Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-23
WICKERSHAM To
QUIT NEXT YEAR
Believed Attorney General
Is Weary of Strife
in Cabinet

m HNIlfiN AAN'liHN 60 NIlF NNNfN "'f''H
attorney general George IS Wllaer-
sham have good reason. they h,iicvc,
ior saying that unless there De- "a COM
plete physical breakdown SIR Wick
crsham Nill remain Boo the cabinet on
tl March Q of next tcar somewhat
detailed reports came from Wash
lngt0n a. few days ago setting fOftH
Mr. Wickersham. purpose snDedilt .o
iesien There seemed to Boo some aH-
horiy behind these reports SGD tina.
Nr Wiekersham friends boo This c.'v
took pains 20 fellow them Hp
Cue reason ahy Nr NttrrsfW
soHil give uo tboueht to RESTS atieu
lf ths time based HpoY fho pro-
creuu1s brought hy him boo fHU
name of the government to dissolve
the United States Steel corporation
&C. could not. without semiug 20 de-
sert his post resign while these pro-
ercdinps are pending
dr. Wickersham s friends say that
his experience a. attorney general has
been a ,erj trying one The secretary
Of the treasury and all the other cab
met Officers. inch ding even Mr. Knox
secretary of state. have not been
brought face 10 face with very impor-
tant or critical questions, although
Mr KnoN has had some rather din
cult diplomacy 10 carry ON iu the far
east
ur Wickersham. his friends in this
cit, say. Is persuaded that his scr
vice as attorney general viii have cost
him oigh wears OF his ufe llc means
by that that the various factors
which have entered into his service
AZ attorney general have caused such
great drauRhts 10 boz made upon his
physical strength as Justify him be-
the belief that the service viii oos.
him at least eight wears of hls Iifr
These factors are of Two kinds one
mental aud the other physical Wien
ur WiDkersham became attorney
general. bee was numbered among the
1hiost of the Young LAWYERS of New
YORK. city Ills professional work
was cougenial To- him tie made
many friends lle was a most com
uanipuablc man Ills income was re-
putcd 10 be- large. aud be- could
count upon continued professional
r,m.ars go great as 10 insure him a
comfortable forlno hy the imc he
reached the vouth 81 old age.
The Governments Law OFFICER.
When Mr. Wichersham became at
ioruev general he was convinced that
IL was his duty To cycrue. under the
president. ihe Law NO matter what his
personal opinion ~ 10 the eNpedi 'ncy
For that reastn he felt compelled 90
b., he lhc very aggressive proc led
mss fci the dissolution CT elimination
Of tac so-caled trusts In doing
that Ne ran counter 10 some OF his
former friendships some of them he
lost completely lie began 10 hear
his name spoken In cyLicism or with
bitter criticism Tie learned tha.
some who had been his friends were
accusing him OF proceeding in the
tnti-trlst cases solely for the pur-
~ catching the popular eye IN
The hope that he might tc al last
looked upon as the available Candt
1atefor the presidency
All - these things hun the attor-
ncy general Or he rs q very scrsi.
tive mar And the mental strain
and anxiety. as well az irritation
which we're ocCasioncd by these eS-
pcticnces reacted In some measure
upon his physical system
His Nights II Toll.
Mr. Wickeisham knew. when he
became theattornoy general that
cabinet officers must follow the So
Ella customs which prevail at Wash
ington but he did not realize wha.
the social demands were and how
ric,ousiy they encroichcd upon time
noe dcd for executive work.
Nght after nIeht the attorney sen-
oral has shared either as efcst or
os .n th, social function, of WASH
H.tnu because these seen, 20 be- a
ar. oft tho administrative life 90 the
capital SO hall past ten 90 eleven
O'CLOCK bee Hoean office work almost
u,r night u bis library after the
.o.1. entertainment of tuc eyenins
HH. 0tor -imet.mos these lahors
carried him Gar hcyoud the small
ho Some of them compelled in-
Hu.e mental ,raton. The ct.
'cot was mat when De did 20 10 bed.
bis brain was NiIl active and II vas
mot easy for him always 10 sink inn
Wcllately 90 sleep The result Is
.hIt the attorney General has been
3.orNIrked llc Is man r. strong
physical vitality and his habits Of lie
are simple. SO that he has had plenty
.oi reserve energy Another year. how
ever, as attorney general would be
iib''r 10 exhaust this reserve. Il is
ior this reason thai Mr. Wickersham
has decided that under no oircum-
stances and in response TO no appeals
however. urgent. viii he remain In
no.I.' life after the fourth Of March.
l'I' ln am probability It was this
determination which he NAV have eN-
pressed 70 sine OF his friends. which