Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-08-03
1T. A. HENDRICKS.
nluMrsa Wilson Again.


WAsMISoIoS. August 2.-Ex-Solicitor Of
the Treasury Bluford Wilson again testi-
fed before the Committee on the 81. Louis
whisky frauds to-day. His testimony was
mostly in explanation Of his private papers
and their subsequent examination by the
Treasury officials. His statement Is sub
stantiatei by the afidavits Of winslow and
Dixon. private Secretaries of witness. who
packed the papers. lie had never had any
evidence duplicating Logan and farwell
except statements Of local prosecuting ON.
GERS that these gentlemen were suspected.
He had never himself expressed any belief
or opinion that they were implicatel. and
he preferred not 90 do 10 now. In regard
TO abandonment Of the prosecutions against
Ward and wadsworih, be said he had
always been firmly opposed. Wilson Ill.
rectly coniradicted Gaviit. the revenue
agent, who testified yesterday that the So
licitor had instructed him to 30 for Bris.
tow for the Presidency, and said he had q
letter accusing Gavitt Of indiscretion and
d~isrcputablc conduct while In Illinois, on
account Of which he was withdrawn from
that service. Yaryan. however. admitted
having told Gayitt that this damned Blaine
business must stop, because ho tGayitU
devoted more time TO politics than 10 bust.
ness. while IL was contrary TO orders OF
both Yaryan and the Commissioner for q
special agent 10 interfere with politics.
either directly or otherwise.
by Plaisted-How many special agents
were at Cincinnati In the interest Of Bris-
now.
Question - Was not Matthews therc1
Answer Matthews was there. lie was a
supervisor.
Question We're not all the Supervisors
Of the South thercl Ansver-f cannot
recall any except a. they were there as
delegates. Chamberlain, % Georgia,
believe Was there as q delegate. Those are
the only two gentlemen that ! can now re-
call a. having been there in the interest Of
Bristow, while there were hundreds Of
revenue agents there in the interest Of
other candidates. l believe there were
from eighty TO one hundred there from the
New York Custoni.house In ihe interest Of
Roscoe Conkling. a very large number ia
the interest Of Morton. and quite u mum.
Der in the interest Of Blaine.
Witness said Yaryan was one Of the most
devoted and efficient public officers he had
ever met. Chapman, who claimed the
credit the other day for q share OF work in
the st. Louis cases. knew nothing about
them until they were worked M for
seizure,
The examination ~ witness will prob.
ably he concluded tomorrow. II il ex.
pccted that Horace Porter will be ex-
amined tomorrow.
what Hendricks f. aeiug % Nay.
Nrw YoRK. August 2.-The Saratoga
correspondent 81 the Philadelphia Tia,.
claims TO have seen the text Of Governor
Hendricks letter OF acceptance. He gives
his views on the money question as fol.
lows: ''Onr financial system needs re-
form. IL has been based upon expedients.
The laws Of commerce. which ere A. fixed
- the laws OF nature. must DO respected.
Gold and silver are the real basis Of value. |
and while . return to specie payments II
desirahle-and no man more desires IT.
and currcncies of different values Is an
evil that cannot he endured. yet q return
TO specie payments by 4 forced contraction
Of currency cannot be successful. con
-isiently with the interest OF the people any
more than permanent prosperity can be
based upon expansion. As the resump-
ton clause ia the Act Of 1878 attempted
10 fx 4 time for the return 10 specie pay
ments without any provision for the sime.
md as II was q forced measure for mere
party purposes. 1t ought to be repealed.
IS declared by the Democratic platform.
Policies looking to resumption ought to
adopted, based upon public economies.
'ficial retrenehments. and especially the
Of the prosperity and interest Of
be people, The restoration Of an econ.
'mical and pure administration will, Of
tself. go far to establish The public credit
nd equalize the value Of cu~rrencies."
Hendricks is in harmony with the plat.
arp on tho Chinese question.
The Hsikssp Iqpssshasat,
NV YoRK. August 2.-Tho T;s.,. edi-
says; The failure TO convict Belk-
zap Of the deiestable oiepses which were