The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-01-13
LAMAR RESIGNS.
The Mississippi Statesman Leaves tho
Cabinet-The President Warmly Conn
mends the Course of His Ex-Minister-


The Mississippi Statesman Leaves tho
Cabinet-The President Warmly Conn
mends the Course of His Ex-Minister.
WASHINGTON, Jan 8. = Secretary Lamar
has rendered to the President his resigna-
ton 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 enable the Secretary TO close up
some routine business. Secretary Lamar's
letter is dated January z, and reads as fol-
lows:
ITO THE PRESIDENT-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
should postpone the resignation of my present
office until the meeting of Congress allowed
you to send my nomination to the Senate,
and there were certain matters before the
department, inaugurated by me. which
it was, therefore, desirable that 1 should
close before leaving. AS / would have
been very reluctant to take the place upon the
bench until your nomination had been con-
frmed by the Senate, eheerfuliy consented to
your request My nomination has now been
submitted to the Senate, and. recognizing both
its right and its duty to subject Its fitness to
the most critical examination, 1 would still
I think am warranted in surprising that the
final decision may be delayed some time.
LAS you have at the same time nominated
my successor in this department and his sue
cessor in the Post-Ofice Department. this de-
lay may, to some extent at least, en-
barrass the administration of the public
business in the departments mentioned.
To avoid such embarrassment, which is
my duty to you and to the country, and
IN laaN1 la in itc fpa1 Il mt
upon my nomination, the sole question of my
fitness for the position dissociated from any
other nomination and unaffected by any other
considerations 1 now respectfully ask you to
accept my resignation as Secretary of the In
terror, which hereby tender.
SIN terminating my relations to you as q
member of your official family. 1 desire to ex-
press my grateful sense of the obligation
1 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 admins
tration of this department shall always be
proud to have been associated with the honor
able record you will leave upon the page ofyour
country's history. Sincerely and respectfully,
81. G. c. LAMAR, Secretary"
The President, in accepting the resigna-
ton, says:
my DEAR Mr.. LAMAR-When determined
to nominate you to position upon the bench
of the Supreme Court the personal gratitica-
ton afforded by the tender to you of so honor
able and suitable place, and the satisfactory
COW elton that an important executive duty
would be performed well. led me almost to for
get that my action involved the loss Of your
conscientious and valuable 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 contem"
plate this contingency with the most profound
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 in your official re-
lation, am constrained to accept the resigna-
ton you tender, hoping that it only anticipates
your entrance upon the discharge of higher and
more congenial functions than those now relin-
pushed
what have thus far written seems very
formal indeed. intended this, because 1 am
sure that the close confidence and the relations
of positive affection which have grown up be-
tween US need no expression or Interpretation.
And yet find it utterly impossible for me 10
finish this note without assuring you that the
things which have characterized your con-
duct and bearing in the position from which
you now retre-all your devotion to your coun-
try and your chief; your self-sacrifcing care
9nd soiicitude for public interests; all the benz
eft which your official service has conferred
upon your fellow-countrymen, and all the af-
lection and kindness you have so often eXhib-
tied toward me personally-I shall constantly
remember with tenderness and gratitude.
Yours very sincerely
"GROvER CLEVELAND.
"Hon. j. Q. C. Lamar, Secretary of the In
tori Voc