The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-05

by the concern which youeyince for correc-
| tion of abuses and an Inauguration of re-
forms, to which,, in your letter, you allude,
and which have been SO often topics Of our
anxious consultations. l nave hoped that
| the day was at hand when the party to which
we belong, influenced largely by faith and
confidence in you and IN the wisdom of
your views, would be qulckened in sense
| of responsibility, and led to more harmonious
action upon the important questions with
| which YOU have had to deal In considering
your proposed resignation, should be
strongly inclined, by my personal regard and
| friendship and by the value of your services
to the country, to beg you to. at once and en-
| tirely abandon your inclination to relinqush
| your post of ardu0us duty; but am con-
| Vinced that | should not do this, and that in
all suggest and ask 1 81 should have much
You have placed your resignation in my
| hands. MY responsibility here begins, and
1 know that the responsibility will be met
and the wishes of the people of the land
fully answered when | ask you to, postpone
for while any insistance upon the accept
ance of your resignation, and that your final
conclusion thereon may be delayed until the
effects of continued rest and freedom from
official care upon your condition may be bet
ter tested l therefore earnestly request you
to accept leave of absence until the first
day of October next, when, If you desire it,
the question of your resignation may be re-
sumed, with perhaps better means OF Judg-
should be considered in its determination
Hoping you will consent to this suggestion,
and trusting that your encouraging progress
towards restoration to health may con-
tinue, am
Faithfully Your Friend.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
To Hon. Daniel Manning,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Secretary Manning has accepted the Pres
dents suggestion, and will allow his resigna-
ton to lie over until his leave Of absence ex-
pires.
Assistant Secretary Fairchild has been re-
quested to continue to act as Secretary until
that time, and has consented to do so.
Secretary and Mrs. Manning will leave
Washington tomorrow for Hot Springs, Va.
The oIeomargarine Bill.
Congressman Morrison, who is one of the
garine bill, says it will be killed in the Sen
ate and cannot possibly become a law. He
says he has assurance from sufficient num-
Der of Senators to satisfy him that it will not
even be possible to get it up for consIdera,
pass the Senate" the colonel added, there
is no doubt the President would veto it. Such
an enactment is clearly unconstitutional, and
I.have reason to believe the President enter
tains this view"
Randall and the Civil Service Com
mission.
Chairman Randall Of the appropriation
Committee has informed the civil service
commission that the appropriation for the
rest Il the new quarters recently secured rry py
Secretary Lamar would not be allowed. The |
sum involved is So, 400 and the house select
ed by the secretary is that formerly occupied |
by the Chinese legation. The civil service
commissioners have been notified by Com.
iCCinr nr 4Inf hn rNnn dc
now used by then in the agricultural bureau |
and he has given them until July 1, to move. |
Messrs. Edgerton and Oberly protested |
against the decision, on the appropriations |
committee, as a failure to provide for the |
commission would practically throw it into |
the street. but Randall was ohdurate.
The Rebel Debt.
ment of member of the House Committee |
on War Claims is to be relied upon, made |
most extraordinary argument IN q private |
hearing given by that committee, this morn
ing. He urged that Congress should make
some provision relative to the payment of a
certain debt. The point made was that the
United States should not have allowed one
portion of its citizens (the South to sell
bonds abroad The Federal Constitution |
forbids the Southern States from paying |
these debts. and that the United States, |
therefore, should assume responsibility for |
them. Judge Fullerton represents the Brit |
ish bondholders
Mr.. Carland'S Vow,
The following is said to be the official ex- |
PLANTATION of the reason why Attorney Gen |
eral Garland did not attend the Presidents |
wedding At the death of his wife some |
years ago he made VOW never to enter into |
social festivities again. He has kept this |
vow, and through all the long years follow |
ing that sad event he has abstained rigorous |
ly from all parties, weddings and other So
cial reunions, dcvoting the most OF the time |
after office hours to the care and attention of |
his aged mother. He did not even attend |
the wedding of his son year ago, although |
his son married with his full appreciation.
The story of his dislike to dress suit has |
no