Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-01
eureka Dailp 9ent,nel.
THURSDAY. ...... OCTOBER l, lSs
WILL HE RESIGN.

At the late State Convention in Colo
RADIO Senator Teller made a pitiable effort
to defend his record as Secretary OF the
Interior during the Arthur admlnistra'
ton. He is reported as having said: 1
would like to say a word about the Adj
ministration which has just gone out oil
power. / would like to compare the
history of the Interior Department. pre-.
vious to my taking charge OF that office
with my own ruling of it. would like
to say a word about the large amount of
money which had been stolen from that
Department previous to my taking
charge of it. | knew that nc man had
ever gone out Of that Office With as good
a reputation as when he went into it. |
was aware OF that fact before l took the
office. | defy an investigation of the In.
terror office for the three years l had
charge of it. I was willing that the new
Administration and my enemies should
put the sleuth hounds and detectives
upon my track. If they found the least
thing wrong | would willingly resign my
position as Senator Of the State"
If the foregoing is reported correctly,
it certainly bears a semblance Of guilt.
If the Senator would resign the moment
any wrong.doings on his part during his
term Of Office as Secretary of the Interior
were pointed out to him, he certainly
would not be one OF our United States
Senators to-day; for did not the Yellow.
stone Park leases he made to prominent
railroad men, to the exclusion Of others,
bear wrong.doing on their face when
brought to light and aired? Senator
Dawes wrote 3 letter for publication in
the New York Tribune, in which he SUBJ
stantially accuses Senator Teller OF
breaking the laws and violating his oath
of Office 10 the interest of a cattle syndi.
cate. Many Of the most important and
responsible e wspapers in the country
nave made direct charges Of the grossess
wrongs perpetrated by Teller, which wer,
most libelous if not true. How much
evidence Of this kind will be required to
cause Senator Teller to resign?
But" says a correspondent to the
Denver Tribune.R Republican, speaking OF
the ex.Secretary, 1.-THE remarkable fea.
ture OF Senator Teller's speech is not
what he said but what he ommitted to
say. He forgot to allude to his poverty.
For several years, commencing about the
same time that the public scandals con.
corning the frauds and steals which were
going on in his Department began to
freely float around, he has on every oc.
casion psraded his poverty before the
public. In almost every private con.
versation he has managed to expose to
his listener his extreme poverty. He
missed a rare opportunity to spread be-
fore the people of this State through the
400 unsu,pecting delegates the suforings
he has endured on account of poverty,
and thus counteract the impression that
is too prevalent, that the Secretary did
not allow the wholesale plumber of the
public interests entirely for the benefit
of others.
at is true that he has just purchased
o little farm Of about 1000 acres. and
paid cash for it, and was disappointed
because he could not get more. With a
man OF his resources this should not have
deferred him from working the poverty
racket on the convention.
"He could have explained his large
proprietorsbip in land by saying that hi.
brother came to his relief, as he has Sc
often said before that the only way he
has been enabled to live since he has
been in public life was by borrowing
money Of his brother"