Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-17 | Page 6 | A Washington Bystander

el I A WASHINGTON BYSTANDER 11 B KIRKE L. L SIMPSON W WASHINGTON WAShINGTON Under Under the surface sur- sur face faco of other discussion speculation speculation specula specula- tion aa as as- asto to the Hoover cabinet slate sate go goes s o on apace with congress tongres conTess back in session everybody you rou meet Inor inor In Inor or out of official life has nominations nominations nominations' nominations nomina nomina- to to mal make malce e b but t the curious part of it is that the men most mentioned as certain O of ot cabinet preferment seem to be bemore bemore bemore more in the dark than anybody else elso about what Mr 11 Hoover Is thinking Jn ja odd moments pf of his triumphal good will tour of Latin Latin- I America DONOVAN NOT SURL SURf Take Tako tho the post of ot attorney genera gen era cral by way of ot illustration The Tho Honorable Bill Donovan assistant tt to Attorney General Garabaldi argent who figured as almost the right hand of Hoover in campaign strategy is always placed on the speculative slates as Sargent's Sargents sic suc cessor With the Hon lion Bill back backon backon on his regular job in Washington however Indications h develop at once that he ho holds no assurance of ot such Much a promotion for lor services rendered He lie varied aried his regular leg business of representing the government gov- gov before tho supreme court considerably at the capitol with into senate and other byways finding out how ho stood What seems C is that Mr dr 11 Hoover adhered rigidly to his p policy licy of making no cabinet promises promises prom prom- Ies during the campaign If ho lie hohas has made any since Washington Vash dees not seem seeni to know about them FLETCHER MENTIONED The Tho rho cabinet cabInet speculators have derived a good deal of amusement out of the circumstances circumstance which assigned Ambassador II 11 Henry o c n r l' Y Fletcher ns' ns state department representative representative representative rep rep- rep rep- with the Hoover pilgrimage pil pH- grimage to the south De Despite pite his origin as a diplomat of career Fletcher has always been credited with soaring political am am- As ambassador to Mexico 1 in the Wilson administration he lie so handled himself as to draw an out of the thc Harding election He was a member mem mem- bet beg of tho houseboat party in in Florida for President President- elect Harding When Secretary Kellogg was under under un un- der heavy fire two years ago and there was ws talk of his resignation in Fletcher came hustling home from Rome nome Some of t his influential fellow fel low Pennsylvanians suspected he might I be gunning for a senate seat and w were re a a. little The Tho ac accepted accepted accepted ac- ac version of his purposes however was that he hoped to succeed Kellogg if there was a change That being the case tho the Hoover tour assignment must have ha come conic to the ambassador like manna manna man man- na from heaven What a chance to consolidate his position with the president Never th el eps Ambassador Morrow Morrow Mor Mor- row continues to be the most talked of man for Hoover secretary secretary secre secre- tary lary of state Even Senator norah Borah finds it wise to talk tall Morrow when asked ed to his own wn desires for the portfolio It remains to be bo seen whither propinquity and his undoubted undoubted undoubted un un- un- un doubted popularity In Latin Amer ica will tip the scale scab in Fletchers Fletcher's favor favol I IA A