The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-09-28
TUESDAY. SEPrEM. IS, 1879.
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following is the letter OF Hon. {. De
lano, resigning the office Of Secretary
of the Interior, with the Presidents
letter of acceptance. II may be stated
that on the I'D inst, the date of the
Presidents letter, Mr.. Delann, in
company with a friend, called on
President Grant at Elizabeth, y. j.,
10 urge the Presidents acceptance Of
his resignation. 1t Is probable from
present indications, that the appoint
ment of his successor will be made
from pennsylvania, and that hisname
will be announced tomorrow.
"Washingtou, July 9th, Mr.. Pse-i-
dent:. 1 have the honor to transmit
with this note my r, sigratiun of the
Office of Secretary of the Interior.
You have been awuTe for snue time
Of my earnest desire to retire fIom
public life, ami yuu have understood
the reasons, connected with private
business and domestic nnl ction-,
which have produced and intensified
this desire. Last November | requested
you TO accept my resignation. You
asked me not TO insist upon 1t, aud
expressed u desire that ! should re-
main in your Cabinet until the end of
your administration or as long as ]
found il agreeable To do 50. At your
request and solicitation, / declined
NH.,, - f,sF.H as,.,, gy,t, pnF.Rs,fu Ya.f.
uf my resignation, assuring you, how.
ever, that | must resign during the
early part of the ensuing spring.
When that period arrived aud during
the mouths Of April and May youad-
vised me again not to resign, which
advice agreed with my W judg-
ment. The reasons for this conclusion
need not be stated here.
Since you were called by your fellow
citizens To perform the duties
rs Chief Magistrate, you have
invited me, without the So
licitation Of myself or friends, 50 far
ms l know and believe, to luke charge
Of Two important aud Responsible
public trusts. The Internal Revenue
Bureau and Interior Department. /
IA Commissioners OF Inter- al Rev
enue from March 1859 t. Nov. 1870,
period of one year and eight months.
The results of my administration you
kEow, and they IRE not entirely un-
known to my fellow citizens. The
difficulties of this position and the
diligent care and labor required Of me
in dlschnrEing It's duties, you also un-
derstdnd, aud of these / trust the pub
lie has some correct appreciation.
/ assumed the dates al thp Interior
Department in Nov. 1870 and have
discharged them Ia the hes Of my
ability for a period of four years and
eight months. They have been labor
ious aud difficult, and they have en-
braced the supervision of the General
Land Office, Indian Bureau, Pension
aud Patent Offices, the Bureau OF Ell.
Gcation, and a mass Of miscellaneous
business unknown 20 any except
thosecounected withthepuAlicservir
These cause the head of the depart
ment II vast amount OF judicial labor
and responsibility which isuOt gener-
ally understood. The Indian Bureau
as you know is full of intricate, deli
cate and vcNatiums questions growing
out of numerous Indian treaties and
tn" imperfectly detined relations ex-
listing between the Government and
the Indian races. The execution of
this service is also greatly embarruss-
ed by the rpmOtenpSS ufthe localities,
where much oft has to be prrformed,
thus preventing personal supervision
ove the persons employed, as well as
by want of salaries large enough to
command talent, character and ca
pacity, equal 10 the duties and lc<pon-
sibilities of the position.
Many important duties of The head of
the department are connected with
the material and ~pecuniary interts SIS Of
individuals. 1hese interests are often
large in amount The Secretary, in
deciding, must necessarily reject the
claim Of one OF the parties and there
by not unfrequently find himself as
sailed 10y misrepresentation and
falsehood of the defeated claimants.
l feel confident that "A thorough and
impartial examinationi into the present
condition OF the public service, con-
nected with the bureau attached TO
the Interior Department, will show
that it has been in a more pros