, 1875-05-12
Politicians Moving in Behalf Of the
Illicit Distillers.
Tha Chicago Re7enue Officers Sill Unable
to Understand Lilo Thing.
Preparing tho Inventories for The Dis
trict.Attorney.
St. Louis Officials Also in Stats Of
B1issfu1 Ignorance.
List Of Additional Seizures Made
in Milwaukee,.

i'll Milwaukee,.
IN WASHINGTON.
FCTEnE rRo1NasfME.
Special Dispatch to The CHICAGO Tribune.
wAsn1HoroN, u. G., May 11.-Tbc exposure
Of tho aliillful aud successful raid upon thu
xhisky rlug has boon tha sensational foatuso Of
tho day. Tho marvel has been That socrot
Which uas intytlatcd to 90 many psrsons should
hnvo been 60 faithfully guarded. The only novs
Today conaiata at further "details Of eotzures aud
ptana for the prosecution. It has icon rru,oscd
that BoIno Distrct-Attorneyx might not putsue
tue cayaa With much zeal, aud that owing to
powerful political Influences thcro will 10 fow
convictions. but II haa been determined II
tho present Distrsct-Attornoye do not prosecute
tho Offenders with thcir best enorcics
Attorneys will 10 found who will. Thcreecema to
DO no doubt that tho principal rsvenuo oficera
lit tho ELato8 whore the soizurcs hayo boen made
will either resign or b. speedily removed.
Supervisor Mcdonald, Of 1T. Louis
l. saa taodo'oa s,, his r,,a;ssg s;sssnat'so i
dianatch from Washington from sons unknoWn
confidential friend. which informed him that
THE LIGHTNING WOULD strike
on Monday. II ip not lnoan wlother tho reasg-
nation Ans lecn or will bo accepted. Ths friouds
of Home of the loading rnveuno oilseera have al
roady a1risol hero, and information has Loot,
rocoived tlat othora are coming. Their purpose
10 unda1stood 10 bo to insist That their fr1ouds
and nppou.eos ehal not bc condemned unhca1d.
TeioEratns hayo been received hero to-,lsy by
private ptr,oua from tho Supervisors of memo
of tho stascn protesting lint sesxnrea
vero ma1o yesterday within their
edgo by supcryiaora Of other States. mud adding
that s,lch aotion would not 10 endurcd. The
dnpatchca plainly Indicate TINT the supervisors
in question
HAD NO xSow1.EpoE or TIE STORM
Which was to break ever them this morn.
Tux. Tho aciou OF Secretary Br;a:ow
waa entirely in tho interests Of bottcr admin.
fstration OF tho rovonues Of tho country and Of
tie Department under big charge: Politicians
nln to-day giving currency 10 tbs wildcat r1unora
III to sonlo u!tetior PURPOSES which may hayo
hotnated this dramatic exhibition Of de-
tectise md executive power. somo cay
That tho developments Of yosterdny n1o but par:
OF Echorne which shall Becure tho removal OF
most Of tie prominent Fodotal o0lcera through
cut tho country. to 10 rspiaced by the supporters
OF different political peraons. Thoy connect the
| aotxures yesterday with tie rocont Cabinet Rnl
| Duroeu chanSco hozo ~ part Of
ONE sTupEspoua azcRn1 roLir1cAL SCHEME
| These rnmors. Aowever, csa ho plainly traced
to ,dlsnproiAted ne!f-intereHt o. tngensou::
| tun}ice. Tlcro Is no evidence that tho Ac1ion Of
! the Government had any other purpose or dos,gn
| than to collect tbs royonuo and plaiRh knarory.
