The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-27
SECRETARY SHAW
May Resign Because of Suspected
Differences with the President.

Washington Special to New York Times.
The rumor has reached here that the
President Is at the point of an open rup-
ture with Secretary Shaw and that the
latter may resign from the Cabinet. This
contingency is regarded here with a dis
position TO await further events the cor
dial relations existing between the Pres'-
dent and his Secretary of the Treasury
have had no break so far as may be
known in Washington.
the fact that the Secretary had been
requested to wait the arrival of the Pres
ident at Chicago, and there join him
self to the Presidential party and the
arrangement that was male that ne
should divide appointments throughout
Iowa, wheer II was intended that the
Presidents view on the pending issues
with reference to the tariff must be made
clear to the people, should be taken. 1t is
thought, to mean that no interruption of
the Presidents confidence in his Secre-
tary of the Treasury had occurred, u2
to very recently.
That there were differences between the
President and Mr.. Shaw as to the tarin
revision has been suspected 1t is limited
perhaps the President did not himself
so clearly realize them until he approach
ed the time and place where the fact
would become unalterably apparent.
1t is said there has also been much to
disturb the Presidents complaisance with
regard to his choice of a Secretary of the
Treasury in the frequent contradictory
utterances, so considered, of Mr.. Shaw
as to the remedies for the present tnan-
cial str:ngenCy. 1t Is declared that the
Secretary discusses, perhaps with too
much freedom, the various phases of the
financial situation and the possible means
of affordng the desired cure.
A friendly view Of this habit is that
the Secretary often throws out his pass
ing opinion of the matter or his idea of
what the action of the Treasury should
be- with the expectation that ii may be
discussed and its merits or defects point
ed out. before il has been put into exc
cution and a mistake made, II 1t is wrong
1t is not denied that those who have
talked with the Secretary of late in re-
gard to financial matters have been per
picked and confused noe little by his
disposition to abandon one day the posi-
ton he had taken the day before. By
some ii is regarded that the Secretary is
making an experimental study of the
financial conditions, which seems to Me
President to be a hazardous thing to do.
On the other hand. there are those who
say withoupt hesitation that Mr.. Shaw is
a novice in g 'c" and that the variety
of his ideas present juncture is
due to a vacIt which already has
incurred the Presiutn, criticism.
So far as can he learned no denial Of
the rumor that the Secretary is likely to
resign has come from the White House.
1t is said the possibility of MIR. Shaw
resignatiul is regarded as simply pos
sibllity.
His resignation at this time could only
have the character Of disaster politically,
it is said, as, following the withdrawal
of Speaker Henderson. it would instantly
be construed as evi hence of divided
Republican House.
If there is basis cor the reported in
tention to resign 1t is regarded as reason
able to believe Mr.. Shaw Will not pre-
cipitate matters, and the President will
have the sagacity to postpone parting
with his Secretary nj tinance until The
cooler days OF mid November.