The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-07-15
B1nLEE CHANDLER.
The Secretary Tries to Turn a
Point Against Hendricks.
But Has the fables Turned on
Himself.

But Has the fables Turned on
Himself.
Washing on, Secretary Chsnd
Ter has written the following
letter to Thomas A, Hendricks with
regard 10 frauds In the navy depart-
ment referred to by the latter in his
speech at indianapolis On Saturday
night:
WAsH1NaroN.. D. c., July 10, "a.
Hon. Thomas 4. Hendricks,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Sir-The candidate for vice.
President should speak with decent
fairness. In your speech at Indian
apolis last Saturday night, you
made statements from which you
meant that the public should be-
lieve thst it appeared by my ties
Jimony that frauds, in the bureau of
marine surgery in this department
amounted during the lass year TO
s63. 600; Il at was informed o. some
Of thee Outrages year sg that
after I was informed Of the frauds |
disbelieved them, BEGAN members
Iof Congress had recommended The
continuance of the chief of the
bureau and that took no
adequate action concerning them,
whereupon yon demanded the
election Of Z President VIII
would appoint chiefs or bureau
who would investigate he condi-
ii N of the books and bring all
guilty parties to trial. To the CON-
trary Of all this l testified that sus-
pected vouchers commenced as far
back as June 2lst, 1880, although q
small voucher was paid IS late ae
January 21st, 1884, that while an
anonymous letter of about a year
ago charged drunkenne upon Chief
Clerk Daniel Carrigan, which the
chief OF the bureau DR.. Phillip S.
Wales reported to me, was not true.
l had no information leading to the
frauds until December OF January
last, that I determined simultane-
ously with the beginning of the in.
vestigation to have new chief ct
the bureau in place of DR.. VALE
whose term was to expire on Janu-
airy 26th, and also new chief clerk :
that great opposition wac made to
the change by members Of Congress,
but I persisted and DR.. Wales went
out On that d ste. and Carrigsn was
put out on February 4th. and that
investigation Of the frauds and
arrests of the guilty parties have
since proceeded with due diligence.
1t Is true that | stated the recoms
mendations for the Ieappointment
of DR.. Wales, who / found in Office
whenl went in, April 17.h, 1882
were Of such a character as to fully
justify me in believing that the af-
fairs of his bureau had been well
administered.
Secretary Chandler here gives the
names Of large number Of Senators
and Representatives who recon-.
mended the resppointment Of Wales
and continues: Senator MOP her.
son and Speaker Carlisle and others
Of the most prominent ct theee
gentlemen who demanded DR..
w aies E6SppOlntDenI, Uer' Win
you at the convention IL Chicago,
and could have informed you that
ue had borne good raputati n,that
the lax required that the chief lf
the bureau shout be q naval sur
geon Rnd placed the medical ex-
penditures ia his hands; that his
was in no sense a political offce,
but that II be had any politics he
sss Dem3cr and that any at
tempt 10 make political capital cut
of the frauds for which this naval
surgt ou, who is IheiS intimate
friend, is solely responsible, would
be disingenious and unfai, ; that
they did not succeed in keeping Dr.
Wales and Chief Clerk Carrigan in
Office is very fortunate. Very re.
spectfully, .(Sight d.,
w. e. CHANDLER