The Washington times., 1924-03-08

of him.
Attorney General Daugherty went
to his hotel last night in high
spirits. He had come back to town,
and he had seen the President. The
President had congratulated him on
the state Of his health His health
seemed fine. The President had
said so. Beyond that point the
President had said nothing.
Dismissal of Daugherty was not
discussed by the Cabinet. Dismissal
of Daugherty was not mentioned by
the President in any talk with
Daugherty.
Daugherty went to his hotel ex-
uberant with determination to de-
fend himself before the Senate.
Meanwhile, nevertheless, the ru-
mors of his dismissal filled the
town.
The problem was to reconcile
these rumors with the fact that
Daugherty neither was dismissed
by the President nor in any way
threatened by the President, with
dismissal.
The explanation is as follows:
The President has made 1t clear
to everybody, including Daugherty.
that II Daugherty would resign he
would not be grieved.
These expressions of his get
turned over in the minds of many
Of his visitors from a desire for a
a dismissal.
The President says to a Senator:
"Daugh erty in the end will
surely CO."
The Senator then says to another
Senator: "Daugherty is going"
The second Senator says to a
third Senator: 1.-The President is
Diminishing Daugherty."
The third Senator says to the
press: "Daugherty is gone"
Thus the rumors rise from a thin
soil like thick crop Of weeds.
And the President Listens.
Meanwhile almost every person
who asks the President to dismiss
Daugherty asks him also to appoint
some named person to be Daugh-
erty's successor. The visitor says:
DISMISS Daugherty and appoint
my friend"
The President listens. The visitor
departs and tells the reporters that
his friend was discussed.
Thus the rumors rise that the
President Is selecting q successor to
Daugherty.
actually has done is to fall in with
the views of those who think that
Daugherty ultimately by the situar
ton must go.
Nobody it happens holds those
views more strongly than Daugherty
himself.
If the Senate finds him innocent
he will resign. If the Senate finds
him guilty he will resign. He seeks
an exoneration. Whether he gets
1t or not he will resign.
His point is not the generation.
His point Is the trial.
View Of the Cabinet.
In this stand he is strongly upheld
by members Of the Cabinet who
otherwise are not friendly to him.
One Of them said today:
"If Daugherty cannot be tried be-
fore being dismissed on criminal
charges l am retiring from public
life. I shall refuse to expose myself
any further to being killed by any
Senator who happens not to approve
Of me-"
Thus the Republican executive
branch of the Government finds 1t.
self strangely in harmony with the
Democratic part Of the legislative
branch.
The Democrats would love to try
Daugherty from now on till the
Republican National Convention.
Daugherty meanwhile wants a
trial; and most Of the Republican
Cabinet thinks he ought to have
a trial; and the President hesitates
to deprive him Of a trial.
A count today Of Republican edi-
torials in Republican newspapers
throughout the country showed the
following results:
/. An alert suspicion that Daugh-
erty may possibly be guilty.
q. A firm determination that
Daugherty's guilt should be proved
or disproved by a trial.
Some Contrary Views.
Contrary to these views a cor.
siderable number Of earnest and
loyal Republicans are telling the
President that Daugherty already
has been tried by the country and