St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-30
DAN LAMoNT,s PLANS.
He Will Not Resume Journals m,
But Will Devote Himself to Bus

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Chicago Herald.
The position of presidents secretary
is one of avaneScent fame, with quick
transition from the White house to OBJ
security. No one remembers great mans
great man. Of all those now living who
have occupied this position of confiden-
tial relationship with the president OF
the United States, the name Of but one
fingers in the public memory. and that
is because j. Stanley Brown, by his re-
cent wedding with Miss Garfield, mar
fied the daughter Of the man he served,
and thereby gave fresh evidence OF the
fact that there is no arbitrary social dis
tinction between an American presi-
dents family and his immediate sub
ordinates.
OF all the people in possession of val
liable or interesting information who
have contributed their "reminiscences to
contemporary literature it is singular
fact that none of the presidents private
secretaries have thus come before the
public. Mr.. Lamont has perhaps been
more conspicuous feature of the pres
ent administration than any of his pre-
deceSsorS i'll their respective times, and
by reason of the prominence which
President Cleveland's continued with
drawaf from the public gaze has thrust
upon him it is not unlikely that his per
sonality will be permanently Identified
with the history Of the administration
Among few intimate friends OF both
the president and Mr.. Lamont it has
been known for some time that he con-
Sented to go to Washington with ex-
treme reluctance, and only agreed to
serve until March 4, 1889, upon the per-
SOnal inSiStence of the president. 1t is
Row learned that Mr.. Lamont has com
pleted all his arrangements to cut adrlft
from politics altogether and take up his
ness man when the president shall
have completed his term of Office. Mr..
Lamont had arranged to give up his
Office Jan. ], but will now stay with the
president until the end of his term.
A dispatch from Washington to an
evening paper stated that Mr.. Lamont
would soon join with st. Clair Nickel
way, OF the Brooklyn Eagle, i'll the
ownership and management OF the New
York Star. A World reporter sought
Mr.. Mekelway for confirmation OF this
report, and when shown the dispatch
that gentleman said: THAT is one OF
these stories which originate nobody
knows how, and form an interesting
though brief item for public gossip. L
am pretty well informed about Mr.. La
mont's plans for the future, and like
wise of my own, and can state that it
has no foundation in fact. l am with
the Eagle to stay, and have no desire to
change my position for any other. Mr..
Lamont has intended for some time to
leave Mr.. Cleveland and strike out fol-
himself. He is not going back to jour
na'ism. He has accepted position IN
the Office of one of the large life lnSur-
ance companies Of New York, and will
devote himself henceforth to that. L
think he is we'll qualified for such
a place. Mr.. Lamont was with me
for five years at Albany. l made
him managing editor of the Argus.
His duties consisted of reading the ey-
changes, selecting a certain class of
reading matter for the paper and re-
porting the proceedings of the assem-
bly,. That was the work he was en-
gagged in when Mr.. Cleveland upon as
Stunning the Office of governor made him
his private secretary. Even then [
think Mr.. Lamont was dissatisfied with
his position, and | know that he in
tended when Mi. Cleveland was elected
pres dent to retire and go into business.
II well remember the scene when
Mr.. Lamont decided to go with the
president to Washington. Mr.. Cleve-
land was sitting in an easy revolving
chair writing at table. Lamont had
Informed him several days previously
that he could not afford to go to Wash
ington and begged that the president
elect choose another secretary. and this
Mr.. Lamont had been repeating. Mr..
Cleveland stopped writing, turned his
chair around so that he faced Lamont,
and, putting his hand down firmly on
his knee in way he has when he is de-
termined. he said: 'Dan, if you won't
go won't CO. All right said La
mont, with a smile of resignation. That
settles It,
'Dan Lamont, continued Mr.. Nickel
way, would make a good business
man. | don't know exactly what com
pany he is to be with, but it is one of
the two large life insurance companies
i'm New York. He will have charge
of a certain part of the office work.
He is man of some means, and is now
pretty we'll on as the saying is, being,
l believe forty years of age or there
abOutS. Another friend of Mr.. Cleye-
lands has gone into the insurance bust
ness in New York. John Mccall. who
was superintendent of insurance when
Cleveland was governor. and is now
auditor, believe, of the Equitable COM
pany."
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