Mitchell is
by no means negligible and repre
sents a well-deflned criticism or
bureaucractic methods in Wash
ington intensified by e\-nervlce
men's experiences with Washing
ton during Ihe war and since in
tin- li;i ii<I 1 lliu of tile veterans' trou
bles.
| Moth Dwight and Hanford Mac
Nider are young men. progressive,
active and influential with the
, younger school lu American public
1 1 f? ?. The controversy over the
j si I r service is in its essence hardly
one of lack cif funds for planes, as
t'lioiiuh money ha:- itt ? ii ^i>|iro|*ri
ated (o absorb tin con*i ruction
facilities of such airplane plants an
America possesses. It i* ew?entlal
ly u matter of admliiisiiation, in
which diminished peisontiel in due
to small appropriation^. 1 1 n I here
again differences of opinion arise
an to efficient administration with
adequate funds. The n< w Secre
tary of War was Inst niiiu-ntal In
persuading President Coolldge to
convoke a special board of inquiry.
He felt it would bring out all the
constructive criticism and gulde
the War Department Mr. Davis
lias paid particular attention to
aircraft.
Hanford MacNider known from
bin war career ax well as his ex
perience as commander of the Am-|
erican I/e^ion Just what it is about ,
the War Department that causes
resentment out in the great open
spaces. Mr. Coolldge pleased his
Western political supporters, se
lected two energetic administra
tors to tackle a real job of admin
istration and made a bid for tin
support of ex-service men ? con
ceded to be a wise bit of strategy.
And all this within a week after
the President had made bis dra
matic plea for tolerance at the
American legion convention in
Omaha, thus bringing to his side
litany of the anti-Klan citizens who
had been mistakenly constructing
the President's Indifference to the'
Issue of acqulescene. Nineteen
twenty eight may or may not be
the President's objective but he is
leaving no stone unturned to make
himself politically strong enough
to pull through a Republican ma
jority in both houses of Congress
in tlie elections a year hence.
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Absolute Auction Sale
Robinson
Farm
Oil
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2 P. M.
The Robinson-Brock farm, fronting on River Road, adjoins t he Flora farm
about two miles from Elizabeth City and a half mile from the brick road.
This very desirable property hast wosets of good buildings, easily worth
$8, (KM); and one set worth about ,S8()0. This land is in a very high state of
cultivation; it has been subdivided and will be sold in lots to suit the
purchaser. :
Easy terms ? one fourth cash, balance in five annual installments. Blue
prints of the property as subdivided will be posted at all (he stores at New
and Old Weeksville and the Dozier Store near Riverside Church.
This property will sell ? regardless of price ? and each sale will be con
firmed when sold to the highest bidder.
AT
on
Thursday , Oct. 22, 10:30 A.M.
This property is subdivided into nine lots, six fronting on Poindexter St.
and three on Water St. These are the best available sites for store build
ings now being offered for sale in this city. In fact this is one of the best
locations anywhere in the city for a retail business of most any k i n d.
Whether you are interested in building or not you cannot make any mis
take by investing your money in property in Elizabeth City and especially
in property that is as well located as this.
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