, 1876-03-07
Tho Mcdtlling 1snbcoc1k tho Cause
OF All tho Trouble.
A Sweeping Denial Of tho St. Louis
"Times" Story,
tntimation That Other Chicago Rtngsters Will
"Lay Dow" and "GiYe up."
PlERREpoNT.
ANOTHER 1HyESrtNArioS.

| ton III Gen. nhbctck's saAo relied 10 any ono IN,
! tcEessod IN tho defense. thd also whothor my
meaauree wcro takon BY any one to prevent OBJ
tanning tho Testimony OF any Witnesses. This
I Committee will bo empowered not only 10 exam.
inc luto all Tho reports now curreus nbout the
furnishing of testimony, or IN OUTLINE Of the
case prepared by Dis.rtct-Attosnoy Dyer. 10 Gon.
Dabcock'n COUNSEL but also ~ To tho oiroun1.
ssaucoa under witch Attorney QoaeEai pisrro-
pont wrote his now famous lstter OF Jan. 10 tu
Dhtr'ct-httorncy Dyer. and how ncopy Of II came
into Tho hands OF Geu. Dabcookt eounaal, and
ras Afterwards published. Having got In thie
Gratis wero lnppy, and ]. Proctor Knott vac
hoard singing negro ba'lad boeinn!ng:>
y'le broom sedga Is burning
GLORY, hsllelujahI
f7o tie A&scciiFeL Frtts.l
A LoHd .DEFKRHEu EXPLANATION.
WAanlSaToK. D. c., March G.-Attonney. Gen.
ernl tetropont Ina addfossoa lotter to tho Hon.
Committee on tho. Judiciary. Baying his fair md
tonaidsraso lassor Of tho ID iust. Elves him the
opportunity 10 FULLY explain certain charges con-
tasnnd iu newspaper publications, cortoa OF
General says That IN relation to tho, whisky
cssca at st. Louis. Chicago, and milwaukee,, lilo
Secretary OF tho Treasury and himself wcre In
f1oquont consultation, and they nover differed
1T ther policy. nor Ia what thoy doomed tho best
% @ 1e Il IL oea ae' 81 IN easy ~ ass IL
". Louis, ;Aey agreed mum aud the Score
l}cisor In tho way Of Instructions. Ia which ha
sald, among, other things. that unlcss important
odds are 10 bo gained tn other caBos 10 Mould
MAKE No TEEts
WITH nny Individual party. Tho Attorney Gen.
ctal saya Tho policy indicated In this prior waa
not communicated By him IN any clrculas lottor
tr1t Inn 1~& f,-~
wns intended to bo carried out aIlko In ST. Loasp
Chicago, aud Milwaukee. Nothing occurred to
lead tho Attorney douoral Or HecfotarY ot tho
Treasury or Solicitor. 10 far as tho Attorneys
General know of believed, to change this policy
IN any degree. bat, ubout tho nrdliu Of Jnt1uary
and nnbaequens theroso, various newspaper alps.
private latforr, aid personal statomousa chme to
tho rc0sdons. and In a tosBer degree to tho At
toruoy General, that
BARGAINS nEnR nK1Na aApx,
or weIo about to be made, wtsi criminals whose
test!mony whs nos III tho sNghtous degree nocd-
cd, by which targa namoer OF criminals wcro
10 ne !et on from any kind oi punish
msnt, to r.. bo Ioliovetl Of prosecution In =
administration Of lustico, and quito At
yAriancs With tho policy e1preascd By tho Hccre-
tary or the TREASURY and approved by the Attor-
neS-Gonosal. and these atatcmensH vare In q
Rubscqucntfy to tho Attorney donoral, BY ono Of
tho oldest aud mort trnstca Supervisors in tia
eorvlco, md who clnimod 10 speali from personal
knowledge upon tho sublect. mud especially in
relation to criminals in Chicago. II was also
very questionable propfioty waro being uado 70
hIl~aukoo by couuaol, Without consultation with
thu Distriet-Attornoy. and without any comsnunt-
cation viii the ATTORNEY. .doneral. from whom
jullcious conduot tho attorney. .Hcnorai WAS ro-
Hfohbible. Tho President was groatly disturbed
~ these Varied and repeated representations Of
eourso 30 At variance With tho policy baforo In
dicatod aud he brought to the atteutfon of tho
Wow Of the aepeatcd htatoments, it would bo well
for tho Attorney ocnotas TO let the District-At-
tor1oys recotvo
SOME cAurIoH uroN Tn1s auB1Eor,
and. therefore. letter WAS dispatched by tho
Attornoy.General to Dls.rict-Attornoy Hazloton,
and ih tho ono copied ln the oiIicinl records Of
Tho department NTH tho nots that tlio 5an1o was
cent to tho Diattics.AttosneEa at Chicago aud 81.
