, 1875-07-31
UncoyerIng Postal Mysteries.

shCOtSfIns fOStaf Mysteries
The Orsgos.iss refers to our unearthing som,
" ways that are dark and tricks that or,
( vain " IN Postal Agent UnderwOOd's depart
ment, and appears little too suspiciOusly
ootuse on the subject for representative o.
the independent party. Charges against
Underwood and especially one of his suhordi.
nateS-Thos. Cox-have been bruited ON the
public tongue for months, but through some
manipulation of influences, have been kept out
Of the newspapers till we, &" from good mo-
.ives and ju>tItiaJl- end-," feel i,Ipvllvd 10
come forward and aid public justice by fore
ing official attention to these alleged delin-
quencies, and compel a public Inquiry into
the truth or otherwise Of the very serious
officials delingu-ucies charged upon Under
wood and his subordinate Tom. Cox. " Fiat
justitia " say We. If their skirts are clear,
We shall rejJice "A their " safe deliverauce "
If proved 10 have been engaged in tampsr-
ing with the sacre3neSs Of postal security,
We desire TO see the law viudicated.
1t seems that some months ago, a mailbag
was dispatched from tho Portland post Office
and properly placed IN charge Of L. ). mail
agent Ihos- Cox, containing $1,000. on board
the East-Siie train bound south That mail
bag hor Its contents have been accounted for
since 1t was placed IN Coxs official possession
u the mail-ro0m on board the train What
has become of II!
NeNt-when q certain party thought he had
q clue by which be coul3 trace this mailbag.
and called upon the Postal Agent TO confer
with him for that purpose, he was curtly dis
missed with the admOnitiOR, " You had bet
ter mind your own business We already
have people to attend to that kind Of work -
In the meantime, the mailbag and money is
traced to Cox's hands. and disappears
Again-while Cox Is labOTins under this
suspicion Of - gross negligence, - tAe most
euphernlstic term we can apply TO such
serious delinquency, Underwood appoints him
Cox to the advanced position Of Deputy Pos
tai Agent, the very position TO intervene and
smother farther inquiry as 10 the missing
mailbag and other acts charged of MS sun
dry official short -comiugs
Further rs to Underwood for long /.
time past, he has passed vouchers for the sal /.
any cf Cox as L. 5. Mail Agent, while he /.
was only occasionally Stimulating such duty /
=" just enough TO swear by"
Now, if the foregoing charges are true,
Underwood and Cox should at once be dis !
missed from offcs, and held to answer; if /.
they are innocent OF the charges, they, as /
well Is every honest man IL the republican /.
party, should demand the fullest iuyesriga- (
tion-not white-w&shiug by pretended |
- department detective" The republican /
Is uow severely bruised bv
accusations Of shielding party official favor
ties from public justice II Il ia attempted
IN the Postal Asency dolinquencics referred
TO, the effect will be politically disastrous 10
the party and oil concerned.
The L. $. Grand Jury are now in session
in this city, and the necessary witnesses are
adjacent, viz: Geo. T. Cole, ex-Daputy Pos
tai Agent Dexter, and L. s. Mail Agents
Israel Gradon and f. D. Thorn, who can
furnish considerable testimony thrms Ives of
Uuderwool's and Cox's alleged official de-
liuquencies, anl furnish a clae to other testi-
mory.
There "a one important matter not to be !
overlooked, provided the L. S. Grand Jury
should ds'ire 20 look into these matters, viz a.:
If the L. 5. District Attorney for Oregon is /.
human, with a soul sausitIFe 10 gratitude, /,
and "a lively sense of fsvors to come, " he Is |
impotenJ to prosecute these charges, as I'm !
derWnoI and Cox Tlng pack the mud ]
that made him - and he dare not refuse to. /
d" wash their dirty linen " at any time they !
- hoist the hag Of distress"
If there is power in the L. s. District |
Conrt ana Grand Jury TO have a special /
Prosecutor appointed for this investigation,
ali's well if not, it viii be farcical for the /
court and jury to pay any attention to the /
matter under the auspices Of the present U. !
5 District Attorney We attribute 10 him /
40 willful intent Of msl-conduct only that /
be belongs 20 the same ring, and before they /
procured him his prezentofiice, he was counted
- Que Of the worst in the deck" He viii BE-
as having been once connected
with . lock and canal matters two or three
years ago, in 4 way that has not strengthen
ed public confidence that he Is like - Cesar's
wife. ''-I5gtlQnd Journal.