, 1881-11-23
The Illinois Politicians All Figur-
ing on the CoIlectorship
at Chicago.
Illinois Alone 1,nitl R25.OOO,O 900
i'll Internal Revenue Tnxcs
Last Year.
The Cabinet Gossips Again Whispering
Over the Arrival Of Taft and
Longstreot.



rltE BTliAW IN IIlL.EY's CASE.
spteiai Dlstatth to The EhteaGo Tribune.
WAs1ilSdToS, ID. c., Nov. As.-,Thu caso
ngninst Sixth Auditor 14Illey llns bccn Ills
missed because of tic nbselicn Ut Witness.
However close Il connection this fnct lnny
hNye With 1t, tho sinteslcllt 1lltltle few ttnys
Bfnce by u person ultimately acquainted with
tho prosecution will bn interesting. lie satd
TINT l.e thought It to bc tic determination OF
tho Administration to permit tho weakest
cases to 20 to trinl, iii order tint t!lc'f full
lire might Impress the public with tlls weak
Hess Of tho star-r0ntu prosecution Ecllor.
nlly. Somehow or other, n faIluro
Is always secured In these cases with
marked abiIity, anu thcro Is very
llttle hone felt Gy those WHO aro III cnr,.ust Il.
their hostility to The Stnl-ruutU thieves that
tho Administration lias my fntenti0n OF ful-
lowing tho c,lscs up vigorously to cunyic-
tton. NJ one WIN lsas my knowledge of tho
eyldcncc doubts
MLLEY's GUILT,
md the dismEssnto Of the charges ngninHt him
today Is only proof to many people llurc TINT
their srlaises nf tho Administrations fntctl-
ttons nre correct. Tic stnry which ltetlctl
iells, In l!is affidavit published tt,lay. il IL
now version Of 0nD that II old here. Mr..
1lcslell lias long been charged will ,lupticity
By the Government officials WHO lave Charge
0f tllo star-rulltu eases. ami they lnyG fur
su,,so time told n story that corresponds with
his somewhat, though IL differs materially III
to details.
llEDELT
" is asserted, cano voluntarily to tho Gov
erI,lneMt nnd promised tu protllru Bol,U Ut
D0rsey's bouIs which WcrU III Ills pusses-
sion, showing payments OF 1no,.uy to Drudy
u, tho 8tar-ruNtu contracts. lie wns afrttitl,
then, f0r hi,nsuff, anil desired tu escape tho
prospect Uf punishment tliat lounlc.l before
hin. lie otlureI to 20 tu Now York mid get
theso baoks, nnd lid gn. lie says lii Ills atti-
dnyt tnt III sslcil buhks existed, but 1t IL III
sisted by pprs0lls who llAyo eyes, ntul WIN
ought tu know, that lle stnrtcA from New
York to Washington with sD,ne books. III
tho meantime
= DORSEY IiECAME GREATLY ALARMED.
Indeed, his fright WIS 81 apparunt tint IL
bccAlie very c0inlllol subject for nuwspi,.
per reanlfk. lilo wns supposed ut O,lc time
to lnyU run away, and lle went to people
lure III Washington III abiect terror at tho
revelations lie supposed were about to bo
Inatle lie and His Intimate friends also be.
gan to work Oil ltclcll, alul urge lin not
" thsA YIN E4NPAo3S1s 1AG ID +GpN}t W
lEuye Insisted in raRvlng himself, avon nt
Dbrsey's expense. lIo therefore started fur
Washington with the books which llu had
PROMISED to make pnrt Of tho Governments
testimony, Gu Ills way litller l,e WINS liter
atly followed by IL shower or tclegrnl,ls from
thu pcDplD whom llu WIS about 10 uxposu.
l11s REACHED TRENTON,
md NIL tlcse dispatches waited for llM. Still
lle kept OIL, although thoro Is rcason to be-
liay0 that excellent Inducements wero held
out to htln to return. However, tito Dorsey
larty more than accomplished tllplr enu IN
line, for ltetlelI nut only did not produce his
books, or 1nnko Ills affidavit to their contents,
but lie co,,coctea tho story tint has been pub
lisicl tutlay. Tho affidavit wus sworn to
on THE :!0ru or t,.tsr JUNE,
md sinca tllem Dorsey AMI l,fs friends have
bter holding It over tho Irads Ut Postmaster
(iuneral Jnh,rs a1Wl Acknowledgement Atuc-
VcaElt. anu akessts. Gibson, Cook, alau Woutl-
ward. Tliuy hnye tlscd 1t 10 nttolnpt to drive
tho Government from proceeding against
Dursey. Tho fnct that 1t Is now published
Indicates to tito ordinary mini l,ere ti,at It Is
ITO longer needed as II menace, elld tint 'Dnr-
soy Is not to bo put III jeopardy Of Ills liberty.