The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-18

House"
Loyeloy was sick, but he sent a letter, which
the Whiskcy Ring advocates managed to have
read by the Clerk under prctence OF explaiuinR
his absence: II was an adj capiandum appeal to
pass the bill with the Senate amendments. Mr..
Morrill, Insisted that It would "be utterly and
absolutely impossible to enforce the execution
oi the law II Woods amendment was adopted"
Tho dstillers, he said, would shut up and sell
out, and the Government would derive
nue. from this source at all, and might be bank
rupted. FINALLY, the motion to non concur In
me senate amendments was taken, and carried
iy nearly THEE to one, but the next moment
wood AM ndment was voted down 10y n to 1i.
The Whlskey Ring won bv three votes Fabu-
lous fortunes we're made by the advance N the
nrice OF whiskey, and the CrOsbys and Pixies
and hundreds Of others counted their Rains by
the million.
A VAIN APPEAL.
But this was not the end. Ii was but the en-
terina WEDGE, In fact. On the llth Of April, Nor
rill OF Vermont reported from the Ways and
tax on whiskey TO g. per gallon on aud after
July |, 1884. and exempted the stock on hand at
that time which had been reported. Mr.. WASH
ourne made gallant struggle To nave the bill
amended 80 as To include the stock on h nd,
and he was ably seconded by kasson Of Iowa
and Wood Of New York, but In" odds were now
too great. lie declared that he believed the
Goyernment Ind lost t3O0oO,O00 by the defeat
Of Woods amendment to the previous bill, aud
lie appealed to the patriotism OF the ncui bers
To- rcmedy as far az possible the great wrong
which had been done by supporting the same
amendment to the present bill. lie appealed IN
vain. Inc whlskev LOBBY was now dominant.
month previous were now opposing him. Two
| notable caaes Of this kind weie schenck and
Garfield. kasson OF Iowa endeavOred TO make
| thcso recreants understand that the mUivcs
| which influenced them wore understood by the
| public. lie quoted from he leading Republican
papers Of the country such extracts "a TINS :.
| 1--WE repeat, who believes that with no new facts
| submitted, ana with the sentiment of the couu-
| try overwhelmingly the other way, the whiskev
| vote can nave been honestly run up from % to
~ Another organ mad the manliness to say,
aud kagson quoted It, THE whiskey vote could
| not have becu honestly run up from ~ to a. We
| believe that bribery n II up
The majority were dead to shame, and the bill
TO Increase the whiskey tax to 81 went through.
| And thus IN less than six months the men who
| had engineered the job were enabled To more
| than quadruple the money they had invested la
whskcv. That they secured this legislation by
bribery, no sane man who knows the ways OF
| Washington doubts. There were various w.Ns
| In which Congressman could toe made to see
that It was to his interest. az Oakes Amcs SAID,
To favor the increase, but the f,yOrlte and safest
way was tn give their confidential broker call
for say 2UO barrels of whiskey az 80 cents, pre-
sentaDls after the passage ~ the bill. THIS was
dtuOu to " outs aud call - there we're large con-
trbuuons to campaign funds, both for general
and local purposes. IL IL said that .Schenck's
| eanuaisn expenses were always paid b. the
| Nhiskey Ring.
PREMIUM on FRAUD.
with tho tax at g. per gallon, there was indeed
hiEh premium On fraud. To produce Y lion
OF whiskcy cust4 from Is to ~ cents, that il a
Ciatlllor could manage ~ run oil few barrels OF
"crOoEca every day he was getting rich very
| last. lie could anord u pay llberaily Tor the
| privilege Of tanning out hundreds Of barrels per
Week, not only q toe revenue officer. but to
! all tue campaign funds. That II was from TINS
| source that tho Republican NJ enagers drew 80
| large a ptopuruOn ot tneir election expenses in
! lstS. | have heretofore Communicated IL was
| fur no other purpose than to insure the prompt
| payment e ueavy assessments for thAt cam
paisu that Grant went To Il lima the then Com
| missioner of Internal Reveuue.in the early sum-
| n,er Cf that year, aud appealed TO him not 10 re-
sign. Tho parry mdnagcrs wanted no shaNin9
| W Of local revenue ufi lers IN the eve oi q. It
| lmportant cOnte. {. wrtca might have occurred
| had Rollins resigned as ne vented to d., and II
Johnson mad appointed for his successor an
| b NEST Republican, a. ne nad PROMISED 90 do.
