The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-04
They Construct an Ingenious and Elaborate
Piece Of Fiction, Which They Hope Will
Successfully Cover Their Retreat.
Investigation Into Russian Emigration
and Welsh Tin-Plate- Workers.
Secretary Foster Splits Up the Foreign Com
mission aud Assigns Special Work-Big
Canadian Publishing House Fraud
AN INGENIOUS FICTION.
How the Resigners of Secretary Noble Hope
to Cover Their Igncminious Retreat

How the Resigpers of Secretary Noble Hope
to Cover Their Igncminious Retreat
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-The ingenious au-
thors of the latest resignation of Secretary
Noble have devised mastery retreat
from their position. boldly assumed until
confronted by Private Secretary Halford's
positive denial. 1t is stated tonight that
q close friend of Secretary Noble name
and place not specified) authorizes
ford's denial is reconciled to the al
legged resignation. This explanation states
with much detail how. when Secretary
Noble as is alleged, expressed TO the Presi-
dent his desire to retire from the Cabinet,
Mr.. Harrison demonstrated and then told
the Secretary to take a long vacation. en-
deavor to recover his health. and, in the
meantime. the President wO1ld consider
whether he could find new
post for General Noble. either in
the diplomatic service or on the
bench. The nameless friend of General
Noble who tells this story goes on to say
that the President at this time recalled the
fact that the Hon. Robert Todd Lincoln,
minister to Great Britain. had expressed,
during the intensity of his grief over the
death of his son, last year, willingness to
return home. At this juncture came, also.
the probability that Secretary of War Proc
tor would in the fall resign his portfolio
in order TO succeed Mr. Edmunds as United
States Senator from Vermont. The Presl-
dent, according TO this ingenious story, saw
in this conjunction of circumstances an op
pOrtunity to accommodate Secretary Noble
In his wish to resign and at the same time
to solve the problem of filling the
prospective vacancy in the secretary
ship of war. Mr.. Lincoln was to
succeed Dir. Proctor as Secretary of
War, and Mr.. Noble was to succeed Mr..
Lincoln as minister 10 England, and Mrs.
Mobiles ambition to shine at the court of
St. James was to be gratifed. This beau
tIful arrangement was suggested to Minis
ter Lincoln, SO the story continues. not In
form of a request that he make
the change. but just IS feel
err" as it were. NiDister Lincoln seemed
at first indeed TO regard this suggestion
favorably. For some unspeclhed reason.
stated vaguely as domestic and private"
he is said to have changed his mind and to
have informed the President that he pre-
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don for at least another year. This de-
cision upset all the projected rearrange-
ment of the Cabinet. Secretary Noble was
accordingly requested to ptolOng
arrangements he had already begun
for going abroad. such as packing his IL
braTy in shipping cases. Mr.. Noble assent
eel. bot he begged President Harrison TO
remember that any arrangement which
might benefit the administration would be
agreeable TO him.
BY this ingenious explanation the re-
sigDers of Secretary Noble endeavor TO
bring themselves into line with the terse
and emphatic denial of Private Secretary
Halford. The claim set up by these mid
summer sensationalists now Is that while
Mr. Halford is correct in saying that Score
tary Noble has not resigned de facto, they
were also technically correct In saying that
Secretary Mobiles resignation was lin the
hands of the President 'Tis an ingenious
device. and ''alfs we'll that ends we'll"