, 1876-10-02
ma Man Who Got Immunity, and
AD' Why It Was Given Them
whv Rehn's Testimony Was
'' Taken Rather than
hesing's.
MIN Political Status Of the Latter
...Who Composed the
Ring.
Whv Hssing Should Have Been Loft IN
tho County jail.
Wilson's Reply to tho Charges Relative
N the sProminent Politicians"

Wilson's Reply to tho Charges Relative
n the tsProminent Politicians"
m .as Eiiiov az Ths Tribune.
s,arHoy1gLD, H., Sept. 27.-Tllc pardon OF
ue.Iug and Miller, and tho proposed pardon VI
athsrs now serving out their sentences for Dr.
t,am,inr the Government, Is, In my Judgment,
= rc,y erayc mistake. II i. in direct conflict
,rtb crery consideration bf sound public policy.
M, wben prcIlcated upon tho falso protciscs
s,d folse assumptions set forth lit the brief os
MI A, Storrs, published in TnH TRIBUNE Of
~, 1sth inst, II becomc8 gTosR outrngo upon
tr,th a well as Justice. 1spenk n0vlse1ly.
IN The merits ot tho question, stripped Of the
c,su,ble and cunningly-cuntrtyc1 sptc!nl pleas
n tbeir attorney, these mon, 1lcstnE especially,
.re preat criminals, and
DESERVE TIE UTMOST nIdoR oP THE LAW.
II there l,as been any mistake In punishment
IN Ileslne's casc, II has been upon tho side of
mercy, The Judge should have sent him, Will!
tbe others, to tho ponitcntlary. II lie hal
,to,en lIttle OF the money direct from his
froT.cttzcus that lu did Indirectly In conspir-
inc with others to dcfrAul the United States,
he you'll haye bcun sent, in all probability, to
thc penjten.tary for tho term Of Lis natural life
In what code of morals Is 1t hnld loss crimtuul
10 do indirectly what may not lRwfully be done
dtrcctly3 In wl.at respect Is 1t less criminal to
,teal from the Government than from tho III
1l7tluall No ono with tic requisite datA be-
foro lin for Intelligent judgment would think
al fling the loss to tho Government, through
,be thicying conspiracy OF which 1Icslug was, by
reasop Of hts brains, influence, aud standing, an
,1.1.i n M 1oaa hun Otn
l.rs. Compctent heads compute the loss III
Chicago alone at over three millions. And wllrn
HI, army Of robbers at Chicago nre regarded, Us
Of right they should be, rs but tho ccntral corps
that gigantic combination Which has, through
lack Of yIgtlnncc In the Executive, seized upon
thu Federal agencies md revenues Of the three
great tvhsky-prolhcing cltios Ut tho Northwest,
ST. Louis, Chicago, u,,d MilWaukuc,-nud
prostltutel them utterly to its most Wicked and
Infamous purposes, 1t becomes ut once npparont
,ha. Hesng, us GIL acknowledged leader there!n,
tboull ho ranked Will the
GREAT MALnpACTORs OF HIS AGE,
ii, ndrcd of any ago. Tile history OF civilized
countries will bo searched in vain for schemes
Of public yilia!ny which were Mt once mcaner,
more demorallzlng to nil concerned, und moro
comprehensive than that Of which Anton CGsnr
Hctiug was QUO Of tho principal t'gurrs.
ltbccame apparent in the first stcps to dis
core. The conspiracy that tho mcmbors III those
three cities werc of one body, which included
also The adjacent outlying territory. st. Louis,
IN tho Southwest, was the centre Of operations,
Which, under thu ovcr-vIgtlant management OF
an Executive Committee composed Of Joyce,
Mcdonald, and Mckee, was extended TO St.
Joseph, Kansas City, st. Clair County, ILL.,,
Evansville, Ind, New Orleans, md san Fran-
cisco, Cal. From Chicago, under the cautious,
but cunning and determined, policy Of Hcslng,
Rc,1n, md Miller, the black stream Of corruption
Lad lbeensprcalto Pelktn, Rock 1slanl, Sugetown,
end Dubuque, III the West, anil 10 Now York,
philadelphia, and Ioaton, In the. East. While
Milwaukee,, under the bold, reckless, but con
ddent leadership OF Prince Sam Rndakopf,-
Tety prince Of darkncss indced,-dlsputcs
WIN tte Villains In Chicago supremacy In in
lamY. With fewer rural dependencies, thpY
plads-ap in bolaness, and In the c1tent md ia.
1to!yi and tho records of the Eastern cities
o!stlose that their SUCCESS rs rGvpnue.th!evcs
sase them even higher rank rs public robbers
tAnI their more cautious, but not less wicked,
@hleterates IN Chicago nnd Ut. Louis.
r PoE cosFEDRRATEs THEY WE'RE.
tney piunlefsd upon the sa1ne plan. When q
ansaFe|cd Mt st. Louis, It was found, on search
Eplo1ueeu WltN ul1GrrinE cCrtututy In
Chicago, Milwaukee, Pcki, Rock Island
Evansville, San Frlncinro. ind NEW f)rieat,s
CaIiturtd rurrr,nnntSnnrc nruwS,1 tha nliisr""
lat tae Intimacy ~ H. init ~, ,nn,, nj
doubt hi"x ~ onn ~. ~ ~ % tu.I ~ ~ ,hts % ~
!liIe arms y"s ~ ou ~ 'u s mks @ & y. % ~,
Winily al hs r.smn.cs ~ w. ,s,.u u ,Ss 1 n
tna cuoerntrnt"I ~ H. !,..ts. " ~ ~ w.n % Meso
81 hs ost as1msp ne q! pSi c o, aangeF nst aa
allies nnS spirs ~ W. a,.I., Mas, tna! ~ qa ~
utiyc ppwef n ~ w II ~ WY y ssaT5a! Nv. EAsc
ton 70 send honrat rovnH, ~ ~
Iuio the many rrroe a Mes ~ .Sys
worked M ~ tunota 81 traau tAat InoYlta1ll
hslhe OF the viu Ists,t - ~ H.. r' ~ MeTS s wa
It, Louls ,nS rica, " i9e caie!s =! lno Lans
to ba {n.nptnnii IiiIago' y tua hsentsW ~ were EhoMi
veteran JAM" ~ ~ 'aT e1ae ~, oI tat Ptys OH
aH ,hs Ir rm.I .i,nn nvoG ~ tno afta u intrigue
bear for rycn1S =, q eowef weso brouuhs y
.esdcd Thry viz W. y! ~. nv y osucs1' ha'o sac
Faino IN III, W. !. not ~.
torY az H. ~ ILL., ,s y part OF tho authentic bis
' t.mS n,t, ,nn' M tno
of Ma w,,,i'uiLtE ihuLtEf AND aLUA4aNoT
II aNd d"aumlsIH assaasln woru employed with dcad
itusitd .nh1.,s hrsSss PURPOSE nsalnst hlm AMI othc
If III s.uotulAetty.
y Tier eEGnI .yuS'Y MSfo n1t 1anta honesty a. Fat
ihMs ihs neiose !he layishrechnlafy resources
tbc nnp11iaacy II the agents wero from thu hrs
r1S tF,,tt f}tyt