Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-12
THE DELANOS.
8reHchRDs Review OF Ihe Family of ahe
interior, by Sam WRIker-JOhn
DGIaEO's Ten ThOusRnu.

! WASHINGTON, August S.-Ihe inte-
riOr department, in its defenses of the
scOurging it is receiving for it's corrup-
/ tl0n and total depravity, in turn tries to
| destroy the character of the men attack
| ing it. Samuel Walker Is the latest vic
! tim sought out by the Delan0 crowd
| They have attacked him in publishing
| certain charges against his private char.
acter. Mr.. Walker responds to-day in
q trenchant card, addressed to the pub
lIci showing some peculiar features of
the desperate nature Of the DelanO de.
tense. 1t is as follows: "hr. Delqn0 j.
evidently determined II die hard. and
spends good deal OF bis valuable time
in endesvoring to convince the public
that he is il perfectly good official
health. To attain this end MIR. L r
COWen and one or two clerks IN the esc
TeIary's office are daily engaged il the
preparation Ci statements in justice u
the secretary as they sll read, and iSe
precious papers are distributed gratis tr
such OF the correspondents as will accent
them for publication in the pspers tls,y
represent. One of these statements w..
sent to the Inter- Ocean last weak a..
republished ia the ChyOnic'e Of Frjdsy.
Ii Is such an effUsiOn as could be ex-
pected from the representatives Of the
Indian ring, and like all their recent
publications is absolutely untrue. The
principal statements are: That Pro-
f5ssOr Marsh based his letter to the
President on report made by me TO the
board OF Indian commissioners, and
then, with view of weakening Pro
lessor Marsh's statement, attack me
falsely and say that my character was
bad IN the army; that l attempted self
destruction while in deZriuy31 tgeme2,:
that was dismissed from the board
OF indian commissioner, and that |
was dismissed from the board If audit
fof drunkenness. Professor Marsh never
read my report before he wrote bis letter
to the President, and he wrote Of what
he saw in 1874, while / reported Whist I
saw in 1878. And alth0ush there is a
remarkable similarity between his
narration OF the different modes
OF stealing and mine, the facts
cited in each case are totally
different. AS TO my character, Mr.. Cow.
Ell quotes a number of charges and speci.
heauOns OF which l was acquitted hon
Orably, but fails to state that I was gc-
quilted, although the acquittsls are g
par OF the order he quoted fIOm. The
charge Of attempted seli-destrucLCn has |
no tJundatiOn whatever, as | was 9 |
member Of detailed escort at the time |
l was shot, and could not possibly have |
had the deIiritIl8 trenens. NV dis |!
charge, moreover, cOntradicts this state |
ment, and the inferences Mr.. CoWen |
wishes to have drawn from the other |
charges. Ny character, officially de- |
clared by my post and company COM |
manders on my certificate of honorable |
discharge, was good, faithful and in
teIiigent, competent CLERK But few
men get such certificates, and none of |
whom Mr.. CORen'5 charges could be
spoken. | was not dismissed
from the board Of Indian commissioners,
Felix X BrunOt, George II. Stuart, John
'. FaTWeIlI Robert Campbell, William
b. Dodge and Natbsn Bishop OF the old
board, Thomas K. Cree, secretary, and
myself, clerk, resigned in June, 1874.
because We could not prevent the
'rauds practiced in and aided and
,6etted by the interior department.
If l was not dismissed. however, it
vas only because the old board refused
% grant Mi. DelauO's request that I
hould be, And he made his request
because l exposed the frauds al The Red
loud agency and i'll his department. in |
oI3. was not dismisst q from the board
Il audit for drunkenness On this pOintI
ave the testimony of two gentlemen
Who investigated the matter and testi-
nonial from the comptrOllers. But Mr..
)elanO ought not to conceal his part in
he Withdrawal of my commission. He
: open to two charges in that COpuac-
.On, namely: That he continued bJs
HoTt5 to discrediL ny exposures Of Iudi-
n frauds by ipjaring my character
trough dismissal, which ne now uses
: he intended; or he used his influence =,
nat end lest l might learn how much
+ the district pluDdeT went into Della ;
O's hands. One lot Of auditors certfH. r
stes, amounting TO over ten thousand a
ollaTs, was paid to John Delauo. {
Won't Mr.. DaiSL0 Ti-a and explail? :
What connection hal tli5 With the i.ii y
Having tnus shown how :
'uthful Mr.. COwen can be. will leave =
cur readers to infer the rest. !
SAMUEL WALKER