, 1876-03-21

days are now numbered, md who will bo dis
pezsel AZ with sword OF fire. 1lio snf-
eivora Of tho Grind Jury aud tho Criminal
Courts may tako warning Tint their race is
run, and tho roturn Of old-fashionod honesty
10 tho public service will call for teso mon.
PERSONAL.
Tho Chicago I"ttr-ocfan yesterday, III m
effort to stem tho general feeling Of public in
dfrmation caused by tho offensive combine
lion Of tho Senators and Representatives from
Illinois to forco the President to withdraw
the nomination Of Mr.. DEn1cKsoN, md to np-
point Collector OF Internal Revenue in
Chicago dictated by thom, Inns endoavorod to
,nnke tho matter personal one, and thero-
foro uttcrs various fa1sehoods concerning the
editor Of this paper. Hero is formal state
mcnt mado by that paper:
Mr. JoEI .. HAnvfr IL ono Of tbs bondsu1en Of The
late Collector Soon nfer the tcath Of eu TxnsrER,
Josxrm M1pltr, editor nchief Of Tnx TRIBUNE, who
Is n1to OH tho ae Collectors bond, called upon Mr..
HARVEY, and urQtd him t1 10 accent TIM nppoint-
nent to tho vacancy created BY tho cath Of tho Collect
or ssy!ng thnt lie airp1LL) would write letter to
tho President III a tu.nvEYs> behais. Tho ne1t day
sff. HARVEY met Mr. atEpELL. and hskcl him II ho
had written tho letter In question: Ms. MEo1LL said
"No,p snd added that he had tean placed In nutagon.
Ism to Senator 1o0AH In Two thrfG instances, anti
feared that by recommending him {AnvEE) hs might
20 plaeo himself ngain, which he did not wish to do
That thla was not tho rea1 reason Why the Hon.
JosErI 3tEnILL breke bis word Of houor a apparent,
as we stall show. After having promised to secou-
mend sfr. HAhvEE, Mr. afEp1LI got some now Light
on tho Anbjcct Of tho auccessorsp to Gen. WEBSTER,
and no. instead Of writing letter to the President re-
qucstn9 tho appointment Of A1r. HARVEY, ho Joined
]. RUSSELL JONES' Customs Collector OF this District,
IN telegram TO tho Secretary Of tho Treasury, re-
questng the appointment. of II. +. DEaicKsos. !.
8. THIS IN thp secret Of Mr. NEEDLES horror At
the tcncry Of parts4u Senators and Congressman III
recommending candidates for Official position. lie
declares that tho Government Ia going to pieces be-
en,1so "tls Republican members q Congress from
the Northern District Of Illinois" aceet and rccon-
mend pcrann to be appointed to olce In thc!r dis
tr!cs; but straiGhtwa5 himself telegrapha tho prtsi-
don't recommending person for thu same place! La
lug defeated he realizes that hs personal inuouca Is
not e 1,l to Ina: Of half dozen chosen scpresenta
tirts Of the people.
One day last week, perhaps on Mondny,
A1arch IL, Mr.. J. D. HARVEY called at the
of1}ce of TuE TnlnuxE to discuss tho death Of
Gen. WEperEn- HARVEY at that time asked
| tho editor Of Tue Tribune to writo letter
to the President Tor Secretary of tho Treas.
ury) recommending him for tho vacancy.
| The acquaintance with MIR. HARVEY WIS {
slight one, dating perhaps only to the week
preceding, md grew ont Of tho circumstance
that the name Of tho editor Of this paper wa!
one of those signed to Gen. WEnsrrn's bond
arr. HARVEY WIS little known personally nus
unknown politically in this Office, the onl,
knowledge Of him being that ho was SOM
Kind OF an agent in closing up some bank
r,1pt corporations. The request Of Mr.. uAn
yry was reluctantly acquiosced in. Tho nax
morning he called again, and inquired 1t th'
letter had boon sent, aud was told that 1t hat
not yet been written, and that upon further
reflection it WAS deemed best not to write 1t
Little more was goid on either sido, md AIr
II. withdrew.
On tho Same day, perhaps, A1r. j. r. JOKES
Collector Of Customs, called at this Office ans
exhibited dispatch received by him from
Washington City. This dispatch, which va
not from tho President, in substance state'
Tint the names Of four ctizens Of Ohicag
had been recommended for tho vacant Office
md read something like this: "Messru. "a,
CB), 10y, and DEn1cKsoS nro proposed for til
vacant office Of Gen. WEBSTER. Tie 1aktf
seems to M Tie most strongly Wrgel. Whic1
do you think is the most Buitablo2" Thi
was tho character of tho dispatch, and nl1uoa
il not tho cxnct words, to tho beat of ou
recollection. Mr.. uAnyEy'a name was nc
ono of tho four mentioned in tho Telegram
There was 10 inquiry ns to him. Tho dir
patch asked which of tho four persons nanle
was tho most suitable. The four names wer
Mono discussed Tho editor of TIT Tn1nuS
expressed 10 A1r. JONES tho opinion Tim
IT Con. Webster were living md had til
selection Of lis successor from tho list of for
persons, ho would choose DEa1cKsoS, thoug
tho others were excellent mon; ono Of thel
! would not probably accept the place, ant
under all tho circumstances, he though
i DEn1cKsoN'a appointment would give Il
most public satisfaction. To this A1r. JON
| agreed, and he anawcrel the telegram frol
Washington accordingly. Wo have not acc
the dispatch he sont, but alr. JONES statt
that no included the namo of the editor
J The Tn1nusE with his own and thAt OF BON
! other gentlemen whom he had also consulte
| --all giving tho preference to Alr. DEa1c
sov among the four names mentioned in Il
: Washington dispatch. 11cre was tho begi
/ ming and tho ending of any connection {
r the part Of the editor Of this paper vii
? recommending Mr.. DEaicEsoN or any 9TH
D person for tho Office of Collector. lie ncitls
wrote letters or dispatches to any person {
o tho subject, and what ho said verbally to n
O JONES was in the way Of discussing qat
I tion submitted from Washington concerni,
j. four persons, Of whom Dzn1cKsoS was O
;. md HARVEY WIS not one.
No submit these facts as nu a1l-auflicie
> reply 10 thu scan1alous peryersions md fal'
i hoods by which the organ tf nil the thieves
al persona! md rolitical--aceks to represent t