The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-07-23
ANOTHER CABINET
RUMPUS. BREWING
Trouble Starts Over 0usting of
Assistant Secretary of
Treasury by Taft.
By Ernest C. walker.
CMail Special to the Advertise

WASHINGTON, July 7.-Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury A. Piatt An.
drew has been required to hand in his
resignation. All Washington and muc1
of the adjoining forty.eight states ap
pear to be shaken more or less pro
foundly. He gave out some blisterinp
letters, as he departed. These reflect
ed upon Secretary of the Treasury
Franklin MacVeagh, who had lust
started for his summer home in Dublin
New Hampshire. In these communica
tlons Mr.. Andrew described how he
mad been able to get only about one
hour s official conversation with Secre
tary Mac Veagh during the past year
Business of pressing moment was de
layed and delayed. According to Mr.
Andrew there was similar dissatisfac
tion with several other Treasury sub
ordinates. He mentioned these by
name me-Director Ralph of the Bureau
of Engraving and Prnting-Comptrol
Ter of the Currency Murray; Treasurer
Lee McClung and so on.
1t was a very severe arraignment OF
the Secretary. In due season the Sec
retary came back with reioinder that
Mr.. Andrew had been inefficient. y
Ihat raised the storm anew. Powerful
senator's had been in behind Mr.. An
drew. They said it was not So Mr.
Andrew had been the one man in the
Treasury who could get things done
He was capable in remarkable de
gree. He had their confidence. He
had worked wonders as a financial ex
IN With hn 81, .ar
of the Aldrich Monetary Commission
and all that.
President Taft stood with his Secre
tary of the Treasury. The fact that he
did so has seemed to make the quarrel
all the more acute. Andrew is Massa
chusetts man, was formerly an assist
ant professor of political economy in
Harvard College. The Massachusetts
Senators-Lodge and Crane-took uI
cudgels in Andrew IS behalf. Senator
Lodge is member of the Finance
Committee of the Senate and one OF
several influential members there who
said that Andrew was very compel
ent official. Senator Crane, who is ac.
credited with having brought the Presi
dent s denomination at Chicago about
because of excellent management, went
to the President and asked that An.
drew be not dismissed. 1t was of nc
avail whatever.
Talk of Probe.
The Democratic House thought of
conducting an investigation, but is now
disposed to think of the matter as a
Republican quarrel that should be let
alone. All the same Washington is
tremendously interested. Probably
nothing will come of the matter, ex-
cept talk, but it is making some of the
President IS best friends among the
stalwarts very angry.
The conditions in the Treasury De
partment have been unsatisfactory to
the stalwart Republicans all during the
Taft administration. The stalwarts
can not get along with Secretary Mac
Veagh and never could. They think
there should be good stalwart Repub
lican on guard there. Mr.. MacVeagh
claims to be a Republican but the stal
warts claim that he is n Democrat
The offense has been compounded from
the stalwart viewpoint, because Mr.
MacVeagh has brought into the Treas
ury department as assistant secretaries
N
W. W. VI vniee m 80; tb;pns
James +. Curtis, of Boston, an avowed
Democrat, was made Assistant Secre
tary in charge of customs.
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OF Whom h''u peeli Inp6oushiy - ''''oa' ,'a
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the assistant secretaries; Al sne VIM
ne was cooperating Win que iMoneuai
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Wlth the oid uuaru'
Trouble Grows Worse.