Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-04-26

TEE srAR ROUTE YRAUDs.
II has long bean . s~elf-svidsnt and
veil demonstrated fact that . monopoly
Of government contracts or favors In
any particular direction or In any branch
Of public service long continued. tsnds
to corruption and fraud. Those whose
duty Il 10 to watch over. exanine into
and guard against such fraud and ten
dsney to corruption become gradually
negligent, and fraud becomes smboldsnsd
and more pronounced just in proportion
- vigilance 10 relaxed. until finally
exposure comes through its own eul-
mina,ins audacity.
Thus 1t Ii today with the bold rascal
ity and corruption unsarthsd In the Star
mail route contracts. As.a new brosm
IL supposed to sweep clean. 20 with the
change In the administration came .
natural desire on the part OF the new
Postmaster General James 10 attain ~
soon - possible . full comprehension OF
the duties Of his Office. and to the most
complete extent. His attention wa
called TO the crooksdnsss developed In
the ''star" mail service. and active invss-
CATION followed. which, IL still vigorously
progressing. He very soon found evil
dsnes which justified him In demand
ing the immediate resignation OF
Assistant Postmaster Brady. which
demand was promptly complied With.
Dismissals Of clerks in the depart
msst have followed. and other rssig-
nations will be called for. The rotten
ness Is found to DO extensive. with
numerous roots and rsmifoations. and
wheels working within wheels are also
naturally found. and &C carefully con-
csalsd that the late Postmaster General
vas either too obtuse. oblivious or vii.
fully negligent to observe them. At any
rate he did not take the trouble to in.
quirs into the matter. although crooked
nsss was Observable and pointed out for
several months previous to the change
In the administration.
The ''star" mail routes are those out.
side Of the regularly established mail
service. in sparssly settled frontier local
tiles. in nsSly developed sections OF the
country. where special contracts have to
DO made to carry what little mail there
10. BY stage or other primitive convey.
sncs. There is plenty Of opportunity
for high rates. raised contracts. increased
service and fraud generally in the thou
sand and u branches Of the star ser
vice. especially through surreptitious
collusion with the Assistant Postmaster
General. under whose Jurisdiction
they are. According to the develop
ments now being made 10 the matter.
these opportunities have been petty
well embraced and taken advantage Of
by those concerned. and some Postofics
Department officials have lined theiI
~eapscious pockets very literally. Mos'
rascally disclosures are being made. and
. complete exposure OF the operations
and workings throughout Of this thisv'
ing combination and conspiracy against
the national treasury must result. 1t II
proposed that no guilty man shall escape
exposure. and mono certainly ought ts
bs allowed to escape punishment. A
Washington telegram says:
A good deal Of curiosity IL felt here ovel
the promised revelations In connection
with the Star route contracts. James and
the other officials who are preparing tn
data will say nothing for publication con
cerning what may be expected. but JameI
10 reported to have said privately that .
the proper time disclosures would b,
made, compared with which the Tweed
regime will 70 down to history a. respect
able. II 10 said to be capable Of proof tina
for four years not less than 1900. 900
year Was misapplied. Brady and his asso
ciates naturally became rich. II wal
given out. for the benefit Of such a. might
believe IL. that Brady had profted largely
in telephone stock. They bought and
controlled newspapers. correspondents
Congressman. and such others ~ nigh,
be useful to them. One weekly papel
here IL commonly said to have beer
bought outright by the contractors during
last years investigation. The silence
and Afterwards the support Of another
weekly paper. WAS also secured. In q o
the dailies Brady 10 . large stakeholder
That paper has nothing to say about tn,
removal, except indirectly. BY calling
paper that has exposed Brady's doings 81
alter for the FLANDERS Of sharpers, swim
dlers and thieves" Another daily keep
its hands OF editorially. and tosses asid,
the news Of the day In . manner meant u
indicate that there 10 little or nothing II
10. A gentleman. whose sources OF inform
alton are good. says there 10 little doub
Of last nights rumor that Brady will b
indicted. and he reports that one Of tn
officials engaged upon tho case have SAID
todsy that Brady must either aisgorgs ol
60 10 the p~enitentiary.
New York Tribune: From the gentle
Ribss and sniffs in the newspaper O
Philadelphia il 10 to bs inferred tina