Ia tue light Of those facts Is u singular that =
| gie ntic conspiracy should have been entered
| into 10y the distillcrs To defraud the GoVcsn-
| msntf From the beginning the majority In
| Congress wss controlled in the inter, Il Of the
| dist Tiers and SPECTATORS. Tnis was accom-
| pi,shed either by dire bribery or ny contriou-
| Tons 70 political campaign fund-, and pc .nsps
! by boih methods. The local rcven officials
were .lways appointed at the dictation at the
member of Congress-. who In turn owed his
| nomination aud election rrely TO the whiskey
| men. And when 10 tins community OF interests
we Id tue well-estahiished fact that the Com
| political or other influence. AWAY controlled In
| tue interest OF tue Ring, we cease TO wonder at
the facility with wuich the Government WAS
annually defrauded OF millions upon millions
OF dollar. Nor Is IL strange that these ronspirt-
| tors thought themselves absolutely secure 80
| power.
All Of the developments thus far made 90 TO
establish the fact that the various local Rings at
| -. Louis, Evansville, Chicago, ana hlwluhee
were SIMPLY tue component parts Of a great
| Chicago aud II LOUIS aud MilwauNoe have been
! SHOWN by the indictment OF Dan Mum,
tie late Supervisor Of this district. both At -,
Lou. ana MILWAUKEE,, M bis % esentment by
the Grand jury now IN session here l. only "A
question Of time. liaocotks connection with
~. Louis mas neen made clear @nd the reVeia-
lions Of the chieis Of tue luu4aut Ring % o i'm
pllcate MIN Ia the frauds commttted there. His
relations witB tue CHICAGO tNuH nav" her To-
fore puinte1 out, aud they are certainly more
direct aud intimate than those he enJoSed VITA
the -. Louis Ring through Melon Id and Joyce.
TUB WHITE HOUs. AND rnE RING.
but there was, az the outset at least. still
| more direct connection between the White
! House and the Chicago VIII key Ring tnan that
/ supplied ly BAbcork. In May. $50 col T. j.
| muud Jussen, the brpther-ln-lav Of arl SchurZ,
was aupointed Collector OF Internal itevsnuv
item u, scholar, and an able lawyer, but he Is
| an honest nan. Inc Hon. LYMAN Irdmb II. IN
| .uen King to me Of Col Jus.pn ,io. &" lie l. "A
| very reliable man, ana would sccept with the
| most implicit confidence any statement he
| would make. lie l. careful, exact. and circum-
| spect IN his de hinge Win men and does not
| Spehh without Hu''llnh' M ne was a most
Jealous aud carsole officer, every one,conncct,d
with the revenue reivicr at Washington mas
broken ~ after Col Jussen assumed ch rye ~
the Collectors OH e, Ton hc gave his whole time
! aud attention To the service. and looked close
after the details. As he assured me, AT one OF
toe interviews had with him. he made almost
daN vlsi to tue dist illcies, and looked clOaely
! had reason 70 suspect one OF his store
| keepers or gaugcrs. ne removed him at ulce.
Ihli Innovation that was not
NJ all agreeable 10 the Il stiliers aud suboriinAte
revenue onici ils, and as GUDe red ~ due u'nc,
IL WIS as little rehsnod at W asnln-ton. Alter
serving nearly two years Col. Jusscn was. With
out any compliant having been ma Zee by the
dep lrtment, unceremouiDu-Y removed Ia the
| spring Of ISL No cause va atever was u slgncd
a. tns time, but nearly year forward when
/ Carl Schurz mad hcCpne very uuCOuit urt a.. e
thorn IN .ue Ad ini- tratlOns side. thick and
| thin organ declared that Schurl's hostility To
| Grant sed by tue dismissal Of his
| Urother in-law Jussea from the revenue ser
| vice. Col. Jussen was 1t that time la Europe
for his health, aud was soiourulng at Bonn on
! the Rhine. bv mere accident he saw copy
| or the rapcr IN when TINS charge mad been
! made. ana he at once wrote "A letter 10 the nj
| cagO Tribune. which was published on the Vth Of
| Marcn, ls12, with MS signature. In this letter,
/ after stating that senator Schurz had opposed
! his appointment. he ayers that ne owed the
| Office solely to the Unsolicited cNcr,iOns 81 "A
| few gentlemen IN Chicago, and then proceeds as
| follows;
WHY He WAS REMOVED.
These identical chicago friends, ling upon the fact
that they alone procured ms appointment eout ht la
convince t, Ne,y toul aftei asauinei me dntls Of
uy office, tlat iuugn | Wa tuitctnr, Had hiu 5000
upon nyi'ion OF M" prOnfs To what eNfen lNirdel
10 tn~lr Imperative request, and how subsequently neY
NO kp rtouiu. 10 lciiuVc mf us trY unh iHhnfcd
20 have appoinci. simply ncciuse decinei 10 M
plei TO- drat, ~ point which prefer 10 discuss az
some other tIIc ana place.
hdYtng said this much, % may not he aui-s 10 dis
close the additional reasons for NY removal frou
Oihcc--not IN tliuk that my per onnl fortunes eau
BE- ~ Ut rest to tbs pablo. but merely n'cnuse
believe the reoa. VIII iorm valuable addition To- ihe