The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-05-17
The last kick OF tie old corrupt wyo-
ming Ring.
From = special Despatch pubIi-hcd ia The
Chicago Tribune, May "A.

ming Ring.
From = specIal Despatch published ia The
Chicago Tribune, May "A.
Washington, d. C., May Is. 1t cali
be most positively stated, upon the
highest authority, that Secretary Del
anO will not at present resign, and that
the President will not request his res
lgnatiOn. The persons who are the
authority for this statement are the
two persons who alone could he the
best authority la this caSe-the PTcsi-
dent and Secretary DelauU himself.
Ever since the announcement was
made that the President had requested
the Resignation of Secretary DelanO
because of charges affecting his inJeg-
rity, there have been efforts made in
certain quarters to obtain the contents,
or 4 statement of the contents. of the
papers said to have been placed in the
hands Of the President. Your CORES
pOndent has been able to obtain his
tory of the case from n thoroughly re-
liable source. The following facts,
which cover the whole ground, cannot,
it is claimed, be successfully contra
dicted: In the first place, the papers
i'll the hands of the President do not
contain any charges against the Secre-
tary, but refer wholly to his son, John
s. Delano, who for some time was
Chief Clerk of the Department of the
Interior, who resigned in the summer
of 1873, on account of his health.
John Delano ut that time travelled as
far south as Texas, and as far north as
Minnesota in search of health. Dur
ing his absence, over IA year ago, he
visited Wyoming Territory, where he
met DIR. Reed, the Surveyor General,
and personal friend. Some time
afterward young Delano, of his own
accord aud on his own responsibility,
wrote to Dr. Reed saying that as he
was then out of public service, poor,
and in bad health, he saw no impro-
priety in his having an interest in
contract for the survey of public lands,
but for prudertiul reasons he thought
it best to have that interest in the
name of another party. This request
was accorded, a contract was made,
aud the work under it performed.
John DelanO subsequently received
the proceeds of this contract in two
checks, aggregating about 300. The
price for all these public surveys are
rigidly fixed by law, and there is no
evidence or allegation of fraud in the
contract. Soon after this happened
there arose a violent partisan difficulty
among the office holders OF Wyoming.
l,.,orat,,- ~ H. rror"i,,r,. 80 ~ Nv
,no,.od -, ,,,,,'.,.9 w
ever, that the removal was an act of
injustice, melted by local jealousy and
intrigue. Reed Was restored, aud his
successor absconded to Japan. Glafcke
was not restored, but was made Post
master at Cheyenne. This displeused
Wolcutt, the United States Marshal,
assncinte evpr sin,a S1bsS1rn,,+ tr
t,iy tin,n Pol L,I n,.,.,,,iI,li, 80, IA,
CHARGE n clrrl, named Strva,,s VII,
had u knowIedpo nf mo DsI.,rn fr,,,s.
urtion which H.. Rnnd hnI rS,,L, ,
n,rtter or ra,r,,Inr Iusiress o,,'I T,tn,,i,
tLe irttar aI1J ,bp,.l.s mi ,,,,a' ~. t,,.,,
orber nanrrs rrIntinr to th,, ,nnttnr
and pIaccd Them i'm tie hun,j4 Of NNoIl
cott. who in due time Forwarded thrm
TO "A Cabinet officer The Intfrr oI,nrt
the 5th Of AnriI last nrelantadi ,,tl tH@UI tIoIS
to the President. Secretary DrInnn
himself mcanwhilr was wh0IIv i~no-
President examined the facts thus
brought to his attention, he deter
mined not to say anything to MIR.
IottSri i,,or..oe a ,e i' ef tT tLie
The President. however sent General
Babcock, his Secretary, to young Del
discretion, and to caution him as ag,inet
bringing reproach upon his fathers
name. This was the entire action of
SIl Sile ilesiIehI' ana al allegations That
had no oiher fonnLation tban '7 ti7is ''''I IN
the meantime the character of the pa
pers had become known to one or two
3tiler e parties mere from Wn0m the IN
dispatches were based The Prrsidrnt
had dismissed the matter from his
mind, and it was only recalled by the