The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-08-18
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Brooks, as candi Gates for Governor.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
A Washington dispatch Of the 18th says:
"The Senate Finance Committee have infor-
mally agreed that the House bill repeating the
date of the Resumption act shall sleep in ther
committee until next winter.
In the course Of conversation with friend
(says a Washington telegram to the Chicago
TribusseD ''Gen. Grant has reviewed the testi-
mony Of ex-Solicitor Wilson in detail. From
this same conversation it was learned that the
President claims to have deferred 10 Secretary
Bristow's opinion in all matters relating to the
whisk y-frauds investigation and the trial OF the
Offenders and that he at that time had so great
confidence in Nh. Bristow's fidelity and honesty
that he was ready and willing TO 60 TO any ex-
tent TO strengthen the Secretary's hands, and
even to sacrifice many officers who had been
his personal friends, and in wlaom no has re.
posed as much confidence ON account Of
their supposed honesty and ability as in
Secretary Bristow himself. In reference
to the assertion of Mr.. Wilson as to
the Endorsement of Let no guilty man
escape, on the Barnard letter, he said that he
had no suspicion OF either Casey or Babcock
when he wrote that Endorsement, and that at
that time he had heard Of nothing calculated
to excite the slightest anxiety in his mind in re-
gard TO either of them. He believed them
both innocent. He was led to write this in
dorsement by having lad his attention fire.
quently called to assertions by certain persons
In hat tbax, had mfr
enoe at the White House that the Secretary Of
the Treasury would not be able to reach them.
In his efforts to bring the ring to punishment,
m order to strengthen the hands
of Secretary Bristow, and to con-
vince these unprincipled persons of their
impotence, as we'll as to show all members of
the whisky ring that the persons referred to
were impostors, and had no influence ut the
Executive Mansion, no made the Endorsement
in question. In referring to the accuracy Of
Dir. Wilson's testimony 30 far as it relates to
dates the President said he could not help
thinking that Mr.. Bristow must have taken
notes of what occurred at every Cabinet meet
ing in which the prosecution Of the whisky
ring was discussed, and that Immediately after
each he held conference with Solicitor VII.
son. On many points the President said that
he thought ex-Solicitor Wilson had already an
swered himself"
James G.. Hill has been appointed Supervis-
ing Architect of the Treasury Department, vice
Potter, resigned.
Gen. Horace Porter was before the sub
committee on the whisky frauds last week. In
reference to Bluford Wilson's testimony, he
said he did not allude to 'Sylph" as a lewd
woman, in speaking Of her to Mcdonald. Gen.
Babcock made an explanation to the President
and the Attorney General. II the witness had
thus spoken Of "Sylph," he would have beer.
inventing rumor, which would have reflected
on the President. The witness Ienied posi-
lively that he told witness that "the greatest
favor he could do the President was to shield
Babcock." He denied other assertions of Will
son. The witness said that he never heard Gen.
Babcock referred to as concerned in the specu-
lations, except from the newspapers.
President Grant, on the last day of the ses-
sion Of Congress, permitted himself to be inter-
viewed by the New York HerdIds Washington
correspondent. According to the report of the
interview, the President stated that there many
misrepresentation made in connection with
the official communication between himself and
ex-Secretary Bristow and ex-Solicitor Wilson.
AS an illustration of this he said he never
asked for heresignation of Mr.. Bristow, and that
that official resigned voluntarily and contrary to
his Grants wishes. As for Mr.. Bristow, the
President added, Notwithstanding the doubts
and expostulstions of my friends, always re-
I'D him with tho ,troost eopfiJanca ,oo1
will and respect but my friends laughed at me
when gave 1t finally as my opinion, from the
facts and information brought to my knowl-
edge by persons whom thought reliable that
there was conspiracy on foot, in which he
took part, pertaining to the Presidential candi-
dacy, and regret the conclusion forced upon
me that there was mere than seeming
truth in the suppositon concerning himself"
The President, reports the Herald interviewer,
said the question of his integrity or probity,
as it might be judged now or in after years.
never gave him an emotion of concern, at
least in the way Of doubt. because he knew
that he had ever been impelled by proper mo-
tives, and he did not believe there was the
slightest thing to the contrary on record.
With the light Of events and the experience OF
earlier times, there were many things that he
could see now which he might do, il a..ain
necessary, in different way but they per
tanned more to the matter Of discretion AZ to
individual than TO questions of policy
Among the prominent bills pending in Con-
grese which failed Of passage were Lawrence's
Pacific Railroad BILL BANDS Silver bill, and the
Geneva Award bill.
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGs.
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