The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-10-08

Hon. w. w. Dudley. with the sugges
|tion that this appointment Be made.
BENZ. HARRISON
United States Senate, Aug 1882
Personal repot and appointment N. = g
1854 AlIdone August !, 1882
COL. DUDLEY's ISvLU EScE GONE.
Col. Dudley is In Indiana trying 4
lfx up Senatorial slate for Ben. Harri
lson, but Col. Dudley Iost his power fu|
influence when he Iost his ofIlcisI head
He can write no more influential letter.
Hike these:
WAsHISoTou, Dec. 81, 1881. &C. d
6herwin, Goshen Ind Dear Sir: Your
OF the 9th enclosing additional evidenc'
lin the case OF Hiram r. Kidder, Com
|pany n. Second Indiana Cavalry, No
l25l, asa, IL st hand. Your cordial in.
dOrsement OF him is fled with the cast
and does not injure H. can assure you
II have ordered tho case 20 be be adjudi'
Gated without delay, II the evidence Il
|comple and II not, he will be speedily
Informed Of what 10 necessary.
| In reply to your postscript assure
Iyou that shall he home for several dsyi
prior to the election, and will do what
lies In nv power to save the party
from suiiering defeat ] have been Sc
|lected % the Chairman Of the Indiana
lRepublican Assoc iation, and you may b.
Isure that some lively work will be done
from this end Of the line In aid of ouI
Ipartv'a success.
What are the prospects for electing Z
member OF the Legislat ure in Elkhart
and also for EIkhart, Noble and De
lKalb?
Very truly yours,
WV. w. DUDLEY, Commissioners.
WASHINGTON, u. c., April 13, 1852
Hon. Ben. Harrison, indianapolis, Ind
Dear Senator: 1 have your favor Of thu
10th inst. accompanying the letter o
IDr. Gardner, relative to the application
lfOr IN appointment Of the Hon. James
| McC Clelland. and have referred the same
to the Secretary Of the Interior, with %
Endorsement. appreci
ate the political point involved, and have
called the attention Of the Secretary Il
lit. am happy to cay that the Secretary
has to-day directed the appointment o.
mr.. Webbers Az soon as the commits
Ision arrives | will send II to you, and
lyou can forward IL 10 him.
Very respectfully,
W. w. DUDLEY. Commissioner.
THEY woN'r NE SEEN.
But the best and most juicy letter
written and received by Dudley vii
never see the light ofday. The follow
ing letter 20 his private secretary ex
plains why:
COLUMBUS, ONO, Sept 70. 1884,
Dear scudder: There are some Of N,
photographs III the drawer Of my table
BY the window, or in my desk, which
wish you would send me here. and tel
Fisher that wish he would let one o.
the boys unroll and fatten out the re-
naming copies OF my engraved portrait
be has and pack them up. Yon may
pack ~ all INV letter books containing
my private and personal CORES spondcnce
and lock them up, allowing no one tc
ranssck them Oh any pretense. Not
that care psrticu larly. but won't sub
init 10 such an outrage from any one
You may 20 over The books yourself
and II you find anything pertaining q
the cases that nigh be- Official, tear Il
out and put ii with the others Of thai
character: and lik ewise you may cut ouI
any personal matter from the official
books.
These are my orders to You, and ses
70 IL that no one causes you to disobey
them under any pretext. ! am still Com.
missioner of Pensions, and shall be un.
Ill November 10, 1884. Keep me posted
as to any other attempts to subvert my
authority or make me trouble, and
obligc. Yours truly.
w. w. DUDLEY.
About fifty or the IA letters were oi
such = private and confidential nature
that they were not even indexed. WHY
did "Dear Scuddcrr cut out and pul
away these dear Ietters 2 Is there ns
way 20 get hold Of them2 AIasl Alas
there 10 not.