New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-29
WASHINGTON.

THE FRyITLESS DENIALs OF MIR. DELANO.
THR FACTS TOO GENERALLY KNOWN FOR sCPfRKS-
eIox-MR. DELASO MAY DENY THEM, But TIE
PRESIDENT WILL NoT-THE CABINET READY 10
Part WITH nm.
IBy rEl.GRsPR TO THE rRiBrsEl
WASHINGTON, July 2S.-Eor some unaecouutapic
reason, Secretary Dcano and his friends have been
unustay frantic in their denias OF the report sent
to Tue Tribune a few days ago, giving the pam
facts in regard to the Re atOns existing between the
President and the Secretary Of the INTERIOR ana In
their inventions of imaginary Cabinet disc'lssl"is h
regard to the removal of the latter from the office
he has disgraccd. Tie story which has been most
industronsly circulated, and which seems to have
gained some credcnce where the facts are not known
is this: that at the last Cabinet meeting Secretaries
Fish and Robson and Attorney General PierrcpOnt
supported Secretary Delano. and that Secretary
Beknap. though absent. was known to be of the
same opinion. Ii il known that Secretary Delano
withdrew from the Cabinet meeting quite early on
thataqy. His friends say that he did this ut the re-
quest of the President, because the latter intended
10 bring the subject up for discussion.
To-day, when these reports were brought 10 tine
attention of n member Of the Cabinet who was
present eat the last meeting and remained until It's
close he authorized most positive aud explicit de-
NAL of the whole story. No mention or reference TO
the Delano matter made during the whole
meeting, either by the President or by any member
of his Cabinet Gen. Grant has not asked the al
wee Of the Cabinet in regard to this subject ut any
meeting, the last, or at any other and no snch
official advice has been given. The member Of the
Cabinet referred to closed by saying the report III
THE TRIBUNE concerning what took place at the
Cabinet meeting entirely accurate, and all de-
mails Of it are false. If you can think Of any
orr in VIII cl N
to say So and TO say ihat you do it on the authority
Of one who was present and knows what took place.
The excuse given by Mr. Dclano to the President Tor
withdrawing before the Cabinet meeting was closed
was that the business of his Department required
bis attention.
The truth of TnE TRWUNEs dispatch in every
particular is not now denied by any one who takes
the pains to discover the truth, and who has any
regard for il when it il asccItained. The prepara-
ton of the letter. it, reception by Scrr tary Deano
on his return from Ohio, his sudden departure for
New-Yorh and Long Branch, aeon panied by CON-
missioner of Indian Affairs Smith his interview with
the President, his remark that le hoped that the
PRESIDENT would do nothing in this matter that he
would regret, and its reference to TRANSACTIONS III
which persons very near to the President were con-
ccrne,l and Mr. Dcanos return with the consent OF
the President to postpone his dismissal until after
the report Of the Commission that has now gone to
the Red Cloud Agcucy-all of these circumstances
are well known 10 many persons IN Washington
Aew-York, Philadelphia, and Long Branch. How
ever much they may be denied by Secretary Deiano
and his friends they will not be denied by the PCS
idcnt Every member of the Cabinet has privately
expressed the opinion that Mr.. Deanos connection
with the Administration ought to be severed, and
they are all too honorable to Dc any hing or say
ANYTHING that will prevent it from speedily taking
place.