The Washington times., 1924-02-28

C1areO Cn6L ne Will QOC resign a.
ton and if he leaves the Cabin
Of a resignation, but of a dism
The President meanwhile hesi.+
tates to make It a dismissal. II
Mr.. Daugherty would come forward
with a resignation and offer it to
the President voluntarily, the Presi.
dent would feel relieved.
II In response to q nod or a
whisper or a friendly verbal re-
quest from the President. the Al.
torney General would send to the
President a letter conveying his
resignation, the President would
willingly accept It. He has made
this clear enough to Mr.. Daugherty.
Not For Personal Sacrifice.
Mr.. Daugherty, however. is not
willing to sacrifice his reputation
on that sort of altar. He is not
willing by a voluntary resignation.
or by a resignation which would
bear the appearance of being vol
untary to confess himself q Grim
inal. He denies that he il a Grim
inal. He asserts that he is inn0-
cent.
II the President dismisses him, it
Is the Presidents legal right. Mr..
Daugherty then will defend himself
by all means in his power before
the whole country. He Will fight
back against his enemies and
against all persons who have sought
his resignation and he will do 1t
on countrywide scale in case his
dismissal is given him. Until that
dismissal comes. he stands pat.
Differs from DENLY.
The difference between the DENLY
case and the Daugherty case Is seen
by Mr.. Daugherty's friends and by
Mr.. Daugherty as follows:
Mr.. DENLY was accused only OF
errors Of judgment. He could re-
sign without confessing himself to
be a criminal. Mr.. Daugherty. on
the other hand, is accused of things
which not only amount to crimes
but genuinely and literally fall into
the actual category Of crimes.
He therefore cannot resign with
out by his very resignation con-
Tossing that he ought to be indicted
and convicted and sent to prison.
He accordingly continues to refuse
to resign and continues to await a
written dismissal from President
Coolidge.
President Coolidge, finding Mr..
Daugherty in this mood, has for
the moment hesitated. He would
like Mr.. Daugherty to be agreeable
enough to jump off the Washing
ton Monument, but he hesitates to
push him off.
In the first place, 1t Is not in his
disposition to be brutality unregard-
ful Of Cabinet members feelings;
and, in the second place, It has be-
come apparent that certain Of Presi-
dent Coolidge's advisers have seized
upon the matter Of the Daugherty
resignation to be the means Of con-
Quoting a fractional fight against
John T. Adams, chairman Of the
RepublicaQ national committee.
Mr.. Adams has committed him
self to the proposition that Mr..
Daugherty should be tried and found
tain Of the Coolidge managers in the
ing particularly ex-Congressman
James w. Good, chairman Of the
Coolidge Chicago headquarters, seem
to have seized upon this position
by Mr.. Adams in order to overthrow
It and In order to get rid of Mr..
Adams as chairman Of the Repub.
lican national committee.
They would like to see Mr.. Adams
discredited and they would like
to see him succeeded by Mr.. Good
himself. They accordingly are TAX.
ing drastic ant1-Daugherty po-
sition, although they have known
all the alleged worst against Mr..
Daugherty for years, and have never
taken any such position before.
Involved thus IN situation in
which part of the opposition TO
Mr.. Daugherty is absolutely long
timed and sincere and part of 1t 10
purely sudden and political and fac.
tional, the President has paused for
a moment to consider what to do
next.
Coolidge Is Waiting.
He has clearly intimated that Mr..
Daugherty's resignation, either to
take effect Immediately or to take
effect at some undetermined future
date, would crafty him. This init.
nation has failed to bring the de.
sired result. He now pauses while
Mr.. Daugherty visits Chicago on
Government business and then goes
to Florida, where he will continue
to work at Government business
and to keep in touch with the De.
partment of Justice by wire.
Efforts will be made to persuade
the President to send a telegram to
Mr.. Daugherty in Chicago or IN
Florida Diminishing him
What these efforts will produce is