Evening star., 1924-03-28

| Resignation of Harry NJ. Daugher-
! ty today as Attorney General marks
the passing from the administra ton
of the closest personal friend and po-
! litical adviser of the late President
| Harding.
| 1t was Harry NJ. Daugherty who
| years ago got behind Warren q.
! Harding, who is said to have urged
, Harding out on the platform 10
make his first public speech. who
managed his campaign at the repub-
| licaD national convention nominat-
! ing him, and who came into power
and remained as perhaps the closest
Confidant of the late President.
Daugherty has been known among
his friends and enemies as a friendly
! fighting man. He has been the stormy
petrol in many a climax in his per
sonal and political career, and has
relished a battle.
Several times he has been the sub
ject of attack from Capitol Hill.
which sought to remove him from
Office for various reasons, but each
time he weathered the storm until
today. for reasons explained by him
! self. he decided to withdraw.
, The major attacks against him have
been on account of his prosecution
OF war proiiteers, which was alleged
to have been too slow, his former
connections with Morse. the ship
! builder. which caused furore. final
| ly subsiding, following explanations;
his famous Injunction suit against
the railway unions and finally his
general conduct of the Department
of Justice.
Courage Praised by Friends.
Daugherty has been praised and
adhered to by his friends as law
eran
a cabinet member and presidential
adviser of sterling character and un-
daunted courage.
Although suffering from i'll health
much of the time, personally worried
over the invalidism of his wife ana
harassed by the attacks of his enc
mics from many quarters. Mr.. Daush-
erty fails to show his sixty-four years
of age.
Mr. Daugherty was born in Wash
ington Court House, Ohio, received his
education in the local high school and
at the University Of Michigan, where
he received the degree of bachelor of
laws.
Opening his practice at Washington
Court House, he moved later to CO.
lumbus, in 1898, and from that city
directed the activities which were
later to take him to the cabinet of
the Harding administration.
Held Few Offices.
Although a candidate for Office
many times, Mr.. Daugherty was elect
ed to few offices, but remained a
power in the political counsels of his
party. It has been his boast that he
never but once backed a candidate for
election who failed to win.
He was first elected a township
clerk in Fayette county, his birth
place. He served in the city council
of Washington Court House for two
terms in the late SOS, and as a mem
ber of that body helped 10 put
through one of the first municipal
prohibition acts He served two
terms in the general assembly from
Fayette county in 1891 to 1894.
Following this service he was a
candidate for the nomination for at
torney general in 1895. when the con-
vention gave the nomination to
Frank $. Monett of Rucyrus. Then
in 1897 he became candidate for
governor. the selection falling upon
George X. Nash of Columbus. In
1916 he sought in the primary the
nomination for United States senator
but the choice fell upon former Gov.
Herrick, later defeated in the cleo
tion by Pomerene.
3Ir. Daugherty served in 1898 as