, 1876-04-29
PRESIDENT GRlHT'S FALL!
Charges Of Corruption Wade Against the
President.
NV ioRK, April %, ls7e.

EEC-lucits
NV IoRK April %, 1879
The Worlds Washington SPECIAL publishes the fol-
| lowing under immense head ines Important and
trustworthy evidence dreetb iInpheatin4; the Pres
ident Of the United States 10 iega and corrupt use
OF the public money. has besi taken to-day before
! the committee the department OF justice, and
comes from no less person lan an ex-Inenber OF
his cabinet, eN-AttOrney -Gene..l Geo. h Williams
Who IN fact shields his ileysi conduct behind the
| written order of the PTesilen. In a word AZ IN
wolves the payment, out of tl secret service fund
by order of Grant, Of sS2 0Oe h AID IN csrrTin- the
elections IN the cty Of New Ytrk ia the years ISL
- aud -. All this money Was aid 10 the notorious
John l. davenport, who was lssi nupCTylSOT under
.he enforcement ECt DuL Who 0s 40. receipt tor It
III single instance as an officer of the government
/ but SIMPLY Is John /. Davenport. IN Instance
be merely gives ks own dne bill for payrneI, made
10 Inn N his olheIl capacity, al duly IeCepted and
;lu1lted - the treasury and correct and from all
account this corruption fund for election purposes
Was gObblef from the secret servlee fund. Ex-At-
tUrney -GeneTal Williams says lie was first called
upon 10 pay Davenport S6e00 IN ISL BE hesitated
10 the puOlic money IN that way ard called upon
the President, who, after a brief conversation,
ordered Its payment by written order In the fall
Of 1872 when the last Presidential election was held
so 600 was OTieTed 10 he paid 10 Davenport, the
Attorney testiyIng that IN each instance he
received the verbal order of -hc PTeSlent before
turning OTer tie money Last fal 5000 more were
paid When Williams half reHon7tratsi against the
largest payment for election IL lS2 when Grant
against Greeley, the President said: " Davenport
Is engaged IN a great work up there; he must have
money" VIXEN pressed 10y the committee the
corrupt and Illegal use OF tins fund the ex-Attorney
General evaded and dodei, AM seemed reluctant 10
tell, tlouyh willing aft.r all 20 protect the
President. IhS corruption fund WIS PAID on the
oTde of the President, 10 Whitley ami by the latter
10 Davenport. Whitley pTCiuced to-day, - the
committee Davenport voucher for every cent and
" II ams cOuCbCratei him IL that and many other
respects
Ihe KerdlG'S Washington special says: Astsuul-
my deve!uPeneuts were made O-la-, the testimony
involving III n very painful manner President GTaur.
The story ouutsIs the charges made IN Nex York IN
1872 the administration lad nterIerci in cor
-uPtion OF eectHns that yeIr there follows the evi-
dence and tn story, substantially tLRt Just sent 10
tie World. The HsrGiPs y asidngton sIecial adds
The President viii probably be subpguaed before
the cOmmItte To answer tLese questons ior himself.
Durin; the course OF the examination O1 Williams De
was asked what conversation passed between himself
and the President whrn the latter ordered tie first
payment Of money to Davenport, the object OF The
question being 10 draw from tie witness # lie had rs
law officer advised the President that such pay
mtnt OF money Illegal; but wItnlss answered
that be could not remember what conversation was
had, and when the question put ia q more lead
Ing way, almost dmeetly II fact, he still failed TO
TecOllecJ what had been sad
lLe quzStI Ii whether the clnmttee shall call the
President before them not, aud in Whist manner
they snail question him, Will probably he discussed
by the committee tomorrow. Presidents Jefferson
and Lincoln apprarei before committees OF Congress
10 testify, and Grant, It believed desires 10 appear
and viii come as soon as he Is summoned. On the
Black Friday cISe the investigating committee sent
hJn a copy Of the testimony AID requested Inn 10
send in such he chooses to make 1t Is
saId there has heen unesIue-s IN idm!nlstTal ION
circles for some days about the coming embarrassing
develOpeInen
The committee have only begun the investigation
Of WHAT has teen done At different TIMES with tie Sc
fund III tie department of Justice They
SAID 10 be ON the track Of otter expenditures Lot
different IN ther kind from this made IN New York,
but the aggregate very largely exceeding II IN
amount. There are fifteen or twenty receipts 20
Whitley from DaveuIolt, amounting to $4,000.
Ia the letters from the Attorney -Gener and Dav,n-
port, " 4aau.s gave directions Wilttly 10 the
disposition Uf the money WLtE were 10 gave Il 10
DaveuToIt. Some OI the GUClmCnts are already III
the hands OF the committee, snd Whitley sGPTos d
they were stolen nom his office Money Was pad
III SUMS varying from, Sl0 zoo TO sj1G0J each tine.
Williams said he was ordered e. have II paid Da-
vgnpur by tie President S20gU0 Of tins was paid
Davenport Just before tEe e!- ton OF io.1 Tie VT
ness du mol inclined give te Facts, Lat they
were foIcei out Il Inn, and Wien he SAN that they
had the letter, lie gave up
The u 0Iid says eitoTialy: The most IH,lanChOly
news which has ever fallen 10 10. TO lay hciOIe
the pubic, hardly accepting the assassination Of In
coin, Is that wh publish TINS morning, TeClt!G,
the political and moral suicide o. President Grant III
the % the secret Moneys for election
corruption fund luT his partys benefit AMI lis Own
reelection HIS agent Mas tie notorious John l.
, DaYeElC!t. The money was spent by him II de-
taGdu the New York city democracy OF their just
rights at the ballot box PrOOs exist III Davenport >
IdIyllugi receipts, not his receipts an C-hc Z.
lie testimony Ui the witness eN- -AttoTneyGeneTsll
" .EdHs, not Belknaps crime envelopes tie admin
I1tIton and republican party IN 30 back an lniaIay
that, what viii br TAX by the House OF H p
TeScntatVuS upon THIS terrible exposure We Will not
now presume to suggest say. Were the term OF
the Presde.t but beginning instead of drawing to
close, Ii, Impeachment Tor high crimes aud niSle-
meIIOr would De an imperative daty; Is Il j., pr
LapS the sOunder ludgmen. vii De- thai, Tor the sake
OF lis former services 10 tie stat nc b. pared that
public pillOry ani Ike Give LIS viii lie sut-
ieTei to pass into history vi Its brightness and It's
blOts attest the tenpeuv ct the democratic poll
ticiIIis AMI tie mIguauIrnIJy OF the Republic
The Herald says, ,etItorIaily Scarce day passes
in tLtse tunes % investigation Tut reputation,
honored IN the sight of the nation fail down III lOath
some ashes the merest touch. In all the scandals
unearthed since Belknaps mLmy burst upon the
country and indeed long before IT. vultures Of cor
ruptiou have been seen lowering and cIeling close
about the President; yet the large majority have
eharltaby hoped and le.Ievei that, tlnt Of
evil came to HIM, he, at least, might come out IN
smirched. II Is u be feared tins hope viii prove
faliacious. Revelations mIde befure the committee
of the House investigating eNIendItUres III the de-
parteut Of Justice show lie President has been the
author of the raid upon the treasury, whose unTar-
rantzble shaeessHess even the witness had not the
courage 10 Grf, nd This Is great bow 20 the
President as 10 Williams and Davenport. They have
no characters to lose that they would be likely 10
grieve over, any one else Tor them; but 10 tie
President, who surely counts d respected memory
this discovery must he great shock rs Il VIII
prove to the country at large"