The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-08-21
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 81. 1875.
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have attended the discovery Of the
frauds against the Internal Revenue
laws, by the Whisky Ring, shows
the zeal which has governed the &C
ton Of the Secretary of the Treasury,
and his honest determination 10 pro-
tect the Government. The wide ex-
lent OF country implicated in the
conspiracy, and the difficulty Of NOV
ing simultaneously in various places
in the right direction, to battle the
plans OF the men employed in de-
frauding the Treasury, have neither
caused delay, o hindered the oper-
atoms Of Mr.. Bristow. He has proven
himself equal to all emergencies.
Naturally a man of frmness and de-
termination, rs his friends describe
him, he entered upon the business
with an mistaken purpose of un-
masking the robbers and holding
them responsible for their deeds.
Appeals to personal friendship in
cases Of alleged hardship, have been
made in vain. He has undertaken
to reach the perpetrators of the frauds;
in order to recover from them the
duties they have failed to pay, and
the penalties to which they are
liable. And he made short work of
the officials in whose districts the
frauds took place. Nothing could
excuse their failure to detect the COM
binations of the Whisky Ring and
cIrcumvent its movements and no
excuse was received, Other men
occupy the places for which they
proved themselves unfit, and are
laboring hard and successfully in Sc
curing the proof Of the charges
against the inculpased persons. How
much has been done may be Q e
from the following statement:
"Full statistics Of the late move
ment against the Illicit whisky trade
have been prepared at the Treasury.
The estimated value of real estate
seized IL 81 900, 900. The amounts
assessed against distillers is $317 900.
Suits have been instituted against
TttllHtTS lOI gOtf ,UbOs olt .HuillIeb
and ffty-twU lots of spirits were de
tanned, and Of these eighty-five lots
were eOufj-cated, aggTeEHting l,002
barrels, valued at $780, GOO. There
have been eighty-three officers of all
grades dismissed in connection with
these frauds, as follows : Three col
l~ectors, two deputy collectors, two
district attorneys, thirty-seven gau-
0arl nnh fhfrlnnn zfnrnEnnnnF Slifl
for $40, 900 each have,been brought on
bonds of twenty-fi We gaugers. None
of these actions have been instituted
upon vague evidence; but all rest
upon legal proof carefully collected
by Treasury officers, and put in shape
for use by district attorneys under
charge of II. T. Yarhan. Frauds of
rectifers in shipping large packages
of spirits, and entering only a frac-
ton of the mou of the coupon of
the stamp, have led to the adoption
of a series of stamps for rectitiers of
different sizes, so that hereafter such
difference between size, package and
entry on the coupon cannot exist.
Mr.. Bristow fully comprehends the
situation. The blow he struck was
so well aimed and so vigorously de-
livered, that it went directly home
and filled the Ring with c%onsterDa-
ton. He did not allow II time to
o to perplex him ; but he fol-
lowed up the blow with stringent or
ders, which were so swiftly executed
that the Ring saw at once that its
plans were known and its hopes de-
stroyed. Nor is Mr.. Bristow likely
to relax his vigilance. We heard a
prominent Virginian say: The
South likes a strong mana man who
when he puts his foot down keeps it
there. Mr.. Bristow has caught the
Whisky Ring by the throat, and the
strength of his grip shows him in
earnest. The south can appreciate
Mr.. Bristow. He wont be trifled
with, and is not afraid of rascals
though they've got money"
The legal measures taken to bring
the Ring to account cannot be met by
technicalities or evasions. Mr.. Bris-
tow believes in the administration of
the law. Where crime has been
committed against the laws of the
United States, justice can be obtained
in the Federal courts. In cases of
crimes like those of the Whisky
Ring, which rob the revenue, an ad-
equate punishment is to be expected.
The Republican party has no sympa-
thy with criminals who have grown
rich by robbing the country. 1t has
always invoked the aid of the law
against the guilty; and all its princi-