The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-03

paper which claims that its source of in- formation is absolutely reliable. Yet MT. Root himself says that there is noth- ing in the "rumors'' to that effect. When I resign" he is quoted as saying. the public shall know of 1t immediately. There will be no runlors."
 There are many people in Washington who entertain the opinion that Shaw may resign whether he wishes to or not. Sto- ries that the President is dissatisfied with the Secretary's conduct of the affairs of the Treasury Department are rife. and they find many believers. It will be re- membered that the President was severely criticised in certain quarters for his ap- pointment of Shaw. whose only expe- rience in the financial world was gained from the management of two or three small country banks out in Iowa. The Wall Street contingent was of the opin- ion that the new Secretary was not 'safe" and now that opinion is stronger than ever. The Secretary is having a trying time just now and while it is ad- mitted that he Is doing his best toward
 preventing a period of financial stringen- cy. it Is also declared that this best is | having but little effect toward relieving l the situation along the proper lines. and that the interests of the people are not
 being properly looked after.
 | Less than a month ago Mir Shaw an.
 nounced that there was no possible dan-
 ger of a tight money market, and that | he would not release any of the treasury
 furds. Within a very few days thereaf- | ter, he commenced to let the Govern | ment money out of the treasury and | since that time has considered a number l O. plans. One of these contemplated the | abolition of the sub-treasuries, the pub | lication oH the news regarding which was
 admittedly only a "feeler." put out to
 test public sentiment in the premises.
 It is stated that the Secretary did not | even consult the President about this | matter, and that as a result the latter
 does not feel disposed to shower any fa,ors on the former. In fact, rumors of
 an open rupture are going the rounds, | and while there may he nothing in these l there is every reason to believe that the relations between the two officials are by | no means what the leaders of the Repub- lican party who are after harmony would like to have them.
 Several of the minor official acts of the Secretary are said to have displeased I the President and developments of an in- | teresting nature would create little sur | prise among that class of Washington
 ians which keep up with such matters. | The fuel situation in Washington con- 1 tinues to grow more serious. The supply
 of hard coal in the hands of the local
 dealers is now very small indeed-some- thing less than 1000 tons-and the price
 has been pushed up to SIS and $20 per ton. thus making 1t impossible for the poorer classes to purchase anthracite. Soft coal. wood. oil. and in short, every possible substitute for anthracite, find a | ready market at advanced prices and experiments with new substitutes are con- stantly being made. The first cold
 weather will work great hardships on the poorer people. and for that matter on the | wealthier ones as well, for many of those
 who have the money wherewith to buy
 coal cannot find coal to buy. The matter | has long ceased to be a joke and unles! | the situation is soon relieved in some
 way, the national capital will suffer se l verely. ..---.-