Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1876-02-24
WOULD SURELY GIVE THAT STATE
The Cabinet MunOra.
THE ATTACK ON BRIsTow THROUGH SOLICITOR WI
soN-TALK ABOUT IT, IN WASHINGTON.

THE ATTACK ON BRIsTow THROUGH SOLICITOR WIZ
soN-TALK ABOUT IT, IN WARRINGTON.
Special Dispatch to the Nsv York Herald
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-The people who are
determined to get Secretary Bristow out Of the
Cabinet comprehend the extreme awkwardness
Of forcing him out. They have been for good
many weeks trying to worry him out by petty
annoyances, of which the constant false rumoHs
Of dsagreements between himself and the Presi-
dent, Of high words and violent scenes, have
formed part. Prominent Senators, close friends
Of the President, have tried to make trouble, and
all kinds Of means have been used to disgust
the Secretary with his position As, however,
MR.. BRIsrow HAS GONE ON QUIETLY
with his work. and gives no sign of desire to
retire before the whlskey prosecutions are COM
pleted the Whiskey Ring and the baser kind Of
politicians have hit upon new plan, one which
shows the extremity Of their distress and the
urgency with which they pursue their object
They now propose to persuade the President to
remove Bluford Wilson, the Solicitor Of the
Treasury. They take it for granted that he will
resist Solicitor Wilson's removal, and that, il
the President can be brought to insist upon it
and does actually remove MIR. Wilson, this will
MAKE hR BRIsTow nEs1aS At ONCE.
There is good deal Of reason to believe they
are right. 1t is not easy to see how lie could re-
tain his office when his chef lieutenant, who
" and thoroughly the war, Ag alnst the whssksy
| thieves, is flung out in disgrace
The real question il not what would Mr.. Bris-
tow do if the solicitor were removed, but will
the President take the serious responsibility Of
removing him2 This responsibility would be
very nearly rs grave and awkward AZ to force
the Secretary himself out Of the Cabinet. 1t
has for its only object to do that, and it would
cripple at once the whiskey prosecutions in Chi
cago Milwaukee, and elsewhere, for new man
could not effectively take up the tangled threads
Of the investigations which have gone on 70.
| months in those places.
THE COUNTRY MAY As WELL UNDERSTAND
| that the election Of Solicitor Wilson means pro-
| lection to the prominent and influential whiskey
| thieves in the Northwest and at New Orleans.
| Will the President take the responsibility and
| the odium Of such step? And can he per.
| suade his Cabinet to share both with him, VI
they must If they consent2
| These are questions which are eagerly dis.
cussed here, because they vitality interest great
many persons. A revolt In the Cabinet, for in
stance, leading to the resignation of its most i'm
portant members, would be an uncommonly IN
teresting event to good many ambitious souli
| tere, who would like places for themselves OF
| their friends, though it is difficult to see how
any reputable public man could b persuaded tt
| take place vacated under such circumstances
MEANTIME DO NOT BELIEVE
that either Mr.. Bristow or Solicitor Wilson ia go
ing out do not believe they will go out IN
asked General Grant has no doubt felt bitterl,
the Indictment and trial OF General Baboosk
He may, for xught know, have evon RESENTED
| the conviction Of some Of his old friends in IT
Louis; but ho cannot mean to do that which
would destroy both his own good name and hii
party's hope Of SUCCESS, and shall continue t.
believe, in spite of the rumor mongers aud it
Of what really seem to be the probabilities, tina
the President will resist the opportunities Of hi
false friends and designing politicians and d.
his duty to the country.