Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-09
TWO LETTERS.
Secretary Lamar Tenders
His Resignation.
SPRINGER ON TERRITORIES.
The Leland Hotel in Chicago Has
a Natural Gas Well in Its
Cellar.
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WASHINGTON, January S.-Secre
tary Lamar yesterday rendered t.
the President his resignation as Sec
retary OF the Interior, and it was ac
cepted. The formal resignation, it il
understood, will not go into effec
until noon OF Tuesday next.
The following is a copy of the let
ter OF resignation and the Presidents
reply:
WAsBINGroN January 7, 1888.
President Grerer Clereland.
DEAR SlR--When, some months ago,
you invited me to accept a judgeship
in the Supreme Court, you expressed
the wish that as the court was not
in session, | should postpone the res
ignation 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
me which it was desirable 1 should
close before leaving. As l would
have been very reluctant to take
a.place upon the bench until your
nomination has been confirmed by
the Senate, l cheerfully consented to
your request. My nomination has
now been submitted to the Senate,
and recognizing both their right and
duty to subject its fitness to the most
critical examination, l would still
wait in my present position pending
their decision, but 1 think that am
warranted in supposing that final
decision may be delayed for some
time. AS you have at the same time
nominated my successor in this de-
partment and his successor in the
Postoifice Department, this delay may
to some extent embarrass the admin
istration Of public business in the de-
pa,tments mentioned. To avoid such
an embarrassment and TO leave before
the Senate in its final judgment upon
my nomination, the sole question of my
dtncss for the position, disassociated
irom any other nomination and unaf-
fected by any other considerations, !
uow respectfully ask you TO accept my
resignation as Secretary of the Int.
rior, which hereby tender. In ter.
minating my relations to you as a
member of your official family, de.
sire to express my grateful sense oi
the obligations / am under to you per-
sonally for your consideration and
kindness, which have always charac-
terized your treatment of me, and for
the generous confidence. and support
which you steadily have given me in
the trying and arduous administration
OF this department. ! shall always
be proud to have been associated with
the honorable record you will have
upon the page OF your country's his
tory. Sincerely, l.. o. G. LAMAR.
The President replied as follows:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, January 7th.}
Ny DEAR Mr.. LAMAR: When
determined to nominate you for 9
position upon the Supreme Cour
bench, the personal qualification af
forded me by the tender to you Of Sc
honorable and suitable place, anc
the satisfactory conviction that tha
important executive duty would bt
performed well, led me almost tc
forget that my action involved the
loss OF your conscientious and valua
BILE aid and service in the Cabine
councils, which, for nearly three
years, I have SO much enjoyed ant
appreciated. Your note to-day forces
me to contemplate this continuance
with profound and sincere re
gret, but since l know the
separation you now insist upon
arises from that conception o.
public duty which always so en-.
tirely guided your conduct in oul
official relations, 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 relinquished. What l
have thus far written seems very for
NAL indeed. / intended this because
| am sure that the close confidence
and relations of positive affection
which have grown up between us
need no expression or Interpretation ;
and yet l find that it is utterly inn
possible for me to finish this note
without assuring you OF the things
which have characterized your con-
duct and bearing in the position from
which you now retire. All your
devotion to your country and your
chief. your self-sacriicing care and
solicitation for the public interest,
the benefits which your official SER
vices have conferred upon your fell
low countrymen, and all the affection
and kindness so often exhibited
toward me personally, I shall con-
stantly remember withtenderness and
gratitude. Yours very sincerely.