The New York herald., 1876-02-22

that DO possible II Babcock WAS a consp,rator1
formed General Babcock as soon AZ he was ordered ta
San Francisco, and have besought him TO intervene
and prevent she tripl Gentlemen, think can safely
Afer this Joyce in San Francisco several monthsl
No words passed between him and Babcock all thaa
time Did you ever hear OF such
UNcOmUMcArIvE coNsPiRAroRsp
Here Is conspiracy from October 1879 down tol
last May, and only one telegram from Babcock Joycd
and two answered ones from Joyce 70 Babcock and
those credable 10 the latter. Mr. Storrs then passed
TO the despatch OF October, 1874. to Babcock-Havl
you talked with d. Are these things right2 Answer1
and said no attention paid to this; IL red
mained unanswered Now, you must remember that
Mcdonald whom Joyce represented was the superb
visor OF this district he was trusted onicer ha nd
Alright 70 make these inquires IL not only bid
right but his duty to know OF every act IN connectio
with the service which district
II II had been dister who sent the message would
nave been different; but here was high oncal wh9
had a right TO know. Suppose Joyce and Mcdonald
were % Then engaged in a conspiracy who knew il Nos
tne commissioner OF Internal Revenue even into whose
d % ran all the streams Of Information whc
Souo sno" the conspiracy How could General BabcocA
Know w Rogers, the chief clerk In the Department.
ua not Know H. and had not even suspicion Of Joyc4
@ ana Mcdonald Months after this, in the spring Of
1870, Rogers wrote conhdentaly to Mcdonald asking
him 70 nnd place in Arkansas for young man and
thereby oblige member OF the Cabinet: and still
later, when Douglass being mentioned for iudeel
ship, Rogers wrote even more conadontally to Me-
Donald, telling him of Douglass prosnactive mono.
ton and Of his candidacy for the vacancy which
would be thus created and asking Mcdonald 70 do
what ne could Even here, in their own homes Joyce
and Mcdonald were considered efficient oflcials ans
the Ring had never been exposed How then
you say that General BabcocE should have knowT
known was in the Internal Revenue Department and
yet the evidence shows that Babcock there
TO Douglass but twice and there all to SEQ
Rogers General Babcock had OF Knowing
these frauds, If they had been known by tho
Commissioner and In his department
RIDING WITH rHE PRESIDENT
The next despatch was that from Mcdonald in Wash-
ngton to Joyce, telling him Had ongri with PresiJ
dent this afternoon g. and H. here" That despatch
was sent TO be read and II the truth known
Joyce Immediately on receipt of that despatch vent
with II among the dstillers telling them "See what
Mac has done He to headquarters He keeps posted
on Affairs. Brooks and Hoge there, and we have
nothing to fear" Can any one doubt that that was
simply through courtesy taken Mcdonald into his car
rage for ride and whiskey matters formed no part
ridden with Babcock and he had sent such telegram
what mountain OF evidence would have been made ot
1t by the prosecutionl Babcocks mouth would havel
been closed But as the circumstances stand. fortu1
nately the Presidents mouth is wide OPEN Suppose,
Babcock had written to Mcdonald the letter which,
Rogers did, asking personal favors They far more
incul oaory than anything Babcock has written, and
Rogers. pure and Straightforward as no is, were, bY
some misfortune on trial the fabric Of his reputaton
would vanish before the letters Hoge had been corr
ruped long before and right here the letters OF Hogd
to Bingham were in point
Mr. Storrs proceeded to refer to the list of eters<
the nrs dating in March, 1874 He said this not only
proved Hoge. the trusted agent OF the government,
was corrupted At that time but that was not the BEL
ginning Of his corruption. The has been4
unable 10 prove where the leak OF Information about
oop NOT y
be convicted as leaky al a venture; but the defencG
had found It, and here II was Hoge was the mani
who trusted pure by the government had sold him.
self TO infamy The defendant might have been unabd
defend himself against the willing perjures Of the
appaI some OF these men Who could doubt the un-1
blinking and unwnking Ftzroy, IL occasion required
would solemnly swear that the Mississippi River bed
was dryY
INFORMATION OF THE RAID.
