The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-06
DAMAGING Disclosures,
Special Telegram to chicago Times.
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behind him. Gen. John Mcdonald, aided
By couple of secretaries, is trying to
Ecoudense the secrets of the whisky ring
into d volume of three hundred and fifty
pages.
Il shall put nothing 10 that won't be
|eknched before and behind with proofs
that can't be disputed" said the general
Ito the Times correspondent. Either the
documentary evidence shall accompany it
or the statements shall be such as third
parties will substantiate, [ ask nobody to
take my unsupported word for the charges
i make in this book" s" .7s9.
re When will it appear7' -s i. IS.
In less than a month. It would be half
done now but for the manner in which /
have been .-...-..-
- HANDICAPPED BY THE POLITICIANS.
furnished the antithird termers much
Of their ammunition The Sherman men
and the Blaine men had the benefits of my
proofs of Grants friends completely in the
frauds, and used them secretly but effec-
lively TO prevent the generals nomination
at Chicago, Now they are all trying to
keep me from publishing my book until
after the election. / have always been a
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. Cd, sir, they have actually fright
ened off the most of the ST. Louis publish
ers. One house had commenced work on
the book when the proprietors were actual
ly scared into dropping it by
THREATS OF BEING ENJoINED."
''They don't scare you2" ...l
mot much. IF St. Louis publishers
DONE take hold of this [ shall go to Chica-
20, or Cincinnati. or New York, until /
find publisher with the backbone to get
it out"
on spare nobody. l suppose?"
mo. SIR" no guilty man escapes in
this book. ] have been fro.e the bottom
to the top. round by round, of the E,"iitl-
cal ladder of my party. and l have found
the ofhceholders purchasable almost with
out exception. admit that l was cor
rupt, but it vas for party purposes, /
was no worse than other of6ceholders,and
Ii don't propose to hang my head while
| they hold up theirs"
II nevar lied to Grant" continued the
general after moments reflection. which
seemed to have the effect of warming him
up on the subject. He knew what was
going on in my department. The admin
istration was fully cognizant of the frauds.
In 1871, when the movement to secure
Grant second term took form, I was
called east and had conference with lead
ing men of the party,
GRANTS FRIENDS,
in congress. and in the cabinet, was
supervisor of internal revenue for the
district composed of Missouri, Arkansas,
Kansas, Texas, Indian Territory, and New
Mexico. They knew what had been done
through the internal revenue department
TO raise money in former campaigns. and
they fixed upon me as man who had
the nerve to carry out the plan in the one
that was then approaching. | was given
to understand what was wanted, and
came back here aud made all the.arrange-
ments. Then | went to Washington aud
told Grant everything was ready. He di-
rected me to see Babcock and acquaint
him with the details, and Babcock would
see that we had
INMCNITY FROM INTERFERENCE
by the commissioner of internal revenue
and the treasury department.
at was recognized at Washington as
party measure 2"
Eyes. The, money was to be raised for
securing Grant a denomination and Sec
ond term. They all knew it. Douglass,
| the commissioner, was aware of what was
| going Oh, but begged not TO know details
that be might slip out of the Office and
into obscurity with pure conscience, if
possible, Rogers knew it rs well as
Avery. Does any sane man imagine such
ring would have been organized, and run
month after month without the connivance
of the administration at Washington?
comparatively small sums vent here and
there for hush money and bribery, but
the great bulk was for the republican cam
paign fund and did go in that direction.
at least until after Grants re-election.
spoils, perhaps for private gain, shut their
eyes to it as
PARTY MEASURE"
DO you know details as to the distribu
ton of the money!"
Yes. We sent some to Morton to be
used in Indiana. We paid the expenses Of
republican campaign speakers In the west
and thousands and thousands went to re-
publican newspapers which showed any
signs of leaning toward the Greeley side. .
The general hurried and made o dive into
the trunk behind him. See here be
said, producing closely written doeumnt
of eight or ten foolscap pages. when
had become tired of waiting on those fell
lows 10 Washington for my pardon from
the penitentiary at Jefferson City, where
had been seventeen months, / dictated
this to Joyce. 1t was ny intention to
make oath to it and send it to Proctor
Knots com ulittee, then In session inves-
tigating the whisky ring. Ex.Gov.s VIM.
Fletcher came up to Jefferson and this
paper was shown him, and he was told
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