The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-04-13

eral, pointing dumbly, but significantly
towards the White House, when White
ley demanded of him the reason for his
dismissal. This is worse for Babcock than
the whisky frauds, in which it is morally
certain, if not legally proven, he was
engaged.
THE MOTHS.
1t came out that the moth extermin-
ating humbug, used for the pre-
servationof army clothing, and costing
the Government about as much as the
clothing itself, was insinuated into the
War Department in spite of Quarter
master General Meigs protest through
the agency of Dom Piatt.
THE OLD DISTRICT RING.
The investigation of the Board of
Audit, begun last week, developed an
almost uniform practice, by the Board,
of allowing ten or fifteen per cent addi-
tional to contractors who were favorites
of the old Ring, This was without any
shadow of legal authority and appears
to be utterly inexcusable.
CLAPP, THE PRINTER.
Clapp was before the Printing Com.
mittee again, bnt could not give any
better explanation of his transactions
that he could the day before. Other
cases were put to him, but he invariably
refused to criminate himself. He attemp-
ted to leave the committee-room with
some of the books and, on being told
than he could not carry off the books
flew into rage and said he was an officer
of the Senate, and that the Committee
could not control his affairs. His books
remained where they we're. He left,
and the apprehension that he and his
son Harry, who is one of the ring which
has been swindling the Government out
of at least $4,000 year, would flee
caused the Committe to have shadow"
placed over them. Their game is now
evidently to bully the matter through,
but at this they will meet with poor sue
cess.
THE TRUE TALE OF DELANo'S REsIG-
NATION.
The cause of Delano's resignation. is
coming out before the Committee on EX-
penditures in the Interior Department.
Secretary Bristow was before the Com
mittee on the 9TH the story was ascer-
tanned. He received a letter from a man
named Stevens, who was the clerk of
Reed, Surveyor of Montana, inclosing
drafts of letters of John Delano, showing
that he had accepted bribe from Reed.
Stevens asked that the matter be laid
before the President, This was done,
and the President sent for John Delano,
and he admitted to the President that he
was guilty of the charge of accepting a
dOnceny begged for leniency. He pro-
missed that if he was allowed to 60 free of
punishment he would hand to his Excel
lency his fathers resignation inside of
two weeks. In a much less time than
that the Secretary's resignation was in
the hands of the President, Learning
afterward that it was Bristow who had
given the President the information of
his sons guilt Delano want to the Pre-
Sident and emphatically told him that he
did not wantto leave the Cabinet under
fire, This was all sufficient to put Grant
on his mettle and he declared he should
not. At the next Cabinet meetiAg there
was a scene, and at the next another. AS
Reed and Stevens say "There was hell
to pay" Every one remembers that
Delano's resignation was on the Presi-
dents hands for months before being &C
cepted. The President and Delano wait
ed until it did not look so much as if the
Secretary was going out under fire.
That there were other unpleasant circum-
stances connected with his departure
from office there is no doubt, yet this
was the important one. Stevens is here
with documents to go before the Commit
tee. Hehas letter written by Colum-
bus Delano to Reed, in which the Secre-
tary thanks Reed for "favors bestowed
upon his son,