The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-04-30
SECRETARY DEL ANO.
Grave Charges against The Interior Dc.
l2rtment.
Two Specific Accusations against Tie Sec
rotary and bis Son John.

rotary and his Son John.
Especial Dispatch to the Boston Advert .er.I
WASHINGTON, April 22-This has been a
lively day at the White House acu III anu
out of Cabinet circles, the unexpected puo:4
cations in regard to what was gong on ~
regard to the Interior Department, MO 'oeo =.
tary Delano furnishing heated SUBJECT 1or
discussion. Il spite o: all deniass, the fact
remains that number Of specific and
crave charges, involving both Secretary
Deano and his son, have OF late
been brought to the attention OF the
President by vs. ious responsible parties, and
that previous to the Presidents leaving Tor
Concord mearc were taken to he7e MI De-
lano understand that his resi- gnation would
ha accented. # the message did not reach
him by the indirect communication adopted,
this fact would account for the dlscredlt at
tempted to be thrown upon the announce
ment. by virtue OF tie fact tina. MIR. Delano
Joined the Presidents party. 1t has been de-
MED that specific charges have been brought
TO the personal attention ct the President In
connection with the matter. among these
was the following, made by one OF the best
known men or the Pacific coast. 4 contest
having arisen overa valuable Mexican grant
IN California, John Hs.uno was directed to 20
in uerson and look into the matter A dis
patch from tic S -crs. Try directed the party
claiming the title to, consult with his son upon
the question.
The result of this WIS that one of the par
ties to the contest Was obliged to pay John
Ecano $4,000 in casE, and two OR three thou
sand shares Of quicksilver stock in mine
found on the tract. These are points OF one
charge made. Another is that certain parties
here, after long ce.ay in an attempt to pro
cure action from the Secretarys Office, which
would insure the issuing of patents to large
tract Of land, wera finally referred to jonn,
who, after representing great press OF 0tsl-
neCs and many difficulties in the way OF OBJ
tanning these patents, ended by Offering 10
put them through al once II SIX sections could
be patented to himself These are but spe.
cirens of number of the same general
character.
ITO the New York Tribune.7
WASHINGTON, April 22-The President and
Secretary D.lano's friends have been busy to-
day DENYING the reports that the latters con-
temIlated resignation was to he compulsory.
But their assertions, tkoug h made in vigorous
langua &c and ingeniously evasiye. will mislead
only, hose who do not know what the truth is.
It i, & fact, as Gen. Grant says, that he had
had no recent conversation with Secretary De-
lano II regard to the latters resi- gnation be-
fore the publication of the dispatch which ap-
pearet in Tuesdays Tribune. 1t was part Of
the plen by which the administration was to
be saved from scandal that no mention of the
real c,rse of the resignation should Lc made,
and the intimation which the President au-
thorized to be conveyed to the Secretary was
SO arranged as to obviate the necessity tor any
direct demand by the Ir asident, and to make
the chance possible without an exposure that
would be alike unpleasant to the President,
Mr.. Delsno and the party. The course the
President took was by far the best for the Sec
retary that could be adopted. The accusa-
tions tha. had been made against John De-
lano, and .Le proofs of his sCk, as well as ct
the Sacre.ary's knowledge of the irregular
practices o. his son, were OF such an over
whelming character that they needed no In
vestigation.
On their very face they made MIR. Delano's
retirement necessary. The President seemed
to SEQ this, and subsequent arguments that
the bare fact that dishonest practices
were going or under his very noGe, and witt
MS knowledge was sufficient to make the
continuance Of Cabinet minister in office
improper, only seemed to confirm KIM in the
determination that be had already formed. A
gentleman well acquainted in the Interior De-
Eartment said to-day that the chief subject
Cor investigation IL not what jobs John Della
no is in. but what ones he is not in. This
seems to be true.
He received witkia year $4,000 and 1000
or 5000 shares of stock in quicksilver mine
in California, simply to prevent him from
interfering with the issue Of patent for land
to the legal owner, acd it is reported that he
was placed in communication with the man
bv whose aid he obtained this blackmal by a
telegram from his faths-. There is reason to
believe that the whole story of this transac-
ton has been told to the President, and at the
proper time it will be published, with names
Of witnesses, ETC. At another time patent
for large tract Of land stuck in the depart
ment, uobody having tine to give it atten-
ton. ........-.
Finally, when the claimant and his agent
had been referred by Secretary Delano to his
son, the litter proposed that the patent might
ness if he were to have cons eyed to him the
title of six sections of the canal. Business Of
all kinds has been blocked in tie department
for month Natil John Delano has obtained
an interest in It, and then 1t has gone
through in q week, and as smoothly as though
the way had beec creased for it. There is no
longer any doubt that the President. in view
of the publicity that has been given to this
scandal, will allow Mr.. Delano to remain in
The Cabinet in the hope that the whole thing
gill blow over, and the Secretary To elowed
to retire while not under fire. The matter
has. however, gone too far for retreat, aud the
longer the delay the worst the case viii ap-
pear. Already people from all parts Of the
West are preparing to con 'ribute their portion
to the evidence that is daily accommodating
against the Secretary, and the immense mass
Of it, if time enough is allowed for it to gather'
will surprise everybody. Great efforts are
making by the White House ring to hush tue
matter up, but thus far with no success.
Colorado editor, who has seen the hand
kerchief Of VIM. Penn. which is to be ex-
hibited at the Philadelphia Centennial, says
of it, the handkerchief is in a tolerably
fair state of preservation, with the exception
of q hole in the center. The morning MIR.