| Tile CoDnlikaIoner haS tolcgraphed to-day TO
Cldcngo and other places 10 learn tho unnos OF
] revenue officials implicated in tho tsaudB-
No further apecii!c seporta hayo hasn re-
cetyed from any Of tho load.ng cities. The do
| tai1s OF tho operation uero for tho moHt
loft .,o to tho T., oi,sas@ 4peessal;y
| understood that strong political influences nre
already At work to
PREVENT THE SUCCESSFUL PnoaEouTIoa
OF tho pcr4ona implicated. It is coniidentinlly
boicyed that tho WHISKY ring derived . consid-
osab!o portion Of their informat,on by tho
r,caua OF d!apascI>os stolen from tho toie-
graph miro as sono points not feE remo.o
from this city, Tho evidence thus far obtained
docs not necessarily connect tho Supervisors or
but ihe authorities hero consider thai tho pso-
| sumptivs evidence against thotn is very dn,nna-
Ing. Dy fur tLo most serious frauds
| tLat Homo OF tho higher royonuo oificia!s moro
] paid rs much AZ e1,U00 = weck by tho whioky
ring. 0rlers iiaye bean issued by Secretary
u1istow to scIzo two distsllerlos IN Ntl0aukob
hnyo u get been ordered III :CIncinuats, Pitts
burg, OF Kentucky. Uy transcripts Ut the books
OF tie leading dBsilotieB anil rectfe1a in Louie-
yille TINT havo baen accured, 1t ie o1pectad tin.
some seizutcs Will aoon be .nado. Their aolic-
TOT, Wilson, saya that he frequently adylaca with
Commissioner Douglass, WHO furnished him
With all possible information, and no blamc Ia
that connection attaches to Douglase.,
The officers Of tho Treasury have been In re-
eoipt Of humorous tciogsnlns to-day. 9oins OF
which couYoy information, others volunteer 10
gtyo information upon tho condition that
PERSONAL BAYETr II GUARANTEED.
Tho Secretary Of tho Treasury thinks he
roHort to 10Y such naeans to complete It: II i
probable that sou,o Of tho PcotiA dissillcziss will
Since tho change ia tho Supervisor In Louisi-
nuA acyeral attempts haye boon mads to briho
tho new eupe1yisor and his Immediate hubosli-
| nate officers. A. sooa aa they wcro found 70
be nualploso1labc, tho dle.i!lcra cuscd their dis
tijltrlos. Thoy state tim. they could not rork
against the competition OF st. Louis. Milwaukee,
Evansville, and Chicago, whe1o, they aaa, tho
revenue officers were openly bought. Tbla hEa
bocs. reportoa 20 tue Department; The Govern
ment aa!horitlea expocs that therc vii! DO =
conM1ssl0HEA DOUGLASS
In card tonight, rays'
In regard 70 ss matter of the seieusos Of dLssrtes
In sospe poroas Of tho 'gtat, allow to say that
] when tia Hesrst acryica on!co waa roorlfaaisad
ssSSs., ss ~ r's sr S ns nasyes ss ~ =:
| uf thsar fosse, who wsss etFtagcrs ho!h 10
the Internal ls,enue ca;esa!a @ snd ths dissult14,
NY ssciion oi the cuunsr5 ~hero .!taag wa carried
tls. would y kseaJ p;o.sea so hsve tsa naa4e
they might md, aud thug moro eet:s!u'y iaxars
| : clp.s enforcement u tho taws. Tho twenty:
s III .xe Or treo st u da, Viii s through
out the country, Anu Of tonIbe viii ths tslAtn8 "
tepon of the two lree above tsieF1etl o. sfe not
Immediately kv1iahls II this Office. ~ 10 Whsthsr
eomu OF tho subosd!natss OF this odeo Gufalth
| fnL ezu only Eky That, out Of tbs
.5oressohh snplcyel, many Of them know personally
to w geneeu aud lHd!eA u oxcstut character Ind
abilities. II t!.ero ia IN ths o3cs who Ass val
fuzzy bs:rs,ed A!s t1u.t, hare ony 70 *sy thai 10
slSuA punishmeut. inuss respectfully,
J. r. p5UaLA5s, C0IasnlsHiouer.
Douglass clai1na tonight thAt hA bAs been Ma1A
ayictia. OF aonle possoull eueny iu this matter.
| lie Hays. for h!mseif, that ii tho or1ur chang
! Ing tia location Of tho Supervisors lEd
boen catricl out tho frnatls which havo non
been developed would then lAss boen discovered.
| reysuno knpa1yiuoEa Whlch woa tnnds 10 datsot
| fr&ds. 4ihxt order, 1t "a nal! tnow1l. vat xe-
| yokoa solcly by mosnx OF the ptotsHts OF tho
Supervisors aad tho Intervention Ut theix polit-
| Ical frisntls.
| Ito thS At*aetatsa Prtas.l .
WAsHM0IoS, J.. t., May l1.-Commlsalooer
! Douglusa to-day teleGtaphol to fartous Super