did nothing to stop the practice. In 1888, Secretary of Interior William F. Vilas, appointed by President Grover Cleveland (1885-1889), a Democrat, was investigated by Congress. Vilas was a stockholder of the Superior Lumber Company and was suspected of profiteering. In 1889, the Senate investigation report concluded that Vilas did not personally profiteer. During the Benjamin Harrison Republican administration (1889-1893), an Interior probe investigation found evidence Harrison's appointed Pension Bureau Commissioner James R. Tanner took "lavish and illegal handouts". Tanner resigned and Harrison appointed Green B. Raum Pension Bureau Commissioner. Raum was accused of taking kickback loans to expedite pension cases. A Democratic House investigation said Raum had "prostituted his office" and should be removed, but Harrison declined. Personal reputation In 1898, historian Joseph Patterson Smith said Delano had attained, "a long and distinguished career, as an eminent lawyer, an able businessman and one intimately identified with the governmental affairs of the state and nation." In 2001, historian Jean Edward Smith, taking a harsher view, said Delano betrayed his public trust while Secretary of the Interior by allowing corruption to pervade throughout his department, "at the expense of those who most needed government assistance: the Native American." Benjamin Bristow, Grant's appointed Secretary of Treasury, said Secretary Delano was "a very mean dog," and deserved "the execration of every honest man." Honors Delano, California Delano, California, located in Kern County, originally a terminal railroad town, was founded on July 14, 1869. The unnamed town was officially named in honor of Columbus Delano, at the time Delano was Secretary of the Interior, during the Grant administration. The name of Delano was officially given by the Southern Pacific Railroad. Delano's first post office opened in 1874. The town of Delano was incorporated as a city in 1915. Mountains Certain mountains in Utah (Delano Peak) and Montana (Mount Delano) are named after Delano. Delano Peak, in Utah, has an elevation of 12,174 ft (3,711 m). Mount Delano, in Montana, has an elevation of 10,138 ft (3090 m). Notable Department of Interior events 1856-1873 Interior's Pacific Wagon Road Office improved the historic western emigrant routes. 1869 The Bureau of Education is placed under Interior (later transferred to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare). 1869-1870 Cook–Folsom–Peterson Expedition Yellowstone 1870 Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition Yellowstone 1871 Hayden Geological Survey of 1871 Yellowstone Sponsored by the federal government. Delano instructed the survey. 1872 Congress establishes Yellowstone as the first