The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-22

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Grant and the Crooked Whiskcy.
As it is evidently the purpose Of the
prosecution in the ST. Louis whiskcy cases
TO call on the dogs when they strike
scent leading in the direction of the White
House, IT becomes matter OF interest TO
the public who are not permitted TO know
the secrets OF the Treasury detective SER
vice, TO put together the ends of threads
winch are occasionally dropped by subor-
diuatc officials. in following clues, and to
draw conclusions thcrelrom.
1t Is certain, from the published evil
dence. that the 81. Louis Ring supposed
they were so securely protected that they
could anord TO laugh at the lea of BRis-
rows interfering with their conspiracy
against the Treasury; and yet there is only
one man in the United states who could
overiule Nh Burrows acts. II is in evil
dcnce that letter signed "BAB" was
freely exhibited by II revenue officer Of the
GOvernmt Mt. now in the pemtcntiary, to
strengthen the backbone of distillcrs who
were frightened nj the cnormity OF the
frauds they had been committing, but
there docs not seem to have been any ar
duous effort made 10 establish the authcn-
ITCHY OF the letter. The nAme Of the con-
ndcnual M, cal private secretary OF the
President begins with the syllable 4" BAB,"
and that individual who has gained great
notoiiety by certifying to false M, asurc-
mcnts for The Washington Ring Is known
to have grown suddenly rich in an unac-
coun,ablc manner.
When Mr. BRIsrow began his warfare on
the Ring. Supervisor NJ DoNALD sad he
would set il an right. aud by gong to the
Precedent, taking with h IN pair of fine
hoi scs. he did set it ell right for tiric,
Ivy getting from GrANT an order counter
handing one of the :, cretary's most I'M
portant measure for The detection of the
implicat, 4 swindlcrs. A. Col. GRosyENoR
oi st. Louis says, who had excellent oppor-
/ tunitics Tor watching the whole business,
"Whon MCDoSAID went 10 Washington
! he WIS received 10y the President and rode
/ with him on the avenue" This was more
than a year after MCDcNALn's connect on
with the Whisky Ring had been made
public in TIE SIN. "Whcn the President
/ visited ST. LOUIS, MCDoEALp was usually in
D
when TIE President visited the fair grounds
! in the presence Of 10000 people, MCDoNALD
wa, by his side. 1t was currently reported
at the time that, having praised horse NJ
the fair, the President received 1t the next
day rs q present from McDoNALp. ana that
he permitted the officials there to have Il
carriage manufactured expressly for him,
and TO pay his bills at the hotel.'
All this occurred after McDONALD's con-
nection with the Whlskey Ring had been
publicly exposed in the newspapers, and
the main facts in regard To the nj
/ turc Of the whiskcY frauds were Is com
mon subject Of conversation in Wash
i, gton ~ the Presidents eagerness to
make money, or its equivalent, in every
possible way by the use OF his official OPP
portuni'los. All these things are extremely
suggestive. and thor significance Is not in.
paired By the stern attitude which GRANT
assumed aenust the Ring WHEN the wills
key prosecutions had passed beyond hi
control. The President Is rcuoricd To hav,
sen. word 10 McDoNALp, after GIauC
Jury had parsed upon the evidence aeans
Inn, and hc had again sought to set Il al
right: "Tell Cen. McDoNALD that canno
see Il man Who is under iudlfmcnt'
In reference to this outbur4t Of Roman
nimnoss the Hartford Times pertinent!
inquiries how it happened that q pr'sidcn
SO sciu, ilous should not only have seer
but invited 10 tn White House the lat
Assistant District Attorney llARRiSGroN
when he was actually on trial for bcin
concerned in the safe burglary conspiracy
An answer to this question may perhap
, be suggested by the fact that il Is now muc
, nearer TO the assembling of the Rcpubhca
nominating Convention than ii was whe
DICK HARRINGToN was in the prisoner
, dock. We doubt If that worthy would It
, ccive favorable reception at the Whit
House now, even if he should be accom-
panied by Boss SHEPHERD, the President
most attached adviser. CTcumstanc,
| alter cases, and we should not be surprise
I to see Boss GRANT blossom out us an e.
, uhorRnt Reformer almost any day.