Morning journal and courier., 1881-04-22
News by Telegraph
 FROM Alt QUARTERS. STAR ROUTE CONTRACTS. Trouble for Persons Cons
 nected With Them. AN 0VERHAULlNG OF THE SYSTEM. Clerks and Others to be
 Discharged. FRYE'S SPEECH IN THE SENATE. Laid at the Door of the Administration.
FRYE'S SPEECH IN THE SENATE,
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.


 Angry With the Administrations
 Threatening to Get Even By Coa1i-
 ton With ConkIing-The Star Route Methods Coming to LiSht-0ther Mat
 
 WASHINGTON, April 21.--After the usual opening proceedings in the Senate to-day, Mir.
 Coke, of Texas, took the floor and proceeded to pitch into MT. Frye's speech made yester-
 day, which he declared was remarkable for
 recklessness of statement. It made charges against the southern people which, if proved
 would make them unfit to associate with civ
 ilized beings, and for one he did not believe
 that the people of Maine endorsed such sen-
 timents as had been heard on the floor of the
 Senate yesterday. After the conclusion of
 Senator Coke's speech Senator Don Cameron
 made an attempt to push through a motion
 to adjourn until Monday. The Democrats
 and Republicans divided on the question and
 despite skilIful manuuvring on the part of 1 the Pennsylvanian the motion was lost by vote of 25 to 19. Senator Cali, of Florida,
 then made speech in refutation of Senator
 Frye's attack on Florida He said the Sena-
 tors testimony in regard to fraudulent elec-
 tions was an old story that had been refuted
 time and time again. He spoke for an hour
 and his remarks were devoted entirely to
 clearing up Floridas political record and
 showing that the Republicans had had large
 hand ih much of her alleged corruption. He
 denied that political murders had ever been proved to have been committed by the Dem
 ocrats in Florida Such lies were too con-
 mon to be news. Senator Dawes made
 a speech in reply to Senator Call,
 in which he talked good deal
 about Bourbon Democrats. Senator Jones,
 of Florida, asked what a Bourbon Democrat 1 was MT. Dawes replied that Bourbon was l Democrat who learned nothing new and forgot good deal Senator Wade Hampton ! then took occasion to deny that fraud and | violence were the rule in South Carolina. He had himself talked openly all over the State against suspicious or suggestions of fraud or l violence, and was proud to say that his words | were needed. In the course of his remarks 1 he denied that a carpetbagger was Re- publican. He was generally nothing 1 more or less than a thief and rob 1 Der. He also called attention to the fact ! that he, ex-Confederate and slaveholder, had | ever gone so far in his State as to recommend l the adoption of the Massachusetts constitu- | tion for South Carolina as it was the strong
 est State's rights constitution of all the thir- l ty-eight. Senator Hampton announced that l he would reply more fully to the Senator 1 from Maine when he should be present. l Senator Jonas stated in regard to the alleged Heath outrages in Caldwell parish, La, that l he had received word that full refutation 1 of the outrages was on the way, but that he 1 had already heard that the alleged victims barns were burned for the insurance and l that his reputation for truth and veracity l were not above impeachment. MT. Dawes l replied that the man was of good character | when he went South, and it was too bad if l he had so degenerated on account of his as- sociations in Louisiana. The debate went l on and finally drifted into the free ballot is sue in Alabama, which was discussed at | length by Senators Dawes and Morgan. The l Senate adjourned at p. m until 12 m. to- | morrow.
 The iStar has an article saying the ! sensation at the Postofice department | to-day was the enforced resignation of 1 Thomas J. Brady, second assistant postmaster general. Yesterday the Postmaster General | wrote letter to Brady at the direction of 1 the President demanding his immediate res 1 ignation and it rendered. There are I very ugly rumors afoat touching the star l routes and General Bradys connection there I with, and it is not denied at the Postoffice 1 department that the end will be an indict- ] ment. When Colonel James took hold of the l Postoffice department he began at once an investigation of star contracts. He has not | yet completed the work, but has gone far l enough to convince himself that great frauds ! and abuses exist. It was this knowledge | that induced the Postmaster General to send ! 8 commission to Memphis to investigate the steamboat service at that point, which is be- lleved to be rotten and corrupt. This ser | vice, though not properly belonging to the star routes, was lnaugurated by ex-Postmaster General Key to aid the merchants of Tennes- see It is alleged that many of the star | routes for which the government pay @ roy l atty run into water places and deserts. ! On others there. are no terminal points | They start at given place and run nowhere It has been found that the compensation on one route which was expedited" in creased from $7OO, 900 to $2 SOC, ,OOO. In short, the investigation, as far as it has pro- gressed, has developed most glaring | inconsistencies. The Postmaster Gen public the result of his Investigation A postal official said to-day there is much ! that would not be prudent to disclose now. Papers are in the hands of other officials and | it will not be long before there are other de- | velopments General James is satisfied that | with the extravaganza which he can lap of 1 in the star route service in two fiscal years | he can make the Postoffice department abso- l lutely self sustaining. It is reported that the ! resignation of several other officers who are l with the star route ring will also be demand l ed, and that several clerks in the contract l office are marked for dismissal
 The Democratic Senators are considerably | stirred up about MT. Fryes speech. The
 belief among them is that he was inspired by | the administration. It was stated by Dem | ocrat to-day that the administration supplied | Frye with the material for his speech and | ransacked the departments for it. The ef-
 feet has been to make the Democrats talk of
 voting with Conkling to reject the nomina- tion of Robertson. Two Democratic Sena- tors to-day fatly declared their intention to I vote against Robertson One of them said he believed the majority of his side would do l the same.
 Several Senators are talking of leaving
 here for their homes with the purpose of not
 returning this session. Senator Slater in
 tends going to Oregon next week and he does not expect to return. He will be paired with
 Senator Platt of Connecticut, who is also
 going away. MT. Frye stated yesterday that
 he would be compelled to be absent for some time and the probability of the Senate being
 again left without quorum presents itself.
 It was stated at the Capitol to-day that the President had d ,cted Postmaster General
 James to thoroughly overhaul the Postofice department and to remove all officers and employees who hold any connection with the star route service.
 Hon. H. H. Stephens recently took Senator Brown of Georgia, to Bladensburg to show
 him dueling ground there, saying there was no knowing how soon he might have occa-
 sion to use it if the present practice of Sen atorial remarks being misunderstood in de-
 bate continues
 The following order has been issued by the
 Postofice department: On and after June l,
 1881, no printing or writing will be permit
 ted on the address side of postal cards ex-
 cept that imprinted thereon at the manufac
 tory and such as may be necessary for the
 proper direction of the same.>
 In the case of the Internatinoal bank of
 Chicago, against whom the government has
 claim for deposits not returned for taxation
 for period of years, which has been under
 consideration for the past week by the com
 missioner of internal revenue, decision has
 been rendered that the bank is liable for taxes
 as follows: June l, 1875, to November 30,
 1879, tax on deposit $17, ,6se.s1 year ending
 November 30, 1881, $9,67s.16, penalty $9,- CTS. 16; total, $37, ,039. IS. In answering the
 eleven points raised by the counsel for the
 bank Commissioner Raum ruled as follows:
 First, that checks received for clearings when
 deposited for collection became taxable when
 the collection should be actually made; sec
 ond, that an overdraft cannot be lawfully de- l d,,ota5 e.or, dnv,ocita in making retilrnS