The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-03
Caustic Arraignment of Sec
retary MaeVeagh in Letter
rendering Resignation.
RESIGNATION WAS ASKED FOR
BECAUSE OF INSTRUMENTATION
This is Statement Issued From Whit.
House-Cabinet Trouble in the Past
Disclosed by Letter to Secretary
MacNeash Charged as incompetent.

Washington, July "A. Pistt An
drew today rendered his resisnation to
fIes'denf Taft as assistant secretary
OF the treasury, In a spirited letter
10 'he president. Andrew writes of the
conditlons in the treasury department
MniSh are alleged to be due to the at
t1tude of Secretary MscNearh toward
many OF his subordinates
Andrews letter of resignation
charges that subordinates in the treas
ufN department. have been hampered
ana discouraged at every turn by Mac
eaghs idiosyncrasies and his inca
paolty for decisions" 1t contains
a.nlns arrangement of MacVeagh's
aaministration of the government at
tanS t; ana created a profound sensa-
ton in official circles.
-, one portion of Andrews letter to
!he president is susceptible of being
lrterpreted to effect other treasury Of
nclals dissatisfied with MacVeaeh's
treatment of them.
or further evidence of the pecu-
mar difflculties which surround the
handllns of the business in the treas
urN, ne suggests tha, President TAFT
troller of the currency; Lee McClung.
treasurer of the United States; Josenh
Z. Ralph, director of the bureau OF
engraving and printing; Charles
hram, auditor for the postoffice.
foval f. Cahell. commissioner of in.
.efnal revenue James Knox Taylor.
lnrmer supervising architect and
ialles u. Norton. DR. Andrews pre-
decessor and former secretary to the
president e--e
Andrews letter to Secretary Mac
Neash advising him of his resignation
clScloses the hitherto unpublished fact
1hat MacNeagh was on the verge of
leaving the cabinet in December. 1910.
IN one part the letter SAYS:
on cannot forget how I stood nv
you when you were on the point Of
having taken from your hands what
Vas probably the most important un-
uei taxing OF your administration
When the white house in Decem
Der. 1910. without consulting you
ana entirely without your Knowledge.
entered INTO negotiations for the issue
or the Panama bonds and the EN-
narrassment of the situation threaten
ed 10 force Your resignation, you will
remember that l did everything in INV
power TO avert Your humilia ton: that
Loyalty agreed to resign and leave
me service with You if your resigna-
flon became necessary"
Andrews letter to the president saws
in part:
In presenting my resignation Of
the office with which YOU have favored
me deem ii proper To acauaint YOU
with the conditions which have exist
ed in the treasury for the last two
Years, at least and which are of grave
concern not only to every official Of
the treasury but also to many thous-
ands throughout the country who have
husiness to conduct with this DEPART
ment.
For long time the transaction Of
much of the treasury's business has
been AT Standstill and an outbreak
Of some sort has been imminent.
Many able and energetic treasury Of
fcials have had to bear the brunt OF
the harsh criticism from the people
outside who have suffered internain-
able delay in their business with the
treasury for which the secretary alone
is responsible AT the same time they
have had to submit to criticism even
more harsh and more undeserved