Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-26

| Tue ffeSlOonG, On last tuesday
afternoon, after the department
closed, the President sent for Post
master~General James, Secretary
Window and Attorney General Mac
Veagh. These three Cabinet officers
went at once to the Executive Man
sion, and hardly had the door closed
behind them when it was ascertained
that the management of Second
Assistant Postmaster Generals Office
was under consideration, and i'm
portant events would come to
light in a few days. All sorts
of stories have been circulated
as to the intention of the
President, but beyond the statement
that the reckless waste of govern
ment funds upon the Star route
contracts made by Mr.. Brady were
wholly unworthy of the trust re-
posed in him, aad the announcement
that his resignation was asked, and
not voluntary, is about as much
as the President thinks it
proper to announce at present. But
In a few days the demands for the
designations of other officials at the
Post-office Department will explain
sufficiently that the testimony before
the President warrants immediate
reform in a department where mil
lions of dollars have been reckless1y
squandered, if not with guilty knowl-
edge on the part of the responsible
officials.
The evidence upon which Brady
4 was removed is substantially the
same as that taken before the House
appropriations committee, and pub
lished at the time. 1t is believed
that the sixth auditor, McGrew, will
be removed. He has charge of all
settlements for pay Of contractors.
no action in his case, that gentleman
being subordinate OF the Treasury
Department In his case, as IN
others, it is exceedingly difficult to
state what will be done, or how much
real foundation there is for the
numerous rumors afoat The At
torney~General has been consulted
concerning the frauds, and if suf>
fcieDt evidence can be obtained, ac,
tions for conspiracy to defraud will
be instituted.
The Star this afternoon says: "a
member of ex>President Hayes
Cabinet, IN conversation on the SUBJ
Ject this morning, expressed great
surprise when he was told that the
corruption extended over the entire
period of the previous Administers
ton. While the gentlemen express~
ed his faith In the honesty and in
tegrlty ofthe immediate predecessors
of Postmast er- General James, he
said that if the current statements
were true, they clearly indicated that
those officials had been sadly ignor>
ant of the duties and operations of
the various bureaus under their
charge
/ This does injustice to Judge Key.
His fault was an overconidence in
| General Brady, whom he regarded
as the ablest man in the postal SER
vice, and to whom he intrusted the
management of the Star route de-
partment. When it was suggested
that Brady was carrying matters
with high hand, Key would say that
Brady understood his business much
better than Congress did, and that
the money spent in increased mail
service would speedily come back
again in increased business. Brady's
friends here meet the matter very
calmly, and say that the general will
come out from under the cloud all
right.
Western Associated Press Telegrams
| " WASHINGTON, April % The Ma
tional Republican will tomorrow
print the following:
New York, April o.
To George G. Gorham, Republican
Office, Washington, D. c.;
You will please say for me that all
charges, direct or indirect, affecting
my integrity as public official, are
absolutely and maliciously false,
THos. j. BRADY.