Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-06-10

spectfully, your obcdirnt servant,
JAMES G.. BLAINE.7
THE PRESIDENT ACCEPTS THE
RESIGNATION.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
Washington, june 4, 1892. {
"To thc Secretary of State:
"Your letter OF this DATE. tender
ing your resignation OF the Office of
Secretary OF State OF the United
States, has been received. The
terms in which You state your de
sire are such as to leave me no
choice but to accedo to your wish.
es at once. Your resignation is
therefore accepted.
Very Respectfully yours,
BENJAMIN HARRISON"
"To Hon. James G.. Blaine.o
Secretary Blaine resigned the
portfolio of the State Department
shortly before O'clock.
AT that hour Mr.. Dent, private
secretary to Secretary Blaine, with
Mr.. Blainc'S resignation in his
pocket, came into tn" room Of pri-
waite Haliortl at the Executive
Mansion and handed him com
munlcatiOn enclosed IN IN official
envelope of the Department of
Stale.
Mr.. IIalror,l immediately and
without knowing it's contents took
1T into the Presidents room adj
Joining and handed it to Ircsi-
dent Harrison, who was sitting at
dis desk. He opened it an,l read
the contents, which were in the
handwriting of Alr. Blaine, written
ON the official paper Of the Depart
mcnt OF State.
The President did not either il,
word or action express any snr-
prise, but handed the letter to pri-
N'ate Secretary IIniiord, who then
dor the first time WAS made aware
of its Significant import. 1t WAS
then :, few minutes of | o'clock
the hour the President receives
visitors in the East Room. lie lie
seconded the private stairs OF the
Executive Mansion and came into
the East room, where he shook
hands with some two hundred
people who had assembled there.
lie did not show the least ncr
Tousness or appear as if anything
unusual had occurred.
Mitnr tl,n =, 49,
room the President went to his
luncheon, as il his wolted custom
About 1::20 O'Clock the President
went to his desk again, and taking
mp;a sheet of officical PAPER head
led "EXecutive Mansion" indited a
reply accepting Mr.. Blainc's rcsig
uatlon ;nsSSecrctary of State.
This letter was handed to Mr.
Blaine i'll person at his rcsidcnc,
-on Lafayette Square by Mr.. Hal
ford, the private secretary Of Pres
ident Harrison. 1t was then about
1:45 o'clock. AS soon as the res
ignation of Mr.. Blaine had beer
accepted an official telegram wa.
sent from the Executive Mansion
ITO the several departments an
nouncing the fact to the severa
secretaries.
The news Of Mr.. Blaine's rcsig
nation created the most intcns,
excitement throughout the city. |
was a surprise so big that few
would at first believe it. MIR
Blaine's most intimate friends die
mot anticipate it, and were per
haps more surprised than the gen
eral public, who have been unabI,
to see how Mr.. Blaine could re
main in the Cabinet occupyin.
the attitude to the Republican
nomination that he did.
The effect of this news in Min
neapolis was startling. 1t was TN
derstood as a declaration @
Blaine's candidacy and the nois
made over it somewhat intimidat
ed the Harrison forces for time
They rallied, however, and conf
IDENTITY predicted majority for tin
President on the first ballot.
AT the convention Mckinley wa
made permanent chairman. Ha,
rison victory that far. The lines. a
the time of going to press, arr
closely drawn, but nobody know
whether it will be Blaine or Harri
son. Both SIDES claim il majority.