, 1877-11-03
The Democrats Attempt to Hold
a Meeting ut Farwcll Hall
.--A Sad Failure.
Riechel Is Restored to the Demo-
cratic Ticket, and Then
Tenders His Resig.
nation.
Where Is the Money to Come From
which Hammond Will Have
to spend7
TOM LYNCH.
FEW stMFLH QUhATIONSs

A few tsays ago Tth TRIBUNE put to Mf.
Lynch, the Democratic ranli1atc for County
Trcas,lrcr. aotne questions regarding whisky
mattets which he hss a.. yet declined to M
ewcr They rclatpl to certain statements made
by Marshall L. Bearhcr, HeorRc Phelps. and
o.hrrs. The questions wcrc interesting ones,
touching upon matters with which hfr. Lynch Is
familiar, mud deserved an ansTer. They have
llaJ nuue, howesrt, and so, dropping them, THE
Tribune will pass u.l and ask him some more,
which, perhaps, Air. Lynch NAV be little more
willing to respond to. They are as fol!ows:
did or did not the house VI Shufeldt & Co.,
In whIch Mr. Lynch is partner anl manager, re-
more frnn. tile uistllery to the rcetIfylug house
prlor 10 February ut 1875 hl0,ulnss which had
rs,l 1,a:I tue tax, saiJ hlghwlncs being removed
uutlsr tho pfetrilsr that tho barrels contained
i,"l or did mol the firm resort to nny expcacnt
to nas'I'asturc or get upon tho market non
Id Or sd not Afr. Lynch, during the carly
part 0f MIA euIno TT the conclusion that tho
then Secretary, Of the Treasury, Nj. nristow.
Tic whisky Incn; thai It was not Impossible
that that tnnycnieR. would bu pushed 10 suc-
saful conc1us1un; aud that, In view thereof, It
Would he better to get ln out OF tho ruin ~ soon
Dut or did not Mr. Lynch, or tho lIrm Of
which lie IL q pnrtncti draw M letter to the
Secretary Of thu Treasury during the early
months q 1S'j, stating that thry haa snnc'l
EgnlnEt tho revenue lava, but Intended to do 10
nn1nure, al that II let alone, they would put the
Government III possession Of Information which
would enable u to break up tic cntire business
Of Illicit dtati'lins that this step on their purt
was unr ut srtf.presctvatfon, tho market being
awatHpcd with Illicit Ro0tla, nnd II hctnE impoA.
slhIc 1"T M firm which wtshcd to 10 honest to So
Was, or was not, sucl. document submitted
N thlt t. Ertnr}a 1f pnrk}n. Clark. nf 1.a,n1n.
VILE, uD1 Gaff, OF Cincinnati, aud 6agnel by
Il, the1n, 1, and' at la1or perlod' by the wooncfs'
Was, or was not, such document presented
to Mcintyre, at lekn, md did ilc or did he not
refuse, I"'.1t llank, 10 chlcE Into any sucll ar
rAngrtucnti
Wns thers, or was there not, such n paper
taken 10 Washington by Mr. Lynch. Or hls'part
nrr, during tie. early part Of ISIS, ind submit
ted bY him to tho Secretary Of the Treasury. ly
whom u xaR referred to the Hon. Dluford VII
sou. then Solicitor uf Tho Ttuasuryl
Was there or wns thcrH not IN acceptance BY
Solicitor Wilson Of the proposition nude In this
alleged communication, purpurttng IL be eR1cti
a'y these Ch!tago, Cincinnati. Pcor;t, and Louis
vIc people, tho condition. being that they wcro
to be hardened Tor my otlenscs which they
might havr committed, ana that they wefo 10
continue t'n'nulrstcd, assuming, OF course, that
they run equarcf -........
Department thu Information which led "a. The
Eelzrre OF the hDuacs ol Parker Mason, Golsen
d EastMhm, q. q. Russell, un1 Roellt, Junker
& Co. OH tue Nth Of May, ls7Da
1s Il or IL not true that all the information
ut,on which the first Chicago sesurcs wcre basoti
wus solely Or chiefly derived from Mr. Lynch,
Or Furnished with his Knowledge tllat relating 10
II. Luuls osIy being furnished by Myrun Col
oncy|
Is /. OF Is II not that Mr. Lynch, OF person
knoWn 10 linn, suggested 10 Tho anthnrfttes oi
the rrrasusy Department that the proper way
lu brssn opel eEationa was to examine tho records
Hf le,eints OF whisky at Eastoru points, nnl
ilicn 1raco buck the liquor to tue rcrtiIyiuX-
hnuse ur tllsttllcFy wtleneu Il ramel -.
Mas 1t or waA Il nut ttl consideration OF thia
infuruat0u, thus 1urnEshu,t. that tho listillery
managed by hir. Lynch was not seized during
:aiItN!
Is il Or Is It not true to tho best of ls kuowl-
edge TINT The Original document, p,,r,mrtipg 10
" slgsitE by these Chicago, Cincinnati, aud
rckh people, II HOW In the hati.!s of Mr.. DlufoEl
M!lton, aud gould be produced BY him II II were
lsh or Is It not true that Col. A. c. Matthews
was cognizant Vi this alleged untierst aH,ifnt. be-
tween Solicitor Wilson and tie frm of wl.tei,
Mr.. Lynch 10 metnbcr, and therefore paid no
attention TO the slAttincnts tnade to him by
AarbhAll I. bcachcr md oilscrs1
An AnsWer 10 tAcss questions will greatly
obl1ge, ctr.