Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-01-09
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Sincerely and respectfully
T. q q I.u.p Ga-rataez



EXECUTIVE MANSION,
wAsHiNsToS, d. C., January :. 1883.
Ny DEAR NR. LaNAR:-When l deter
mined To nominate you TO a position upon
the bench Of the Supreme Court. the per
sonal qualification afforded by the tender
to you OF 80 honorable aud suitable place
and the satisfactory conviction that an i'm
portant executive duty would thus be well
performed, led me almost to forget that my
action involved the loss of your conscien-
tious and valuable aid and advice in Cabi-
net counsel which Tor nearly three years |
have so much enjoyed and appreciated.
Your note of today forces me to contem-
plate this contingency. with the most pro-
found and sincere regret But since know
that the separation you now insist upon,
arises from that conception Of public duty
which has always :" entirely guided your
conduct i'm our official relation, | am con-
strained 10 accept the resignation you ten
, der, hoping that il only anticipates your en-
trance upon the discharge of higher and
more congeniai functions than those now
relinsuished.
What have thus far written seems very
formal indeed. intended this, because
am sure that the close confidence and the
relation Of positive affection which have
grown up between us need no expression
utterly impossible for me To finish this nots
without assuring you that the things which
have cliaracicrize! your conduct and bear
ing in the position from which you now re-
Grc--all your devotion 10 your country and
your chief all your self-sacriiicing care and
solicitude for public interests. all the bene-
fits which your official service have con-
fcrrcd upon your fellow-country, and all
the affection and kindness so often ex.
hibited toward me persoaally-I shall con
stantly remember with tenderness and
gratitude. iours very sincerely,
GRovER CLEVELAND.
Hon. l.. Q. c. Lamar. Secretary of the In.
terror.
Although no particular date is mentioned
in this correspondence, yet it is understood
that the Secretary will relinquish his posi-
tion and retire from tbe department on
Tuesday Of this week.
Secretary McCook's List Of Senators.
wAsHINGroN. January 9-General Nc
Cook, Secretary of the Senate. has prepared
an elaborate list of United States Senators,
which shows at q glance who are old Sena-
tors and which are new ones Edmunds,
of Vermont is the Oldest Senator in con-
t,nuous service, having first came to the
Senate on April 5th, 1866 His colleague,
the venerable Justin S. Morrill,. of Vermont.
comes next in length Of service, having
commenced his first term on March 4th,
1867. Think Of q Junior Senator from Vor-
mont who has served over twenty years in
the Senate after having served twelve years
in the House of Representatives., and who
will be seventy-eight years of age next
April. The Senior Senator, Mr.. Edmunds
never served in the House. The third Sen.
ator in length of service is Hli salisbury, Of
Delaware. who came in on March 4th, 1871,
and the fourth is Matt W. Ransom, Of
North Carolina, whose service began on
April Nth, 1872. OF the seventy eight
members Of the Senate, less than q score,
tonly nineteen) were in the Senate ten
years ago. Only the four mentioned go
further back in Senatorial service than the
beginning of Granite second term, and Of
the others who were sworn in on:that day
March 4th. 1s's-only three remain in the
Senate now-Allison, Ingalls,, and Jones. Of
Eevada