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Bishop Whipple's part of the Episcopalians. This made him pretty strong, and getting some Western political help, he worked hard & to advantage. He was in Washington most of the Winter but when it was supposed Cowan was certain to be Com'r. he left the field. As he did not happen to be on the ground when appointed, he was announced with quite a flourish by the Wash'n "organs" as appointed without application [underline], which caused an audible smile among those who knew as much about the matter as I did.

   From the first he was very gracious to me, and I think he really did what he could to put me on the Board of Inspectors.  So did Gen'l. Cowan, - but, when the list was finally made up I had been away six weeks, and so had Cowan, and the pressure brought to bear on Sec'y. Delano was simply tremendous.    It resulted in the five being made up thus, one, a friend of the Secretary's to whom he was under obligations, -one, a person demanded by the Pacific Coast, and well backed East, - really the only good appointment on the Board, - and the other three, a majority of the