, 1876-02-20

411UcQck TO
.. Pr6u THINGS,
and they were pushed.
The explanations which the President and An.
| peEvlsor Tuition gave for the revocation Of tha,
order we're not at all adequate to the occasion
! They explained that the Supervisors all ove,
the country had learned Of the order some dayf
before; that they had time to straiehteu un
| atlalrs If anything WIS wrong, and therefore the
! whole schome would bo defaated. But such yns
not all the case. The order. rs suggested orici-
naliy, and tho President himself claims the credit
OF It, VAS intended not to discover frauds ALREADY
committed, but to secure future benefits. Il
was held TINT tho dishllers had gotten into auch
ruts With tho old Supervisors that new onea
! would readily catch them mapping.
The Colonel repeated that the reasons given
~ iiesauent GlanE anu mr. Tuition welo not tall
sufficient: IL they amounted to really no reasons
at oil. Ihore we're other and more pox erfuJ in
iluences brought to bear, and the e1ieeucies Of
the case seemed to be such that the pres1dent
stepped down from his high position to interfere
with the duties of one Of The Deoartn,ent
officers. The order vas revoked. too lv
telegraph, which OF itself was stranco
proceeding. and questionable in law. This ana
pension MAS made the day after joyce telorranh~
Ell Babcock TO push things against the Weakening
enemy.
Ihis portion Of the speech created
PROFOUND SENSATION
Co'. Hroadhead then referred to the fact that
tAe oelense. recognizing the damuing effect Of
LEe1csts testimony abon. the letters, placed on
the stand manufactured and trimmed witness
named Maei!l. with an accurate memory of eyery
detail OF the circumstance in regard to which be
desired to testify. He Inns remarkable foreetful-
ness as to the names OF many hundreds Of
o1ner persons to whom he had return
90 letters. His admissions Of having committed
these unlawful acts, to say nothing OF his suf-
ferine manner when under cross-e1amination,
proved him most contemptiblo fa!siier. Tue
Jury had seen him, and little need be said about
him
Ihe defense had claimed that the letters writ
zen By Babcock to Mcdonald under cover Of
MAI. Grimes Were OF
AN INNOCENT CHARACTER.
but what WAS the necessity for this correapon-
dence? What Was the necessity for such secre
cy? Whist was the occasion for his thus using
his confidential friend, and. finally, why are
not those innocent letters produced, or why is
not NeDonald put On the stand to testify? EIai,
G11ineA recognized in that simple fact strong
ground Tor suspicion. 40 strong in fact that he
boldly asked Mcdonald ii Babcock we're in this
thing, declaring that ii he were he would have
nothing more to do with him. There woro
many things which might havo been explained
BY the defense If Babcock nero innocent. As the
witnesses to 90 explain are Irving and accessible
avery for inatance, might hare talegrzphed
that be did not receive that letter incosing $500,
which wns mailed at The same time as the other |
WAS mailed to Babcock but they did not
see 1T to put him on. It had been said that
Babcock Was victim Of misplaced confidence.
He was the innocent babe OF Washington City.
He was born aud reared in Vermont, educated st |
West Point, nan OF large army experiences.
and finally an occupant of position the duties |
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