, 1875-05-14
THE WHISKY RAIDS.
A Gencrn1 Swccping.Out Of Sus-
pcctcd Revenue officers
Predicted.
Supervisor Mum Likely to Lose His
Office,
Tho Test Case OF tho Chicago DIstjllers
10 DO Argued To-Day.
lin WASHINGTON,

CAUSE AND ErFEcT.
S'tefst bf*ra'rh "a Ihd CAita7o 1ytanns.
"A'H1SuroN, u. c. May la.-The revenue otIcers
ara beginning 10 consider tho caHses which havs re
ere Tho existence VI tito Whisky Hing posshIc Com
missioner Douglass nafntatna that tho frards IRE In
no sonso dus 10 tho present collection aysten which
lie fnycsted bnt solcy attributable 10 tho shon.
e"y OF The ocern. otilor uoysrnnou officials nal,l
that the ptcnont sys!en rroceods upon he ASSUMPTION
TINT tho subovlluate Government o,clais arc pIwaya
likely to be honcst. Tho checks Of tho sysecn ar.
stitch that two or threc dishonest officials can success.
fully conceal frsusa. Ths latter clam aay that t],o
waky trsds arc ditto 10 tbs abolition OF the noicty
THE INCREASE or THE TAI
last winter, They claim that from tho l!mo that t1e
1uotrty synem IN the 1ntornal Ileysnus Uurrau war
abolished y ec present Whisky Rlns began. ha Com.
has had fund Of only s1e0,0o1 which co,lld S ge1
f9r rurc!!ssng Information against fraudulent iit-
any one case wss 10 rer cent Of tno sum collected
upon Judgment and in most Instances The cotl.
e IL ss'ts Is 5eJ Ra2 .t x %
.ny iafoEa.tion from outslsrr Ils classes of mea
could rocevs from lls dissllIrss israer sn fur
Silence ~ an illustration. It il urged t6a very COLI
ee.ng collected from r.i!rusd comlanie. havs been
Tor the uoat part collected Mndcr tho mntety sysc.n
,,.En, nEMoxAls IN rRosrEcr.
charges III connection will the whisky levc1oents
whtsl, in ay way reflects upon sho pcrsona claracer
ot Supervisor hinnn or Collector WadawortL !; hut
Mum will oss his ors, ~ viii ali ulo Blrcrvtsots
II the sats wtero tleas frauds havo been committed
Il y aad that legal proceedings will ~ commenced
sgsia.. s.Fess,Ss 81 Mscoon4l', Of s: Louis. Tho
removal OF tho principal officers Is essential to the
Epo4 az Tho eerstcs. There IL scarcely auy
probability That Mnn will ho abte to retain Ills po.i-
.dssy m Rs 1s %sS Il. a..s: sa
~ order ior tho suspension II not tho absolute re-
moral of theso miner officers viii probably 10 for.
warasa tonor5nK. Ihs charges 1nsds against
I'M! Wadaworth is likely 10 eacnpe tie fato Of Dan
hunn: not, al tho TrtaAury onicere nut It, OH ac-
count OF any superior virtue, but bcca.IHe ho es not
inr ths tricks Of the ring Dr.. Dyer, who il Wad,-
worha hun,sfnAn, las bcon looking Into tue matter
and does not appear 10 bo uneasy about tho bond
1MponTANT Facts.
been making charges sEainat lie iatesrty I u ns o
revenue oflc!sS In tls city rersntly licked out OF
Tho houNe Of ona or them for prnsuninx 10 offer hu
Drne Tho talns por6on u said to hlYe blackmniled
by a!se]y representing to tsm that he hal been col-
PEELED to pay iarga amounts to Government ptlcnis
" thla stht1!lant tcre Eeosnh to hc doubt Tho
sookh 81 the treasurer Of thu wsky ring iu the
Irtcs represent that considerable AMOUNTS Of money
wero charged 70 Wsahngtou-
w.sn,soro. = e e. 1isseie" liz aTn Ts:''1 a,,.,,
treasury T. stin vigorously engaged IN tho work nt
pfosee0sing tho raid .galus Ill PARTIES engaged ii.
roctfy er Indirectly IN stile!t whsky dssatio, Tle
unttsd Slate s.torneys and nercnuc oilcia's fail
70 E1to tinr full support 10 Investigations In pro1rcsa
70 report tAar nanics to tho department. The agcnt
ht te|o9raphs to tho Solicitor today thai s
mrs ulsc0screH AallhtorrhneAu tank with tha capaey
distl11erf.