The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-05
CABINET RUM0RS
FILL THE AIR
Dougherty and NJ el 10 n
Said to Be Preparing
TO Quit Job

WASH NftIbN -" INo flfNt flA
months OF tho Harding udministra'
tion having gone by witho6t the oc'
currencc OF anything startling Th'
tea table and cloak room gVssips ol
the national capital are predicting
some radical changes iu tho make ur
OF official Washington FOR the next
six
II s. the gossip of Washington
that before The new naturalization
celebrates its first auulFrrspIy thcr"
wil ho az least two, Wnyh" ihf"'
and possibly moro. cabinet changes.
The rumurs hHy" recently become
80 cirrumstautial that they have
found their way into SOME metro
pOlltau papers ana have l,Wli"i IN
the expected dcuiuIH. tn" ports,
however. persist
Tho names chiefly concerned In
these rumorod changes are scrrc-
tHry OF tho treasury Andrew W.
Mellon and ATTORNEY. General Harry
NJ U8uEhcrty.
According to the stories that cir
culatc among tho tca tablca of
Washington, Secretary Mellon has
tired ~ public lifo after his brief
first taste OF it, and Boz desirous OF
setting back 20 tho placid serenity
81 directing a score uf biz corpora
connected
This is Secretary MELONS first
taste Of public life and political
contact and % rs admitted. hy his
few inmates that he has found II
little 90 his hiking Being nnuraltly
Of shy aud gctiring disposition,
the secretary otthc treasury rs said
90 have formed "a pronourccd dis.
like to the rough glve-and.tako OF
Washington political NE and A.
would not surprise his intimates
should he embrace the first oppor-
tunity to get back into private life.
Mellon Dishcartcncd.
Secretary Mellon has found rough
shedding IN Washington with his t,.z
program. and this is said to nave
Increased his dislike for his Job. one
OF hts first official acts was the pre-
sentation to- Congress Of an estimate
OF how much money II would take
90 run the federal government for
the next fiscal year. based on the
amount OF expenditures which he
saw would be necessary in the cx-
listing state OF thinga
Congress, with an eye 20 re-eiec-
tlon next year nnd realizing the pot
ency OF an economy argument with
the average voter, slashcd his esti-
Harding was called la as n mediator
IN tho resultant dispute and, realiz-
Ing the pHrty's need, the chief exc
cutive supported tho congregational
side, with the result that MELONS
figures were discarded.
Many of tho secretarys tax
recommendation suffered the Same
fate at the hands OF house republi-
cans In charge OF framing the new
revenue bill. The republicans OF
the finance committee likewise dis
regarded and cast aside "A number
OF his accommodation.
The net result of these experiences
Is said 10 have increased the seore.
Ary's dislike for a post which hC
was reluctant 10 accept In the first
place.
Weeks Wants MeiIon's Post.
" Mellon does resign. Il Is gen
orally believed In Washington that
Secretary OF War John w Weeks
VIII be shifted over TO the treasury
department, where he has long de.
sired to be- II is Understood that
Weeks accepted the war portfolio
with the understanding that he
would be given the treasury berth
at the first opportunity
The case of Attorney General
bhhtHfllN N not Iht tnhl OF Mel
lon. The encouragement has been
the grand master of patronage
since March last, and the demands
made upon him have been tremen
dous. Aspirants for every kind OF
a federal job--from Waterman 10
ambassador--have had to "see
Daugherty," and as all have not
been taken care of II has led "a
some hard feelings In many quar-
ters.
Personal reasons also are said 10
figure largely in the attorney,Een
erals reported desire 20 retire from
his post. His own health is none
too good, and Mrs. Daugherty Is ar
invalid, nccessitating his spending
much time travelling back and forth
between Washington and Ohio.
No confirmation OF the rumors re
ERrding either Mellon or DauEhert,
Is obtainable. but the gossipiug per
sists around the capitol.
Should Daugherty leave tho cabi
net, the belief prevails that Presiden
Harding would nsmc as his success
sor either former Senator qeorg
sutherland of Utah. or James M
Beck OF Now York. at present solici
Tor general in the department.