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on the other hand is said to have writ
ten a letter about the same time. prob
ably to President Taft, severely arraign-
ing Secretary MacVeagh
Not Very Friendly With Secretary.
Mr.. McClung. it has been known for a
long time, has not been on the friend
liest relations with Mr.. MacVeagh and
appeared to have little in common with
other officials Of the department. 1t was
| asserted that he did little to aid the ad-
| ministration in making a showing of its
work. Although he did not oppose the re-
nomination and reelection Of President
Taft he played tennis much of the time
Mr.. Taft was struggling to have his ad-
| ministration understood throughout the
country.
Peculiarly, too. Mr.. Meetings. selection
| as treasurer three years ago was wholly
| personal with President Taft. Mr.. Nc
| Chung appeared to have no political back
| ing and seems to have none now. He
was. though. graduate of Yale, a friend
| of the President, and at one time had
been treasurer of the Yale corporation.
| He halls from Tennessee.
Reticence at the Treasury.
Mr.. McClung went the White House
i
nation personally to the President. In the
Treasury Department a very few Of the
high officials had known what was COM
] ing
| No official of the department from Sec
| retary MacVeagh down was willing to
| make any statement or to discuss in any
/ way the resignation.
| 1t was admitted by some that Mr.. Nc
| Chung had not been in close or cordial
| touch with other officials of the depart
| ment. Just who applied the pressure to
| Mr. McClung, If reports are true that
| there was some sort of application OF this
\ force, is not known, although presumably
| the President was the author Of 1t.
Mr.. McClung himself, when asked what
connection existed between his own resg-
| nation and the withdrawal from the
| Treasury Department last summer OF Dr.
| Andrew, admitted that the public gener-
| ally would connect the two designations.
| and added that 1t would be perfectly nat
| ural to assume that his own retirement
| was an aftermath of the Andrew affair.
declined to talk, saying that any adj
| tional statements must come from Presi-
ent Taft or Secretary MacVeagh.
No Date for the Change.
| No date for the change has yet been
fixed. Mr. Thompson will go with Presi-
dent Taft to New York and New Haven
| the end of this week and come back
next week. 1t is not known when Mr..
| Hiles will be prepared to return to
| Washington. He is closing up the work
| of the republican national committee, and
| it may take some time for him to finish
| and return to Washington.
| No actual change in the treasurershir
can be made anyhow for five or six
weeks, and may not actually take place
! until about January l.
| Cash Must Be Counted First.
This is due to the fact that every dol
lar In cash, every bond and every obli-
cation in the vaults Of the treasurer
must be counted.
The incoming treasurer gives receipt
| to the outgoing treasurer for every cent
in the latter's possession and the only
counting, week after week, all the money
in the vaults. Several hundred persons
will be engaged for weeks in doing this
| and, of course, no change can be had
| until the count is completed.
| The same process must be gone
through with when Mr.. Thompson, who
will hold the Office only few months.
| gives way to a democrat, as he doubtless
| will do Both counts will be made at
| considerable expense to the government.
but they are absolutely necessary. The
| bond of the trea surer Of the United
States is for nearly half million dollars.
| His bondsmen are not released from their
| obligations until a count has been COM
pleted and shows the treasurer to be up
1 to the minute with the millions in his
possession.