Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-07
SOLID FACTS.

In a room at the Lindeli, with scrap books
piled up all around him and trunk full of
letters behind him, Gen. John Mcdonald, aided
by a couple of secretaries, is trying 10 coudense
the secrets of the whisky ring into volume of
$50 pages.
II shall put nothing in that won't be
clinched before and behind with proofs that
can't be disputed said the general to the
Times correspondent. Either the document
ary evidence shall accompany it or the state
ments shall be such as third parties will sub
stantiete. ask nobody TO take my unsup-
ported word for the charges L make in this
book
when will it appear?'
''In less than month. Ii would be half
done now but for the manner in which l have
been
HANDICAPPED BY THE POLITICIANS.
l furnished the anti-third- termers much of
their ammunition. The Sherman men
and the Blaine men had the benefits
of my proofs of Grants friends COM
plicity in the frauds, and used them secretly
but effectively to prevent the generals NOM
ination at Chicago. Now they are all trying to
keep me from publishing my book until after
the election. have always been Republican,
and they are bringing every pressure to bear.
Then the friends of the men who escaped the
prosecution, but are to be uncovered by me,
are all against me. By Cd, sir, they have
actually frightened off the most of the St.
Louis publishers. One house had commenced
work on the book, when the proprietors were
actually scared into dropping it by
THREATS OF BEING ENJoINED.'
'They don't scare your"
''Not much. If st. Louis publishers don't
take hold of this / shall go to- Chicago, or
Cincinnati, or New York, until l find pub
Usher with the backbone to get it out"
''You spare nobody, 1 suppose?"
''No, sir; no guilty man escapes in this book.
have been from the bottom to the top, round
by round, of the political ladder of my party,
and have found the officeholders purchasable
almost without exception. l admit that was
corrupt, but it was for party purposes. l was
no worse than other offceholders, and l don't
propose to hang my head while they hold up
theirs"
al never lied to Grant" confined the gen.
eral, after moments reflection, which seemed
to have the effect Of warming him mp on the
subject. 'He knew what was going on in my
department. The organization was fully cog
infant of the frauds. In 1871, when the move
ment to secure Grant second term took form,
was called East and had a conference with the
leading men of the party.
GRANTS FRIENDS
in Congress, and in the cabinet. I was super
visor of internal revenue for the district COM
posed of Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Texas
Indian Territory and New Mexico. They knew
what had been done through the internal reve-
nue. department to raise money in former CAM
paigns, and they fixed upon me a man WHO
had the nerve to carry out the plan in the one
that was then approaching. / given to
understand what was wanted, and I came back
here and made all arrangements. Then l went
to Washington and told Grant everything was
ready. He directed me to see Babcock and
acquaint him with the details, and Babcock
| would see that we had
IMMUNITY FROM INTERFERENCE
by the commissioner of internal revenue and
the treasury department.
SIT was organized at Washington as party
| measure"
''Yes. The money was to be raised for Sc
curing Grant a denomination and a second
| term. They all knew it. Douglass the COM
| missioner, was aware of what was going on
| but begged not to know details, that he might
slip out of Office and into obscurity with pure
conscience, if possible. Rogers knew it as well
as Avery. Does any sane man imagine such a
ring would have been organized and run month
after month without the connivance of the ad
ministration at Washington? Comparatively
small sums went here aud there for hush mon
ey and bribery, but the great bulk was for the
Republican campaign fund and did go in that
direction, at least until Grants reelection.
Men who wouldn't have pocketed the spoils,
perhaps, for private gain, shut their eyes to
| it as
PARTY MEASURE
'iDo you know the details as to the distribu-
tion of the money!
eyes. We sent some to Morton to be used
| in Indiana. We paid the expenses of Republi-
can campaign speakers in the West. and thous-
| ands and thousands went to Republican news
papers which showed any signs of leaning to-
ward the Greeley movement"
The general hurried aud made dive in TO the
| trunk behind him. ''See here, he said, pro-
ducing closely written document of eight or
| ten foolscap pages. "When had become tired
of waiting on those fellows in Washington for
| my pardon from the penitentiary at Jefferson
| City, where / had been seventeen months,
dictated this to Joyce. It was my intention to
make oath to it and send it to Washington to
| Proctor Knott's committee, then in session in
vestigating the whisky ring. Ex-Gov. VIM.
| Fletcher came up to Jefferson and this paper
was shown him, and he was told that it would
| be forwarded unless got my pardon before q
certain date. Then it was the pardon which
| had been positively promised before conviction
came.
THE PAPER
| is headed ''An address to the American Peo-
pe,' and goes on to tell concisely the origin of
the whisky ring to raise money for campaign
purposes. It gives the names of dozen or
| more prominent Republicans, who We're Grant S
most intimate associates and who had knowl-
edge of the frauds. Then it takes up and tells
| the story of the team presented to Grant by
| Mcdonald. bogus bill of sale was made out,
] so the story goes, and the form of transfer
made in the White House. The President had
| expressed his approval of the team and Nc
| Donald handed over the reeeIpted bill to the
| President. As he did SO ne said to Grant
that little money ought to be passed. The
President took out fifty dollar bill and threw
it across the table, asking if it was enough.
Mcdonald replied that it was too much. Then
the President passed over 80 and Mcdonald
hand back five dollar aud a two dollar bill.
$50, says the general, ''all got for the 81, 75U
team was S." After that they took ride, and
when they came back Mcdonald sent one of
his corgratulatory kilograms to Joyce, and
| they
'LET HER CO.,
meaning the illegitimate sour mash. The ad-
dress also gives a concise account of the whisky
trials and the various promises of Grant
through Babcock that Mcdonald should be pro-
tected. Ali these allegations Mcdonald an
nouuces he has the documents to prove.
YES, had the papers to establish all that
and more too" said the General, as the cor
respondent laid down the address, and he
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