Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-06

HOW rHr PRESIDENT RECEIVED
".
Newspaper Commenis.-An Interview
with Emmons Blalnc.-iatious
Kumors.
by Teleuaph,o tho Srws.
BLAINE spEaits.
nc Gives tho Reason why ITO Resigned.
-Nuper.ensitiyenrsa.

Wow WIN NetftNhIN DiAih" lsAo tnih
afternoon he said that his fcslgnntion
was NOT occasiuued by tho near ap.
pioach Of tho Republican convention
and would not affect It's action to the
| slightest extent. The question OF bis
candidacy or acceptance OF the prot
toffed nomination did not influence
him In deciding him TO Retire from the
| State department, his only object being
| to obtain personal ffeedOm AMI peace.
lie thun proceeded 10 Indicate tue
reasons why he roelgned. He felt
supersensitiVo beEause of the constant
discusslou OF his name In connection
with the Presidential nomination. To
| this was added the annoyance
| OF sensational TurnorA which were
constantly placed In circulation as TO
his working 10 accomplish HArfi.
aon's defeat, aud ut tho snmo time
encouraging friends 70 purdue siml.
Las cOuue. Without any reference to
| the truthiulncss, plausipiiity Or prac.
| tiunhility ofthcso reports, thOy apparent
| ly had pefceptible effect upon the
Prtsidonps personal ftlunus and most
intimate admirers. The feeling daily
grow upon Blaine. He wa regard.
Ell with such suspicion aud
dis.rust that friends " the Admin
| istration Practically csnHdurcd him
guilty OF dupncily, nnd oven his as.
sJciales In the Cabinet seemed 10 look
upon him with Silent repfoaeh. There
/ also seemed TO boa constant desire tO
humlliatu him ly urging necessity
for further public declaration that he
was not candidate Tor the Republican
nomination.
Thogo thoughts and suspicious con-
stanty prcyed upon Blaino's mind
until worry and annoyance became
/ iatolcTabie, and he determined 10 10.
sign, and having fully decided upon
tue course, he desired speedy settle.
moDt OF the whole matter In order
that he might enjoy the rest Of
| private citizen, which u denied him
as part aud parcel Of the administra.
ton.
IT WAS uN.RXpicrED.
Mr.. Blaino's resignation was tal,en
TO the White Houso By his private
secretary, who placed 1t In the hands
Of the President at about | O'Clock.
Soon after reading II I'll, President de-
scended to the East room and held his
usual public Saturday reception. Two
hundred people were present, none Of
whom us he shook tho Presidents
hand could have told from his cool
| collected manner that anything OF
unusual Importance had happened.
Indeed, he seemed In better spirits
than usual and made delicious replies
TO the grectiugs OF visitors.
Aiyr the reception the President re.
turned TO the library and addressed n
letter to Mr.. Blaine accepting his rcsig.
nation. lie gave u to Private S,cro.
tary Haliori with instructions to dc.
liver II personally. Mr.. Haliord took
Il 10 Blaine's house.
The President had hardly finished
his luncheon when he WAS Visited by
Secretaries Elkins, Rusk, Noble, Foi.
ter, aud Attorney General Miller, all
anxious 10 know tho facts OF Blaino's
Resignation.
During the Informal conference the
President told the cabinet what had
happened aud suggested IN the inter
esiB Of harmony and good lasts that
they make 10 public comment on the
situation. Elkin'r statement was made
before he haw the PRECEDENT.
During the afternoon tho President
| sent word TO the State department that
he desired u see Assistant Secretary
Wharton. The latter went TO the
White House and the President al.
vired him OF Blaino's resignation and
desired Wharton TO act us tecrotary Of
State for tho present.
SO far as can bo learned Blalne's res.
| ignation was not preceded by any no.
tioe or intimatlon TO the President, as
might be expected. His resignation
appears therefore 10 have been deter.
mined upon suddenly, but for some
time there have been various facts
known 10 close observers in Washing
tonlwhich warrant the belief that
hts resignation, though undoubt.
odly hurried by recent ocouTren.
ces, had its origin long timo ago.
The causes may be briefly summar.
izedi lncompatibililies In tempora.
ihent; disagreemenls over public quo5.
tions, such Oh Chilean matters;
injudicious companions and comments
ON the part OF inJudicious friends con.
corning execution credits, due either
to foreign element or reciprocity pro.
ects, and the general conduct OF Tor.
cign Affairs, Including the management
OF the Boring sea controversy aud lack
OF cordial relations between the res.
pective families.
inc CAUSES unuuuultuIy CIoAteu
feeling between the President and
secretary months before Blaine wrote
his letter declaring that he was not
candidate, and tho recent authorized
publication by member Of the Presi.
DENTS iamily-close political friends,
regarding the secr.ary's phyaical and
mental condition, have not helped
things any. There seems to bo no
doubt whatever among his friends that
he placed himself In n position to nc.
cept the nomination II rendered to
him.
The Canadian commissioners left on
an afternoon train for Ottawa in an un.
pleasant frame OF mind, and quite free
In stating that they had not been fair.
ly. treated by the administration. II
was subsequently learned that there
were no sensational incidents at the
session, hut the conference closed with
n bad spirit on both sides. The score.
tary remained Mt the State department
until l:l0 arranging bis private papers.
While no WAS doing this an official
document was laid before him for his
signature. Blaine told the messenger
TO take II away, saying quietly, ~ am
no longer Secretary Ot State" 1t 10