The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1874-05-30
WASHINGTON.

SUTRQ, 1.-THE ILLUSTRious Wy
TIM OF THE NINETEENTH CEN
/ Wv AsH1sst;r1oN, May 18th. Mr.
Sutro has advertised another
course of free lectures for the com
ing week. The Capitol, publish
ed to-day. speaks of him as 1.-THE
illnstrious Victim of the nine
teenth century," and adds: He
loves to chew the cud OF his own
conviction, and to announce him:
selfss the object of the scorn OF
men who have raised themselves
above the mire OF despond ana
speculation by the strength OF
their own unsuhsjdized exertions:
His hope, is that Congress shall
erect for him a platform over the
Heads and property of hard-work-
ing and honest men, where he
may fatten on the noisome atmOs-
,phere of arrogance and assur'
ance." HN4tN}N 2 =.
THE ALLEGED MAIL CONTRACT
FRA DS.
The House Committee on Post
Office and Post Roads will pro-
babIy. conclude its Investigation
into the mail contracts during the
present week.
The statement recently made
that Jesse II. Carr, a California
mail contractor and land sD6cula
tor, was che of. the-insti gators #
the attacks made by Mr.. LuttreI,
is absolutely true. A private
core spondence in the pOsses5l0l
Of parties here can be produced
to prove this fact. MIR. Carr, four
years ago. was a bidder for Cali.
fpfnia and Oregon mail route. His
bid was for .SlS5,00 per annum.
Under him were a large number
'0flower bids, soif1e of which were
as follows: John Altman, $95 600;
Wadsworth, of Yreka, CAL, Sl54.-
600; G.. G.. Beekman, S15S,000;
Cartwright, of Oregon, $4,000,
MIR. Carr undertook to buy off all
these bids, and succeeded in get
ting rid of all but Cartwright.
twas admitted by Carr that he
paid $1,000 to obtain the with
dnwal of Beekman. During
these Efforts to get rid of all the
lower bids so that Mr.. Carr. might.
obtain the award for $1S5, 900. or
obtain the contract at the bid Of
Beekman, some person committed
a forgery. which being discovered
caused change in the program
me. The Postmaster General
called for new bids. and again "
Carr, was beaten, this time by
Brady Barlow. who offered to
tale the contract for $1,000
TINS greatly excited MIR. Carr,
who had lost pi'ch money by his
attempts 10 SECURE the contract at
the ex0rbitant figures. The for
gely Wh!1.. - 1,,aisI.iGt5u uur-
',g ~ geo transactions has never
basn fully Investigated bat 1t is
possible nat 5On8 rich develop
mebt5 ~ y vet come Outoi this
Poli Cfjice investigation very dis
creiitab'a ia its originat0fs Nj
Can. was i bidder again this scar I
fot the C.sli0ruis aud Oregon
n. i'll route. which has been snDrt-
ened by railroads 81, tuaG ii pr.;-
vidas only for service between
Reiding rand Roseburg. The
Invest bid was that of Goddard,
and the contract has been award
ed to him for $4,000 per annnm. |
Mr. Carr's bid is for $4,000.
He Is reported to claim that God |
da,d's bid il in the interest of |
Barlow, and for this reason Carr |
feels sore against Barlow. AS was
in these dispatches |
some time ago, it is apparent that |
this Post Office investigation is
based on the interested state
lneits of disappointed parties, and
Mr.. Luttrell and Mr.. Stone have |
been the tools to crafty the spite
Of the worst class of mail CONTRACT.
ors.l The fact has become so plain
that all parties h I'VE become dis,
gu+ed with the present efforts to-
cause trouhie in Congress. Some
Of the parties interested however,
are displeased at the sudden col.
|apSe Of the present investigation
and threaten To introduce a fesO-
.utiDn, 10 which an effort will be
made to stir up a personal attack
against the prominent officers of
the Government. They have no
iifect charges n uias6 H!7t zSr !
thst the Offices ne Investigated !
On general principles