The morning news., 1889-04-26

A LURID LETTER PRONOUNCED A
CLEAR, COLD FORGERY.

In the Epistle the Colonel Was Made
to Say that the President is too Cow
ardly to Be Seen Consulting With
Him-The Language Sounds Suspi-
cious.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-Col. WV. Dud-
Icy is now denying and explaining another
letter. This time it is one purporting to
have been sent to his old friend and army
comrade, Sam Van Pelt Of Anderson, Ind.
who wants an office, in which he is re-
ported to have said: 81 am sorry to say
that L will be unable to render you any
assistance whatever with the President.
He has lost his backbone and is too cow
ardly to be seen consulting with me, for the
simple reason that the copperheads and
rebels of Indiana have trumped up lot of
charges against me. He seems entirely OBJ
hvious TO the fact that it was through nv
efforts that Indiana was saved to him.
SIMILAR LANGUAGE USED BEFORE.
This language is SO nearly like that which
Col. Dudley has frequently employed In
private conversati on duringthe past month
that his friends were surprised when he
announced to-day, upon seeing it in print,
that it was "clear cold forgery" and then
proceeded to give out another letter, in
which he says substantially the same thing
in moro circumspect language. Col Dud-
ley's feelings toward the man who has
ignored him and his services while enjoy
ing the fruits of his labors are perfectly
well known here, and his expression of them
is at times lurid His office is the recog-
nized cave of Adullam for all the discon-
tent under this administration.
THE GENUINE DOCUMENT.
Col. Dudley to-day produced his letter
book from which he permitted a reporter
to copy the genuine document. Il is as
follows;
WASHINGTON, d. c., April Is, 1882
8. ID. Pan PeH, Esq, anderson, Ind q.
DEAR OLD SAVIOUR good letter Of the 2dth
of March | got I'm good time, but 10 found me
absent. have recently returned from trip to
the south, where went on legal business and
had good time, and little rest from
the crowds of people who thronged nv office
from morning until night and from the noun
tains OF letters which pile up on my desk every
day. Your letter got into the pile where res
cued 1t tonight, and hasten To say how much
good It has done me to hear from you again.
There is nothing should like better, than TO do
something for you, Sam, but | afraid you
greatly over estimate my influence Your old
friend, Reed, has placed his pension in my
hands, am working away at 1t 10 get it soon.
Perhaps there Is 10 one in the country who
has done 80 much for Gen. Harrison
during the last twenty years as
have, but because our democratic friends down
in indianapolis have startedthe hue and cry on
me, Brother Bon does not seem to feel that he
can afford to recognize me as an acquaintance,
and, consequently, don't take dinner at the
white house as might be expected. have not
been inside the white house since Cleveland's
Inauguration, little over four years ago, but
Will see If something can not be done a little
later on and tell you what to do. If you should
not hear from me again, Sam, for the next two
months, don't be alarmed, for there is Just aa
good chances two months hence-and a little
better-as there are now Give my kind re-
CARDS TO all the boys at Anderson, and remem-
Der me always as your friend,
w. w DUDLEY