, 1876-04-21
THE STORY IN NEW YORK.
An EXAanEHATED AND oSE.srnFD yRpg1kaz

NEw YonR. April D.-Ths Herah's Washing.
ton tpectkl makes an astounding development
to-day Of testimony involving President Grant,
Tho Btory oonarmB tho charges tnado In Now
York In 1872, that the Administration bud inter-
fctcd In the elections Of that year. Tho Prosi-
dont will probably be subpGnaed before b COM
nltteo to answer these questions for himself.
During the courao Of tho examination Of OK
Attorney General Williams, ho Was asked what
conversation passed botwocn himself aud tho
ireaident. whom the 1Attor ordered tho frat pay
mont Of monoy to Davenport, the object Of tho
question being to draw from ths witness
that hc had, As tho Law officer of tho
Government, advised the President that
nuch payment OF money was illoYaL but
witness answered that ho could not recollcet
precisely what tho conyefsatlon was, and, when
tho question was put in moro loading way, al
most directly. In fact, he still failed TO 1ccollccs
what had bcsu said.
Tho question whothsr thu COMMITTEES aha1l
call tho President before them or not. and In
what manner they aha1l qucation him. viii prob
ably be discussed by the Committee tomorrow.
Presidents Jefferson and Lincoln appeared bo-
foro Committees OF Oougro4s to testify, aud
Grant, 1t is bclievcd deaires to appear, and will
como T..
As sooH As nx III SUMMONED.
Ii tho Black Friday investigation, the Commit
tco eont him copy o. Tho testimony. and ro-
queated him to send III such answeEa - Ii chose
to make.
Tho Committee have only begun tho inycstl-
cation Of whht has boon done at di1orent tlmea
with tic Secret Service fund In the Department
Of Judtico, and they arc nald to bo On tho track
OF othor expenditures not different in kind from
shle mado in New York. but In tho aggregate
very largely exceeding them IN Rmount. Thcro
aro fifteen or twenty receipts to Whitley from
Davenport, amounting to e40.0D0; also icttera
from the Astornoy-lonoral aud Davenport.
dlsposition OF the money, which we're to give
it to Davenport. 6omo Of tho documents arc H.
ready In the hands OF The Committee aud Whitley
supposed thny wore stolen from his office. Tho
money waa paid in nuns varying from q, 0o0 to
$40. 900 each time. Williams said he was order
ed to hare 1t paid to Davenport BY the pEesidens.
Twenty thousand dollars Of this money was paid
to Davenport Just bofore tho elections Of 1872
WORLD COMMENTS.
Tho 1F0rM Bays cdltorialy: "The most
melancholy news which 1t has oYer falleu to our
lot 10 lay before the public, hardly excepting
The assassination Of Lincoln, IL thu. which
no publiah this morning reciting ths politi.
csi e. i, aud y moral SUICIDE ct President Grant
t1on corrup.on-fund for hls party's benefit and
hls own ro,election. His agent was tho nosori-
Gus John I. Davenport. Tho uoneys Hcrc
spent in dofIaudlnz tho Now York CisY Dcmoo-
Proofs extat in Davenport'a individual receipts,
not bis receipts "a an officer. The wls-
nosa 10 ex-Attorney -qsaoral Williams. Not
Bolkuapa crime envelopes tho Admplstra-
ea n@, as Pss4s W.T. Rs' Vii Il b ssa
by tho House Of Representatives upon this ter
ribls expoBure 70 will not now presume to sug-
geat OF 8Ay. Woto tho torn OF tho Ptosidsnt
Iut beginning Instead Of drawing 20 : Gloss, bis
would oe an imperative duty. Az 1t IL. perhaps
the aounder Judgment wilt be that, for the sake
Of bis former services TO the State. hs be spared
TINT public pllorY. and, like Give. bis nano
aud its boo, 10 attest tho temperance Of Demo.
c1eto politics and tho magnautmity Of the lso-
public"
THx HERALD.
Tbs Herald esys oditortAlly: "Bcarco day
passts Ia those times Of investigation that some
reputation, honorod In tho sight Of the nation.
does not fall down In loathsoms Ashe4 1t tbs
meTost touch. In Ail the scandals uneArthsd
einco Tho belknsp lufamy burnt upon tho ooun-
corruption bad boon aeon hovoring and circltng
close about the rEes,dent. Yet tbs large maturity
have char1tsbly lopod and beloved that ~ Iear
a. tho tatnt Of owl cams TO him. hn, It least.
that this hopo will prove fa!Iaclous. The
revelations uAdo bofore tho Committee Of
tho laouae Investigating the expenditures iu the
Department. Of Justice show the pros!lent 10
AAFo Oc0A tuV &WthpE GI luz IAlu uPOl kA0
Treasury Nloso uuwArAntabie abamelcssness
even Williams hA8 not tho courage to dofend.
This In great blow to tbs President IA 10
Williams aud Davenport, thev have no chArac-
tets To 'oso that they would DO likely to e1eyo
over. or Any one olss for thou1. but 70 tho lrss-
dopt, rho surely counts on a respected monl-
oEy. this discovery must DO ~ great shock ~
1t will prove 10 tho country It large"
TIE TRIBUNE AMI BUN.
The Trlbune's Washington special confirms
tho story br,otly, but evidently loo late for Cd
itortal comment. Tho Sun also has tbs story In
full without comment.