The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-17
CHANDELIERS CHALLENGE.
NE FAIRLY BOlIS OVtR.
{ hargcs Ex-Goy. Hendricks With Unfair
nesS-Thc Great indianapolis Speech
of saturday Night Assaulted
lie Writes II Letter.

WAsuINGTuy, July !3.-Secretary
Chandler has written the following let
ter to Thomas \. Hendricks with regard
to frauds in the Navy department, re-
fercd to by the latter in his speech at
Indianapolis Saturday night:
WASHINGTON. u. G., July !H-To Hon.
Thomas \. Ucndr.c:S, indianapolis, Ind:
SiH:-A candidate for Nice-freS-
ideut should speak Wiih decent
tirmncss. In your speech ut 'ndianap-
oils last saturday night. You made II
statement from which You mcaut that
the public should believe that it APP
penred ny my testimony tiai frauds IN
the BUrcali OF Medicine and Surgery OF
this department amounted, during lhr
past wear. 10 $j3,GJO; that was informed
OF some OF these outra"rS year ago;
that after was informed of the Frauds !!
aisbrlicyod them because Il mcinhcr oi
CONGRESS- had recommended continuance
of the Chief otthc Bureau and that !!
took no adequate action concornln:-
thcm. WhercupOn You demanded the
election of Il President who VIII appoint
"A Caicf of Bureau who would inNcS-
tigaic the condition Of books and bring all
guilty p,rties 10 trial. 70 the contrary
of all this, | testified that suspected
vouchers commenced rs far back aS
June u, 1850, although Il small voucher
was paid as late aS January -, 1851; that
while an ANONYMOUS letter of about II
wear ago charged drunkenness upon
rhie: Clerk Daniel CarriSan, which the
Chief of Bureau, DR.. Phillip :. Wales,
reported to me- was MOI true. | i trn, ho
unit December or JANUARY
la 81; that I determined simultaneously
with the beginning Of the investigation
to have II new Grief of Bureau in the
place of d.. Wales whose term was to
xpi.e January 18th, and also II new
cltf clerk; that gceat opposition 0
mage was made by members OF toi-
gress, but | persisted and Or. Wales
went out on that date and CarriGan was
TO be put out February 4th, and that IN
yestigation of fraud and arrest of guilty
parties have since proceeded with due
diligence. 1t is true that | stated thht
Recommendation for the reappointment
of DR.. Wales, whom | found IN Office
when went in April 18th, iS>'2, were OF
such character us to fully lusifN me IN
h ,litv!ng That affairs in his Bureau had
been well administered sSccre-
tarv Chandler here gives the
names OF q large number of Senators and
REPRESENTATIVES who recommended the
renppoint;nen; Of Wales. Sen
ntor Mcpherson and Speaker Car
isle and others of the most prominent
OF these gentlemen who denitnded Dr.
Wales reappOutnlent. were with You IN
the convention at Chicago and could
have informed you that he had borne Il
good reputation; that the law requiring
the chef of the Bureau should he q
Naval surgeon and placed medical
expenditures in his hands: thathiS was in
no sense political office. but that II ne
had any politics he was Democrat, ana
that any attempt 10 make political CAPT,
tai out of frauds for which this. Naval
surgeon. who is their intimate friend, is
solely responsible would bedisingeneous
and unfair; that they did not succeed in
keeping DR.. Wales and his Chief Clerk
Corrigan in office is very fortunate.
TSipnedl "W. +. CHANDLER"