Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-09
MIR. LAMAR'S RESIGNATION !
THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
 FORMALLY RETlRES.

Ills Resignation Accepted by the Prcsi. dent--The Large Number of Bills In- trodueed in the Present COngress-RIr. Blair and His Educational Bill.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-Mr. Lamar for mally rendered his resignation as secretary of the interior on Saturday, and the presi. dent accepted it. Although no particular date is mentioned in the correspondence, yet it is understood that the secretary wll! rellnqulsh his position and retire from the department tomorrow. The correspondence between the president and his cabinet officer is as follows:
 To the President:
 When, some months ago, you invited me to ac. cept the vacant judgeship in the supreme court. you expressed the wish that as the court was not in session should postpone the resignation of my present office until the meeting of congress allowed you to send my nomination to the senate: and that there were certain matters before the department inaugurated by which it was. therefore, desirable that I should close before leaving As would have been very reluctant to take the place upon the bench until your nomina- tion had been confirmed by the senate, I cheer. fully consented toyour request. My nomination has now been submitted to the senate, and, rec ognizing both their right and duty to subject it's fitness to the most critical examination, would
 
 But think am warranted in supposing that the final decision may be delayed some time.
 As you have at ths same time ominated both my successor in this department and his sue cessor in the postoff1ce department this delay may to some extent, at least. embarrasS the aG. ministration of the public business in the depart ments mentioned. To avoid such embarrass- ment. which is my duty to you and to the coun- try, and to leave before the senate in it's final judgment upon my nomination the sole question of fort tho afol any other nomination and unaffected by any other considerations. now respectfully ask you to accept my resignation secretary of the in- terior, which hereby tender.
 In terminating my relations to you as a mem Der of your official family. desire to express my grateful sense of the obligation am under to you personally for the consideration and kindness which have always characterized your treatment of me, and for the generous confidence and support which you have steadily given me in the trying and arduous administration of this department l shall always be proud to have been associated with the honorable record you will leave upon the page of your country's his tory Sincerely and respectfully,
 L. 2. c. LAMAR, Secretary. Ny dear Mir. Lamar:
 When determined to nominate you to a posi- tion upon the bench of the supreme court, the personal qualification afforded by the tender to you of so honorable and suitable place, and the satisfactory conviction that an important execu-
 
 to forget that my action involved tine loss of your conscientious and valuable aid and advice 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 that the sepa- ration you now insist upon arises from that con ception of public duty which has always so en. tirely guided your conduct in our official rela- tion, am constrained to accept the resignation you tender, hoping that it only anticipates your entrance upon the discharge of higher and more congenial functions than those now relinuuished What have thus far written seems very formal indeed. I intended this because am sure that the close confidence and the relations of positive affection which have grown up between us need no expression or interpretation. And yet find it utterly impossible for me to finish this note without assuring you that the things which have characterized your conduct and bearing in the position from which you retire all your de- votion to your country and your chief; your self. sacrificing care and solicitation for public inter. ests; all the benefit which your official services have conferred upon your fellow -countrymen and all the affection and kindness so often exhib- ited toward me personality shall constantly remember with tenderness and gratitude
 Yours very sincerely, GROVER CLEVELAND. To the Hon. l.. Q. c. Lamar, Secretary of the In. terior, Washington.