The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11

The astounding developments which
have attended the discovery OF the
frauds against the Internal Revenue
laws, by the Whisky Ring, show the
zeal which has governed the action OF
the Secretary of the Treasury. and his
honest determination to protect the
Government. The wide extent OF
country implicated in the conspiracy
and the difficulty of moving stimuli
taneously in various places in the
right direction, to battle the plans OF
the men employed in defrauaing the
Treasury, have never caused to delay,
nor hindered the operations of Mr..
Bristow. He has proven himself
equal to all emergencies. Naturally a
man of frmness and determination,
as his friends described him, he en-
tered upon the business with an I'M
shaken purpose of unmasking 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 un-
dertaken to reach the perpetrators of
the frauds, in order to recover from
them the duties they have failed to
pay, and 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
combinations of the Whisky Ring and
eircumvent its movements; and no
excuse was received. Other men oc-
cupy the places for which they proved
themselves unfit, and are laboring
hard and successfully in securing the
proof Of the charges against the incul
pated persons. How much has been
done may be seen from the following
statement:
Full statistics of the late move
ment against the illicit whisky trade
have been prepared at the Treasury.
The estimat ted value of real estate
seized is 81 ,500,O O0 The amount as
sessed against distillers is $317 900.
Suits have been instituted against
rectifiers for S347 600 One hundred
and fifty-two lots of spirits were de-
tanned, and of these S5 lots were con-
fscated, aggregating. 1902 barrels
valued at S75. 600. There have been
80 officers of all grades dismissed in
connection with these frauds, as fol-
lows: Three collectors, two deputy
collectors, two surveyors, four reye
nue. agents, two district attorneys,
thirty seven gaugers and thirteen
storekeepers. Suits for $1,000 each
have been brought on bonds Of TWEEN
ty-Gve gaugers None of these ac-
tions have been instituted upon vague
evidence but all rest upon legal proof
carefully collected by Treasury off,
GERS, and put in shape for use by dis
trict attorneys under charge of III. Z.
Yaryan. Frauds of rectifers in ship
ping large packages of spirits, and en-
tering only traction OF the amount
of the coupon Of the stamp, have led
to the adoption of series of stamps
for rectiiers of different sizes, so that
hereafter such difference between
size package and entry on the coupon
cannot Washington Republic.
I'm these days of political reminis-
cences, it may be we'll to recall the
fact that the Ohio Democracy opposed
paper money when it appeared q be
the only means of carrying on the
war. Now that the Government is
approaching position when it can
resume par-payments, the Ohio De-
mocracy strenuously object. ''-Chica-
go Tribune.
The Tribune, it is to be hoped, does
not claim to have made discovery.
The objective case is the normal con-
dition of the Democracy. They OBJ
jected to the war, to the draft. TO the
securing Of the fruits of the struggle,
to universal suffrage. and, in short, to
every measure that has marked our
political progress since the day when
the people, finding Democratic prin-
ciples and Democratic management
bar to the Nations development,
thrust them aside for something bet
ter; and they will go on Directing to
the end OF the chapter. Let them
object. 1t amuses and satisfies them,
aud does nobody any harm.-Indi-
annapolis Journal