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competent by word or influence to aid til
city.
SOME FALsEHO0D5 REFUTED.
The Whishy-Ring Organ, in its frantic mai
ice against ex-Secretary BE1srow and al
those who assisted him in his persistent an'
fearless discharge of the onerous work Il
took upon himself, is doing neither itself no
the Republican party any service by its con
tinued attacks upon all those who were mos
active in running down the thieves. It nov
charges that TIE TRIBUNE was cognizant 0;
n scheme on the part OF Secretary Bn1srov
to convict innocent men, which is as false at
is the assertion that there ever was such {
scheme. As far es anything The TRIBUNE
has said concerning the 'Fhi&Iy- Ring Organ',
position as the organ of the Whisky Ring,
it's utterances have merely reflected popular
| Judgment, and the evidence furnished by It's
| own editorial page every day since Secretary
BR1sTow began his war on the thieves The
| FFAisly-Ling Organ will probably find it
hard to convince this community TINT the
late Gen. WEBSTER was party to any such
scheme, or cognizant Of it. Yet it appears
from one Of Gen. WErsrEn's letters to Biz
FORD WILSON, produced in tile latter's eyi-
dence before the Congressional Committee,
he had rs much reason to suspect that the
|thisly- Ring Organ was managed in the in
tcrest Of the Ring us TIE TRIBUNE and other
people had,--perhaps more. Here is the
language he used in regard to it:
Is it possible that BAEcucK has lent any coun-
tcnancc to proposition for IN attack on BnIsTow?
VIII he confess bis own infamy, and try to drag
down The Secretary with himself: What other e1-
p1anaton is there for the Iuter- Oceans attack?
suspect that the Ring has got the entire control Of
the 10 They are desperate, md will furnish all
the money necessary 10 get nm English organ, as
they have German one in the Stats -Zeitung.
IF the Inter- Ocean desires to convince any
body that it has not been used rs m instru-
mont Of the Whisky-Ring as Gen. WEBSTER
and many others have suspected, it cannot
do so by continuing to vent its malice against
Secretary BR1srow, who stands out more
conspicuously and honorably than ever, now
that BLCFoRD WILSON has told the inside
story of the prosecution. And if it hes any
desire to be efficient in the carse Of the Re-
publican party (Which there are many req
sons for doubting), it will not constantly
strive to belittle the grandest work tile Re-
publican party has accomplished since it put
down the Rebellion, and to impugn the
motives of the men who were most prom
inent and efficient IN the movement
As to the alleged circulation by Mr..
WARD in Washington of the story that he
was instructed to indict LOGAN and FAr-
WE'LL, and PALMER and Ham, two Whisky
Ring editors, we have already exposed the
falsity of the yarn BY quoting Dir WARD's
own words last December, when he said,
!" WILSON WAS merely working for the indict-
ment of parties against whom there wes
probable cause" snd that "he alluded to
such parties in general way, not singing
out Mr.. FAHwE11 by name" 3Ir. WARD was
indicted himself, after having
been removed from the office of District |
Attorney; and that he was not tried was
through no fault Of BIuroRD WILSON, who |
insisted that District-Attorney BANGS should |
go on with the case.
The 1F1isky- Ring Organ further asserts
that BLUfoED Wilson has been proved 4
liar, because he telegraphed during the
AUsx trial that "no promise of immunity
had been made to REIN by the Secretary Of
he Treasury" and that Mr.. DEXTER, All es-
'lstant Of the District-Attorney, made an OPP
posite statement. It is not true that Mr.,
DEXTER made IN opposite statement. 'sIm-
nunit3 means absolute freedom from pun
shment i'll consideration Of valuable evi-
lence. but all the Government counsel agreed.
Il stating REaMs case TO the Court, that
he only promise made to him was that he
hould not be sent to the Pcnitentiary; and
his promise was made BY the Government
ounsel, and not by the Secretary of the
treasury.
Ii the 1VAishy- Ring Organ keeps up this
ort Of misrepresentation in order to make
'ar on the ex-Secretary of the Treasury, and
hose who aided him in smashing the
Whisky Ring, it must not be surprised at a
cncral suspicion that it is the WhiMy-Ring
'rgan.