, 1876-03-03
THE SOCIAL CANCER.

lTB nArAuEs IN TIE DoDY PoL1T1c.
spftfd& Dispaieh to The Ca,edao Tr.bnns.
WASHINGTON, D. g., 11nEch 2.-Tho fall OF
storotary Delknap Is q conspicuous ILLUSTRATION
Of tue objects Of the faeo social ilfe OF Waehiu9-
ton City. It has become = provorb tl.nt no ono
can afford to hold Cabinet place except ho IL
rich. II now appears alIat The poor In such
high plscos will keep up tho ssylo. There
has bocn no difforonco in tho outward life Of
Secretary Dolknap and Of Secretary Flsh OF
Chandler, set tho Iattor arc worth millions
whilo. ten yenrs ago this month, Dclknap waa
hore begging for Coltectorship. Mrs. Dolkoap
1t is said received the first payment Of $4,000
al'oftly prior to her marriage with Con. Dolhnnp.
Tho family have lived In most oxtravagnnt
manner, evidently much beyond the etyle which
the salary alone Of . Cabinet officer would war
rant. Thcr entertainments this wiutee hsvo beon
especially costly and luxurious, aud Mira. Eelknnp
has beon 10 particularly asatdnonB IN her atom
tton to tho families OF fnombcrs Of the Commit
tee beforo whom those chnrgcs arn pending rs
to hAvo attracted notice. Tho wife Of onc NOM
ber Of this Committoo, A Democrat, hN fse-
qnontly received NTH MrB. Delkuap.
lfow He r1EAsED CHANT.
Bclknsp cana hero poor nun. Whon ep-
pointed Secretary Of War, hs was Collector Of
Democrat, and WA8 almost entirely unknown
In lows politics. uo created d favorable in,-
PRECISION upon tho President br 3 speech he
made A. the rnosting Of tho Army Of tho Ton
uoBsce.
After Grnnt's nomination and hcfors hs WIS In
xueuratod lolkusp'a Friends have froqueutly
said that ho owed hls Cabinet position to that
ono spooch.
Mrs. Betnap, who figures 80 protnlncnsly In
this scandal wAs native Of llarrodsburg Ky.
1lcr brothor. Dr. Tosnlfnsop, htii 70.
aldes thoros sud has boon uans III
this disclosure. Bhs waa EroAs belle, aud
among her atlmIrars was D member OF tbs Com
charge. Their nirtution at tho tlmo waa
tho. tho subject ,t,,,; Of much local gossip: Her
Oinelnnatl, who Las relatives It Keokuk, Con.
uolknApH Iowa homo. Whom Delknap was ap-
polluted Secro4ary Of War be came hors and rent
cd tho house on Lafayette Square which had
bces occupied by Secretary sewald. Thla house
Was.
nEroHD H1s nEAyg.
Tho soldiers have been robbed and tbs nation
dlsgtaced to maintain tho stylo. lIla desire to
M f,nsh :hs h0ass ,s and t9 n.iqtan t the no,pt.
lndnlged, doubtless PROMPTED tho original com.
mission OF tho crlno. The present
a!rs nelknhp, shen ttio Widow Do"or, was
m in,nase Of her sls.or'a household At tho limo
ed that she would soon bccomo Mrs. 6ocrotary
1,eiknap. About this t1no thoro were aotno ug-
ly ruu,ors CONCERNING the payment Of largo
claim for var transportation to ths Louisville L
Cincinnati Railroad, and that tho road WAS esp0-
cially favored by Secretary Delkuap. Il waa said
that
MR8. DOVER WAS GAMER
BY this transaction. Hhe aoon after left for
Europe In company With tho poudletons Of Gin
cinnat!. Whito thoro her engagement with tho
Recretary Of War was announced. Tho society
Fosaips then busted themselves with tho
"details OF hcr elaborate costumes. alrA.
Dolknap's careor in society Inns boen yory bril-
liant and. whom Mrs. Attorney General lrilliaua
Hns accused at writing anonymous letters to tho
wtvcs Of other Cabinet officers accusing tholr
respective husbands Of intriguos with female
friends, Mrs. Bclknhp uas
CONFECTIONERY INDIGNANT,
and foremost IN tho movement to drive Williams
from the Cabinet. OF late, Mrs. Nelkuap has
boon equally marked in her hoatiltty to socrc-
tary nsiatow, who IL said to have been too init
naatoly acquainted With hpr career In Koutucky
to mako Ills prcaonco hero agreeable