, 1881-05-30
Rumored Attempts to Impticats
Blaine in the Star.Route
Scandals.
Assertion that Both James and Mac
Veagh Are Conspiring to
Crush Him,
Probability TINT tho Present District
Grand Jury Will Not BE- In.
trusted with tho Case,
The Hot Weather Has an Unfavo1able
Effect on Hrs. Garfeld-The
Mexican Mission.


AE1h5IF46 OF ukhlNE b ENEMIES 1u CRUSH
f1tM.
Special Utspateh 10 7ns CAttaso Tribune.
WASHINGTON, u. e., hay.0.-The Capital
las an extraordinary ettitorfnl OH tho star
route business, III the course Of which It
says:
Men whom Datno trusts or has trusted, ara
hawking hls condolences for sale mt Albany,
who Of al mon @ Vii NH niaake most desperate Ind Id
mall9nant use Of them. Worse than thht, two
We ay. sna s6s ssen not slaa
with suava faisehood, arc spont bunting matctial
W. may ~ we @ @ taik Ensitsh. rio s : Is % a. we
writo SPECIAL detective n the employ Of Mac-
ticuarly fur cvidcnoo to show that Bialne levied
assessments upon star-routa centractors for
money to prosecute BIZ canvass fer e. tae Chicago
tSs a. ef
oee se' s as 81 .ars na @ ee
philosopher says that i Is not always
%ss ys al %snon n Ssdss I'll
requist to exhaust our storcs Of knowledge on
poses @ s 70 say tint wo Know that James aud Mac
VcaKh are at thd moment, and hnvo been for
eo%e t1ne n oioss centrssoy 70 schsyo tss
while factnx him ut tho Cabinet table With tho
smile, and. whoncvcF necessary, the ssuirk, Of
Wbio al these things arc going on Blaine
eocms to rest either snprenleiy indifferent or
Pnsy IND ot ba1 1ho w95 ef IT,
him. There ls today no man ID tho Uattod
States who has less 1,.,ea Of now enn1nles than
and tho eraccs M @ By rhies in other dsys ~ hs used
to make triends w6enernr be met men; and
yet though The IIst Of his Snemies +. F1ows spscs.
whole public modas opofandi hsa been
dsa e. ar x%ercsa as goea
ship has become tho secluded mystery OF reserve
and ths inacGcssbc 6 cmbodimcns @ Ct asistoess,!o ri
public Gordon Of aick!sh snoba nad stupid Tut-
yeydrops. who rcpel thoso who would b. his
llspcd a1ronts and hair parted III the middle,
md airs OF supercit!ous pat1onasnt ~ 1t every
man who so!,Eht h!s presence was az 2, otllse. l
suspicious character.
yEnY DETERMINED wAnrARx ].
Is evidently to be wagcd upon tho rostmas-
ter-(ienerai and Attorney General Oil account
of their relations to the prosecution OF the
star-route contractors. The Washington,
Capital this morning charges that the postal
laws have been violated to attempt to secur,
| evidence against tho ring. 1t Is alleged that
| the Postmaster at Denver, Colo, received 4
telegram signed by the Postmaster Generals
ea1as psaakx EfSsk I brssy g FIJI II s ssss s
that tie Denver Postmaster, after con.
smitinE with the Attorney General
| OF the State, de1nurred to this
on the GROUND tint It was d direction to conf
nit felony, mid that the proposed order Ut
the postml.sierItenernl would not relieve
thu Postmaster of criminal liability. These
matters were laid before the Cabinet.
Thu Cupftut charges that 5pectal.Agent
Woodward. who IL engaged IN these investl-
gatio1s, signed the naI'le Ut the Postmaster
General to tle telegram. -,
Tt.e Gr1l1tl Jury 0t the District vii! not
meet agatn tl)l Tuesday, and 1t is now safsl
viii " bs submitted to The jury: It appCsrs
that ti,ere are some doubts as to It's legality.
1t was appointed during the deadlock, When
ttlere was no Marshal, and SONIC Of The
lawyers think II would not be safe to COIL
nil the star-folite cllses to \ Jury tho legality
Of whtcl, might 10 successfully disputed by
the able lawyers who will be employed bs
tho contractors