The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-08-17
WASHINGTON NOTES.


Washington dispatch OF I'd Q lltn says
ssThe Senate Finance Commit 90 have ln1oI-
msllv agreed that the House bill repeating the
date Of the Pesnmntion act shall sleep in their
committee until next winter. =.
In the course of conversation With 1rieno
(says q Washington telegram 20 the Cnlcago
T,.ib,.re1 Gen. Grant has reviewed the eesst-
monv Of ex-solicitor Wilson in detail From
this same conversation it was learned that the
President claims to have deferred to Secretary
Brlstow's opinion in all matters relating to the
whisky-frauds investigation and the trial OF tne
offenders and that he at that time had SO gre&O
confidence in Mr.. Bristow's fidelity ana none sty
that he was ready and willing to go to al, 8 ex-
tent to strengthen the Secretary's mar Ids, and
even to sacrifice many officers who had been
his personal friends, and in whom he has re-
posed as much confidence on account OF
their supposed honesty and ability as in
Secretary Dristow himself. In reference
to the assertion of Mr.. Wilson as to
the Endorsement of Let no guilty man
escape on the Barnard letter, he said that he
had no suspicion of either Casey or Babcock
when he wrote that Endorsement, and that at
that time he had heard of nothing calculated
to excite the slightest anxiety in his mind IN re-
gard to either of them. He believed them
both innocent. He was led to write this in
dorsement by having had his attention fire.
quently called to assertions by certain persons
in st. Louis that they had such potent infiu-
enee at the White House that the Secretary of
the Treasury would not be able to reach them.
In his efforts to bring the ring to punishment,
in order to strengthen the hands
10 Secretary Bristow, and to con-
vince these unprincipled persons of their
impotence, as we'll as to show all members of
the whisky ring that the persons referred to
were impostors, and had no influence at the
Executive Mansion, he made the Endorsement
in question In referring to the accuracy OF
! Mr.. Wilson's testimony so far as it relates to
dates, the President said he could not help
thinking that Mr.. Bristow must have taken
notes of what occurred at every Cabinet meet
ing in which the prosecution of the whisky
ring was discussed, and that Immediately after
each he held conference with Solicitor VIII
SON On many points the President said that
he thought ex-Solicitor Wilson had already an
swered himself
James G. Hill has been appointed Supervis-
ing Architect Of the Treasury Department, vice
Potter, resigned
Gen. Horace Porter was before the sub
committee on the whisky frauds Last week. In
reference to Bluford Wilson's testimony, he
said he did not aIlude to ''Sylph" as lewd
woman, in speaking of her to Mcdonald. Gen.
Babcock made an explanation to the President
and the Attorney General. If the witness had
thus spoken of "Sylph, he would have beer
inventing rumor, which would have reflected
on the President. The witness lenied posi-
lively that he told witness that Z" the greatest
favor he could do the President was to shield
Babcock." He denied other assertions of Will
son. The witness said that he never heard Gen.
Babcock referred to as concerned in the specu-
lations, except from the newspapers.