Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-28
RESELL RESIGNS The Portfolio of Postmaster
 General AFTER DUE DELIBERATI0N
CELEBRATION
h congressny William A. Wilson of VI v-virginia to Be Successor.

| WAs TON, Feb. 27.-Postmaster- | Gene lssel set at rest all doubt as to his, 1a, 5se oi remaining in the cabinet by l ter sSag his resignation to President CsS And this afternoon.
 This action was not taken hastily. As
 far back as the early autumn Mir. Bissell felt that his law practice in Buffalo re- quired his personal attention, and at that time he notified the president that sooner or later he would be compelled to retire to private life.
 Nothing further passed between the two gentlemen with reference to the matter until ten days ago, when Mr. Bisseli again assured the preside n that he must soon resign his portfolio.
 The postmaster-general s resignation was not known until late hour this evening to his private secretary, nor will it be known in all probability to any of his sub ordinates at the department until it's pub
 lication in the morning papers. The letter of resignation is said to have been brief and to have been couched in the usual formal terms. It recites the fact that he deems it advisable to retire from the cabinet, and that he will do so upon the appointment and qualification of his suc- cessor.
 The letter was written by the postmaster- general at the close of office hours today, and was by him personally handed to his chief little after o'clock.
 MT. Bissell said tonight: 's1 have placed rny resignation in the hands of the presi- dent. The reason is that my professional work at home demands my attention, and feel that can no longer remain from 1t. ''The business of the department is in | good condition and it's transfer to my suc- | cessor can be made without affecting the public service. I have found my work agreeable, although at times quite onerous. confess 1 leave it with regret, because have become deeply interested in it and had desire to accomplish something more in the development of the postal service than have found possible in these two years of effort.
 "I deeply regret also that am thus com peled to sever the relations with the presi- dent aud his cabinet, which have been most satisfactory and cordial throughout. Perhaps without impropriety l may say now that all rumors of disagreement be- tween the president and any of his cabinet have been without foundation. l doubt if there ever was more harmonious cabinet than the present one, and the members are unit in support sof every public ques- There is no reason to doubt that MT. Bissel's successor will be Congressman William l.. Wilson of West Virginia, the author of the tariff law. It is also under stood that MT. Wilson's name will De sent
 
 that the president intended making MT.
 Wilson a member of his official family, 8 tender of the Mexican mission, 1t is said, would have been made to him. The pres ident has been sincerely desirous of appointing MT. Wilson to some office of dignity and
 importance commensurate with the West
 Virginian's abilities and his loyalty to the principles of the democratic party. When the president learned ten days ago that Mir. Bissell purposed soon to retire from the cabinet he decided then that he should be succeeded by MT. Wilson. This at least is the story given out by MT. Wilson's friends tonight, and there are substantial reasons for believing that it is well founded.
 Speaking of MT. Bissell's resignation MT. Cleveland tonight said:
 "It surely is not necessary for me 10 say that shall release MT. Bssell with the ut- most regret. All his associates in the ad- ministration will feel tiiat they have lost q colleague who in all respects was valu- able factor in the executive labor as we'll as companion to whom they have become greatly attached. am not taken by surprise, for l have known for some time that it was inevitable, because MT. Bisseil' reasons for his actions were of a personal nature and were inexorabe. Still this first break in a cabinet which has been in the midst of many perplexing situations, entirely harmonious, al- ways actuated by a local devotion to the public interest and pervaded in a marked degree by the personal attachment which such connections cannot fail to create, causes us all real sorrow. Much gratifi:a- tion awaits MT. Bissell in the appreciation of his countrymen of his splendid and val- uable public life services. o