The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-09
TARIFF To !.
DISRUPT ]
CABINET?
KNOX AND M'vElGH CON
sIDER RETIRING, 1T
is RUMORED
PAfNE-AlURlCh LAW
A SOURCE OF OISCORC
! Spnmc In 10 tho MiIIStnnp
Around the Neck Of the
Administration

Washington, d. g., April 9-Re-
ports Of upheaya il the Presidents
cabinet and he statement comes
from reliable sources that two mcm
bers OF the cabinet may retire before
the end OF another week. Secre8
tary Knox OF the state department
and Secretary Franklin Macyeagh Of
the treasury a.e both said TO be con
sidemng retiring. II Knox leaves II
Will be because all is not harmoni
Gus in the cabinet, though other rea
sons may be given, Whine MacVeagh
can truthfully say his health is re-
sponsibe, though he has been hamp-
cred IN his efforts by the high tafiIf
people, worried and aanoyeu until
his has been one reason his health
Is not better.
Secretary Knox went into the cab
inet eXpec ing TO be the greatest fac
tor in the cablnel as is usually true
of the secretary Of state The Pres
/ ident has shown such preference
/ for George w Wickersnam attGr
hey general, that there Is little feel
1 ing on that account. But that would
not make he trouble without adds
uonal causes. Knox mas mad the
hard work and no defense when he
got into trouble. He has been crlt-
lcised for his policy toward the Latin
American republics and in the case
oi the Nicaraguan trouble was made
The subiec OF many Jokes.
A Lemon for Knox
Knox felt 1t keenly and when the
President in his speech devoted his
efforts TO deie~iils Aldrich and the
Payne-Aldrich tariff and had no word
OF defense Tor Knox, the secretary IS
said to nave felt piqued. The ariH
boa d was appointed TO do part of the
work that had before been among
the duties OF the state department.
Negotiating tariff agreements where
reciprocal treaties were involved had
belonged to he department. of which
he is the head The organization OF
the tariff board placed in charge Of
The relations with foreign countries
I thai deal with The most important
| trade relations, a body In 10 way
subject TO the control of The depar,-
. ment Of state.
: Then when he tariff board was un-
. able to agree with Canada, it fell to
i the state department 10 make such
agreement as IL could and taking on
I a bad situation the state department.
did not obtain an agreement with
8 Canada OF which 1t is at all proud
All ihese things Secretary Knox Is
said to feel SO keenly that his in
s clination is to sever his connection
With the depa tment
MaoVeagh and che Tariff
MacNeagh has no, been frec from
tariff troubles. His appoln ments
have met with trouble from poH.i
clans Ills appointment Of ] A.
Freeman Curtis to be assistant sec
re.ary was held up for two mon hs
by the senate because Curtis made
some rulings on imported goods al
the port OF Boston which The higf
tariff advocates said were too lew
He assessed he minimum instead oil
ihc maximum rate. In his fight witt
The Aldrch following the Prcsden
has let him paddle his own cano,
without help This. taken with bis
I. Illness, is said 90 have led him K
think seriously of retiring. IN addi
m lion 10 these things, there is s0mi
friction with Secretary Knox. II
every case the trouble. circles arount
ard comes back to the tariff whicl
le seems to he he milestone around thi
al neck Of he whole adminis alton an,
re everybody connected with 10. ThO
ip revolt OF the people which extende.
to congress has unquestionably foun,
it's way into he cabinet. and wher
r. ever 1t has gone trouble has been ih'
only result. II the two secretarie
who are now said to be seriously
considering early retirement from
the cabinet do rei.e ii win be foun,
that the underlying cause Of Il al
had lis origin in the Payne-Aldricl
tariff bill.