Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-05-02
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WAsHfNdTos, April &c The fo,low;no
alleged letter from Colonel W. W MI
ley to Samuel Van Pelt an OLD armv oo ~
fade living In Anderson, Ind, wa my
nsnsa mere yesterday as special dia.
pAtoh to aohioleo paper from Anderson.
ny Dear Sun: Yours received. 1 pead
not lell you that It would be- very graf fyinS
20 me 70 see you get tho Irdlan agency
the place aud your faithful eervics 10 vour
country Ia the nonr OF hef soreet meas Int
am sorry to say that | will 10 unhbls +,
render you airy AslsIanee whAteyar win
tho President. He has lost hls bacl bnna
and !. too cowarjly 10 DO sseD eonsni, In,
with me- Tor tho simpls reason that the
copperheAd5 and rebels OF Indinnn hava
trumped upa ior OF charges against ma
ne seems entirely obllvlous to tie FAC, that
saved to him, vs.
when this was shown to Gil Dudley
Yesterday he rnnounced il "a cl a.. cold
forgery" He sdd hs teleerapbed to Van
Felt rs soon as he saw 1t in the paper, d..
manding that Van Pelt sivA out for pub.
lioat'on ihs let'-r which he &C ually wrote
and sd itd:"l grote only ono and have
preserved copy here it Is !"
WARRINGTON. D. O. Aurii ~, 1889 IS n.
Van PEI Esq anderson, M I UpAa o. n
sAm: Your good istier OF tn. 18th pf Marun
L got In good time, bur II found ms
absent. ! have recently returned from a
Tip 10 the eoutb, whore went GA legal
business aud had good time, and little
rsst irnm the crowds Of people who thtopR
my ofiice from morning until night. and
from the mountains OF LISTERS which plle
mp on nv desk every day. Your lattar got
Into the pile, where | rescued II 10 night.
nnu 4 hasten 10 ray how much good Il
has done me to hear from you again. There
is moth ng i should like bette tban 10 d0
something for you, san, but l Lam afraid
YOU greatly ovsr estimate my ililuenca.
Tour o.d irlend Reed has PLACED his pen.
sion In my hands, and l am work
Ing away at II TO get It
soon. Pshnps there Is no one in the
country who has done a. much for General
Harrison durluB the lnet 20 years a, have.
but because our Democratic filend. down
10 Indianapolis have started tue hue and
cry on me. Brother Ben docs not seem To
feei that he can afford 70 reeognza ms as
an ACC iain'hnee aud consequently ] d n't
take d,nuer ut the White House, as might
be expected. have nJt bsen inside the
White House since Cleveland's Iuaugura
ton, q little over four years ago; but will
sec II somathins cannot be done litlls
later on and '9ll you what 10 do. II yDu
should not ar from m agaln, Sam, for
the next two mouths don't he alarmed Tor
there. will be just es good chances Two
months hence (and little betteE) as there
are now.
Give my kind regards 10 al the boys at
Andersen and remember me- Always ~ your
friend, W. w, DupLsY.
While" added Colonel Dudley, az
don't care to have my private letters pub.
lishei to the world, there Is nothing In
this letter which am ashamed OF. and
while 1t was hastily written in confidence
TO an old friend, would have no otisc
tons TO the President seeing it. have
asked nothing from General Harrison.
and therefore have nothing to complain
: OF. wish hts Administration every Buc
cess, and would not. II oau d, emil arrass
1t In any way. sm out OF politics, and
would not accept any public office. /
have recently associated with me Mr.
Charles D. Ingersoll OF New York, and
Mr.. Jerome Oarty Of Philadelphia, and
awe decided In devote my entire atten
ion to the Practice OF law. neither
eek nor would accspt any public office"
oLEvELIsD's SIGNIFICANT Admission.
CHAnLEsroS, i. q, April 20 Some
time sgo there appeared in North Caro-
lima weekly paper what purported TO be
an interview with ex President Cleveland
Mr.. Cleveland was made to say that be
would positively not socept the Pfesi
Dental nomination In 1899, and that his
public life was at 40 end.
In letter to member Of the editorial
: stao Of the Charleston World Mr.. oleve-
land says that the report of the inter,
I view ''h very inaccurate and unloading"