New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-05

IL does not seem to be quite generally under
stood with perfect postivencss that President
Cleveland has determined To remove Secretary
Manning from the Treasury Department. Not
a Washington paper has mentioned the rumor :;
not n Washington correspondent has tele-
graphed it To the home Office it has never been
given in any of the Associated Press dispatches.
The natural inference 10 be drawn from this
unanimous silence would be- that tn ere was no
such rumor. were il not for most significant
thing II IL turns out that the President has
addressed to Mr. Manning the letter given be-
low, then the Secretary has got to 20, and there
is no help Tor him
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. }
WAsIiSGIoS. July 81, 1885.
Hon. DANfEL MANNING.
DEAR SIR: The close aud afectonatc relations which
have long existed between would forbid my writing
you this litter for the fact that nav, plain
aad palpable public duty perform. Testimony has
been laid before mo By "A number OF perfectly trust
worthy witnesses tending TO prove that from the begin
ming end or the Presidential campaign OF last year
your en- tire political conduct that ol all Offensive
Partisan. In possession OF aniia'its ia which IL Is
CHARGED that you carried yOnr Offensive Parsanship
far "A TO serve chairman of organization called
the Ncw-YOrk Democratic state Committee. which had
Tor It's recognized object the dissemination of Offensive
Parsanshp among the people Of the leading common
wealth In tho Union IL set forth In the same afdavits
that ths y0nr first offence OF this SORT but That
very years you have been recognized as one OF
the most industrious and unmt gated Of the Offensive
Partsans known the service police snch. In
substance the charge that has been preferred against
Won Uniess You can refne IT, q ease IA established
against You on which In conformity with tie declared
Civil Service policy OF this Administration. shall feel
med TO luest that forthwith you FORWARD me
your resignation member OF my Cabinet may
properly add order to relieve any possible public mis-
apprehension that In naming for the Treasury Do
partment thought only OF you. ability and experience
~ nnancicr Tho fact that were even suspected OF
being an Offensive Partisan ESCAPED nv mind.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Conceding that this letter is genuine, and
every Civil Service rcformer will admit that
there is no reason why it should not be SO. there
is heavy weather ahead for Mr. Manning. For
it is impossible that he can answer the damning
charge which has been fastened home upon
him. Too many people can be produced who
are prepared to swear that he was chairman of
the New-York Democratic State Committee in
1851, and that he still holds that place, to
render it possible for him TO deny the offence
Still he will, perhaps, plead not guilty. 1t is a
well kept secret in Washington that he has re-
tanned Eugene Higgins, of Maryland, and
Aquila Jones, Of Indiana, to conduct his de-
fence.
We decline to put any faith in the report that
Mr. Manning has already gone to the President
in person with the confession, | cannot tell II
lie-it was Dan Lamont" The private secre-
tary of the President may have been, and per-
haps still is, an Offensive Partisan. But we
scorn to believe that Mr.. Manning would en-
deavor tc skulk behind him. We content our
selves with suspcnding judgment for the
prpsent.