The Washington herald., 1921-09-14
DAUCHERTY BALKS
POLITICIANS WHO
THOUGHT HIM EASY
Attorney General Will
Continue in Office, De-
spite Rumor.
ny MARI SULLIVAN.

The Cabinet resignation rumor
has lit on Attorney General Daugh-
erty. But there is nothing to 1t.
About the only good reason Mr..
Daugherty would have for resign
ing would be the same reason Abe
Martin had for giving favorable
consideration to the idea Of dying
namely. interest in what folks
would say on the occasion. Mr..
Daugherty's interest in, life Is
rather heightened by having the
laugh on other folks, especially on
his opponents and critics.
Many anticipated that as Attor-
ney General, Mr.. Daugherty would
be a good deal of politician. A
few held this anticipation with
fear, but more held IL with hope.
Both groups have been disappointed
and now view Mr.. Daugherty's rec
ord with different sorts of emotion.
Some Feel Grievance.
Those Senators and Representa-
tives and others who expected IL
would be very easy to slip over"
political appointments on the new
Attorney General have the feeling
of grievance that arises out of
agreeable expectations unfulfilled
and turned to ashes. There is
more than one Senatorial patronage
seeker who will testify with some
emotion that Mr.. Daugherty, in his
appointments. il about. the. least
political" man in the Cabinet.
Mr.. Daugherty has shown a good
lawyers pride in the most eXacting
standards of his office. Saving the
Federal judgeships from persons
VIII" wait them for political reasons
Is a never-ending business. One
case is OF DISPOSED of until another
Is up, and there is a striking s!tua-
ton on the Pacific Coast just now.
The virtue of Daugherty. as a pol.-
tician. is that he manages it with
the humorous good nature OF a man
who is sure of himself and sure OF
his power. Daugherty is successful
in his "ftire and a pillar Of strength
to Harding.
Due to Ohio Politics.
The explanation of the current
rumOr lies in the fact that 1t Is
probably invented for a purpose
having bearing on the more re-
condMe complexities of Ohio politics
where a Senatorial election Is to be
held next year
y D"u-herty is the fifth subject
Of the Cabinet resignation rumor
l'rev ously. at one time or another,
II N"s liz on Hughes. Fall. Hoover
and Mellon. In none of the cases
was there any more foundation than
al the present. No man appreciative
IF the honor that goes with a Cabi-
net post Is likely to resign it until
he finds 1t unbearably uncomfort-
able. The precisely opposite fact>is.
that Mr.. Harding's Cabinet gives u
strong impression of being comfort
able and happy. both individually
and as a family.
Serious Friction Absent.
There have been unimportant in
cidents Of men with headlong in
tentions on their jobs getting mad
VHrtently on the territory of other
men: and other cases on men. unac-
cuStOmed to public life. making mis-
takes unavoidable in the process Of
learning the rules of a new role
These are things that big men un-
derstand and don't take too serious
ly. There has been nothing even
family approaching an occasion ser!-
Gus enough for a resignation. The
regular twice-a-week meetings OF
President HardinE's Cabinet are
probably the ablest human confer
encAs beng held currently on the
surface of the earth. Nobody would
he likely to withdraw from them
except for a good reason. and ther.
is nothing of the kind in sight.
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