The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-14
URGING IIESS!NG'S PARDON
WHY ILLINOIS REPUBLICINs WANT
THE moss sLT FREE.
Tho importance of Having the Boss'- News |
paper ~uIport HAYES und Mbceicr-Storrs |

Tho importance of Having the Boss'- News |
paper ~uppori HAYES nnd Whceicr-Siorrs |
and Grant COntradiciins niuford wilson.
WASHINGTON, Aug. I3.-Strcnuous efforts
are being made by all the prominent Republican
politicians of Illinois to secure a fun and free
pardon for Boss Hessng, who was convicted OF
completely IN tho whiskey frauds In Chicago,
and W. = sentenced to two years and a half i'm
prisonment In the County Prison. iIessing is
the owner OF the Illinois StdIts Zcitung, the
great German organ Of tho southwest, and the
consideration for his pardon is that his news
paper shall support HAYES and whesler. Rep
resentations are continually being made to tho
President and Attorney. General that the do
fection in the German ranks In the northwest
is so great that unless the Stddts Zctuno comes
out fair and square for the Republican ticket
there Is great danger Of the Democrats carrying
Illinois and Wisconsin. The stats Zeitung, they
say cannot be got unless Hessng Is pardoned.
Mr.. Emery Storrs of Chicago, who was one Of
Babcock's counsel. has been in this city for sew
eral weeks, pressing the President and the At
torney- General for Hesslng's pardon. This plan
OF operations seems to be convincing the Presi-
dent and his law adviser that Brstow's whlskey
war was simply a gigantic conspiracy to make
Mr.. Bristow President OF the United States.
lie brought with him here a number of am
davits made by Hessing and others OF the Ring
who had been convicted and sentenced. the
tenor OF which Is that overtures were made to
them to furnish evidence which would secure
the conviction OF ward, Farwell, and Logan,
they to he granted immunity II they did this.
Mr.Storrs. Hesslngs counsel, has stated that he Is
quite confident that he will obtain his clients
lardon next week. Storrs has been watching
| closely the investigation before the Whiskey
| Frauds Committee and has been posting Plai-
sted, tie Republican member OF the committee,
aytv no ha n n IN n W a. III
the ina iirics to be propounned TO them, as well
as the questions to be putto Wilson on cross-ex-
animation. lie hndstt rather difhcult however
| to MANAGE Plasted, VINO Ia a good desl like
| New England pumpkln-very hard to get any
| thing into. and still harder TO get ANYTHING out
OF. or course the testimony OF Tuition ia most
| relied upon by Sturrs to show that the prOsecu-
tiuns In Chicago were not conducted by Bris-
tow and Wilson to punish the whiskey Ring,
but simply tu crafty their personal spite against
few Republican politicians. Tue represent'.
| tions made to the President 10y Stoors are backed
| by Logan and all other Republican politicians
from Illinois. and Boss Hessng and Buffalo
| Miller will undoubtedly be pardoue as soon as
| Congress adtOurns.
Storrs said. in conversation the other day.
that the President denies most emphatically
Bluford wilson's statement in regard to what
| Grant had In his mind when he made the famous
endorsement, Let no guilty man escape II II
| It will toe remelD b, red. said that the President
told him that he had Casey and Babcock in his
| mind at the time he wrote that endorsement.
| THIS the President denies, and says that he did
not have Casey and Bancock In h's mind at that
connection, aud that lie never made any state
| rnent of that Kind whatever to MIR. Wilson or
transaction, Transact the Prssiden, Authorizes tho
statement that there 10 nothing In the
psScoc GTH aS por,s wi0n 10
degree. These documents, which were laid
before tho President by Secretary Bristow. he
tho Black Friday conspiracy. The papers, the
President says. are series OF letters passing
time being in San Domingo. The President
also says TIT noS9dy ever Rtesen,ed & 10 h'n 10
Henderson were put there nv Wilson. on the
| contrary he says that Horace Porter assured
him that those letters were not 10 the original
letter. but were interpolated by the party VINO
| sent the copy OF the letter To Babcock. They
were enclosed In brackets merely IA an Inter
sent 1t TO him. Mr Storrs on this point saws that
Gen. Babcock did not bring the letter from 81.
| Louis 10 Washington, but It was sent to him
| ANONYMOUSLY aud that he (Siorrsl has bad the
copy IN his possession ever siuce. The letter Is
| as follows;
o~Ss 9t ,ag sS1l'er s. s.p, me ea elarTlss-g
H3n J. b. Hendcrson. SDe11l assistant Aito,rs Gc'i-
,ra' 6 L9s-Mr DaAE sra ~. s s!i in5odase =
{on Am a. neIr1n 1ssI. 81 .ns se.rc, 90 & D., pvloa s
du IN connection with the Unlted State,
ton Of the Internal revenue isws II seems especially
desiabl' II view OF the impoHsnce OF these cases,
arscS as ioT ihs next ten dis or Two
to escape, and to Keep yourself appraised a. as
possible OF hei movements and plans win reference
eace with YOU waen here neee not rem remind you hat
lair precsu,ion to reach the yer, bottom
to q the co9sprsey and r1macS Sns' %
be got durng the next ten days, IL may De we'i 70 for
70 put or olsr Sn 10 ef oW o@r IN
hns sAC~ F}n1h hsa an resara. stes pSs ySni friend
~" BIufoRp WILSON
| pc W. watch Nth ,n,e,. 'he proceedings on De.
| nurrer. II Miller beats you. move u
| committed TO await renewal OF indlctmcpt-
The President and his friends Claim .hat ~,
OBI 'ct " Wilson in writing this letter TO ifen
McDonald and Joyce At the time the Preslden:
and iiaocoSk Visited -. Louis; that Wilson
following tho date of this letter, and that by
meant that tho White House was the head Of
| the Whisky Ring. They claim also that the
object in sending Kerr to st. Louis with special
| ins ructiOns to use him spy on the
| President and Blbcock. The reference Wilson
makes to a conversation which be had with
Henderson, and the fact that this letter was
| sent " the hands OF a detective tns cad Of
tn ough the mails, Is, they claim, corroboratiye
| evidence Of the correctness OF their theory.
| Ihe statement ia those dispatches last night.
that the President intends TO have all the par
| tic. to whom immunity was granted IN Cnicago,
| Nilw lukee. and ST. Louis, called up for sen-
| tence. is confirmed by gentlemen who have the
| means OF obtaining accurate Information as 70
| the Presidents intention. They say mat the
| object Il To ascertain exactly the grounds
on which indemnify was granted 20 the sunor-
| ulnate revenue plnclhls anu ulstHleIs " nlln,
low ana Wilson. II these men are thre tened
anew with both criminal and civil proceedings
| the President thinks tney will make "A clean
breast OF II, aud tell all they know.
| lie imagnes thit there was some deep-iaid
scheme To iuiplicate either himself or some
| member Of his family in the whiskey frauds,
| and Is determined 10 get at the bottom facts.
All the Republican roliticians here arc un-
| dpubtedly urging the President 10 pursue TINS
| course, because they think that IA the
mater stands now. the revolution made
| by Wilson will do their party irrepara-
| ble injury. The only way to counteract
tile eject oi Wilson's testimony Is to show that
| "A conspiracy existed To damage the President
| and prominent leaders OF the Republic u pirt, (;
| or, ia other words, to advance iiristows fresi-
Dental aspirations upon the ruins OF the Repuo-
iican party.
TENER LILLE EOLICEMIN.