The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09

thelr lives and honor before the
world is pitied for his treason and
glorified for his cowardice.
The Star Route Swindle.
The disclosures in the star route
investigation bids fair to convict the
Hayes administration, including
Hayes himself personally, of full
knowledge Of the existence of the
star route frauds, and of sitting an
exposure of them for fear Of injuring
the administration and the party
The New York Times Washington
correspondent says:
That Assistant Postmaster General
Tyner (who has Just been dismissed,
and who is to be made the scape-goat
Of the Hayes administration in this
natter claims that he was the first
person to direct attention to the star
route frauds, and that his report of
August, 1879, which was laid before
MIR. James Immediately after the lat.
ter assumed charge of the Post Office
Department furnished the material
upon which the investigation insti.
tuted by Mr.. James was conducted.
The publication alluded to states that
Mr.: Tyner is preparing a defense
which will be laid before the Presi.
dent; that in this defense MIR. Tyner
will say he "made his report on the
star route frauds to Postmaster Gen.
eral Key, with the advice that the
matter should be investigated thor.
oughly; that Key took the report to
Mr.. Hayes and consulted with him
in regard to it; that Hayes disliking
very much to rake up any scandal
during his administration, advised
Key for the sake of harmony in the
party, to go no furthur in the matter;
that Key then gave the report back
to Tyner, informed him that it was
the request Of the President that it
be dropped, and instructed him to
make no official record Of the report,
but to lock it up in his safe for the
time being; that he (Tyner) did so
under protest, and as soon as James
came in he took it out of his safe and
handed it officially to Mr.. james
This, Mr.. Tyner declares, was the
first information that James had Of
the existing star route frauds. He
further says that James took his re-
port and begun an investigation,
which was based entirely on the dis.
coverles reported to him by Tyner."
1t is said that Tyner proposes be.
fore he gets through with the affair
to make. it hot for the sachems of the
party who are attempting to saddle
upon his shoulders the whole respon.
sibllity for the star route frauds
This legacy from the Hayes admin.
istration will prove q troublesome
matter for the Arthur regime-and
Mac eagh is evidently anxious to
have as little to do with the expo
sure of the scandal as possible; and
therefore insists upon taking him.
self out Of the way.
1t is the opinion of mankind that
it is time for the Democrats to take
In their sign.-GaLlipolis Journal.
You can't get rid of the Democracy.
No use for you to try. In 1884, we
will be up and at you again, with
Hancock at the head of our ticket;
and in that year we will win the
Presidency, if free elections are not
destroyed by the Republican party
before that time.
That wasa mean and contemplate
thrust at Mr.. G. E. Hogg, in the last
parkersburg Sentinel. We hardly be-
lieved Horner capable Of such an ar.
tlcle. And further, he was interior.
ing in a matter that was only in
tended as a joke, and which he tor.
lures up as a fact, to mislead the
people, and do Mr.. Hogg an injury.
There seems to be a good deal of
division of sentiment in regard to
the re.apportionment of the new Con.
gressional Districts. Every fellow
seems to be afraid that he will get
his county into some other fellows
District.
--S--
The Radical has at last concluded
to lot the editor of this paper alone.
Matt. couldn't stand our silent con.
tempt of him and his writings, and
he gave final whine and @kerQum.
ixed,"