, 1876-06-27
T1IE WISCONSIN RING.

TIE ASSAULT ON CtltIEStflk hNu hGt I''
Special ChTrfspandSnce n Ths Tribune.
MILWAUKEE, June 25.-To-tluy a number OF
whIsky-mcn, null PERSONS engaged in the Car
rrntcr interest throughout tho Inst Scnntoriat
campaign, left for Washington to give cr!-
Irncc before the Notwithstanding Conn
mittcc That It hrs hcen thought necessary by
the defeusc TO send hero for witnesses prorcs
that the assault on Carpenter md Kcyes Is
neither sn weak nor 80 tncnDscqucntial
ak tho UNrpcntcs- Kercs managers har1 1caifetl to
make tho public believe. The fncs IL, the evidence
Ina proved concnsivcly mattcrr which The Carpcn.
Ter press have failed to make public. namely: that
largo aulns Of money wcrH pnFd by tic crookcn-
Wildly men fur The cnmpAign.tnnd; that tho carr.
rafgl,-fun was in no sense rarty.fund, but a
Cn,pcutcs. fund; aud TINT the crooked were E!yclt
expressly to understand that t1r monry thus con-
trtbutet was tic price Of protection by the Senator
IN mnkln: craokcd whisky n"d dcf'audlng tho
ri!e Kere, crowd sny TINT conk'in's evidence ,
can he Impcac',ed by I'nrpee hls rfetleeetso. WHO
cri,nlnnllsy in cnnnect!nl with New Orleans mat
ters. Huirce, however. has mt been sent for.
WHAT wE..,EKT AND F1TzaEltAIp SAT.
wA:n,xoTos, j. 8. Jnne ::t.IGat.,s Mtlwqn:
io-aay. The result could not hasc bcen very sat.
Wetsseft Ind Fitzscrala, cx.,;aurers q hillwnn-
l
mrnts ns fms been expected Of them. Tc chic!
purpose. It In supposed. that Judge Cntc Ind IN
calling them was Tint they should Hwenr that On.
Senn,or Matt Carpenter aud Keycs hnl fnll knowl-
edge ni tho Whaky King operations In Milwaukee,
| bnt .uth testified Tint Carpenter nnd kcycs knew
nothing about the crooked business; that they
mover knew of any apscsslncnh fnaLe upon fllh
atetjl1crs for political purposGs. and only knew
tint one revenue officer. Is tho hnhlt probably
| with most clnstcs OF otlcehofdcrs, paid to funl
| for political purposes.
Fitzgerald swore that he understood hat Drod'
| head, Finch. md T'.o.npron. Of Milwaukee, were
| the principal inatlratorp Of this investigations
Fitztcrald testified That Nc!throp, onc q thu cd.
was 70 sn.:reh Reyes, bosnce hsm cut Of the Maet.
rarty in Wisconsin," Cate hos moi, lntf'
mated TINT he has amy othcr witness.
ca. 1le haH not SUSTAINED hla nc
| ctaatlon .hat Carpenter la,l ntclIm!nary knowl.
edge o! tho existence Of the Whia;y Ring, or that
the ttrtillers az nm illcl combination, wcfs COIL
| tribntfng to tls Senatorial clcctiun.
| Caak]!n to. morrow IA 10 be trUss-cNamtncd by
Carpenter The Witnesses on tho part Of the dc.
| fcnsc arc now arriving. There orc inimntiont
that Conklln mny be arrested FOR perjury. a!'
thonch on what specific ground IL nnt stated.
One shaw has bcen lA,rc apparently a.. an attend.
| ant Of t'atea witnesses. tnlesa Cate ean 'nakt
ont hetter hereafter by original Witnesses q
| BY tie examination Of the defense he will onlj
hive mndc Of tic investigation pnnthcr lInry Mcr
ritt affair. During tho Investigation to.aay thcr,
| was some rhnrp fpnrs!ng between Cate and Kryea
Casc asserted thAt tho men who are after ktycn nT
| Republicans Kcyes rctortcd thAt Cato was 9ntn:
tho dlsty work, and that hu would he tired Of II be
fore hS rot through.