The sun., 1910-05-28
HAFH'S SECRETARY RESIGNS
CARPENTER TO BECOME MIN.
IsTER TO MOROCCO.
I'm nealIh Not GOSd. - the PEssldent
Picked out q SAlBbriaas Climate Ter
Ham-Thsre had Been eome kicklng
Absut uh Nsrk - Secretary.

Absat III WSrk as OscretaFY.
wAsHN0roS. May 11.-Fred ". Cur
pentsr. secretary 10 the Prssidant, has
resigned and has been appointed Ma
istsF tO Morocco Ills successor has not
hesn named. haIt AZ present the choice
lies bstwsan Charles D. Hilles q New
YORK Stats and e. d. Horton ot Chicago.
who are both assistants In the Treasury
Department and have made reputAtions
In Washington as cOmpetsnt executives.
m health is given a. tho reason for Sec
rstary Carpenters retirement. This
stAtamsnt vas given out at the Whito
House to-day,
The appointment Of ar. Carpsntsr 70
Morocco was made on hia own aDplicati0n
to bs relieved Of tho duties Of secretary 20
tho President. which have become 80 heavy
upon him as 10 threaten his health. The
Presidsnt thought as Morocco has q de-
lightfl climate the change Of duty which
this would AFFORD was wise and CONSENTED
70 Mr Carpenters resignation Of his nressnt
position. u Perciyal Dodge. az prsnsnt
Minister to Morocco. 10 70 be transfsrred
n another post No person has a. yet
been selected 10 succeed Mr, Carpentar.
The only vacancy in diplomAtic assign
Bents az present u that at Nicaragua,
and il is assumed that Mr.. Dodge viii
Be shifted TO that post.
The news Of Secretary CarpenterS
retirement was not altogether unexpected
in Washington. A good deal Of fault
has been found by members Of Congress
with Mr. Carpenters administration Of
the olice Of Secretary TO the President.
They all have liked Mr. Carpenter per-
sonally. but have complained that hs
WA not aggressive enough. Many Of
them have advised the President that
he ought 10 have a man aa secretary
who could advise him more effectively
on political matters and In regard 70
publicity II is well known fact that
the President is no politician.
While the matter Of Mr.. Carpenters
retirement has been und or consideration
for some time. Il is said that the Prcsi-
dent himself would not have acted u
Mr.. Carpenter had not himself decided
that the duties Of tho ofics wsrs too
burdsnsoms for him in hia present con-
dition. In fact the President In dis
c,lssing Mr. Carpenters retirement with
friends to-day showed Considerable feel
ing and said that be was vtry sorry in
deed 20 lose the services OF hs secretary.
Mr.. CARPENTER has been private Secrs-
tary 10 President Taft for TEN or fifteen
years. having started with him back In
the Philippines In ieoB. He started AZ
stenOgrapher and on more thAn one
OCCASION President Taft had referred pub
licly % the faithful service that he has
rendered He is not a robust man and
has shown the effect of his trying work
In the White House executive oificM.
Mr. CARPENTER has endeavOred In ad-
ministering the executive Oiiioes 20 ave
tho President as much as possible. and In
this he may have lacked tact. fOr he
has irritated several senators arud Reylre-
sentativea II has been said that M
President was greatly annoyed reoenlly
by the statement given out az the White
House In reference 90 the lawler memo
randum IN the Ralhnger- -PinchOt case
This was the statement that was made
after stenographer Frederick NJ. kerby
had charged that the Presidents letter
exonerating Secretary BallingeF was pre-
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signature by Assistant Attorney General
L4wler Of the DEPARTMENT Of the Interior
President Taft was out on the golf
links when the keTby statement was made
pubic Secretary Carpenter telephoned
10 him and the President sent word 70
him 20 deny that his letter was prepared
hy Iavler The statement issued AZ the
White House however, went a step flrthar
and said there was no foundation for
kerby's statement The result was that
the presideut had 70 come out the nsxt
day with a statement that differed ma
terially from the one issued az the White
Houss on the pr evious day The dis
CrppanCy hetwaculthe statements brought
almost A. much criticism on the Admins
tration A. the original Iawler incident
itseh
Yesterday Representative Tawney eaid
IN the House ~ Representatives that he
had obtained from the Presidents SO
retary the names q southern Democrats
NhO had ridden on the Presidents special
train and who are now opposing the special
appropriation u SIS 90 Tor the Presi-
dents travelling expenses. Mr. TaWney
zaid the Democrats were mean IN this
matter and added other things that were
construed a. rehecting On southern hos
pitalIfy The President vas greatly con
~ III wv w" NAAANNAHNN NaNA ANN NV
thing this morning sent a letter ~ Re-
preventative Tawneyip'itting hinself on
record in regard 10 Southern hospitality
Mr. Taft's friends deny, however,
that either the LAWYER incident or the
Tawney incident had anything 20 do with
Mr.. Carpenters retiremeut. The secre-
taTy 10 the President draws q salary
" tsOOO a year IN his new post Mr.
Carpenter will get $1,000 He nOmina-
tiOn a. Minister % Morocco was Amt
20 the senate to-day. hut he will COZ
tinue n serve until he u confirmed
Both Mr. Norton and Mr. Hilles. who
are beng considered for the place. are
comparatively young men. Roth we're
brought 10 Washington by SECRETARY
MacNeagh and both have gained Mr.
Taft confidence and admiration. Mr..
Taft has consulted them frequently in
regard 20 political questions and Ques-
tiOns q general policy. The place u
Surveyor of the Port ~ New York was
ogsred Mr. Hilles, but he declined H. Mr..
Norton when he acoepted the Government
plaoe was connected with several financial
Institutions In Chicago and was IN tho
insurance business. u h aaid that he
gave mp an income oi tiO.O0O q year 10
enter the Government service.
The Presidents confidence In nv
Hilles is indicated by the fact that hs
has invited him to accompany him on bic
trip nest week 70 Ohio and Michigan.
To MEET COL. ROOSEVELT.