St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-09
Members Of the Fiftieth Con-
greSS Will Introduce Over
10000 Measures.
indications That the Senate
Will Vote to Cut Dakota
In Twain.
Senators Restless Over the
Lamar Matter--Springer
on Statehood.

WASHINGTON, Jan. S. Secretary La
mar yesterday rendered to the pres
ident his resignation as secretary of the
interior, and it was accepted by the
president. The formal resignation, it is
understood, will not go into effect until
noon of Tuesday next, in order to EN-
able the secretary to close up some rOu-
tine business. The following is copy
of the letter of resignation and of the
presidents reply accepting it:
When. some months ago, you invited
me TO accept the vacant judgeship in
the supreme court, you expressed
the wish that as the court
was not in session l should post
pOne the resignation of my pres
ent Office until the meeting of congress
allowed you to send my nomination to
the senate and there were certain mat
terS before the department inaugurated
by me, which it was, therefore, desira-
bic that should close before leaving.
As | would have been very reluctant to
take the place upon the bench until my
nomination had been confirmed by the
senate, | cheerfully consented to your
request. My nomination has now been
submitted to the senate. and, re-
cOgniZing both their right and
duty to subject its fitness to
the most critical examination,
] would still wait in my present position
their decision. But | think | am war
ranted in supposing that the final de-
ciSiOn may be delayed some time. AS
you have at the same time nominated
my successor in this department, and
his successor in the pOstoffice depart
ment, this delay may, to some extent at
%hn n1r,,s Sr{r. Nf
the public business in the departments
mentioned. To avoid such embarrasS-
ment, which is my duty to you and to
the country. and to leave before the
senate in its final judgment upon my
nomination the sole question of my fit
ness for the position, diSaSSOciated from
any other nomination and unaffected by
any other considerations, | now re-
spectfully ask you to accept my
resignation as secretary of the interior,
which l hereby tender. In termin-
ating my relations to you as a member
of your official family, l desire to eX-
press my grateful sense of the obliga-
ton l am under to you personally for
the consideration and kindness which
have always characterized your treat
ment of me and for the generous con-
tidence and support which you have
steadily given me in the trying and
arduOuS administration of thi depart
ment. | shall always be proud to have
been associated with the honorable rec
ord you will leave upon the page
of Your country's history. Sincerely
and respectfully,
l.. Q. G. LAMAR, Secretary.
THE PRESIDENTS REPLY.
My Dear Mr.. Lamar: When / deter
mined to nominate you to a position
Of
the personal qualification afforded by
the tender.to you of so honorable and
suitable place and the satisfactory
conviction that an important executive
duty would be performed well, led me
almost to forget that my action involved
the loss of your conscientious and Valu-
able aid and service In cabinet councils,
which for nearly three years | have so
much enjoyed and appreciated. Your
note of to-day forces me to contemplate
this contingency with the most
profound and sincere regret. But
since | know the separation you now in
slst upon arises from the conception of
public duty which has always so en-
tirely guided your conduct in our off
clal relations, l am constrained to ac-
cept the resignation you tender, hoping
that 1t only anticipates your entrance
upon the discharge of higher and more
cOngenial functions than those now re-
linquiShed. What have thus far writ
ten seems very formal indeed. intend
ed this because am sure that the close
confidence and relations of positive af-
fection which have grown up between
us need no expression or interpretations,
and yet find it utterly impossible for
me to finish this note without assuring
you that the things which have charac-
teriZed your conduct and bearing in the
position from which you now retire, all
your devotion to your country and your
chief, all your seIf-sacrificing care and
Solicitude for public interests, all the
benefits which your official service have
conferred upon your fellow country
men, and all the affection and kindness
so often exhibited toward me personally
l shall constantly remember with ten
derneSs and gratitude. Yours very
sincerely, GROVER CLEVELAND.