, 1876-01-03
wv a1lSh 7.
Curious Chapter in tho History Of
Tho Wcsiorn and Southern
Whisky Rings.
Con Megrue's Offers to Pro-
tcct the Chicago Disti1crs
n Running Crooked.
Statement Of O Gentleman Who
Was Inside tie Circle in
This City.
Part Of tho Annals Of lilo DistiIlcrs'
Association-Their Yisit to Wash
ington.
Extraordinary Conduct Of the Revenue
Bureau Under Commissioner
Douglass.
The Btata Of Affairs in New Orleans.
A Government Detectives
Report.
Ueslng's VicW Of the Cause Of Its ar.
rest...1Ie Thinks It Was for 20.
litica1 Eject.
D. ~, Aoorrornn IN thu HnnArnrr frhn1
Extraordinary Conduct Of the Revenue
Bureau Under Commissioner
Douglass.
The stata Of Affairs in New Orleans.
A Government Detectives
Report.
uesing's Vicw Of the Cause Of Ills ar.
rest...1Ie Thinks It Vas for 20.
litica1 Eject.
Poltt~ Assurance to tho Contrary from
Treasury Department Sources.
WHERE THE BLAME LIES.

WHERE THE BLAME LIES.
INTERESTING y1Ewa OF 4 WHISKY NAN.
Perhaps tho bcat-intornel and }nost inteliI-
zen. man ever eugaged in tha whisky businos =
In Chicago WINS yesterday viu.cd By q Tn1pu:' F.
REPORTER who wanted to ask HOMO questions
Rbout . matter connected with tils lutte raid,
Aftor little preliminary conversation the got1-
llenan said
''Thero Ia ono part OF this bua'neas that I
would really llke TO SEQ writton up and would
do |. mssolt II 7 lad time, bnt don't want it
anyway different from what 1t ought 10 be-"
Tho reporter offered h,s services III scribe.
"That's fa:r," Enid tho interviewed purity !;
"non put this down just an tell you.''
Tho reporter did "a requested, md tho fol-
lowing IL
TIE D1sr1LrEE'a STATEMENT.
which will ho found very interesting and
>hluablo addition to tito history Of tho Hing:
Ever sinco tho iisAt raid was 1Ia1c OH tho dig
fIt1crsee in NAV iaat, tho distii'ers hnye lsen \
kind Of foot-baiIl IT tho uowppapors-not That
the papers roullY caut to in3nro t!loa', hut stil
It has Ind TINT reot. AL kln1H Of matter wns
rtiuted In y Whi CD tb01o was not Rcinti!fa OF
TRUTH culminat ing In The Brlstov articla Of tlse
zn{er- Ocean, au everything laid to the charge Ut
a1atillesB-
Now, tho di:t. .1i'ors l,ayo had juat Rs much to
Go NTH thoso publications as tho man in tho
NOON do mot 1enrn Tint tho dlBtiltors nts
acrimonious towards l}riBtow Or any other Of
tho present Clio soiuinont officers, knowing that
they ara but
PERFORMING \ DuTr
required Of IT, am by law but What they do cnn1-
plain Of tH tile manner IN Thic tho 1eyeuIo
Ollco Was rim under tha hoad OF 1lr. Douglass
Anil to whfcn. at least Ia this city, Tiny aHcribc
I'll their tro ub 10.
Dut lttto. IL nuy, iillci. list!il.:icn va4 going
on since tut change III the law Of 1868 until eer~
" in tile y'lat' 1871. when Il plan waa formed iu
1T. Louis to ruu croosod. Tic iIrs: otter WIN
tuade to David Gibson. Of Cincinnati, to run n
d!atscry Ia tile forlnor city anti daci1,ed aud
hEteswhrsls'to a parties In this city, who also do
..iued.
TIE PROPOSITION
Eaa to all DIT tho deker to chooso lis own off,
GERS, and tliey would not bo intcrfcrpa witlI but
dtvtsosi CT tito spoil wsy to bo tho 1cault. Tho
offers tllrtl declined by scve,n parties found
Willing l!s:onerl, and tho production Of the
crooked was soon fo't on thu 1na1kut. Amoug
other staafs to crush ous this Illicit production
was cal oa into existence tho Dis:illors' Aagocia-
lion, :eht' first meotlus, as will he well .etncm-
bareo, ~ 8 hn!d i'll this city in April, 1871, tn
cFoRby'a MuB:o Tall. BY the full Of tho year
some SO, 600 t1iHheIs Of daily capacity, or the
esea' oo'l OF daily capacity In tho United tatoB,
.As e'aso 'ed IN the Afsoc'atton. Oitlcsru were
a. ftnd evsfytlsnG placed In running order.
at tuls t!fne tho d!roct tax was but 6U ceuts
per Iialle'p. with ou Indirect tax Of somo fifteen
the atstij liar two ,na,,'a W. H.. ~ ~" ssua.ea
tseamoutty excluded thIa favor to theu, to threo
sna 7onr months. aud thus many ban krapt dis
a"sas Aept running IL long al tlloy had Govern
who pstd. nn, a, . 49, os1s'"oa' VI shoae
~ t,,,,,-, -, 49, r. ' VI "eno5eas OF tnoosandH
~ "osto " 'ao ao'efnmort.
IL teofcaty, lft2' Committee from tho DID,
talerd Association appeared In Wuship,top u.or.
cordially received by tho {.nmn,,tto. -, W..
md Mesna unon ,vich ,,o,r s,.'A., ,s'oe on "aya
.ss,.,ax spa "A-a - .uos u1eoa
GENERALIZATION OF ALI. TAxEH
IN enc general tax, aud nroduccd such good
feasonH, that that Committee mud afterwa,5a
Congrese scoedod To eyorv rao,c.t ,nsas .a
this .ncctinv tho ata.l,oro ,.,,io,,.s ,a AT
80 o't's* 'oo o'S."esH particularly urged
thsY had aoafnnk ractiecra ma n ,vos 1moos.,,,s
for the dtatjIlsr tn eontn,. fr,ud nn,ua viii, th
AID and ...I,t.noa ~ ~. ,...,n.. ',. ~
- ..a. " @.s Aee.4"ot: a to'u'o''eh
'e'aess "sfe II tAia slno III washington,
Watn proposition that ap!rIsH, aEtDr having paid
Tho taz and leaving the dtstillory, should bo
nrono.,.a as ~. Ivy val-msiAs' aaa II was shss
Spa'ue ., tae niAsnio1s ne!o comoAttiug.
use1tnB HAs hsu With AE. Doualuas, COM
missioner Of Interpal Revenue. mud hQ consent.
cd to furnish the Association eyofy moath with
Z lIet of n, hgl,,tra aIut,,orI.. -, ~. IT.'r.1