Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-06-09
BLAINE RESIGNS.
The Resignation, Frigidly Framed, il
Promptly Accepted by the Presi-
dent I'm the Same style.

Tue hfHiShattohs EElSthiy fIahtu' ~
Promptly Accepted by the Presi-
dent In the Same style.
WASHINGTON. June 4. The following
correspondence explains itself:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, !
Washington, June /. 1892.
ITO the rrcsidcn':
Il respectfully beg Leave to submit
my resignation of the office of Secrc-
tary of State of the United States, to
which was appointed by you on the
9TH of March. 1889. The condition of
public business in the Department of
State iustiiics me in requesting that
my resignation may he accepted immc-
diatcly.
Il have the honor to he, worry respect
fully. your obCdient servant,
JAMES G.. BLAINE.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, /
Washington, June !, 1892.
80 the Secretary Of state:
Your letter of this date. rendering
your resignation of the office of Sec
rotary of State of the United States
has been received The terms in
which you state your desire are such
as leave me no choice but to accede tC
your wishes at once. Your resignation
is. therefore. accepted.
"Very respectfully. yours,
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
"IIon. James G. Blaine"
Secretary Blaine's resignation was
taken to the White House by his pri
vate secretary. Mr.. Dent, who placed il
in the hands of the President. This
was little before | o'clock.
Soon after reading it the President
descended to the east room, and held
his usual Saturday reception to the
public There were about POO people
present. not one of whom. as he shook
the Presidents hand, could have told
from his cool and collected manner
that anything unusual had happened
Indeed, an official of the mansion said
the President seemed to be in better
spirits than usual, and made felici
tous replies to the greetings 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 az once, and Mr.
Halford thcrcupon took it over to Mr.
Blaine's house and placed it in his
hands. Thus. the whole transaction
did not consume moro than an hours
time.
The resignation was great surprise
and scarcely nothing else was talked OF
in political circles afterward. 1t APP
pears to have been suddenly dctcrmin-
ed upon, but for some time there have
been facts known to close observers in
Washington as a sort of an open secret
which warrant belief that the resigna
ton, though undoubtedly precipitated
by occurrences of a very recent date
had its origin Il long while ago in
causes essentially personal rather than
political. These causes may be sum
married. as incompatibilities of tenn
permanent, developed and emphasized
at times by important disagreements
over public questions. such as the man
agement of the threatening diff
Guilty with Chill, invidious cOmpari-
sons and comments on the part of in
judiciOus friends concerning the credit
due to either for the enactment and
execution of the reciprocity project,
and the general conduct of the foreign
affairs Of this government, including
the management of the Behring Sea
controversy and the lack or cordial re-
lationS between their respective fami-
lies.