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Show IIcll.o All Around. .New Yobk, February 5. The Cbinmer-ciof Cbinmer-ciof s.Washington Bpecial says: The Presi-dent Presi-dent has determined to stand by the Attorney-General in the telephone matter, and Garland's withdrawal from the Cabinet will now depend entirely upon his own wishes. The editor of a New York paper which has been a constant advocate of the Administra-tion,but Administra-tion,but has attacked this telephone scandal viciously, called upon the President, and Cleveland argued at length with him in behalf be-half of Garland. He is reported as saying that while he was not convinced by Cleveland's Cleve-land's argument, his defense of the Attorney-General was the best that has yet been made. Mail and Express'' Washington: The more the telephone soandal is disoussed among members of Congress and those connected with publio affairs, the more certain is the general conclusion that Attorney-General Garland will have to resign. As evidence of how far the discussion of his resignation has progressed, it may be stated on pretty good authority that there has been inquiry by the friends of the President into the fitness for the Attorney-Generalship of J. Randolph Tucker, of Virginia, present chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. |