Show I VITAL VBATJiEB > The News Budget from Wash iBgtOB Yshingtonj7 In the etarroutacwes the argument was resumed on a motion to quash the information Cook opposedit aa the request came by direction cf the departments of justice and post office where the fraud occurred This method of information bad prevailed in the district dis-trict for many yews Firat Assistant Postmaster General Hatlen has returned from Iowa and resumed re-sumed charge of his office He will act as postmaster general James absence The internal revenue office does not favor a fifty cent tax on whisky but the comroisBioaers report wit not oppose it directly Hi report will show the revenej derived and that the redaction of tho twill t-will cut down the income without beng fitting the producer or consumer R venn v-enn officials regard the movement for a reduction as one of the middlemen who would make all the profit The whisky trade is also opposed to the reduction as it would demoralize trade since millions of dollars worth are in bpnd There is a lobby here in the interest the movement move-ment with plenty of money The treasury and internal revenue office will fight It Corkhill made a personal explanation ex-planation in the criminal court this morning that he had not been consulted by the attorney general in preparation of the star route cases and was not responsible for them On September 5th he called on MacVeagh and Jlsked if he had any business for the grand jury in connection with the star route cases The attorneygeneral said since the Presidents assassination he had not considered the cases and knew nothing of them and that Corkhill need not bother himself about them Hew He-w uld be sent fry the proper person when wanted Corkhill therefore dismissed dis-missed the jury for which he had been po much blamed and by which action the filing of the information was made necessary On the 25th of September he called with Cook to see MacVesgh to sign the criminal information and then protested against the insinuations mada against him and said if MacTeagh would state the facts it would silence them u |