Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-29
I Continued from First Pu0e.1

then lately returned from Chicago. ION the
18th Of January, oeiieve,) hai endeayored
President that we were giving away every
thing in the city Of Chicago for the purpose
OF cCnvicting Reoan and Hessing and Ward,
and while the question as to the propriety
OF the policy was not important, IL was i'm
portant that he should see the President inn
mediately, take with him his letters to Tut
ton, let me take my letters to Tuition and
his kilograms to Mr.. Webster, and explain
to the President the whole case. He re-
luctsntly consented. We went, and the Sec
rotary, with great particularly, stated to
the President fully and fairly, reading from
the Official documents, the situation OF az
The basis of what the Secretary had to say
Is covered by this telegram of mine to MI.
webster
GeaTaI ID. F,5esr Caioago. HliHoIS:
Ia Tuition this morning. Il ought to cover tine
in local counsel and revenue officials:
r. 1gttos. SEpsTrtSoT, &c:
dicted parties. 50 We decline to interfere with any
that has been entered by the nite states dis
and the iasaf revenue officers Having confidence
art Inn, H. ~ ,r 40 tb, se MI, ITh AZ
what VIII best subseTye the Interests Of the govern
AfIer the Secretary and myself had con-
Guided our statement and the explanation
OF our position, the President expressed him
self as wholly satisfied therewith, and re-
ferred with great kindness to General Web
ster, and then ensued very kind aud
between the Secretary and the President,
which is not necessary or proper for me To
go into further than TO say that General
Babcock's case was again alluded TO. and
the Everest testimony was stated 70 the
President by the Secretary.
BABCoCK INQUIRIES FOR NEWS.
On the evening of that day addressed the
Secretary tie following letter:
to say that within les than an hour after return
n deal and skafl me I
had any news: r replied that hal none except
What does Everest claim about the S5ss' etc,
10 Bsbcock every item Of possible evidence which he
Rad received from me. Babsock stayed quite a
even story, and theory to mt it, He asked me
This positively refused but aided that / VeoHR
not deny when the President asked. lie laughed
it does The point Of all this is that the President
questions me in BabcOck's interest. What am / TO
to give Babcock fair show if the testimony Is real
ISi,e; INT how II i should turn ont to be truel
Sused party to hear the details Of the case against
TIE FAMOUS CIRCULAR LETTER.
ABOUT the 9th OF January the Attorney
General called for me and i went over. He
said he wanted TO talk TO me a0Out the Bah
COCK case and the situation of affairs at st.
Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee. i said GER
tainly. he said, "What is 1t about that man
Everest?" / told the Attorney General in
substance what had already reported to
the President. He said to me that he had
been good deal troubled by request which
the President had made of him with refer
ence TO writing circular letter TO the United
States District Attorney cautioning him
against taking the testimony OF accOmplices.
He said he had told the President that he
saw no other way to get to the bottom except
by resorting TO the testimony OF aecomplices,
and that after two or three interviews with
the President, the President being very ear
nest about IL, he had written letter which
he wanted to read TO me. He sent his clerk
q first tF0a he.
read TO me his circular letter to the district
attorneys. He said, 'You note, Wilson, that
! don't 90 so far as the President wanted me
TO-"
I took a draft Of that letter over to the
President and read IL 10 him, and he was not
satisfied with IL, and wantSd me TO say In
SPECIFIC terms that the testimony of no man
who entered plea Of guilty should be per-
United 10 De used In any prosecution, but
that the parties should be given to under.
stand thai they should be brought to punish
ment. said in reply TO the Attorney Gen.
erel that was sorry hat the letter had been
written; that it would be sure, even in its
present condition, TO be misunderst6 Cd, and
1 told him that in my juds ment II was equiv
alent TO say Ing 10 those who plead guilty,
"You must not do It II you do. you simply
render certain your own condemnation, aud
from" The Attorney General said he f 6oped
that the letter would not be so understood,
and be said, You note that IL is not intend
trict Attorney did not misunderstood IL, lift
did not create that impression, and If IL did
not get out, did not think 1t would hurt |
anything: That was ON the 18th. On the |
night Of the ID or Sd Of February / read the |
Chicago Times Of the LIST OF February, and 1
saw that IL contained the circular letter OF |
the Attorney General In substance, with an
Introduction in which II was stated, as now
recollect, that the President OF the United |
had been adopted, and that this letter indi- |
Gated change with reference thereto. /
took the paper at once and went over 20 |
General Bristow and read IL TO him. said |
20 him that In my judgment a profound |
crash had arrived in the prosecutions of the !
house; that notwithstanding the assurance |
Of the Presidents satisfaction with what had |
been decided upon In our interview Of the |
9th OF January, Il was clearly evident that |
he meant to bring about conflict and q |
change OF policy, and told the Secretary |
that be must take immediate steps to have |
an understanding with the Attorney Gen.
eIal and The President. BE agreed with me. |
The steps that he took, he himself and the |
Attorney General aud the records must
show. On the day after the interview with
respondent OF the Chicago Times, MI Kee-
nan, and ne told me that he lad received
THE HANDS OF EMORY sToRRs.
the counsel OF Gen. o. +. Ba6oOck. wish
TO say also that Col. Dyer. of ST. Louis had
a conference with the Attorney General, in
which, according TO Col. Dyers statement to
me, the Attorney General told him In sub
stance precisely what he told me, that the
and instance OF The President OF the United
States. 1t is enough for me to say Of my
own knowledge that such was the result OF
the evidence and OF the facts that nave
mere narrated. That the Secretary OF the
Treasury by the 18th OF February had re-
solved that there was nothing left for him
but TO leave the Cabinet. The personal reIa-
tions between himself and the President of
The United States were almost, IL not wholly,
broken OIL. We learned from many sources
That the President had determined 10 dis
miss both the Secretary aud myself at the
close OF the Babcock trial. One M th0sa
sources OF information was such and so high
that IL, taken with other facts created in NV
mind absolute certainty. Here Is the letier-
THk STORMY CABINET SESSION
- CHIcAsO- February Is, ls-6
Ms Dtdr SlT,-I am informed on good anthcri,v
that General Hurlbut, c., who Is now st home h.
asserting very strongly that as the BabcocL
trial Il finished General Brstow will 60 our ~ The
Cabinet. 1 am also told on good authority that the
sensational despatch in the Inter Ocean II Monday
week relative 10 the stormy session Of the Cabinet
&c. and which the President direcfly contra
ticfed, vouched for by Logan and Foster, of
Ohio. tell you this that yOu may know who your
friends i that according to the papers the
Secretary had = long talk with the President = few