The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-08-13

In room at the Lindell with scrap-books
piled up all around him and trunk full Of
etters behind him, General John M'Donald
aided by couple Of secretaries, is trying tc
condense the secrets of the whisky ring into
volume of three hundred and fifty pages
81 shall put nothing in that won't be
clinchei before and behind with proofs that
cant be disputed" said the general to the
Times correspondent. "Either the docu-
mentary evidence shall accompany it or the
statements shall be such as third parties will
substantate, ask no body to take my m.
supported word for the charges | max. in
this book"
"When will it appear"
SIN less than month. 1t would be half
done now but for the manner in which have
been
HANDICAPPED by THE POLITICIANS.
furnished the acknowledgements much of
their ammunition. The Sherman men and
the Blaine men had the benifts of my proofs
of Grants friends completely in the frauds,
and used them secretly but effectually to
prevent the generals nomination at Chicago.
Now they are all trying to keep me from
publishin any 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 pros-
ecution, but are to DO uncovered BY me, are
all against me. By Cd, sir, they have ac-
tually frightened off most of he st. Louis
publishers. One house had commenced
work on the book when the proprietors were
actually scared into dropping it by
THREATS OF BEING ENJoINBD.n
"They don't scare YOU"
"Not much. If ST. Louis publishers don't
t AXE hold of this shall go to Chicago, or
Cincinnati, or New York, until find pub,
! isher with the backbone to get it out"
you spare nobody, l SUPPOSE"
ono, 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 office.
holders purchasable almost without e1cep-
ton, | admit that sas corrupt, but 1t was
or party purposes. l was no worse than
other otiice-holders, and don't propose to
hang my head while they hold up theirs"
D.. 81 never lied to Grant," continued the
general after a moments reflection, which
eemed to have the fleet of warming him ur
on the subject. HE knew wha' was going
on in my department. The administration
was fully cognizant of the frauds In 1871
when the movement to secure Grant sec
ond term took form, was called east ant
had conference with the leading men O
he party,
GRANTS FRIENDS,
in the congress and in the cabinet. was
supervisor of internal revenue for the distric
composed of Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas
Texas, Indian Territory and New Mexico
They knew what had been done through the
internal revenue department to raise none,
in former campaigns, and they fixed upon M
as man who had the nerve to carry out IN
plan in. the one that was then approaching
| was given to understand what was wanted
and came back here and made all the Al
rangements. Then | went to washington
and told Grant everything was ready. H
directed me to see Babcock and acquaip
him with the Details and Babcock would SO
that we had
IMMUNITY FROM INTERFERENCE
by thecommissionsr of internal revenue an
the treasury department"
at was recognized at Washington as
party measure ?"
"Yes. The money was to be raised for SC
curing Grant o denomination and secon
term. They all knew it. Douglass, the con
missioner, was aware Of what was going on
but. begged not to know details, that
might slip out of Office and into obscurit
with pure conscience, ifpossible Roge
Knew as well as Avery. Does any sar
man imagine such ring would have bee
organized and run month after month will
out the connivance of the administration
washington! Comparatively small sun
went mere and there for hush money al
bribery, but the great bulk was for the X
publican campaign fund, and did % in tn
direction. at least until after Grant's re-. ola
lion; Men who wouldn't have pocketed /
spells, perhaps, for private gain. sbmt Tho
eyes TO 1t as 'N'' 'D'
APARrY MEASURE
DO you know details as 10 the dio,r;h,,.;,
OF the money"
"Yes. We sent some TO Morton 10 bo -.
IN Indiana. We paid the exnanss. -
Republican. campaign speakers IN the MO
and thousands and thousands went - vi
publican newspapers, which showed :
slgnsct leaning toward the Greeley M
fnent" ey mo
The general hurried and made dive i