The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-27
BUTLER vs.. scHENcK.
The Butler Advance on 8ehcn nck-The
Advance Meets the Enemy I'm Force
Tho Enemy Opens u Heavy
FIre.-The Enemy Invites
Butler TO Come on.


FIrc.-The Enemy Invites
Butler TO Come on.
Letters Of Gen. Boynton in the Cincinnat
Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March %.
The Whisky ring is in intense COM
motion. The surmises OF previous
letter concerning the Butler-Schenck
UNDERSTANDINGS and which have enter
ed largely into the undercurrent OF talk
since Butler made his bold charge
against Schenck, have been accepted as
well founded by the whisky men, and
the consequence is n great huttering
| among them.
General Schenck's connection with
the matter appears to give them no
| concern. They say Butler can never
twist the evidence he may have to the
liscredit of Schenck, so far as they
know, and even if he could it is small
part of the matter to them. The main
difficulty arises from the knowledge
that Butler has copies of all the tele-
grams which the ring sent to or from
| Washington for several weeks. And
| they have reason to believe that he did
not confinelhis telegraphic researches to
this CITY, but that he studied records in
| Baltimore, New York and Cincinnati.
1t was given out at the time that But
| Ter, in his raid upon the telegraph
Offices, was only allowed 10 read des-
| patches from or to certain parties named
in his summons requiring the company
to produce their files. Now the ring
appears to have satisfied itself that he
was not as modest as they hoped; that
once where the letter books were he
took copies of every thing which his
| keen faculties suggested would have
future value. There are other rings be-
sides the whisky men who just now are
wondering whether he confined himself
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gave his distinguished attention to them
as we'll.
But of one thing all seem to be satis-
fed, and that is, that Butler has dis
patches enough to unravel half the
rings OF the country. No wonder there
is nuttering. No wonder there are
trembling hands, and pale faces, and
failing hearts.
With all this information in his pos
session, will Butler move? Some of the
cool headed ones say he Will not dare 10
take a step. They base their confidence
upon what is now known of his operas
tions as chief manager of the lmpeacl!-
ment Investigating Committee. Though
not chairman, he really usurpeu the
entire control. Mr.. Bingham was sick
most of the time, and the other MEM
bers were so disgusted that no one at
tended regularly except Butler: But,
aS for him, he was on hand eRrly and
late, and when the daily sess ions Of the
committee ended at the House, the
midnight oil was lighted at his Office
and burned we'll on to dawn. at this
Office leading witnesses had frequent
interviews with the celebrated detec-
| tive, and the impression was quite gen.
eral at the time that In that Office he
could always be "seen''-as the phrase
is. And the argument is, that If he
was thus "seen," he will not care to
stir up a case which might bring out
the cost of seeing him, and develop the
fact thot while persons could get into
his show without paying, they could
not get out of it on the some liberal
| terms.
1t was certainly bold thing for But
Ter to do, that rising on the floor OF the
House and charging the chairman ofits
Committee on Ways and Means with
being at the head of the Whisky ring.
And the thing which is bothering IL
| good many interested gentlemen, is,
| that they can not ascertain exactly
what Butler processes TO know, or who
will appear as principal actors when he
unfolds his panorama. They all say 1t
will not be Gen. Schenck, and their
anxiety to know what Butler hns Sc.
lected from his valuable stock of telo-
grams, is exceedingly great.
All that Buffers friends mention in
| their conversation bearing upon the
specific charges which the disappointed
committeeman has against Schenck Is
that captured dispatches and sworn tes-
| timonv agree that he was in cOmmuni-
cation with whisky men, and that one
| of these swOre he drew clause in the
Revenue bill for Schenck, i'll tho inter-
est of whisky men, and that he was in
| with them. To this SChenck's friends
answer that whisky men were very
proper persons to consult about wh1s-
ky, and that it was possible for them to
draw bills which should have prOvis-
ions Just to the manufacturers, dealers,
and the Government alike.
Onthe other hand. General Schenck's
friends tell him that he can prove
great number of very unpleasant
| things against Butler, and that his own
guns can be turned upon him with
| fatal effect. For instance they tell the
| General that Butler agreed 10 discharge
one witness summoned before the M
peachment Committee from tho vicinity
| of Cincinnati, who was most reluctant
| to tell what he knew, and that Tor TINS
act Of kindness one OF Mr.. Buffers
bosom friends received handsome
sum. They further state that second
witness from Cincinnati was treated
| with similar tenderness; and that for
an additional consideration some
twenty seven teleRrRms which passed
between a,MsEtern revenue agent and
MIR. WoolleY, were withheld from the
public gaze. 1t is further alleged that
u round sum was paid for getting the
case into such shape as to render
Woolley's discharge possible. Then
certain witnesses say thatsom OF their
testimony, which was given at COM
paratiyely early period OF the investi-
CATION, was not taken down at the
time, as they believe, because 1t went
to show that certain whisky men had
| not been as active In the matter as
Butler thought, and especially that
thev had had no dealings with General
Schenck.
Then, in addition to all this, the fact
appears ut last that there was some
very important evidence taken con-
cerning Senator PomerOy's connection
with early attempts to defeat impeach-
| ment, which Mr.. Butler suppressed
There has been much quiet talk about
this for n number of months, and among
those who do not consider it heresy to
party TO expose its corrupt members
there have been many severe things
said of those members of the committee
who knew OF this evidence, and allow
ed it TO be suppressed. The person Is
said to be available to whom, among
| others, Mr.. Pomeroy said, pending the
impeachment investigation. that he
held the decision of tile case in his own
hand, as he controlled three votes, and
as thew were cast, so would the verdict
be. The witnesses who gave the evil
derce which related to Senator Pome-
roy before Mr.. Butler can be reached
by General Schenck. even If 1t Is
found that any of 1t has been
burned up, as some uncharitnble gen
tlemen suppose. If there was really
consideration given for letting the wit
nesses before alluded to go unexamln-
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