The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22
! 7 TAWNEY MAY B1
TAF 7 s ADv|sE|
Secretaryship, Which Win /,
More Important Office, o..
fered Minnesotan.
NORTON HAS MANY FOES
WHO REJOICE AT HIS G0u
RumOr Says Present Tncumb.,
Was Asked to Quit Aite,'
Famous Letter. h
By RALPH M. WHITEsrnp

BY Leased Wire TO The Tribrra
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21-Rar,.
at've James A. Tawney of Nina.
may be private secretary to the -
dent if he so wishes. =,
This is the talk in washino+,.
day. following the announeemer,
coming retirement Of SecretaTv m. -
d. Norton. Other names are aI.a
II ned in connection with the nl.o. o
the best information is that tboM M Nj.
sotan has first option on Tho ioh :
further 1t is almost universaIIv &
that Mr.. Taft is to be conoys{,,.:
If he finds Tawney willing to acss4s'
There is, by the wav more - <,
Of a mystery concerning the rs,iv.
Of Mr.. Norton. Mr.. Norton u W.
insist he has given the real -.
for quittlng-namely, that he is !:
back to Chicago into private bn.Ss1
Many politicians insist on YstsS'
to take so friendly view of e n.
take the view that Mr.. Norton /.
ing out because OF a powerful nolt;.
opposition to him which has influs,-
the president to let him 20.
Norton Has Many Foes
The truth is there has been IA,
opposition to Mr.. Norton for mar
among powerful politicians In tbs \
publican party. This is wall ma
stood here and is not denied he h
Norton IS best friends. /
Whether they have been instn,ns
In forcing him out is something ss +
which proof is so far wanting. +
that they have persistently soupAf
disparage him is unquestionably Inn
They have never hesitated to ~
else him and to declare that he D.
bad political adviser to Mr. Tan
Among the men who have oppc>
Mr.: Norton is Senator Aldrieh. Z
influence Of Postmaster General Hit@
cock has been adverse to Mr.. Nor
1t was Mr.. Norton who insisted n
the administration last fall ouqht
free itself from the Aldrich. CannonH'|
linger influence. He set out Ia n
rather heroic measures to bring b
about. For his efforts he earnsd 3
bitter enmity Of these men and p
political friends.
Mr., Norton was one of the fini
about Mr.. Taft to perceive that p
so.called progressive movement
much broader and deeuer than au :
preston of dissatisfaction Of q
politicians at the capital
Wanted to Aid Insurgents.
He was one of the men about 4
president who wanted the insuim
given patronage He wrote the fse1.
letter to an Iowa member of couFr
restoring patronage to the insurgl-/
and because of this was hotly SsaiI
for making a blunder.
The criticism of Mr.. Norton in +
litical way has proceeded largely q
the men who are the conservative Z
the narty-the old-time leaders
While the insurgents have done -
critic ing. thev have done by no m1/
as much as the old-time regulars.
Besides this, Secretary MacVaf1/
close friends have viewed Mr.. Nor
with n jealous eye, figuring be n
out in quest of the office Of 81
tarv of the treasury.
Despite such antagonisms, it %
clared that the relations Of the rX
ident and Mr.. Norton arc enn
friendly, that the president value
services, and that Norton monIhs
told the president he wanted To q
ga-ize the office force at the y
House and then get back to pm
life.
That Mr.. Norton has been .
worker, devoted to the presidenf
pretty generally conceded.
In tact, one reason why he
to be desirous of getting back %
vatc life is that he wants TO Rei
from under the intense strain q
duties of the White House secis
snip. AS assistant secretary OK
treasury he effected a number Q!
forms and showed be had good
for business.
IT is understood that Chsrle
Hilles, assistant secretary OF ths
nry, was offered the position or pa
secretary to the president, but decn'