The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-07-01
BUREAU OF THE MINT,


reasons for this action:
BUREAU OF THE MINT,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 49, 1895.
SIR: Respectfully acknowledging your re-
quest for my resignation communicated to
me on the 18th inst, have the honor to
state that after consideration l am not salts
fed that duty or proprety require me, at
this time, to resign my Office. Were any
malfeasance or misconduct alleged or be-
leved to exist am sure you, would have
done me the justice to have had an impartial
examination and given full opportunity of
defense before demanding my resignation.
Nor do understand from you that the re-
quest is made for such reason butt because
you deem the relations of my office TO be so
intimately connected with your adminstra-
ton of the Treasury Department that you
should have the. privilege Of selecting the
officer 10 be In charge of this bureau.
Were this the pase and the Intention of the
law, IL might be proper and becoming for me
to place the tenure of my service at your
immediate command, or perhaps to have one
so when you became the head of the depart
ment But permit me to say such has not
been my understanding of the purpose Of
the coinage act in providing that the Direct
or of the Mint "shall hold his Office for the
term Of five years unless sooner removed by
the President, upon reasons TO be communi-
Gated by him to the Senate"
The length of the term-f1ve years-the
conditions upon which removal Is author.
lied and the discussions and explanations
the intent that the Office of Director of the
Mint should not be changed on account Of
change of administration or in the head of
the department, for personal or political
reasons. My predecessor, appointed by
President Grant although of opposite poll
tics, continued In Office under Ave successive
Secretaries of the Treasury, until his death.
As TO myself, having served with acceptance
for full term and upon reappointment and
confirmation part of another, am con.
sclous of no reason why an exception TO the
policy indicated by the law should now be
made, or why ought not to continue the
performance of official duty until the expi
ralion OF my commission.
Very Respectfully,
HORATIo G. BURcHARD.
Secretary Manning, q day or two ago,
called for the resignation of Mr.. William
Fletcher, Chief of the Loan Division. Mr..
Fletcher at once complied with the request,
and In person handed his letter to the Secre-
tary. The latter informed Mr.. Fletcher
that his successor had not yet been selected.
So his resignation nerd not take effect till
August /. Mr.. Fletcher then requested the
Secretary to allow him to remain until Sep
tember /, on which date he will have COM
pleted twenty-one years continuous service
In the department and the Secretary at once
complied with the request
A Virginia journalist now In the city, and
an old friend of Minister Kelley, who has
known that gentleman and his family for
twenty years, pronounces the New York
Herdlds Vienna correspondents statement
that Mr.. Keiley's wife is a Jewess, an
utter falsehood and lie made out of whole
cloth" He says while II rs true that Mrs.
Kelley Is Of Hebrew descent, she years ago
embrace the Roman Catholic faith, and has
had all her children baptized in the Catholic
Church and educated In its schools. He
says the President has not recalled Mr..
Kelley, nor is he likely To do so.
The President Saturday made the follow
ing appointments: Edward /. Hedden, to |
be Collector of Customs for the District OF |
New York; Hans G. Beattie, TO be Surveyor |
of Customs in the District of New York;
Silas w. Burt, to be Naval Officer Of Gus |
toms In the District Of New York.
Edward l.. Hedden was born In New York |
City In 1928. From 1S49 until last year he |
was partner In the shipping house Of Wet |
more. Cryden & Co., and for thirty-fve years
conducted the custom house business of the
firm. He Is vice president of the North
River Bank, and director In several insur-
ance companies. He has always been a
Democrat In politics. His father studied law
with Alexander Hamilton, and was the rep
resentative OF New York City on the occa-
sion Of the opening Of the Efe Canal. He
was Endorsed TO the President for the ap-
pointment by Edward Cooper, General John
b. Woodward, John 4. Delvin, Daniel
Drake Smith, J. Pierrpont Morgan, Charles
s. Smith, +. T. Tefft, Weller & Co., John
S. Crane, Bates, Reed & Cooley, ]. T. Low,
r. 7. Woodward, Hubbard o. Thompson,
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