The speaker reviewed the letters until he came to
nG
cry OF which had caused such great degree of COM
motion Could there, said he, be any doubt now whero
the leak wasf There is no more honorable man than
Mr. Brooks; yet suppose that he trial that;
Hoge was brought as a witness against him; that
Hoge be associated with him In these raids, could he
escape convctionS There is man in the entire de-
partment who ever had any correspondence with tne
St Louis district against whom stronger case than
this against Babcock could not have been made.
Mr.. Storrs differed with Colonel Brodhead as to tho
character Of that letter OF Brooks Rogers He held
that was very liable misconstruction. McDonad
prepared Babcock for constituting It, by declaring that
he would not submit to having men of doubtful charac-
into his district to work his head Bab~
cock recognized this feeling natural showed the let
ter to the President and feeling that Mcdonald had
just for complaint urged that the RAIDS bo
abandoned, but that responsible be sent 20 make
them, as responsible men we're always chosen to make
Investigations in the army Was there anything
wrong in This position or Babcock'sS Does not
the proof as 20 Brashcar Hoge and. others
show that the system OF sending irresponsible sneaka
the country more injurious than system at
alS Was there anything criminal in Babcock's having
that letter In his possessony Would It have been
publicly acknowledged as that Babcock should show
the document to both the President and the Comms-
soner2 Mr. Storrs finished the reading Of the Hoge
letters with n most eloquent denunciaton OF that
teacherous scoundrel the chief OF the ccnspraors
the head devil the keystone of this inquItous arch
The moment Rogers found out that the famous plan for
raiding this district was known to Mcdonald
he abandoned and Mcdonald sent his ex-
ultant Dead Dog" telegram, and BabcocE
plan was abandoned and thinking be was telling some
news telegraphed Mcdonald Never was more worth
less telegram sent, II conveyed Information that
thing had been abandoned, which abandonment
occurred before he knew that IL contemplated
TIE ''srLPH'' rELEGRAM
Mr. Storrs then took up the revocation OF the order
transferring supervisors Joyce sent to Babcock,
February g. 1875, about noon the despatch which he
signed ''Sylph I've have Official Information that
the enemy weakens Push things" Babcock received
this despatch at three O'Clock in the afternoon The
speaker was thus particular as 10 the time because ha
prosecution the example Babcock did not under.
stand this despatch and did not answer IL The prose-
cution had argued that Babcock had understood this
despatch and had pushed things but the trouble
the time Babcock received that despatch things haH
been pushed and the order had been revoked The in
terview Babcock had with the Commissioner relative
TO the revocation OF this order was not had as result
OF this telegram, but had week before Thus tho
prosecution was actually invoking reverson OF the
reasons 70 sustain their case and asking the
jury to believe that an act on the 20th
OF January was an effect of cause
namely, telegram, which did not exist until Feb
ruary 8 The testimony of the President and MI Tut
ton shows that the latter called the former at ono
O'Clock on the day when Joyce that telegram ard
10 revoke the order Two hours after Babcock re-
eeived telegram TO push things and the prosecution
advances tho theory that Babcock thereuron pro-
cceded hls influence 10 induce an act which had
already been consummated.
Counsel then referred 10 the opposition Of the sue
pervlsors all the country the order transferring
ihem the political influence which had been used 10
effect revocation OF the order the visit OF Supervisor
Tuition TO Commissioner Douglass, Secretary Brs-
tow, and finally TO the President He then
said ''Was It not something for Americana
70 be proud Of that the chief executive officer Of the
government could thus remain obstinate against polt
cal influence, but yield TO tho logic Of plain and
practical citlzonf Can anybody resist the force o
futton's argumentf Hardly. SO the order mol
only revoked but the very plan suggested by Tuttou
was adopted and the whole conspiracy exposed aud
the conspirators wero brought 10 punishment Bab<
cock had part whatever In procuring this revocation
THR PRESIDENTS MOTIVES PURE.
All the evidence shows IL and the Presidents deposi.
tion places t beyond doubt No power Of rhetoric
argument could convince any honest minded that
the order was not revoked by the President with the