Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1892 — BLAINE RESIGNS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BLAINE RESIGNS.

He is no Longer Harrison’s Secretary of State. Briefly Put and as Briefly Replied to—- • Great Enthusiasm—The Fight Is On. The greatest excitement was cieated every wheie Saturday by the resignation of James G. Blaine asSecretary of State. The correspondence is as follows: Department of State, i Washington, June 4, ’92. f To the President: I respectfully beg leave to submit my resignation qf the office of Secretary of State df the UnTtedStates, to which I wa* appointed by you on the sth of March, 1889. The condition of public business (nth* Department of State justifies me in re-

questing that my resignation may be accepted immediately. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, James G. Blaine* Executive Mansion F —Washington, June 4, ’92. J To the Secretary of State: Your letter of this date tendering your resignation of the office of Secretary of State of the United States has been received. - - The terms in which you state your de sires are such as to leaye me no choice but to accede to your wishes at once. Your resignation is, therefore, accepted. Very respectfully yours, > Benjamin Harrison.

Secretary Blaine’s resignation was taken to the White House by his private secretary, Mr. Dent, who placed it into' the hands of the President. This was a little before 1 o’clock, and within fiftem minutes after it was written. Soon after the reading the President descended to the east room and held his usual Saturday reception to the public. There were about two hundred people present, not one of whom, as he shook the President’s hand, could have told, from his cool and collected manner, that anything unusual had happened. Indeed, an official of the man sion said the President seemed to be in better spirits than usual, and made felicitous replies to the greetings of some of his visitors. The reception over, the President returned to his library and addressed a letter to Mr. Blaine accepting his resignation. This was given to Private SecreS Halford, with instructions that it be rered at once and Mr. Halford there upon took it over to Blaine’s house and placed it in his hands. Thus the whole transaction did not consume more than an hour’s time.

When the news reached Minneapolis Blaine's followers went wild. In a minute the streets were wild with excitement. Men marched in squads and marched up and down.the streets, yelling "Blaine — Blaine—James G. Blaine.” The Harrison men were jeered by thewildest excited Blaine men, and two or three personal encounters were narrowly averted. The Blaine fever seemed to be infectious. Delegates who had been for Harrison were reported coming over to Blaine, and in several instances this seemed to be the case. How far this would go no human mind could predict. Th® Blaine men now expect to sweep everything before them. Lond cries for “Forake’-,” "Fassett’’ and others are being made by the excited throngs who are demanding a speech from the Blaine leaders, Foraker smiles and shakes his head as he gazes down on the surging mob in th® rotunda of the hotel, and Fassett is nowhere to be seen. Ou ths face of Matt Quay there is a happy smile. Clarkson, Conger, Platt and others are in consultation in full view of the crowd, and every bnrst of enthusiasm cause® them to look downward with complacent approval. “It’SA whlriwind,’’s»ld the distinguished lowan, but that was the only remark he vouchsafed. The Blaine badges are being distributed indiscriminately by lavish hands to the admirers of the Maine man and the people’s headquarters just across the Street. The Harrison managers, John C. New, Senator Hiscock. Shiel and others have gone into conference behind closed doors. The Blaine leaders seem to have pissed the stage of secret conferences. The whole public is now in their confidence. It is, •‘Blaine, Blaine is the man to win,’’ on every hand, and all the enthusiasm is truly for the majestic leader. A Casual observer, to drop into Minneapolis at this time, would suppose there was oqly one candidate, and that his name was James G. Blaine. AT INDIANAPOLIS. The news of Blalhe's resignation spread rapidly about Indianapolis. It was recognized as having tremendous significance, and in this, the home of President Harrison, It causea much political excitement. That It meant that Blaine bad cut loose from the administration and had become s candidate for the Presidency was generally accepted by both Democrats and Repubk cans. The fight Is on.