The Washington times., 1922-12-30
"Cabinet Making''
Non Popular
Sport
VIZ ITH the approach Of March
w 4, the half way mark In
" in President Harding's


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first term, Cabinet making" Is a
popular sport Just now. Rumors
crop UP that Daugherty is to re-
sign-and Fall and Hoover. That
former Senator Kellogg Is to have
a Cabinet appointment-Or former
Senator Harry New. or Carmi
Thompson or any one OF a grist
Of other lame ducks who are look.
ing to the little Father" OF all
good Republicans for comfort.
But--out, of the welter Of gos-
sip the one statement which
seems. to have the earmarks OF
truth is that the Secretary Of the
Interior, Albert B. Fall. Is to go
out on March 4, The Attorney
General. Mr.. Daugherty, has de.
MED catagorically that he Is to
resign-although one has learned
not to take much stock In such
diplomatic denials'-but Mr.. Eau
has carefully refrained' from tssu-
ing any such statement.
It is admitted In those "au-
thoritative quarters which one
hears so much about that Mr.. Fall
is going, and the usual reason,
"the necessity for looking after his
own business interests" Is given
with an emphatic denial that there
has been any friction in the Cabi-
net or between Mr.. Fall and the
President. But-well. in the case
of a Cabinet disagreement it's much
like in the case of a court Illness
the king is never Ill unless he Is
dying.
The loss OF Falls will probably
create less of a ripple in the social
sea than would the departure Of
any other Cabinet family. Not that
they are not pleasant and popular,
but both the Secretary and Mrs.
Fall have been much out of Wash
ington since his appointment to the
Cabinet, and they have not gone
in very heavily for society. More
over, even during Secretary Fairs
long service in the Senate. he and
his wife were not as closely iden.
titled with official life here as
were many Of the Senator's col
leagues.
Secretary and Mrs. Fall are ex.
pected in town this afternoon after
spending Christmas with their soI1
in.law and daughter. Mr.. and Mr..
Brant Elliott, in Port Conway, Va.
CCENE: The Senate Chamber.
- It might have been any day
since Senator Borah introduced his
amendment on the calling OF an
economic conference. But It
chanced to be yesterday. The gal.
leries crowded and much in need OF
restraint, for they kept bursting
into laughter and applause at the
sallies which peppered the livery
debate.
Mrs. Coolidge was there-indeed.
she's done nothing much this week
except play round with her boys
and 'Iisten in" on the discussion
at the Senate. Also. Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth. She's almost always
on hand when there's anything do
ing at the Senate, and always
without. qualification-when Sen
ator Borah's going to speak. or
course, he held forth yesterday,
defending his measure. but the
high lights Of the debate were the
speeches by his one-time confed-
crates, Johnson and Watson and
Moses. who are now arFayed on
the other side. ...
Senator Moses made an exceed
ingly witty address and Senator
Watson was fiery until Borah
pulled his teeth by withdrawing
his amendment. Mrs. Hiram
Johnson was In the gallery and
so were Mrs. Moses and Mrs.
Watson. Other Senatorial women
looking on were Mrs. Lawrence
Philips, Mrs. Henry Wilder Keyes,
Mrs. John W. Harreld, Mrs.
Edwin F. Ladd, and Mrs. Robert
N. Stanfield. Also there were
Mrs.~Charles Boughton Wood and
Mrs. Walter Schoelkopf and q
number of other unofficial women
who are interested in politics.
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