The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-13

Coycr Secretaries and Executive Onces or the boaro
of Indian Commissioner, not only reiute inc ehAIse
made by General Cowan but reveal deep aid scheme
" ruin Mr. Walkers character
sInIn compliance with my own suggestion called upon
DR. brodhead Second Comptroller and asked him in regard
was nothing IN your official led TO It, He said
that had given perfect him. had dis
Sharged a." your duties in satisfactory manner that your
tage Ito declined To give the for your Dismissal
ton he had but nothing either yourself in yoa.
''''' WIN ~ D'0'"' i'''pf TmoEG sSuKE CREE
1874 said
inquired concerning present position and the prob
had been made upon after your appointment but
had not changed his good opinion of you. lie said II Con
Ind n@yi%s ySS Lad is'i
VINCENT CoLLYRR.
an enlistment in the regular army.
The Assistant Secretary OF tho Interior attempts n
substantiate this by charges and specifications Oh
record but he neglected TO copy from the records thai
First Sergeant Walker was honorably acquitted. Five
months after the publication or the court martial order
quoted from by Mr.. Cowan Acting Captain A. Kaiser
Of the regular army, commanding the company and
post gave Mr. Walker u certificate Of honorable dis
charge at the expiration of his term Of service. The
original certificate Is in my possession, ana under ths
head OF character the commander IN his own handwrit
ing over his own signature makes the following
ment:-"Good, faithful and intelligent A. Kaiser"
You know full we'll how non-conmissoned officer n
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officer in wrongdong AS iirst sergeant OF the COM
pany, Mr. Walker had successfully hndered commits
stoned officer from using the companys FUNDS IA pay
ing gambling debts. This led to a series OF malicious
charges from which he was honoraby acquitted, as
must have been by the person who extracted from
the order just enough 10 make malicious misrepre-
sentaton.
while laboring under delirium tromens
This is General Cowans statement to tho correspond
ent of the Inter Ocean He varied the charge somewhat
in his communication to the correspondent of the Phia-
delphia Ecening Bulletin, thus
drunken fit he put his eye and shot off the greater
part of his nose in an attic mpt TO commit suicide
This groundess, malicious charge is, you know SUIT
fcenty refuted by certificate Of honorable discharge
the expiration Of the term Of service in the regular
army. This occurred two weeks after Mr. Walker was
wounded by an Indian who attempted to rob the quar-
tiers ut night. In confirmation of Mr. Walkers state
ment, have several letters from army officers the post
trader and others This malicious statement was never
made until after Mr. Walker was fearessy performing
his duty ut Washington under the Board Of Indian Com
AN APPEAL TO THB PRESIDENT
Now Mr. President it Is hardly needful to plead with
an officer of your magnanimty for soldier who served
this country faithfully and who has certificate of mer-
itorious conduct from his COMMANDER ana whose char
at first covcrty, and now openly assaulted by
men for whose good conduct you are RESPONSE
BILE Even II Mr.. Walker guilty OF being intox-
Gated after some exhaustlng duty when jubilant
one Of your victories, l am sure that such
has been attempted to be made OF that vice
weakness Will stir you up to redress this in
suit to soldier. Tho righteousness Of seeking
for evidence of such weakness, manifested seven
most evident It has no bearing on the testimony OF
who has, and for years has had the strongest
certlcJ.s of good character from every whom no
has served Surely there must DO more iniquty TO hide
in the Interior Department than any OF us have sus
pected, such course would not have been pursued
am not among those who have censured you 50 strongly
for refusing to remove Secretary Delano when
he became justly liable to evil report. You
allowed him to leave the Department OF the
Interior in charge of subordinates for months
together that he might canvass tho
country and secure your reelection To the Presidency
Hts off i'm he rule of
all political parties TO claim continuance of Office
unless he committed some gross misdemeanor or
possibly some criminal act You have intimate friends
in Philadelphia, such Messrs Bore, Chds, Drexel
and Stuart who entitled to the confidence of their
be relieved from the charge Of violating party
rules. At your request am sure that they would
examine e. amin the papers in my possession and
Assistant Secretary Cowan are guilty Of
CRIMINAL LIBEL
when acting in their official capacity, you certainly will
not allow them remain in their present position 10
requires much bodness for private citizen to make
this public statement when he knows the fearful power
exered in Congress and elsewhere by those who adroty
use the patronage OF tho Department OF the Interior
Under its influence have private citizens quail
and some OF most reliable Senators and members Of
the House of Representatives become very passive in
of reform Before they had received favors
they my most efficient helpers 1t is my pur
pose at this time To show how through the Land Oce
and other Offices OF the Interior Department. an almost
irresistible power be welded by such adrot manipu
lators s Secretaries Deano and Cowan One illustra
ton will suffice Secretary Dcano, In his report made
to you October 81 1872 gave the following statement
Stock Of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company has been
1875 $3.50 shares of 500 each have been issued
This statement goes over the entire land with your
sanction because 1t Is report to you and not contra
dicted 1t has tended to mislead thousands OF people
who induced to purchase than $50 900 OF
the loan under tho belief that they because
800 600 900 in stock had been subscribed for. You
ought to have been informed, and Secretary Delano
knew that there WAS hardly 81 of legitimate subscrip
tion TO the stock. ! say that Secretary Delano
knew II, because / demonstrated with him for
making such unqualified statement In his report
year 1874 he says again hat 900 600 of stock
has been subscribed and that certificates for 202 31
shares of 500 each have been issued but he adds this
clause in brackets las shown by last reporrl There
are doubtless much Objectionable acts by which
railroad power has been secured but this should suffice
to enable you realize the responsibility you incur in
keeping Secretary Deano and Assistant Secretary Cowan
in their present positions 1t IL my intention TO give
still further public statements of such facts in regard
their management of the Indian Office have
by the people. desire here MS before
To make my public acknowledgement Of your
mercitul prompt and effective aid rendered In
the Indian service, when you were nj the head OF the
gestion ever made to you promptly responded to-
only the investigation of frauds allowed by your
apponees Even this laInentabe trait believe springs
from distorted virtue Your protection of General
Parker when he convicted of misfeasance, or NAL
fcasancc Commissioner of Indian Affairs and OF those
who now control that Office seems wholly unaccount-
able except the hypothesis that love in you IL bind
1t may strange others that should have writ
ten this open letter but necessity was laid upon me TO
write and could not with proper selfrespec address
you in any other way, you have in every instance
closed your mind to evidence that must have convinced
any other man. Yours very respectfully,
WILLIAM WELSH, No. 10 Spruce street.
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