Lon,s. IL t1!s letter tho Attorney: ooneral eald
DO sepoaed In thu otllcoss' good Judgment to ro-
frafu from everything that could by nny pouAi-
bttity be construed Is fhvoriklcm toWnrda' those
who had doftnudod tho Government, and he re-
marked 1T 10 tho prcsilent'a reiterated leBIro
that no guilty man should escape" A fev days
about the fiatsor, sent for tho Atsorney~G Generai
to learn "hoshcr ho had taken any action. As
tho letter WAS purely Official md na all auch ot-
tors aro strictly confidential aud tntonded sololy
solo purpose Of advising tlom OF iho complaints
which wore being nado, aud to caution them
hgainst ANY appearance Of improper MANAGE
ment, Tho Attorney. General W4B
GREATLY sv1rn1sED At TIE rEnL1cAr1oN or THE
LETTER.
and quite amazed that II Bhonld DO wrestcd from
isa original pafpoao, aud used Tor ondn neyor
imagined By tho writer. Tho Attorney General
got himself TO work to. discover how tlo letter
fonnI !ta way into print, and finally came 10 the
conclusion that il must havo got out through =
copy sent to Tho President, aud he received In
formation which convinced him THAI II WAS 90,
and tho fact tint It Was imperfectly reported in
Western papcra lod him 10 believe that 1t had
been rnRu. and perhaps inpsrfoctly remembered
On spcaking to tho President on tho Bub]ect ho
haid Lo had no knowledge whatever OF tho letter,
The Attorney-Geno1ni sayss ~ Nnited for au
opportunity, aud had now ascertained that Con.
Dabcock, nr souo ono tor him who bad accoeu to
tho proi!lonts papers, obtained copy Of tho
letter without ANY knowledge on tho part of
tho President. mud that tho bama waA used tu ttie
maanor now known to all. buk under whose nd.
vice tho Attorasy.d doeo not know. 1t is
qniso certain, llo says. thai, II any Of tho de-
frAudere Of tho reyrnua Imagined thAt thsy
wore to reap advantage from the publication Of
the lettor or from tic worry falao construction
which they tr'ed to tosoo upon 1t, they Ind boon
General aays thst slnco tie scouitai fta Of den.
1{Abcock he had Renn It stated in ono OF tho
Western papers TINT syldonos hoaElug On tho
guilt OF 1Abuock NAB
COMPENSATED TO HE COUNCIL
by Tho Attorney -Gonoral 1la wished to state
in tho most emphatic language, and Without
any possible reservation. that thera ID
not and tssofo neyor was, tho siightsHt
trutA Ia tho statement. Ho neyos mada
communication, ofshos written OF verbal, to ary
ono Of Con. Babeook's council on the subject.
Az to stosra, who ia tho conusel specially lnen-
toned, the Attoraay-tieneral 8AyH ho has no
fsool!sotioa thai ho evor saw Linn III his life. IIo
waa certain he noyor wzoso to him. no might
hsgo ssen him: md have been Introduced to him,
at Aoua QUO Of tho crowded receptions OF tho
p<ealdept. This is possible. Very many par-
SONS are introduced TO him y these soccptiona
whoso namca are oftsn intliasnctIy hoard, and
therefore uot Eotnenborod- Iia certainty noysr
SAW HtprEs at iatd 4ouas, or at the Department,
or at any osher houso or place whero he over
converted With him upon tho aubjcot Of Qou.
DAbcock'6 trial, Or upon Any oshar subject.
JUt0H lukTKN
Is tho other counsel snsutloned. 1lo Ia ~ eml.
uous iswyqr Of New York, aud long acqusint-
ance Of tho Attornoy.deneta and 1nnch-vaiued
friend, and, bssldas he IL gentleman Of deli.
oeoy and aonse. He dues, aud onty ot,ca, called