New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-05-15
THE WHISKY WAR,
Whisky Seizures In Baltimore.

vhbshy CtlAuIVs Au DdhluOFes
BALTIMORE, May l4-About 500 barrels
leries recently closed by the government,
was seized in this city. Seizures were made
at five or six different warehouses;
Milwaukee DistiIIers Bond and 70 to
Work.
MILWAUKEE, May l4.-The four distile-
ries v hich had been released BY the court
on special bonds, resumed operations yes-
terday. A dispatch was received from
Washington ordering the officers to stop
them until they had given new bonds in
place OF those given on May l.
The Ring will Fight the Government
In the Courts.
The distillers here telegraphed to dis
tillers at Chicago, st. Louis and elese " here,
proposing to unite with them IN testing the
coDstitutiOnality OF the internal revenue
act.
A favorable reply was received from
Chicago, and distiAers have resolved to
proceed. They have retained ex-senator
Carpenter to take the question into the
courts.
What Is Doing at Washington.
WASHING TON, May l4.-There is nothing
new in the whisky raids. No promiuent
officers have yet been disni ssed, aud the
officials of the Treasury Department are
still searching for crooked whisky. large
amount OF seizures are reported daily, ana
i'll many cases the disriliers and sellers mani
fest disposition to appeal to the courts
What the Lawyers Think.
The nine shrewd lawyers are OF the opin-
ion that the whisky men will beat the gov
ernment. Secretary Bristow has been led
into blunder which, while it prostrates to,
the moment an important industry, will
give the lawyers some hundred thousands
and secure nothing to the treasury.
New Frauds being Unearthed.
The whisky frauds are still receiving at
tention by the Treasury Department, and
Solicitor Wilson is continually unearthing
new frauds. Further evidence was dis
covered against the Union Copper Dstiliery
at Chicago, and $50 barrels OF spirits was
seized at their works; 300 barrels were also
seized belonging to Bevis & Frazer in St.
Louis, fresh proof having been obtained
against them.
Photographic copies of internal revenue
returns are being made at the Treasury
department., and forwarded to the officers
at the different cities to aid them in sub
their charges. Among those
made to-day was one from the gauger at
Cincinnati certifying that certain number
OF barrels of spirits had been emptied and
the stamps destroyed in accordance with
law, and upon further search the same lot of
spirits. was found in Chicago in the original
packages, thus cOnclusively showing the
collusion OF the gaugers with the distillers.
On this transaction alone the government
lost $4,000.
On April 30 Mr.. Wilson called upon the
collectors OF internal revenue in different
localities to furnish certain informant
transactions in their districts,
but up to last night very few of them had |
and to-day the Secretary OF the |
Treasury called upon them for an explana-
ton OF their non compliance and for an i'm
mediate reply. He is determined that all |
orders OF this nature shall he obeyed, or
the collectors must take the consequence.
A large number of communications have |
been received from different sections, from !
parties Offering to furnish proof of fraud, |
and the Secretary has directed all such to |
furnish the proof to the proper officers, and |
+ found valuable and used the parties fur |
lishiDg it will be remunerated. Informa-
ion reached here this morning that the |
listilleries in Milwaukee had called upon !
hose OF st. Louis to combine with them |
n procuring the services or Hon. |
Matt Fl. Carpenter to obtain their release. |
10 response to it Secretary Bristow sent |
dispatches to the supervisors at st. Louis,
JhlcagO and Milwaukee, informing them
he best legal assistance will be forwarded |
hem in their efforts to convict those under |
Irrest, and the government is confident of |
the guilt of all the parties. 1t
'aving been intimidated that the whisky
ing will be able to furnish wealth and
power enough to corrupt some of the prose
uting officers. the solicitor declared that
t could not be done, as the government
ttOrneys in those sections were among the |
most able and reliable connected with the |
government.