Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-18
Conservative and Radical Asosunts Of
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Special 70 the Louisville vourier.l
4 WASHINGTON, January l5.-The Stan
ton matter and what the President will
do with II continues in discussion and
variety. Rumors are current to-day that
President johnson gave instructions that
no Communication with the War Depart
ment would be sent or received, and that
Stanton would under no circumstances
be recognized by the President as SEQ
rotary Of War or admitted as member
of his Cabinet. There is also a report
that the President will formally proclaim
that he will recognize Stanton as Secre-
tary of War, and that Seward and STAN
berry were .closeted with him the greater
part of to day advising him in that re-
spect Nt
Several leading Radical members Of
the Senate and House have declared il
the President declines or refuses to re-
cogpize Mr.. Stanton as Secretary OF War
they will Immediately take up the i'm
peachment measure, and put the same
through without delay.
This morning Stanton. issued orders as
Secretary, and was SO recognized by Ad-
jutant General Townsend, and all other
officials of the War Department
A number of Senators and Represent
|'atives called and had interviews with
Stanton. The New York delegation
called, and to one of them he remarked,
" / will remain in the war office until /
am foreibly elected. l do not intend to
resign"
AS you were advised last night, the
President charges Grant with grossly
deceiving him. He says General Grant,
on Saturday, in reply to the pointed
question if he would surrender his office
without notifying him, responded he
would not
Grant declares he distinctly told the
President in case he GRANT received
from the Senate official notification that
that body did not concur in the reasons
given by the President for Stanton's re-
moval, ne would be forced, under the
tenure of Office bill, to at once withdraw
from the department and close his duties
as Secretary of War ad interim.
Special to the St. Louis Democrat
The city has been full of stories and
rumors, more or less startling, all day,
but at the War Office and headquarters
everything has gone on as quietly as
usual Mr.. Stanton was at the depart
ment during business hours, attending to
tomary manner. General Grant spent |
an hour with him, and was also at the |
White House for short time.
There has been no communication yet |
between the President and Mr.. Stanton,
but the story that Mr.. johnson has issued |
proclamation or instructions that Stan
ton shall not be recognized, is not true.
The story that Mr.. Stanton drew salary
yesterday for the period since last Au-
gust, is contradicted by the disbursing
clerk of the department, who says in a
note to one of the papers that Stanton
does not think himself entitled to salary
for that time.
The manner in which the President
and his friends propose to treat General
Grant is shown by an article in the adj
organ this morning, and by
charges and insinuations sent out to the
papers last night.
The story that Grant had agreed with
the President to keep Stanton out of
office till the matter could be settled in
coHrt-that this agreement was talked of
again last Saturday, and that Grant
promised he would hold on to the office
or would make way for another secreta-
ry, is believed to be wholly erroneous.
1t is well know to Grants intimate
friends that he has said over and over
again within the last month, and at pc
RODS as remote as the fore part of last
that he had nothing to do
but to retire from Office the moment he
was advised that the Senate refused to
agree in the removal of Mr.. Stanton.
He himself denies, in most explicit
terms, that he had any bargain or under
standing of the sort indicated with the
and says he told him on Sat
urday last that if the Senate sustained
Stanton he would at once leave the de-
partment.
The President is urged by extreme
Democrats to take vigorous measures at
once to assert his prerogatives, and
number of them are at the White House
this evening doing what they can to en-
holden Mr.. johnson.