The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-27

tiou to the letter last evening, he said: SIT
is clear forgery AS soon as the
dispatch was shown to me this morn
ing | telegraphed Mr. Van Pelt demanding
that bona fide letter that 1 wrote him ten
days ago, should be made public in the
western papers, and asking for an explana-
ton regarding the garbled version which
has appeared in print. Yesterday after
noon Mr.. Van Pelt telegraphed me as fol
lows 80.
ANDERSON, Ind, April %, 1899.
W. w. DUDLEY, Washington, D. C.
MY DEAR FRIEND showed your letter to no
living soul. saw the article in the indianapolis
Sentinel this morning for the first time: NOW
how did they get it, I think they went through
10y mon 90 '--' pO''''-' S. D. VAN PELT
''The theory of Mr.. Van Pelt," Colonel
Dudley continued, 'gives a color OF plausl-
bility from the fact that my name and
Washington address were printed in the
conventional form on the margin OF the en-
velope, thus showing by whom 1t was sent.
l have here copy of this letter, which you
may print if you like" Colonel Dudley's
letter is as follows:
WASHINGTON, April % 1S39-S. D. Van Pelt,
Esq, Anderson, Indiana
Dear old Sam: Your good letter of the Goth of
March 1 got in good time, but it found
me absent. l have recently re-
turned rom Il tflp 10 the SOuIl, Wn6le went on
legal business and had good time, and little
rest from the crowds Of people who thrOng my
Office from morning until night, and from the
mountains of letters which pie up on my desk
every dav. Your letter got iltO tAC Pile, whence
rescued il tonight AMI | hasten 10 say how
much good it has done Inc to hear from you
again.
There is nothingI should Ike better than to
do something for YOU, sam, bat am afraid you
greatly UYCr-eStmate NY influence. Your old
friend Reed has placed his pension in my hands,
and ! am working away at it TO get it soon.
Perhaps there IS no one in the country who has
done as much for General Harrison during the
last twenty years as | have, bHt because our
Democratic friends down in Indianapolis have
started the hue and cry on me, brother Ben 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 eX-
pected. / have not been inside the White House
since CleYeland's inauguration. little over four
years ago but will see if something cannot be
done Il little and tell you what to do
Ii you should not hear from me again. Sam,
for the next two months, don't be alarmed, for
there will be just as good chances two months
hence, and q little better, rs there are now.
Give my kind regards to all the boys at Ander-
sons and remember me always as your friend.
This letter, you will see," Colonel
Dudley went on, lis written in jocular
vein. My friend Van Pelt is something of
joker himself. I knew he would appre-
ciate and understand the spirit in which it
was penned.n
rs it true, colonel, 1 asked, that your
relations at the White House are strained,
as the particulars say!n
Colonel Dudley laughed goodnaturedly
and said: DO l look like man with a
grievance!n Then becoming serious again,
he added: There is no misunderstanding
between General Harrison and my
self, so far as know.
cannot, however, talk upon this
subject at the present time, and l beg that
you will excuse me from saying more than
1 already have said"