The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-05-02

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wAsHIEeTON, ID. c., April g.
The following alleged letter from
Col. w. w. Dadley TO Samuel Van
Pelt; an old army ccmrade living In
Anderson, Ind, was Published here
today a. . special dispatch TO .
Chicago paper from Anderson:
"MY DEAR SAA-Yoars received.
need not tell you that &c would be
very gratifying to me TO zee you get
the Indian agency, knowing - l do
your special fitness for the place and
youF service TO the country In the
hour Of her sorest need, buG 1 am
sorry to say that will be unable 10
render you any assistance Whatever
with the president. He hss lost bis
backbone, and II too cowardly to-be
seen consulting With me, Tor the
simple reason that the eopperheads
and rebles Of Indiana have trumped
up o lot Of charges against me. He
seeme entirely Obllvious 10 the fact
that it was through my efforts that
Indiana VIVA saved to him."
When the above vas shown to Col.
Dudley he pronounced 10 a. clear,
cold forgery" said he had tele-
graphed to Van PeIt as soon ns he
sawlt IN the paper today demanding
that Van Pelt give out for pubiiee-
ton the letter which he actually
wrote, and added:
81 wrote only one, and have
preserved o copy. Here IL r..
While ] don't care TO have my
private letters published TO the
world, yet there is nothing In this
letter which I am ashamed Of, and
while IL was hastily Nrltten In con-
fidence 10 an old friend, I would
have no objection to the president
seeing 70. have asked nothing
from Gen. Harrison, and therefore
have nothing 10 complain Of. ]
wish the Administrator every sue
cess, aud would not, II could,
embarrass Il In any way. ] am out
Of politics, and would not accept
any public office. 1 have recently
associated with me Mr.. Charles ID.
Ingersoll, of New York, aud Jerome
Carly, OF Philadelphia, and have
decided to devote my entire atisn-
ton To the practice Of law. !
neither seek nor would accept any
public Office"
Following In the letter:
"WAsHINGT0N, ID. C., April d,
1888. ID. Van PeIt, Esq, Ander-
son, Ind: DEAR OLD Saviour
good letter OF the 18th Of March got
here In good time, but IL found the
absent. ! have recently returned
from q trip TO the South, where ]
went on legal business and had .
good time aud q little rest from the
crowds of people who thrOng my
office frUm morning until night and
from the mountain Of letters 1hirh
pile upon my desk every day. Your
letter got Into she pile where ]
rescued 70 tonight, and hasten now
To say how much good it has done
me TO hear from you sgaln. There
n nothing ] should like better than
To do something for you, Sam, but
am afraid you greatly Oyerestlmate
my influence. Your old friend Reed
has placed his pension In my hands
and ] am working away st 10 to get
70 soon. Perhaps there Ii no one In
the country who has done SO much
for Gen. Harrison during the last
twenty years ~ have, but because
ouE bCLlONEahtG ANlCuuE uoh
Indianapolis have started the hue
and cry on me, Brother Ben does
not seem 10 feel that he eau afford 10
recognize me As an acquaintance,
and consequently don't take
dinner at the White House 50 might
be- expected. have not been inside
the White House since Cleveland's
Inauguration, q little over four
years ago, but will see n some
thing can not be done later on and
tell you what 10 do. II you should
not hear from me again, Sam, for
the next two months, don't he
alarmed, for there will be just n
COED chances two months hence
aud q little better-as there are now.
give my kind regards TO sll the
boys at Anderson, aud remember
me always a. your friend,
w. w. DUDLEY"