Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-16
THE DISMISSAL OF ATTORNEY
HENDERSON,.

THE DISMISSAL OF ATTORNEY
HENDERSON.
General John B. Henderson, ex-
United States Senator from Missouri,
was retained by Secretary Bristow to
assist in the prosecution of the mem
bers ofthe st. Lou is whisky ring. He
Is one Of the sblest lawyers in the
West and did more to secure the con-
viction of Mcdonald, Joyce and Avery
than all of the others combined. 1t
was while addressing the Court in one
OF these cases that he employed lam
guage toward the President that has
since cos him his head as Government
counsel. Warming up to the great i'm
portance of the case and the onnec
ton of the ring with persons in high
official station, he took occasion to ami
madvert severely against General
Babcock, to which some remonstrance
was made by the opposing counsel,
when he proceeded to say, with marked
emphasis, that from his knowledge of
the evidence he was not entirely salts
fed that President Grant was not also
implicated in the frauds. This little
b~y.speech. called out by the Interrupt
ton of one of his legal a~dversaries,
was viewed as an objectionable sin,
and = meeting of the Cabinet was
straightway convened to level the
presumptuous attorney. Referring to
the action of the Cabinet, the Call has
the following:
The telegraph is somewhat verbose
in its defense of the policy of the Cabi-
net in dismissing General Henderson
from his position as special counsel in
the st. Louis whisky case. The very
earnestness and warmth with which
the Cabinet council is defended indi
cate a conscious weakness in their case.
1t is certainly unfori innate that a diff
ference should have arisen between
the Administration and its successful
counsel at the Very m General
Baieock is being placed on trial. The
attitude of the President up to the pres
ent time does not warrant the belief
that he desires to screen a single guilty
person; yet the dismissal OF Hen.
derson at this time may he
thus interpreted. The Cabinet is
said to be unanimous as to
the justice and propriety of his dis
missal, although the language which
made the dismissal necessary is not
given. 1t Is probable that Bristow,
whatever his private opinions as to the
propriety of Henderson's dismissal
may have been, does not feel strong
enough TO make an issue with the Pres
ident and his special friends in the Cab
met on this point. This interruption i'm
the progress of the Government in fer
reting out frauds is unfortunate. 1t is
q matter OF doubt if any other mar car
pick up up the threads of evidence
when General Henderson lays Them
down. We sincerely hope that the last
tninmph OF the Government over the
cOnspirators is not yet reached, but
shall moi be greatly surprised if the
tidemow sets in the other way.
We see that some of our contempor-
aries refer to General Henderson as a
Democrat, and argue that he acted i'm
properly in taking advantage of his po-
sition to make capital for the Demo-
cratic party. Now, the truth is that
Henderson was, during the war, a
strong Union man., and it was while
the Republicans controlled the politics
Of Missouri that he found his way into
the United States Senate. Since the
Conservatives and Democrats got the
upper hand in the politics of that State
John b. Henderson has been compelled
to occupy q back seat. These are the
facts, and any attempt to attribute par
tisan motives to the distinguished coun-
sci in coupling the White House with
the whisky rings, is grossly unjust.
Whether General Henderson was JUS
tilted in what he said is q question that
we are not considering here, but GER.
tain it is, in the light of later develop
ments, rs against the Presidents pri-
vate secretary, that he had strong rea-
sons for believing that the Executive
Mansion was not entirely guiltless of a
participation in the frauds.
A MIND-READRR. A fellow who
styles himself DR.. Blake the "mind-
reader" has been humbugging a lot OF
people In Carson with sleight-of-h hand
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