The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-11
TAFT IGNORED BY GRANT.
RRMOv6L OF THE MAN VINO CON-
YICTED CRAMPS GREW.
An Auornev-ticnersi whose Opin'on u Not
Evep Askcd-Tbe Presidents Dummy Cab
.s.ss.s=e Taft's Surprise end sadness.

An Aforementioned whose Opinion u not
Even Arkcd-Tbe Presidents Dummy Cab
.a.ss==.=s Tsft's Surprise aad sadness.
WASHINGTON. July 10.-Two weeks ago 1t
was announced iu The Sun that United states
District Attorney ID. +. Dyer was TO be removed
from ofnoe. he, too. being one OF number OF
Federal oficiais who were personally obnoxious
to the President When Dyer ascertained that
he was to be dismissed II he did not resign, the
plea was entered that he needed u few days In
which 70 AZ up hts special accounts. For this
reason the resignation was considered In abey-
ance. On Saturday the President sent to tho
Senate tho nomination OF W. II. Bliss, for some
time past the Assistant District Attorney In st.
Louis. to be Dyer's successor. There was moth
ing remarkable In this, as It was In the line Of
policy already Indicated but a remarkable story
remains TO be told.
Attorney General Taft, whose character hero
tofore has been above suspicion, had heard that
Dyer was to be removed. The Information
reached him through THE SUN, and as during
the nvs weeks he has been Attorney General
nothing had ever been said by the President
r s Ssa bs.n ascs,yss and evss dsy
as late a. 40, when he was asked whsther Dyer
| had been removed, the venerable gentleman
said II he had been he knew nothing about II.
"wby," said friend to him. "you surely do
| not mean to deceive me. The nomination OF
II.
| Senate on Saturday, aud for you TO cay that you
| know nothing about II makes me doubt my own
| senses" Tnen Judge Taft realized what bad
been repeated to him few days ago. that in the
| selection OF new oficials the President Intended
to ignore the members OF the Cabinet, and here
nsy General fully realized this fact he was OPP
pressed with sadness. Were IL ANYBODY else hut
tender OF hts resignation; but with Grant every
thing is proper. and rather than criticse The ac-
tion Of so great a man the disting nguished Jurist
walked to and iro In bis once until nearly dusk.
| resrettine that he had ever been sllured to
Tss as'ion % ot the ppesden, e seems s%oss in
sI@ptiS'e Si9h tns aais. Of tn. and
furnishes additional proof that the wbiskcy
is done Is to be done by tho President as the
navy. but Of penilentlaries and the Cabinet. In
| tho same manner Attorney General Taft was
| ignored, In regard TO the dismissal Of the cases
Of eI-District Attorney Ward. eX-Collector Of
| Internal Revenue Wadsworto, and ex Deputy
CoIleo.ot H.yt; The A'torney,Geper ,e ,n. "a tue
| nothing Of those oases being dismissed. and the
ofhcial correspondence shows that In this Tart
on Nav "a District Attorney Bangs OF Chicsgo
wrote to tue Attorney. General setting forth the
Mum. In this comm unication Bangs asserted
his belief in the guilt OF all the indicted exon
ciais, and declared most emphatically that, In
the opinion Of himself and all his associates,
Jake hehm told The truth. He. however. went
ercised TO manufacture public sentime Mt az aInst
the testimony OF accompices. 1t is apparent
all the way through his letter that Bangs want
ed 10 nave The cases dismiss d, and that he was
seeking 10 Impress tue Attorne, General with
the Idea that Ward, HoYt, and wadsworh
GOULD not be oonyicted H. they were
placed upon trial. II should DO known
that District Attorney Bines Is the
recon mendst,on he was app ointed. between
Oglesby and Logan there Is no riv rv indeed.
they aim by acting In concert to control the
Stato for their joint benefit. The letter Of
Bangs was not received by Taft, but went to So
| Ing Attorney General Phillips directed Dsngs
| to act, after cOnsultIuon with special counsel,
| as might seem Tor the best Interests OF the Gov
| eminent. Within few days after the receipt
OF th,s direction, Bangs caused the prosecu'iope
against Ward, Hoyt, and Wausworth u be d6.
missed. When Attorney-Oeneral Taft learned
OF tnis through tue press he was mucn sur
prised. and tmmedi itcly called upon Bangs TO
explsin, which that ofnoer did 10 long let
ter unJer date OF June Is, In which be sets forth
ut greater length the same arguments PREVIOUSLY
used In bis nrst communication To he Depart
ment OF Justice. But In the face OF all TINS Taft
stiil declart to-day that b I'D be Deen con-ulted
he would have protested az Runst the disniissals
The fact Is that Pnillips, on receipt OF
Banes's nrst letter, submitted II TO the
Presi tent, who directed him to instruct the
How under all the clrcumstinces Attorney
General Iaft N remain In the Caninet, liter
being ignored In this way oy the President, ID
| dinicult TO comprehend, II IL q lite certain
now that he President will pardon Mckee In
fow DAYS, no matter what advice aft may bave
to give on tho subject. lne paroon of Aver
will follow soon after Mckee's enlargement
and then Mcdonald and Joyce, In the due order
Ibe White House organ comes out fat footed
| this morning for the pardon OF all the convicted
| friends OF the President, and the severe punish
ment OF The distillors and peaching subordinate
rev nue. ofhcisls, on whose testimony they were