, 1874-12-12

Iftnuskorf nnd Cnrpcntcr-A Chapter
In Wisconsin Politics.

Rtndskol,F and Cnrpcntcr-A Chapter
in Wisconsin Politics.
spee{al D,spatch 10 The Chtcaqo Tribune.
NIAp1soy, Wis.,, Doc. 11.--The suit i'll the
United States Court horo against "prlnca Sam"
RinIskopf has D history. Some months ago
tho frauds now charged woro unoartl1cd by do
tcottyca 1T tho omploy Of tho informal
Revenue Dopnrtmant. Az soon rs the
auttoritica fanciod lthoy Ind accumulated
sufllc!ent testimony TO justify blow bons
struc1t, an ordor was sont 10 milwaukee,
directing tho Niuaskopt Warehouse TO bo on
tered and llcld. These ortlora wore implicitly
carried out by Collector Erakino aud his ol!lcorr.
somewhere. @ ~ % Il was impossiblo to Obtain H.
fo'matton OH tho anbject The property Of tue
fow days. statcd to be merely bold temporarily,
pondinE nn investigation into certain charges.
What thoHo charges wore, nobody could
discover, until thcso proceedings co!iinoscea.
al ,hnt limo Senator Carpenter was moving
heaven and ca,th to manipulate tho mnehinery
OF Government to suit hs own purposes. Col
loctor Eisline, n stockholdor IN tho Milwaukee
Sentinel. Carpenters orgnn, WAS supposed to ho
moro creature OF the Sonntor, and the Customs
House md informal Revenue Department, in
accordance with tho convenient system TINT hnd
grown up, was at Carpenters beck and ca!l.
Tho most powerful element Of opposition to
Carrentor's re.clect!on in tho State %as tho Ger
Graham Liquor law, had boon almost unit In
antagosisM to Hepublicausul. Such reputation
ns Sam l.indakopf had earned was obtained in
fighting al1 prohbitory liquor laws. IL thus
perHonal-lbcrty vote, against al! comera-sona-
tor Carpenter in particular. Tint s'quor-aw
fight cost tho Republicans the frightf"l ront of
tho fall of 1878. The distillers, and tobacco
%e md brewers became, in ,n, tho n's9fS ;t
saln, Of tic aosman olemont. 1t was
roycr denied TINT tho leading feature OF
tue Carpenter eampais sn Of ls74 was to
conciliato that e!enout. How? Through. Of
| course, Snm ltinlskopf, and tho dsting. brow"
| ing, and tobacco interests.
50 tho lutelnal Eeyonun officers who bad at
| first "hoizcd" tho NindHkopf property for vio-
! lation Of tho Revenue lawa-as it was publicly
stated, and mover deniod, at the tin1o-tirst
| pending an investigation, a1,d then stepped
| down and ont,
Rindskopt by so,ne moans or other. got tho
nomination for congrcss IN tire Milwaukee, Dis-
procured so stuns in the nostrIts OF the people
that Carpenter had to drop linn. Any further
| alllanco with him would havo damned Carpenter
| beyond recall. ". +. I4ynte, an honorable gen-
elected, over Ludi,lgton, an independent IlclnlD-
lican. the AlnYur Of tho city who had boon calle1
out by tho indignant people expressly to bent
NndsKopf. and wllo, having served the 0ccahion,
J Haa IN Ills tttfn ai0HDu TO DC neatGn ny LYRIC.
| Sam pnid back tho compliment by WORKING
with MI hiH honrt aud aonl againHt Carpenter.
Tho prosecution. 10 loug droppod-but never
finally abandoned-was revived. and then thus
| suit rms commenced,
nndskopfs case must not bo preiudged. Tho
evidence that he knew OF tho frauds that were
being perrotratod is mast conclusive still,
comment ,rust DO reserved till the case ia over.
Bit it docs aeen1 m oMtrago that q Senator c"1'
| hnvo power to hold aeizuro in torrorem over
| tho head of = political antagonist just no
]oug nB ha desires to uea him, and lot
! tho sword fall M soon M tho man becomes
useless Honest Republicans here aay that such
| matters AZ these arc tloso that have disgracoi
tho lscpublicau party and brought it to its pres
cnt strait. It il Butlcriam introduced into Wia-
co1,sin; md tho peopae do not lko it. OF course,
tho books and records OF tho Reyonuo Depart
mont will show everything In regular ordor; but
nevertheless tho foregoing il tho ttue iusdo
history Of The iaindskopf prosecution. Tho Oh
" consolation there il for this additional atni1l
Gu the Republican party is that it is chargoable
to Carpenter; and TINT nobody can prstrnd ta
| sympathi2o with such nan as Sam Rludskopi
| han BECOME.