The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-09
IlNAR OUT. OF OFFICE.
nc RESIGNATION ACCEPTED ON
SATURDAY.


WAsH1yGToN, Jan. S.-Secretary Lamar
..sterdav rendered to the President his re-
S:,oo+ion as Secretary of the Interior and
:. was accepted by the President. The
torrnal resignation, it is understood, will
~ ro into effect until noon of Tuesday
,,ov+ in order to enable the Secretary to
close up some routine business. Following
!. conv Of the Secretarys letter of resigna
zion and of the Presidents letter Of accept
snce of the same;
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
WASHINGTON, Jan. Z, 1888.
pprsIDEXr, SIR-When, some months ago,
rou invited me to accept a vacant judgeship in
!Le Snnreme Court of the United States, you
synressed a wish that as the court was not IN
session should postpone the resignation OF
wv nrespnt office until the meeting of Congress
niioTed YOU to send my nomination to the Sen
sto as there were certain matters before the
5onartment inaugurated by me, which it was
therefore desirable that should close before
ieaying and as would have been very reluc-
tant TO take place upon the bench until your
nomination had been confirmed by the Senate,
,baerfullv consented to your request. My
nomination has now been submitted to the Sen
ate and recognizing both their right and duty
IN subiert its fitness to most critical examination,
would still wait I'm my present position their
decision But think am warranted in sup
nosirg That final decision may be delayed for
some time As you have at the same time NOM
mated both my successor IN tins department
and his successor in the Post Office Department,
tbs DELAY may, to some extent, at
least. embarrass the administration Of
pubrc business in the departments affected. To
avoid such embarrassment, which is my duty to
Won and to the country. and leave before the
Senate in It's final Judgment upon my nomina-
tioD The sole question of my fitness for the
position dissocated from any other nomination
and unaffected by any other considerations,
now respectfully ask you to accept my reSlgna-
tion as Secretary of the Interior, which hereby
tender In terminating my relations to you as
member of your official family | desire to
express my grateful sense OF the obligation
am under to you personally for the cOnsidera-
tion and kindness which have always charac-
tqrzed your treatment Of me and for the gener
Gus confidence and support which You have
steadily 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 leave upon the
page of your country's history. Sincerely and
respectfully, L. Q. G. LAMAR, Secretary.
TIE PRESIDENTS REPLY.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WAsHINGToN, Jan. :, 1888.
Ny DEAR Mr. lAMAR--Wlen | determined to
nominate you to a position upon the bench of
the Supreme Court, the personal qualification
afforded by the tender to you of so honorable
and suitable a place, and the satisfactory con
thus be well performed, led me almost to forget
that my action involved the loss of your con-
scentlous and valuable aid and advice in the
Cabinet council, which for nearly three years
have so much enjoyed and appreciated.
Your note Of to-day forces me to
contemplate this contingency with most
profound and sincere regret. But
since know that the separation You now insist
upon ar ses from that conception of public
duty which has always so entirely guided your
conduct in our official relations, | am con-
strained to accept the resignation you tender,
hoping that it only anticipates your entrance
upon the discharge of higher and more con
genial functions than those now relinqushed.
What ! have thus far written seems very
formal indeed intended this because am sure
that the close confidence and relations of positive
affection which have grown up between us need
10 expression or Interpretation. And yet find
Il 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 now retire, all your
oevoton to your country and your chief, all
your self sacrificing care and sOlictude for pub
he interests, all the benefit which your official
service have conferred upon your feOw-cOun-
trymen, and all the affection and kindness so
oItel exhibited toward me personally, ] shall
constantly remember with tenderness and graft
lude. Yours, very sincerely.
GROVER CLEVELAND
hon. J.. Q. c. Lamar, Secretary oe@tie Interior,
ND-NT iish 1lON EAIEC iED
Mr. Lamar's confirmation as a member
OF the Supreme court may now be consid-
cred as assured. His resignation has greatly
strengthened him. Simultaneously with the
publication OF the Presidents letter accept
ing his resignation, which is one of the most
IeIilafkaole tributes ever paid to a public
99Hlcer comes the publication of letter
from Senator Stewart, of Navada, which
contains the best reply to the attacks on
ar. Lamar that could have been made, and
aI the same time warning 10 the Repub
Icdn managers that 1t would not be wise to
|ld the proposed caucus on Mr.. Lamars
nohiinatlon. 1t is certain now that Messrs
stewart Jones, Sawyer and Riddleberger
VIII vote for Mr.. Lamar, caucus or no eau
yuS' and there are others whose votes are to
ue counted on Mr.. Stewards letter will
strengthen them all
Mr. LAMAR's INDEPENDENCE
Mr.. Lamar said tonight that he resigned
SIMPLY to leave the Senate free to deal with
m nm separately. He added that he desired
,ne untammeled Judgment of the Senate
va ~ ul' nomination. lie had waited till the
,5 seua'e met before accepting the appoint
IcuI 10 the Supreme bench which was
ISlereu To hlln last summer, when he could
nave gone on the bench at once without
dr .edr OF removal except by the improbable
to'. n3' LSe CT the extreme right of the Senate,
m ouy ne wanted the Senate to pass upon his
appointment i'll the first instance without
tons
a. 90 ne spent six months in the routine of
So tue interior Department which he might
a.. sbo'G ueVoted to preparation for a career on
n,e.i me pelch by familiarizing himself with the
nnslC mevnods of the Supreme Court and the
pog. 1nactce before it. Now he was content to
orIi GIv 'ili The Senate chose to act never low
@'"s his crest to the end.
LGALLs SAYS HE WILL BE CONFIRMED.
MA lL.AaWRENCE, KAN, Jan. S.-The Young
o,al. vn republican Club of this city has re-
tdbagslea tbni, Senators Ingalls, and Plumb to use
co,,a og,9 influence to defeat Secretary Lamar's
irs. irnst.irmaton, Senator Ingalls, in his reply
NrO received says: my relations with
Sio,, Lamar personally are entirely
fbat tnIlly, but there can be no doubt
tbo oC IN. ne represents everything that is bad in
so,, v pdsl, dangerous in the presenteand men
co,,l 1ilg IN the future, of the history of this
befai,'uy His nomination is still pending
Wb;a, bIe the Committee on Judiciary, Of
| dun dn.ru am member, and will probably be
! in1pUseu IN ,n,. OF at an early day / regret that
cons,. coseg opinion there is little doubt Of his