Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-06-08

LANES q. BLA1NR
and the resignation was INN ediately
accepted by the President.
The letter Of resignation was Shorthand
to the point, and the acceptance by
the President was equally concise. The
correspondence was as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WAsHIN GToN,
d c., June 4, 1892. TO the President:
respectfully beg leave to submit
my resignation of the office
OF secretary of state Of the
United States, to which l was appointed
by you on the 9Th of March, 1889.
The condition of public business IN
tie Department Of State iuStifieS me in
requesting that my resignation may be
accepted immediately. | have the honor
to be, very respectfully, your obedient
servant, JAMES G., BLAINE.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON.
D. c., June 4, 1892 the Secretary of
State: Your letter Of this date, rendering
your resignation of the Office of secretary
of state Of the United States has been re-
ceived. The terms on which YOU
state your desires are such as to leave me
no choice but to accede to your wishes at
once Your resigIS.i?a i t5Ss.aofore ac-
cepted' Very RESPECTFULLY yo1Ts,
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
Hon. JAMES G. BLAINE.
Secretary BIaine's resignation was
taken to the White House by his
private secretary, Mr.. Dent, who
placed it in the hands of the
President. This was little
before O. clock, and within fifteen min
utes after it was written. Soon after
reading it the President descended to
the east room and held his usual Satur-
day afternoon reception to the pub
lie. There were about 200 people
present, not one of whom, IS he shook
the Presidents hand, could have
told from his cool and collected
manner that anything unueIaf had
happened. Indeed, al official of
the mansion said the President seemed
to be really in better spirits than usual
aud made felicitous replies to the greet
ing of some of his visitors. The
reception over, the President returned
to his library and addressed letter to
Mr.. Blaine, accepting his resignation.
This was given to Private Secretary
Halford with instructions that
it be delivered at once
and Mr.. Halford thereupon took it over
to Mr.. Blaine's house and placed it in
his hands Thus the whole transaction
lid not consume more than an hours
time.
Both the President and Mr.. Blaine
decline to say rnything in explanation
of the resignation correspondence.
The news. of the resignation of Secre-
tary Blaine created a profound sensa-
| ton at the capitol.
The Senate was not in session, but the
House WIS in the throes Of ilibustering
against the anti-options-bill.
The effect of the receipt of press
bulletin announcing the result was mag
ical.
The telegram wae read by the Speak
er and Representative D1ngley, and al
most instantly the news spread over
the hall like wave Of sound.
Within two minutes the space in from
of the desk was filed by throng O
representative struggling to get {
glimpse of the bit of yellow pape,
which was snatched from one hand t.
another.
Secretary Elkins visited the White
House at s O'Clock this afternoon an(
was asked by a representative OF tn
Associated Press what he thought Q
the political situation now that Secretar
Blaine had left the cabinet.
$50 you want my opinion, do you
=, Well, | think that Harrison will cel
tainly be nominated on the first ballot
3 and without any serious opposition
either. That's all | care to say at pres
emit"