The sun., 1880-02-29
BRADY VIOLATING THE LAW.
CUTTING OFF STAR ROUTES TO CoERCE
SOUTHERN CON6RESSAEN.
Fixing II to Give Pet Contractors n Months
Pay Before the House Bin becomes Oper-
ative-Hayes HesitatIng Over his Duty.

FINinC tt to Give Pet Contractors n Months
Pay Before the House Bin becomes Oper-
ntivo-Hayes Hesitating Over his Duty.
WASHINGTON, Feb 2s.-Second Assistant
Postmaster General Brady has not only vio-
lated the law which forbids the making OF con-
tracts which will involve the Government beyond
appropriations made by Congress. but he has
deliberately insulted the representatives OF the
people when they called him to account. and
still worse than this. he ia now. In defiance OF
the action Of the House OF Representatives.
which forbids cutting down OF trips on routes
as they stood Feb 1. 1878. proceeding to re-
duce the service everywhere; and as he
chiefly desires to punish Southern men,
bers OF Congress because they would not
vote to sanction his maladm n istration, he
has begun the cutting down in Southern States.
All the contractors on star routes In Kentucky
have been informed that the service will be re-
duced to once a week on and after the 1st OF
March, The circulars giving this notice to con-
tractors in other States are going OF rs rapidly
as a large CORPS OF clerks can flll In tho names
OF contractors and the numbers OF routes. The
object OF this is two-iold first. TO have a coer-
Give influence on Congress. and second. to en-
able him to pny Ring mail contractors one
pI get tsf ahss Rss on e
arc contractors cut down to once week service
before the bill which passed the House yester-
ruling. be entitled to one months pay.
The bill will not be reported back to tho
fore Monday, and viii not pass that body
until Tuesday. II will be the 9th Of March,
Ss ns so ont ana Bya
| that they will be able to amend the bill In
the Senate giving all the money they want !:
then II will 60 to conference committee. and in
| the mean time they expect howl to come up
! from the South which will affect enough mem
bers Of the House to carry the Senate amend
mentS. IL this does not succeed. which Ia not
| likely, then Brady will Immediately pay the
Ring men one months pay for trips and speed
:, II the Democratic majority has any spirit Mr..
enpss It is ,he duty the Ho9se on aoTdy
| to pass n resolution directing the prompt sus-
pension ,of Brady's order, and another request
| oflcial duties, and to inform him that proceed
ings looking TO the impeachment Of this defiant
on Appropriations OF the Senate win consider
tho House bill to-morrow II will probably be
ment, but a desperate effort will be- made to
| amend II in the Senate
~ % dond ms
speeches Of such Republicans as Gon. Hawley.
dsclsrad TINT Brady had violated the V law. and and
| tho overwhelning vote OF the House in favor OF
Hayes has not lost confidence ir Brady. In the
| House OF Commons. such vote as was given in
| Of the Ministry. Mr.. Hayes does not think
that Brady has violated any law. He be.
| ieves that so long as money deficiency is not
actually. created. even II contracts are made
which II carried ont would cause deficiency,
is within the nae OF law. Mr.. Hiscock in his
spoech maintained that Brady had made con
beyond the appropriation and that such con-
tracts couli not bo abrognted without the paw
cinred II TO be a a violation Of law. and chal-
lenr,ed any lawyer upon tho floor to controvert
it. No on o9s Of the many LAWYERS in the House
M Hny@s sGweyeT is hot entirely sHtised In
honesty are about TO he divulged. He takes a
great interest in tho work of the sub-com ttcce
investigating Brady's infringement and it is
probable that upon the first intimatcn that
association with the. contractors, Ring he
would be removed. As regards the motives
Of the Republicans in the House who con.
dsmned Brady's administration. and voted tc
remove all discretion from his hands, Mr.
picion. He fancies that those Republicans must
have s0me personal gEndge AGAINST Brady % o.
tha .hey be-
rage and crime had been committed
by public ,olllcer. and that they de- de-
apparently seems TO DO no way in which ar
honest ministration of the Contract of1iee o.
cept by impeachng Brady. There is genera
feeling among majority OF the Democrats IN
| the nOuSS tilat Improvement snOuIu 20 Degur
against Brady at, once. and unless the senntt
should sustain his criminal extravagan nce there
mittre will p instructed by resolution to in
| qure into tn ,ubject AT once.
The following communication was sent by
D. NJ. Key to Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Brady to-day:
| WASHINGTON, Feb 2s
| III The Second IsistInt Postmaster. General:
In consideration OF the NJ the House OF Repre-
scntave. Appropriatug 81 u7OO 900 for the continu
Of the star service and pending the action of tin
Senate. susp nd further action under order o Feb
| 20 until further advised. ID, " KEr.
| Postmas = lie ne al.