Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-02-17

The Louisville (Kentucky) Court q.
er-Journal OF February 10, contain
ed an article written by its special
Washington correspondent, Charles
Nicholson, to the effect that Secre-
tary of the Interior Fall is slated to
resign March on the flat ground
that he is out of harmony with the
policies Of the administration; that
nothing has been accomplished for
the public and that his warning
advice has been overlooked" The
article follows:
The first real break in the Hard
ing cabinet is impending
Albert Bacon Fall, secretary Of
the interior, is scheduled to tender
his resignation and retire March 4,
after having served exactly one
year.
While VIII II. Hays, postmaster
general, also goes March 4, that il
not counted as a detection mas
much as President Warren G.
Harding and Mr.. Hays were linked
only by politics, and Mr.. Hays is
to quit simply because Of the lure
of vastly more remunerative po~
sition.
But Mr.. Fall was Mr.. Hardings
closest friend and the man whose
judgment he formerly used to rely
on rather than that of any other.
Nothing Accomplished, Is View.
1t has been ALBERT" and War
rem" between those two ever since
Mr. Harding came into national
politics, and Mr.. Fall is leaving the
cabinet on the flat ground that he
is out of harmony with the policies
of the administrations; that moth
ing has been accomplished for the
public and that his warning advice
has been overlooked.
1t is doubtful at least, whether
these reasons will be given in the
public announcement of Mr.. Falls
retirement. 1t probably will be
given out that his vast ranch and
cattle interests have suffered so
much by the depression in the live
stock market that it is necessary
for him to give his whole time to
attempt their rehabilitation.
Shilly-S hallying Hated.
But his close friends, to whom
he has confided his intentions, UNI
utI GldIlu tllttb WHlAb Ills bu5AilCAS
losses are by no mean negligible he
would have carried on If it had not
been for his feeling that the admin
istration was taking a course that
he could not follow consistently.
Naturally he was an irreconcil'
able in the league Of nations strug.
gle, and had he remained in the
senate he would have been with
Senator William e. Borah and Hi
ram w. Johnson in fighting the
arms conference treaties as inclin'
ing toward the very thing which he
combatted so fiercely during the
Wilson administration.
He hated shilly-shallying and dis
counted the political eXpediency of |
water on both shoulders |
One always knew where Mr.. Fall !
stood in the senate maneuyers.
Halfway Policies Opposed.
He objects to the halfway policy |
as to the soldiers bonus. He has
the soldiers either be paid !
heir bonus or that there should be |
4 definite stand against 1t.
His position on the tariff was the |
effective and prompt |
revision or an abandonment of the |
He wanted either definite and
legislation for the farm
ers' benefit or cessation of all |
pretense that something would be
done for them.
This brief recital of Mr.. Falls
political creed indicates pretty I
clearly where the lack of harmony /
referred to comes in.
Undoubtedly Mr.. Harding will do /
all in his power to change the mind /
Of Mr.. Fall, for the personal affec-
ton between the two is undiminish- |
ed Mr.. Harding is a harmonizer.
Mr., Fall is positivist-and that !
has caused the break.
Decision Called Irrcvocable.
The bright prospects of the arms |
treaties and their logi- |
cal effect on republican fortunes |
were expected by some to induce |
Mr.. Fall to reconsider his decision |
to resign, but those who know him
best say that this decision Is ire
vocable. Mr.. FSll is not in the habit |
Of changing his mind.
The only appeal that might move
him would be the representa- ton |
that his leaving might work dam
age to his friends prospect Of re-
but the answer to such an |
if it has been or will be
made, is that Mr.. Harding has still