, 1876-04-09
Social and Political Talk Collated in
Eenosha, Waukegan, and
Aurora.


EtessioEA co1mitteo to Investigate the Milwau
Eeo whisky cases. stating that sub~committe
to receive evidence in such cases has heeu ap
pointed, and thct :hey are ready to begin ti.ei
iRE3-s- Judge Gate, Representative from th<
Eighth District OF This State, will receiye thu
nancs Of persons who may be able to give esi
deace. Encouraged by this intelligence, thosi
who look Ecca the recent Investigations by ths
Grand Jasy as fniln.e hare been busyins
themselves hunting up evidence ngainst tht
parties whoEe conviction is sought. Among tht
witnesses, r,leed. the chief ona whom it is in
teudaa to setpGna il
GEN. REpR1cK,
the acting Supervisor who wts seat here tt
6rperscde Munn-suspended- the purpose
pf executing tie raid OF last summer On the
wLisl-y to.ees. THIS Geuessl. with lame leg,
vino ia also newspaper proprietor and editor,
Is the same who figured prominently OF late in
pos.-traaerships- Ee Is supposed to know more
about the alleged f,ui.s OF. politicians than any
other person. ex-asaas ConL1ins alone excepted.
It w1e Hedrck-eo it is staseI-who first de-
Glazed Esat eyi5e1ce agaicet Carpenter and Car
pente1s friends, s1ficient to 1ndict them, had
been pi.ccd n ths hands Of Mckinney, ard
by him omitted to ba used. and it WAS
HedricE who took it all back, when tho state-
men: reached tae e.rs of Mckinney. On more
than one OCCASION reports got about, which were
finally traced to Ied.ick, tetotallr contrary to
the letter and ep:it OF statements mado by Nc
Kinney ca tho same subjects. Almost every
aVermen. respecting the integrity OF prominent
persons hera when particularly inquired into,
appeared to have e,asnated from Hedzick It
seemed impossible to trace any allegation Of cou-
sequence to any other source. Hence Hedrick
ing wholly .I random. there Will la m end to the
expectancy Of the past few months:
NJ coSKLSa,
too, is looked upon as Ell important witness
He is detective who performed Ills duties By
cioeing both eyes to the guilty acts OF those he
Tas 49, to watch every time he was paid to do
so. Ar. Colaing was friend, supporter. and
supposed conidsct Of 3lr. Carpenter. and it is
Imagined that be knows and will tell suliciant to
CONVICT that s.a.esman or guilty kpowiedse of
what WaS going on between tha distilefn and
ct1ice1s OF The Government.
In defarlt Of ConEl.2s, M.-
1. 6. WE1ssE11
is regarded as tho next best witness, he having
been to Cauada-as alleEed-and talked with
ConLliug. It Is confidently asserted that CONS
Ling poured out hs Whole soul to Weiesert, and
laid bare before him tho socrcts OF Ills heart in-
GLIDING minute and detailed account OF the se-
crets OF q number Of other people therefore.
tne e1-Deputy-C Collector viii make an excellent
Witness- according to the theory OF the prosecu-
tion.
/ Tie names Of these Witnesses, With several
Others have been eeut on to Washington. and it
f6 probable that next week will SOC lha aDprs OF
the Congressional Sub Committee on tbs ALL
NauIee cases commenced.
/ The TI1grAE hes been kept fully posted IL |
80 OTHER whisky matters durln. the week. In
-TAc SCSsEnAcEEn CASE
the sensation the production Of q tecme!er |
accidentally discovered by the eyer-a.eFs Mchln-
ncy, who proyed the presence Of JAKE kunue- !
macher, Er., when number of barrels OF illicit !
highwine5 we're being surreptitiously removed ]
one Sunday. The theory Of tue acounsel for Jake |
Nunneuaachar. ST., WAS that, il frauds had been
committed, the ''ol6 man h--as this Crnsus is
caled-lsIeu nothing about them and the chlaf |
tronnlo OF the Government was the apparent
Of connecting old jake bs any
overt act With the irregularities which we're SO
EASILY proved to have taEeu place It the d1stii- |
7ery bearing his name. It was shown for the
defendant. Jake Senior, that the Auunemacher
the old man for h's share Of the business ua,ae-
1y, tho proceeds of the sale Of sIops monthly.
and that he hEd no moro to do with the dist,l-
3erv than to see he was not cheated by his Of |
6priDg in this settlement which was far from be-
ing impossible. as be was n1acquaiuted with rules
OF arithmetic aud acCount-keeping, and had to |
trust to memory end rule OF thumb; aud it did
look 8. tune as though the second richest
man in tbs Stete-Ale1ander Mitchell being the
going to escape, when this fortn-
aGtc witness turned up As It is not very likely
IN iguurant Workman could have known nIi |
about this illicit whisky, ,.and the old ran Jake
seen everything and knoxn nothing, the evl-
icnce created sensation.
AMaI r. r. BUTLER
i true Bourbon, was elected Mayor there being |
10 opposition. Mr.. Butler cannot fail to grace
ho position, It be uses the power placed In /
sanas sasv tfuI1 ths to hene 6 =; 45s
,eop1e, and not as the means ct rewars1iug | =
political fnends and p}ace-hunters. It WAS Har- I
isuu Ludsngton's conspicuous fairness in this / G
Particular that him tho confidepce and re- | e
Zard OF the roters, and insured his election to i
he GoTernorsh1p. ar Butler Is offered . fine | 4
opportunity Of showing whether he is capable of | Il
;sing above the miserably contemplate clamof s.
or Office, OF not. and placing the Helfare Of the 0
OF Public Works. There sre b
hreo Commissioners, Rlodgett Tetteu, and d
lowell, Tho first being neither Republican nor q
}anocrat, the second Democrat, the last hepnb- 4,
ns giyen up hls whole tima and energy q,
, tho performance Of his duties, in 4 | u
aanner rarely Witnessed in such position and q,
So become one ct the very best officers in the "
ty but the czima Of being Republican, and II
active At that, is alleged against him and nj
cry etrong pressure is balng brought to bear to
ave lin oussed and appoint q Democrat in his il,
lace. Considering the difficulty and delicaey | IA
the position occupied by Mr. Novel; he TAX tn
IL upop bimBeH ueatly al the burdens Of cor b,
C., for the Council, besides attending to the VI
door work, and having served long appren- OK
cestip, it would Seem nsstaKa to remove him III
mnIy because he is Republican. The action 10
the new Mayor in this matter IS being re- b.
.rded with the sc1unniziDe eyes that detected N
I'd rewarded the fairness OF his predecessor. Of
JAMES & WHITE, dc
e Comptroller, IS considered 3 good ssfe c.
an. Ihis is the fourth consecutive tiue be | IN
s been eiected to the Office. It is difficult to ] pa
nceise man better fitted for the position. m,
1etul. caln1 equitable, prudent, sure, | an
sassnt to sill sufficiently distant to dig in
ty not degrade his Office, and sufi- 1nt
,nsly comauionah1e for the proper transac- VIC
n Of bus1neas, in private life estimable snd tel
loved, and in public LIE accurate, trust ini
rthy, and respected the Republicans are as sp
,ch bis friends and admirers IS the party to Wi
jch le belongs He wAs born in Detroit, eei
ch, Of good, sound Irish stock. and repre- up
its all the good qualities, with none OF the us
Iwbacks, Of tine Irish gentleman, improved giz
American Influences and institutions He col