Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-29


UNirHpsTArEs IsrKEsAl RIvxNUK oFFlrED
nIsTRlCr 90 tLIINols.
NJ D,ar St--Do yon NOT hesin o. rub youT eve.
and enquire whether you Az ske, Shctler Ne are
Mas there ever such scandalou- bing ard rleadinrp
i u not the most remarkable dcht q ccniury l.
ruPticnsts 4 All lssss ami kinis ar desP@rste ana
are suI1noning an their forces, placing their reid
.apninSy oontrivei accusation l. il psssihic that
or an 49,, ma len, any oouu,,nauce q proposition
MANY MAN, and trs 20 draw down the SccreiaTy With
What other explanation {. there for the later
sStirn sonis iSrSSt that n Rims have st
aud will furnish al the money nec,Ssar, to 81 80
hnelish organ, a. they hsVe German one IN a.,
Staats Zeltgng. What ar " cunning 70, When sneh
thines can b even attempted in open iays
SS' MS t 90 ny pm mt. to Az ygp question have
the :. eretarys q War aud tue Treasury. i mai
lived - long IN an atmosphere almost pscaiiaT ~
the Pciitioal Whisky Ring q Chicago, that ps1haps
eeccney or inc0rrupiibility IN any one Ycstsriay
] warned Dexter AMI Aver o. have NJ farther con.
smith. Please let me know whoiher Il i sueh
a. a grSoele.s scamp a. e. have really slacknailed
the q" o. viii oyershoot IL mark, sud instead IN
nakins a breach between The President and Mr.
BriStow, have an oppnsit" effect. aud unite a. m
more firmly in the ght against corruption. II Looks
p.Tties must hand together AGAINST rss,sls a. H.
only Nay an which the coantry can D. saved. but
w. shSi SOON ,eS Writ me fT I',i. ~ trrth
hoa BlSforR WtiSoa
LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT.
On the 10Th OF december, while I'm the city
OF 81. Louis, I wrote the President OF the
United states this letter
Ny D,ar NJ Prsa8sHf.
Pardon M for troubling you o. real tn encle-el
Shrping nom Yesterday mIruing p hgbEo Tribune
! might under ordinary '.irrlmstancrs, D. quite
c,tcnt 10 1t the matter rest here Mr.. Ward eN-
d the HSS II F FI ~ p, ' ll,, ths 49,, frngus r.,
kf flNF "a Al h.rsN
many nisstatements IA relation O. myself that hay
lnio the matter with reporter wish say O. you
that the whole story II Mr. Farwrll a. ID rlatss a.
me, i utterly aud unqualihedly fal~a-evrn as a
joke poor one az besi. II 4 wholly without t,1p
dalton OF warrant On any word act q mine i'm rrf
Whisky Ring suits. II II comes in your ,ay 4 viii
be obliged II you viii show this O. Mr.. Farweli IN
he has been al Won with hi. complaint against mo-
will take il favor n you will call his affetiGp a.
my answsr The situation here aud a Chca-o seems
With great respect, your friend.
wrote that letter In reply TO the charge
which Farwell caused 10 be telegraphed TO
the Chicago Tribune that had, on the occa-
sion OF certain visit TO Chicago, said 20 j.
ID ward, while he was district attorney,
that be must indict Farwell and Logan. and
when Mr.. Ward asked me for evidence said
10 him, damn the evidence; indict them
nrst and md the evidence Afterwards
i will state that the Chicago Tribune arti-
Gle referred 20 stated that a telegram was
submitted 70 Ward, under Farwell's instruc-
Ward would confirm, and upon Mr. Wari
confirming and corroborating it, IL should
be published. Upon Its being submitted To
Ward, however, he repudiated IL In toto, and
denied ever having had a conference or con-
versation with me upon which any such In
depreciation could be placed. To the reporter
OF the Tribune who came 10 me for a denial
utterly absurd a charge"
In further response 10 the question OF the
committee-Both the Secretary and myself
NJ ~sarwT .DW1ww la
prehension as 10 what the issue would be In
the Babcock matter, for the reason that 4
learned from the President and from T.. 3.
Bell himself that the President had recon-
mended him 10 go 10 st. Louis. / learned
from the President, from G. s. Bell, and
from the Attorney General, that IL was 10
contemplation 70 employ Bell 70 90 to Sc.
Louis, and 10 report, not TO Mr.. Dyer, but
directly 10 the Attorney General, AMI that
the reason for his retention was that the
President understood that Dyer and Hem
frauds IL possible. On December 18th, 1873,
wrote 10 Mr.. Dyer as follows:
TAKE NO STOCK IN BELL.
mistake in trusting c. :. Bell he has been pre-
tending TO know that you have been endeavoring
that he may return s 70 Sc Io Sa If ne DOES sess S5
your best man ON At once and you will soon ses
that you suspect him, but don't trust him aud have
blm watched Mind what cav. know what am
writing about, and you must burn this On your
Iwin state further that made such repre-
sensations TO the Attorney General and TO
the President, when learned that 70 was ia
contemplation To send this man Bell 10 st.
Louis, as induced them TO reconsider their
proposed action, and he was not employed.
II is fact that the President was intense
ly In earnest In the Babcock matter In OPP
position TO the views OF the Secretary aud
myself On the 18th OF December he sent for
me and confronted me with the charge that
IL was reported to him that was trying 20
have bis brother, Orvil Grant. and his sou,
Col. Fred. ID. Grant, indicted for completely
In the frauds, and In the course OF the con-
versation he again asserted TO me his earnest
belief in Babcock's innocence aud his sense
OF the great outrage that had been perpetra-
refusing 10 send TO the military court a.
Chicago the original evidence contained In
the records of the civil tribunal al st. Louis.
As illustrating the personal attitude Of the
President 10 myself, / may mention that
Col. Grant told the reporter of the New York
Herald In December that Babcock's indict-
q prominent Treasury officisf-nsmine nv
Carl SchurZ. This state because
the reporter (Mr. Meeker) told me so the
hcay ssgn,ng a. u Ia also MT ana
dent TO IL, and also on the ID day OF January
the attention OF Colonel Fred. ID. Grant.
CELEBRATED CIRCULAR LETTER.
On The 9Th day OF January, 1876, received
this note:
wAsHIysIox, January II. iss-n:s RINK
NJ Dedr M SO!icttOi:
The President says 10 drop you a note aud ask you
to come over 10 see him. Very truly YOUR,
LEVI p. Lucky.
Hon BlErord Wilson, Solicitor oTths TfeasETy.
went over TO see the President promptly,
and learned that he was dissatisfied with
the course OF the Secretary and myself with
reference TO the conduct OF the prosecutions
&c Milwaukee and Chicago and st. Louis
He objected specifically and earnestly 70 our
persons who pleaded guilty % be
used rs witnesses 10 convict others; IA otheI
words, TO the testimony OF accomplices. he
called my attention TO the case Of the gauger
Roddis, of Milwaukee, against whom nolle
proseQui had been entered, and said 70 me
that there was quite too much OF that thing
going on, and read fIom the report 10 show
that the nolle proseQui had been entered for
The purpose OF using Roddts rs states evil
1ence. He next said 20 me, 81 understand
Everest has returned; suppose he has been
promised immunity too" i said 10 him,
& Mr.. President, so far as know, up 10 this
tate, Roddis Ia the only instance in which a
oolle proseQui has been entered for the pur-
pose OF accepting the party as states evil
ience. In answer 70 your question as TO
whether Everest In not TO be prosecuted,
should say that have specific Information
)n that point from the District Attorney,
Ind ne tells me that no promise whatever
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