The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-25
U. s. ATTORNEY STOLE
WILL NOT BE REINSTATRD By
CLEVELAND,
Who Writes a Sensible AVID Very
Logical Letter Refu log to Grant
His R,qusst.

WASHINGTON, November 24-Tbe |
following is The ipteIes ing Correfpon-
denCe be, ween Distr ct Attorney s one
of Yves ern P,nD'ylvauia and the |
P esident and Mr.. Gar aud. Mr. Stone |
YVES asked to res gu on account OF
bavirg made compAign speeches on
the r pu olican side.
MR. stones LETTER TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
PIrTsBuRG, Pa, November IS, 1886.
Hon. A. II. Garland, Attorney General;
SIR Lave sea the coTIetpon-
dance between the President and the
Hon. M. K. Benton, United States AT
torney, connected with his II stoTatlon
to office, in which 1t appears that he
wss suspended from office for his APP
parent neglect Of tffic'aI duty IL max
ing campaign speeches. PIesumaby
my suspension was ordered for the
came reason. / desire, therefore, to
state the facts in my case. / made
but two speeches prior TO the re-
ceipt OF the order OF suspension
one at Butler, 10 an sdjoin-
ing county on the night q October Let,
aud one Klttanuing at or nesr Pitts
burg on the evening OF October I'd. /
did tot leave Pit,sburg for Butler
until nearly 4 o'clock, Octooer LIT. i
returned the morning of the I'd of Oc-
tober about 8 o'clock. / left Piltsburg
for Kittaping Saturday, October I'd,
about 5 p. M, and returned the same
night. Upoa both Of the above d 'tes
the United States Courts were not in
sefslon, except for short time Ia the
morning of each day for ordinary
business. wss in sitendarce a. the
courts during their sitting, and did
not leave the city upon either occasion
unit long after the courts had ad.
jouIned. On October 18th the United
Ststps District Court began its ssion
at Piusburg for the trial OF jury caus' 8,
a petit and grand jury beipg in at
tendance. From 0ctoher I'd until DC.
tober 18th l was engsged in the prep
aratiop Of u oited States cansas for uial
and from October Is h iii! October 9th
the date of the receipt OF the order Of
suspeIs on, was engaged IN the trial
OF these caufes. Neither during this
period, from 0ctol or I'd to October
q, b, nor at any ether time, did / Ia
any particular neglect the cutles c:
my flee. These statements may be
verifi d by inquiry OF any Officer Of
our courts. l feel 1t my duty, after
reading the popdence between
the President aud Mr.. Ben'ou, to
state The facts ia justice to myself, AT d
respectfully request that this con mu
rica,ion be refe red to the President
may also add that l did not think
that making an occasional campaign
speech to my neighbors, while moi
neg Getting the duties Of my Office,
would be- q violation Of ths President'E
order OF July 10, 1886. Very respect.
fully, your obtdient servant,
WIN. A. STONE.
THE PRESIDENTS LETTER TO MR. GAR.
LAND.
ExscUrIvH MANSION. November %, 1856.
The Hon. A. II. Garland, Attorney General
DEAR SrR-I heve read the letter oil
tha 18th IL slant written to you BY
William A. Stone, lately suspended
from Office as Distric' A t rney for the
Western District OF Pennsylvania, aud
the subject matter to which it re-
ferB has received my car fu consld srS'
ton. shall not inn ute to the writer
aoy mischievous motive In his plainly
erroneous assumption that bis $50 anC
that of M. Il. Benton, recently ens
pend d and Ieinttated, res upon the
same STATE OF facts, but prefer 10 reg I'd
his letter as containing the best ststs.
meet possible upon the quf stion OF his
reir statement. You rene mber, Of
course, that soon after the present sd
minis ration was insta led, snd,
think neatly year and hsf sgo, ]
considered with you certain charges
which Rad been preferred against
Mr.. 3 one aB q Federal
official. You remember, too, that the
&C ion then contemplated was witt
held by re on OF the excuses aud ex
planatiors of his friends. These ex
cuses and explanations induced me to
believe that Mr.. Stones rejection
would insure faithful performance
of official dulies, and that whatever
offeu,ivs parlisanship he had deem ed
, Just fable 10 other circumstance he
, would during his continuance in Of
fee, at his request, under an admins.
trat!on opposed 10 him in poll
tical creed and policy, content himself
with quiet and unobstrucive enjoy
ment OF his p olitical privileges. / Ger.
,ainly supposed that pIopriety would
! cause him to refrain from pursuing
such partisan course as would want
only offend and initiate the friends o.
the administration who ntisted thai
he should not be retained In
, office, either because OF hi
, personal merit or in adherence
to the methods which for Ions
, time had prevailed in the distribution
OF Federal Offices Ga the light of q
, better system and without considering
his political affiliations Mr.. Stone
, when permitted to remain ia office
: became a part OF the business org.ni-
za,ion OF the present administration
bound by every obligation Of honor Ia
assist, within his sphere, in It's success
a full operation. This obligation In
! volvsd not only the proper perform
I ance Of official duty but certain good
! faith and fidelity, which, while not
|, exscting the least sacrifice OF political
' principle, forbade active parlicipstio
In purely partisan demonstrations Of &
! pronounced type, undertaken for the
purpose of advancing partisan end =
intended and conducted upon
, the avowed theory that the ad
minlsiraiou Of the government was
, not entitled to the confidence and re-
spect OF the people. There is no dis
pute whatever concerning the fact
| that Mr.. Stone did join Others who
I were campaigning the State Of Penn,
sylvania in opposition to the admin
istration. 1t appears too that he wal
a active and prominent with noisy en-
4 thusiasm, in attendance upon at least
, two large public meetings; that tht
speeches atsuch meetings werelargely
' devoted to abuse and misrepresenta-
I. ton Of the administration; that he
a approved all this, and actually ad
a dressed the people in some what the
I same vein, and that he was advertised
|. as one Of the speakers at each OF said
\ meetings. l shall accept as true the
, statement OF Mr.. Stone, thai
kha TINA anank hu hin, L.