Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-12-27
The Weak Attack on Secretary Bris-
STATEMENTS BY GENERAL BABCoCK AND


STATEMENTS BY GENERAL BABC0CK AND
MR.. RANDALL.
The Chicago Inter Ocean of Saturday ma keS
a lame attempt to implicate Secretary Bris-
tow in the whisky ring frauds. The whole
statement, (which required two closely printed
columns TO relate, is, in brief, 10 the effect
that General Babcock has entered into an
arrangement whereby he is 10 give testi-
nlony before a Congressional committee
which will implicate Secretary Bristow, and
as the article says, protect Babcock from
further legal procedure. If Mr.. Palmer, now
the editor of the Inter Ocean, and formerly a
member of Congress, had analysed the
trashy efusion, il would certainly have
struck him, as ii did others, as too silly for
publication. 1t is assumed that the dIscio-
sure 10 Congressional committee of a
criminal or other character ensures the one
making IL immunity from arrest and legal
action. Congress itself has no such power,
much less Its committees. All of the Indicted
SAFE burglar conSpirators gave testimony
before the District Committee, and. instead
of being protected, they were handed over To
the District Attorney and a grand jurv. Iohn
@. Schumacher and Bill King were indicted
upon testimony first evoked in Congress
sional committee room.
MR.. RANDALL's DENIAL.
Next il is assumed by the writer that all
arrangements for the grand and startling
disclosure have been made. The committee
has been formed, and to quote .'will consist
of seven members, or which the Hon. Sam
uel Randall Will be chairman. There will be
four democrats and three republicans" Mr..
Bandall's presence in the city fortunately
gives the opportunity TO nail this portion of
the story as falsehOod. He said to-day the
first ne knew OF il was "the reading of IL in
the Inter Ocean, Altogether the ingenuity
OF the writer was totally inadequate 10 his
task. His production is of that class OF sen-
sations which explode themselves, and the
best excuse that can be interposed for him is
that his head was too full OF the subject.
GENERAL BABCoCK's DENIAL.
General BabcOck this morning called uOOn
Secretary Bristow and stated with consider
able force of rhetoric that the publication in
so far as Ii concerned him, was q malicious
falsehood. To 8 STAR representative he
stated, cit is an Infamous lie from begin
ming to end"
THE ANIHUs OF THE ATTACK
becomes apparent when IL is recollected that
MIR. Ham, one of the owners and managing
editors OF the IiKer- Ocean, was recently re-
moved by Secretary Bristow from the posi-.
ton OF appraiser of merchandise at Chicago.
Since then he has had q drag net out for any
facts or fictions which In his opinion, are
stalment of romance is, therefore, merely
one OF the means employed for the purpose
of getting even."
NE. PALMER RISES TO EXPLAIN.
The correspondent of the IateT-OceIsi ~
Washington, received a telegram, this sitter
in-chief, in which Mr.. Palmer stated that
the article was entirely unauthorized, and
was not seen by him until after its publ
cation. He also states that the Inter Ocean
of this morning will contain an editorial ex-
planning the remarkable publication. It is
in charge during Mr.. Palmer's temporary
absence. wished 70 distinguish himself, and
there will probably be a vacancy In the staff
OF the Inter OCEAN.