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Show PENROSE BACKING IS -GIVEN IVIELLON'S-CANJDACY IVIELLON'S-CANJDACY Pittsburg Millionaire May Beat Dawes for Cabinet j Position i WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. The moat j bitterly contested of all Inside political battles over the Warrilni; cabinet ap- pointments renters in the selection of' tho next secretary of the treasury. j Three weeks aco Harding had prar- ' tlcnlly settled on I'harlea it. Intra of j Chicago for thin post. Today, men close to Harding believe tho edge Is In favor of Andrew W. Mel- Ion. I'itlsburg capitalist anil banker, j Mellon Is supported by Senators I Knox und Penrose. FIGHT AGAINST DAWES. j ''' Is hampered liy the dancer1 that his appointment would drag Into' .national politics the ol.l l,ili.n. Thompson political feud In Illinois. j Also. Influences which supported Oeneral Wood for the presidential nom- I Inatlon are arrayed ngalnst Iawes. The Intimation Is that 1 aweV ap-I polntment would set the new admlnls- trutlon under way with the hostility of the Wood people icenerally and of i the Thompson followers In Illinois. j Dawes served on Oeneral I'ershing'a j administrative staff in Kranrw and was . Instrumental In putting Pershing's name on the primary ballot In Nebraska i In order to prevent Wood from cap- I turlnir the Nebraska delesrates. This was an under cover fxwden play, as I.owden was expected tn itet ' the PershlnK delec;atea' vote when the I break should come In the convention.' BATTLED IN ILLINOIS. Dawes also took an active part In : Ixiwdena Illinois campaixn. where the' flKht was chiefly a-alnst the Thomp- son nnranliatlini, which was supporting support-ing Iliram Johnson. The bitterness engendered In this ! flKht reached Its climax when Thomp-sonnndhiIe4eateirTrtthdrew Thomp-sonnndhiIe4eateirTrtthdrew from' the flour of the convention and at- tempted to atart a Johnson third party movement. l'enrnse and Knox are capltnlislnit ! these objections aa-nlnst the availalill- i Ity of Dawes in urging the eligibility i of Mellon. MELLON'S MILLIONS. Mellon never haa been politically active ac-tive and has no political enemies. One question that has been raised, however, is how tho public generally ' would regard the appointment aa treasury treas-ury head of a man of Mellon s Immense Im-mense wealth. It Is stated that the Mellon family fortuner4nrbidtng tbat of the proposed treasury head and two banker broth- ! era. is second only to the Rockefeller I fortune. i'erhapa of some significance Is the fact that Mellon, within the past few weeks, has resigned from the board of ! directors of the Pennsylvania railroad. Khould Mellon land the treasury post, inside gossip haa It that Lowdcn would again come to the front as a cabinet probability, possibly being offered the secretaryship of the navy, with John W. Weeks of Massachusetts getting the army portfolio. j |