National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-10-17
Population Of the National Capital. 10000.
CnrrmntIon or PerlmrY.

tne rest, nor 10 make any argument as 10
what those facts show. Let the courts
determine all that.
Thomas l.. James is the man we pro-
pose to discuss.
He is on the record as having sworn to
the Information recently filed against
General Brady and Others He swore
that Brady had corruptly conspired with
others to defraud tho United States by
making a corrupt contract with one
Walsh for carrying the mails. The alii-
davit of Brady and others charges James
with not only ratifying and confirming
The Walsh contract, but of paying $4,000
;hereunder, payment Of which had been
stopped by Brady while in Office
Ifthe Walsh contract was corrupt, James
is confessedly corrupt, for he has paid
$4,000 on the contract, which he swore
had been conceived and entered into in
fraud of the Government.
More than this. Brady had suspended
the payment of this money while he was
in Office, and after he resigned james re-
fcinded the order of suspension which
3rady had placed between Walsh and the
Treasury.
If the contract was not fraudulent, rs
James charges, then James has sworn
falsely. If it rdS fraudulent, he has made
himself a party to fraud. Impaled upon
the records of his own office, he is either
a corrupt official or pcrured man.
He cannot even claim that he only
swore "as matter of form" to papers
drawn up by others. He swore that his
knowledge and information were derived
from an examination by himself of the
records of the Post-Oflice Department
The records of the Post-Oiiice Depart
ment show the following facts concerning
the Walsh contract:
March %, 1SSl-this was during Brady's
term of oilice-the following order was
. made upon his motion:
From March o. 1881 curtall service to end ut
Fort Wingate, decreasing distance $50 miles, and
deduct from contractors pay S3S,O05.i3 per annum,
being pro rata and 1t being reported that the con.
tractor has failed upon the remainder of the route,
he question of one months extra pay upon the
discontinued portion Is reserved for future consid
sration.
The deduction of distance was because
of q railroad extension over part of the
route.
April 16, 1881, Brady still being in office,
another order was made, upon his mo-
ton, directing thatMe pay Of Walsh for the
quarter ending March 81 should be s,,s-
PcndGL
These orders show that Brady LEFT Walsh
1npdid for the quarter, because he was
reported us having failed to perform his
contract.
May IS, 1881, Brady had retired. James
made the following order:
From March o. 1851. discontinue service with
out allowing one months extra pay, the service
having been abandoned.
Walsh was by this order released from
fulfilling his contract for the remainder
of its term. Had the route not been dis
continued the law authorized the Depart
ment to go on with the service and COM
pei Walshs bondsmen to pay the cost of
it. This was personal favoritism No.
TO Walsh by the Reform Postmaster-Gen-
pral.
June 8, 1884, James rem,red the suspen-
sion Of JIdlSh'S pay, which Brady had
caused. This was personal favoritism No.
2to Walsh by James.
June II, 1881, James amended his own
order of May IS, so as to give two days
additional pay to Walsh on contract he
had forfeited by abandonment. This was
personal favoritism No. 3 for Walsh by
James.
June II, 1881, james ordered Walsh to
be paid $l502i.36 on the contract he
swore was fraud, the wicked perpe-
traitors of which he is making fame by
prosecuting. Personal favoritism No.
to Walsh by James.
July l, 1881, James made an order to
release Walsh from all fines and for
FIXTURES for breach of contract. These
ines and forfeitures had been previously
imposed by James himself, upon reports
of the proper officers to him, and there
was no question of the truth of these
official reports except by the contractor
himself The order of this Reform Post
master-General runs thus:
Atfidayits of contractor of Jnne 10 and 80, 1881
herewith, and reportand recommendation thereof
BY A. NJ. Gibson of the Department Of Justice; p
II. Woodward. Post Office Inspector and A. A
Freeman; Assistant Attorney General remit. De
ductons s6,Hl.02; fines, $3.50.
Here was a gW by James to Walsh
perhaps "on business principles" o
S9,l7302. Personal favoritism No. 5.
Upon the official reports of the proper
officers that Mail Contractor Walsh had
failed to do as he had agreed, Postmaster
General James declared him liable fol
$4,000 as fines and forfeitures, Thi,
precious reformcr then gave it all back
TO him upon his (Walsh's) unsupported
oath and the recommendation of Gibson
Woodward, and Freeman.
Thus James treated Walsh rs an homes
contractor, his contract as free from fraud
and the service as having been performed
without missing a trip.
The contract being thus vindicated by
James rs late rs the day before the Presi-
dent wounded as an honest contract
and the sum ofS24,000 being by him pal,
to the contractor, heco into court and
swears that he has been sharing in a grea
crime and carrying out the basest kline
of a conspiracy.
We do not see how the Attorney Gen
eral can do less than 10 implead Jane
with Brady and prosecute both, or dismis
as to Brady and let both go.
The Gibson referred to by James is a
employee of tho Attorney-General.
might be well for the master to inquir
how his man became so easily persuade
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