The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-18
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Toward the close of the last session of
Congress famous member of the Whiskey
Ring, one of the mystic fellowship of
BABCoCK. LOGAN. and REIN, disaD-
peared unexpectedly from his seat, and q
new man came IN his ROOM The stranger
was physically square-built ana powerful,
with a firm jaw, and small gray eye, that
looked ms If It was accustomed to sec
through millstoncs, aud to fud Il great
deal of fun Oh the other side Outside OF
the state of Illinois. and the Committee on
Elections, who had had some experience
with him, no great things were expected
of the new member, until one day. during
the discussion on the Texas Border Raids
Bill he rose, and in quiet, busiuess-like
manner, disposed of a complex subject 10y
the application OF few well-dchned prn-
ciples Of international law. The speech
occupied only about "A quarter Of "A column
of the Record, but Wa. nth the whole Of
the three or four day, debate. 1t supplied
Mr.. TUCKER with rule or two that had
escaped mm, furnished Il little common
sense to the Texas delegation, and brought
the House TO sober consciousness of the
grave matter it was about.
But, after all, the new member was not
much of "A talker. He had nothing TO say
unless there was Il present purpose TO nc
complish, and mauIfe.tly had no bun
combe in him. But lie was steady.
square voter On the lemonade and tea
resolution he answered sturdily from the
little minority squad Of nine, who, while
they had 10 occasion for Government tea
aud lemonade, supposed they had also no
occasion to play the demagogue on SO small
"A scale; and whom his name was called on
the bill TO repeal the date clause OF the
sham resumption act, he voted bold No,
In spite of ST. Louis and SAM TTLDES.
We doubt very much whether any other
man IN LIE MOVIES place would have sue
ceeded in BUSTING the whiskey member, Mr..
FARwELL. who was well intrenched behind
the perjuries OF his friends the rcpeaters
and thieves and bullics of his district. lie
was supplied with any amount OF money,
and served by the ablest counsel. But LIZ
MoYNE managed ms own ease. aud got up
the most remarkable record ever presented
20 an election committee. II was a COM
pletc exposure of the whole art and science
of repeating. false counting, aud ballot
Administration and of the Whiskey Ring
in Chicago II was profu-cly cmbeliishod
with cuts Of the deus whore the villains
who commit these crimes profess to herd.
Scores OF them would be- registered from
one little shgnty which could not possibly
hold half "a uozcn. We commend the work
10 BILL KEMnLf and BILL MANN. II might
be useful to PACKARD and CASEY. Even
they. perhaps, could learn something from
Mr.. FARwEIL's practice, winch seems 10
have been perfected without regard TO
expense.
There Is in the book n picture Of the
Hatch House. low-roofed, tumhle-down
wooden building, near the railway depot
IN Chicago. with long winding, dark pass
ages, q ftmou, resort Of desp gam
blers. crop-hcnded rough. ana Whi-kcy
Ring repvGtors. This WAS the statosmau-
like Mr.. FAgwTIL's headquarters. Here
lac notified the contestant - take tcsti-
mouy, under the impression that no de
cent man would venture there for fear of
MS life; hut II appears from the record
that LIZ MOY%E went there ight after night
with IA single friend. and m the midst of
IT, Sowing gang OF rHnGns faithfully and
fcarles H. cross-eXnmmed every witness
they chose to produce MI FARwELL
might have known thon that he could
never construct a fabric of mere fraud
which would stand against the steady,
tircless assault OF such man.
But nothing in the great case Of LIE MoYNE
and FARw ELL-and II is great ia the sense
! Of Illustrating the Chicago style of fraudu-
| lent election. just ns the case of MCCLURE
aud GRAY illustrated the Philadelphia style
nothing in it amazed rs more than the
tremendous energy ana Industry OF Tho
contestant, Aud yet it seems that Mr..
LIZ MoYNE finds time 10 vary the monotouy
of an extensive legal practice and his peri
odcal chase after CHARLEY FARwELL and
the Whi,key Ring BY attention to game OF
another kind. lie is, or was until the
other day, President of the American
| Sportsmrns ASSOCIATION, and in that ca
pacity delivered an address at the recent
| Chicago Convention Of TINT body, which
might be read with profit by State legsla-
tors everywhere. He regards the rapid
destruction of game by pot hunters and
barbnrans rayaging the country out of
season, as n national calamity. As n source
of food supply, the game birds aud ami
mails Of America arc worthy of the most
scientific and careful protection. Mr.
LIZ MoYNE estimates, Tor instance, that the
game of Iowa IN a given year was worth
twice MS much 10 the state ia dollars and
cents, ms her six hundred thousand head OF
sheep. But tins is n very small part Of the
case, Who can tell but that the terri
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