The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-03
MARK HARRINGTON REMOVED.
FRICTION WITH HIS SUPERIOR OF
FICER THE CAUSE.

He Claims 90 BE "a Martyr 10 the PO-
IiticaI Necessities of the President
The Professor a. HoIdover Onicer
Appointed by Secretary RuslS-PrOf.
Harrington Formerly "a Member or
the Faculty of Ann ArbOr Univer-
sity.
Washington. July 2-Prof Mark W.
Harrington. chief OF the weather bureau.
has been removed by the President There
has been friction between Prof. Harring-
ton who is a holding over official of the
department. and Secretary Morton, his Of
fcial chief. for some time.
on the 18th Of last month. according to
the statement which Mr.. Harrington now
for the first time makes public the Presi-
dent requested his resignation because OF
personal interests" as Prof. Harrington
phrases it. He declined to resign and the
President directed his removal, to take ef-
feet with the beginning of the new fiscal
year. July 1.
Prof. Harrington was appointed by Sec
retary Rusk in 1890 from Michigan. be-
cause Of his long acquaintance with me-
|
the faculty Of Ann Harbor University. and
had the influence Of the senators from
that state. There was an investigation
into alleged Irregularities in the weather.
bureau administration a year or more
ago, and considerable talk at that timo
that Prof. Harrington's resignation would
be acceptable but It died away.
Prof. Harrington himself claims that he
has been made martyr to political neces-
stiles. He said this afternoon: Among the
public interests which 1 have had steadily
in view were the preservation Of the scien-
tiRc corps and the protection of the bu-
reau from the spokesman. When a scien-
| tile bureau descends to the four year Of
flee holding plane, II at once loses prestige
and ceases to be a desirable post for COM
petent men"
! Maj Dunwoody OF the signal service Is
/ most prominently mentioned as Prof.
| Harrington's successor. But as the wealth
i er bureau has been transferred to the con-
troll Of the agricultural department, the
assignment OF an army officer for this
/ duty would require a special order from
the Secretary OF War and approval by the
| President.
Secretary Morton, when asked about
the removal of Prof. Harrington, this
evening said: THAT is a matter that be-
| longs properly to the white house. Prof.
| Harrington's commission bears the namo
| of the President of the United States,
and not Of the Secretary OF Agriculture,
and II there is anything t0abe 'stated IN
regard 10 his position IL must come fram
the white house. 1 have nothing what
ever to say upon the subject. You VIII
| have to see MIR. Pruden, the acting pri-
Vate secretary at the white house. Until
some official announcement is made from
the white house have no communication
to make. MIR. Cook is acting chief under
| the law
1t is noted that the weekly crop bull
| letin to-day is signed James II. Cook, act
| ing chief Of weather bureau Mr. Cook
| is the chief clerk. Maj IL. II. c. Dun
| woody, United States army, has for some
| time been specifically assigned as assist
ant chief When Executive Secretary
| Pruden was asked for the white house
| end of the story, he said he had no au-
! thority to make any statement what
! ever, and until he had some authoriza-
tion from the Secretary of Agriculture or
| the President he could not say anything
whatever. He said, however, that he
knew that no one has been appointed
| as chief Of the weather bureau TO sue
ceed Mr.. Harrington
1t was said tonight that Maj. Dun
woody under the law cannot be chief
because such an appointment would jeop-
ardize his commission in the army.
| Should this prove true, IL Is among the
! probabilities that Maj. Dunwoody viii ask
| to be relieved of his detail as assistant
| chief Of the bureau.
| Prof. Harrington was appointed to the
! head of the weather bureau at the time
/ II was separated from the signal service
| of the army and made a bureau in the
| agricultural department, July ], 1891, SO
that he served just four years. Prof.
| Harrington says he will probably spend
the summer in Washington and in the
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