The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-28
ATTY: GENERAL
| MAY RESUME
| LAW PRACTICE
Small Salary Behind Rumored
! Intention to Forsake
I Official Berth.
ASSISTANT WILL SUCCEED
Secretary Hoover Also Reported
To Be Uneasy at Failure
J to Get Cooperation.

Political observers IL Washington
arc discussing a. . matter Of CON-
mon gossip tho report that Harry
M. Dauaherty will not remain q
great willis lonker a member Of
! President Harding's Cabinet.
At the same time 1t is taken for
granted that Guy d. Goff, Of West
Virginia, a son of former Senator
Nathan 0off. will be appointed to
succeed Mr.. Daugherty as Attorney
General Of the United States, Mr..
Goff is now Assistant Attorney Gen
cral.
No Friction Involved.
OF course, there Is not the slight
est friction between Mr.. Dausherty
and the President. but according to
, friends OF the cabinet officer he
never at any time expected to serve
out his four-year term.
His intimates assert that he IL
still a man Of moderate means not
luCIduNS PiuSNACC
In Ohio which he gave UP to with
!, the nomination and election for
Senator Harding.
Mr.. Daugherty Is now about sixty.
five years old and realizes that he
will not be active for many years
more. He hopes to withdraw soon.
1t In said to reensase in the prac-
tice Of his profession on q larger
scale than ever before.
With the prestige he has gained
AZ Attorney General he Is now In a
position to resign. For that reason
Mr.. Goff Is being groomed for the
position. He is held in high esteem
by the Administration and won quite
, a name for himself as counsel for
the United States Shipping Board.
Hoover Is Restless.
Coupled with these reports are
rumors that Secretary OF Commerce
Herbert Hoover is far from satisfied
with his opportunities for service as
head Of the Department OF Commerce.
He had not. II IL said. been able
to achieve the results he had hoped
for, and is said to lay the blame for
some of his failures upon the lack
OF cooperation from tho White
House.
As far az can DO learned. says the
Baltimore Sun, Mr.. Hoover had not
discussed with anybody his purposes
and most that IL said regarding him
&c speculation based upon his known
characteristics. his ambition to be an
important figure and the limitations
under which he labors In one of the
minor departments Of the Govern
ment.
From tho very outset of this Ad.
ministration It has been a matter of
conviction In many quarters that
Secretary Of State Hughes would not
serve out his four-year term. That he
would eventually return to the Su-
preme Bench by appointment from
Mr.. Harding, has been taken for
granted. II II had not been for the
vitality important negotiations which
ne had initiated 1t is believed he would
have been made chief Justice instead
Of Mr.. Taft.
The Case OF Hughes.
The other side Of this picture, how
ever, il the fact that Mr.. Hughes Is
enjoying himself hugely where he IL;
that he Is now the foremost figure of
this Administration; that he has been
an associate Justice of the Supreme
Court once, and 1t means little to him
to hold that position q second time;
that he is being given 100 per cent
support by the President, and that he
is making more history. and knows II,
than he could make in any other po-
sion In public life short Of the Presi.
dency itself. Just why he should
withdraw under such circumstances Is
n question which the official gossipers
fail to answer satisfactorily.
Nothing Is heard OF the inclination.
II there be any, of other Cabinet
members retiring to private life. And
now that the Mellon rumor has been
disposed of, so far as the immediate
future IL concerned. the chances are
that the Harding Cabinet will 10
along intact for some months to
come, unless Mr.. Daugherty or Mr..
Hoover should insist upon being re-
lieyed.