The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-08-01

secretary with hmselfy What other ex-
PLANTATION Is there for the Inter Oceans
attack I suspect that the ring has got
entire control of the Inter-Ocean. They
are desperate. and Will furnish all the
money necessary to get an English Or
gan, as they have German one IN the
Stats. Zeitung. What are We coming TO
when such things can even be attempted
in open day: But took my pen to ask
Won n question. have been just told
that the man Russell Is there In washing
| ton and has the impudence to try to
| blackmail both the secretaries of war and
| the treasury. Is that so? can hardly
believe 1t, and yet see that he has lived
so long IN an atmosphere almost peculiar
to the political whisky ring Of Chicago
that perhaps he has no conception Of
honesty left and no idea of decency or in
compatibility in any one. Yesterday |
warned Dexter and Aver to have no fur
thcr conference with him. and to have II
only with SWEET and Smith. Please let
me know whether II. is such graceless
scamp as to have really blackmailed the
secretaries. hope this outburst of mall
ice in The 10. will overshoot its mark,
and instead Of making breach between
the president and Mr.. Bristow. have the
opposite effect. and unite them more
| firmly in the fight against corruption. 1t
looks as II the time Is coming when all
| good men of all parties must band to-
gether against the rascals. as the only
way In which the country can be saved.
but we shall soon see. Write me few
words of truth and soberness. Truly
| yours, j. ID. WEBSTER.
Hon. Bluford Wilson.
On the 18th of December, while in the
city of St. Louis, wrote the president Of
the United States this letter:
| My DEAR Mr.. PRESIDENT Pardon
me for troubling you to read the Enclosed
clipping from yesterday mornings CHI
eogo Tribune. might under ordinary
circumstances be quite content to let the
matter rest where Wards explanation
leaves 1t, and to permit that gentleman
and Hon. {. b. Farwell to settle their
own differences in their own way. In
view. however, OF the many misstate-
| ments in relation to myself that have
reached you and of the fact that did not
care to go into the matter with repor-
| ter, wish to say to you that the whole
story of Mr.. Farwell. as it relates to me,
is utterly and unqualihedly false. Even
| as a joke-a poor one at best-it is wholly
| without foundation or warrant In any
word or act of mine in reference to any
case either inside or outside the whisky
| ring suits. If it comes in your way |
| will be obliged if you will show this to
Mr.. Farwell. If he has been at you with
his complaint against me. | will take it as
| a favor il you will call his attention to
my answer. The situation here at Chi
cago seems to be satisfactory. | return
TO Washington tonight. With great re-
spect, your friend, BLUFoRD WILSON.
Iwrote that letter in reply to a charge
which Farwell caused to be telegraphed
to The Chicago Tribune, that had on the
occasion Of certain visit to Chicago said
to j. d. Ward, while he was district at
torney, that he must indict Farwell ana
Logan. and when Mr.. Ward asked me
for evidence | said to him,
"DAM HE EVIDENCE;
indict them first, and find the evidence
afterward." will state that the Chicago
Tribune article referred to stated that the
telegram was submitted to Ward under
Farwell's consideration, upon Farwell's
statement that Ward would confirm it,
and upon Wards confirming and cor
roborating it, it should be published.
Upon its being submitted to Ward, how
ever, he repudiated it in toto, and denied
ever having had any conference or con-
versatlon with Inc upon which any such
Interpretation could be placed. To the
reporter of. the Tribune, who came to
me for denial, simply said: II have
none to make to SO utterly absurd
charge" make the this statement be-
cause | see that a reporter of the New
York Graphic and correspondent to the
Chicago Lnter-Ocean in this city has In
substance repeated this charge in new
shape, yesterday to the Graphic. and |
presume also to the Inter- Ocean. This
was my answer then made to the chief
magistrate of the land. and it is nv an.
swer to the charge to-day. In further
response to the question of the COM
mittee. both the secretary and myself
were very early led to entertain grave
apprehension a. TO what the issue would
be
IN The BABCOCK MATTER,
for the reason that / learned from the
president and from c. 5. Bell himself
that the president had recommended him
to 60 to ST. Louis. learned from the
president, from e. s. Bell, aud from the
attorney general that il was in contem-
plation to employ Bell to 60 to st. Louis
and to report, not to Dyer but directly TO
the attorney general, and that the reason
for his retention was that the president
understood that Dyer and Henderson in.
tended to implicate him In the frauds if
possible. On Dec, Is, 1875, wrote to
Dyer as follows: "And now word Of
caution. You have made a mistake in
trusting e.. S. Bell. He has been pre-
tending TO know that You have been en-
deavoring to implicate the president, and
it is possible that he may return to st.
Louis. II he does. put your best man on
at once and you will soon see where he
trains. II he calls upon you don't let on
that you suspect, but
DON'T TRUST HIM.
aud have him watched. Mind what l
say. know what | am writing about.
and you must burn this, on your honor
will state further that made such rep
RESERVATIONS to the attorney general and
to the president when learned that II
was in contemplation to send this man to
81. Louis, as induced them to reconsider