Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-11-25
Less Talk and More Action.

which very conclusively shows that
the late second assistant postmas-
ter general, Brady, administered his
office with an eye single to the interests
of the contractors, which were his own.
Few persons need any further evidence
of this than they have already for long
time had. It may be said that no intel
ligent citizen has any doubt OF Brady's
guilty completely with the mail contrac'
tors in their peculations. The only
question that is doubtful in the matter
is as to whether Brady is to be punished.
The publication of Mr.. Gibson's report
would seem to show that the authorities
who are in charge of the prosecutions
are quite as doubtful as the people
as to whether anything damaging
to the guilty will result from
their efforts toward their conviction.
The public do not care for Mr.. Gibson's
report, because it proves what they are
already convinced of what would lie
interesting to them from the attorney
generals Office would be an assurance
that the guilt thus proved is to be pun
ished. They will he quite content to
await the evidence at the trial. The pre-
vious publication of it in this official way
seems to be an intimation that the trial
may b. postponed Iong,if not altogether.
1t seems very strange, indeed, that the
conclusive evidence of the frauds of
Brady is with such difficulty brought to
bear upon him. The very first step
towards his trial las proved abortive, in
a way that is quite un;ntelligible to tile
people. AUnited States attorney general,
aided by three distinguished lawyers,
from the front rank of the bars OF
their respective cities of Washington
Philadelphia and New York, have not
even been successful in the attempt to
bring the accused into court and ii
this lack of power is developed in the
initiatory and matter-of-courSe move
ments of the trial, what may we not
EXPECT to occur to hinder the course OF
justice through the dangers and difficult
ties that lie in wait for it during the
progress towards conviction at the hands
of twelve of Mr.. Brady's peers If the
grand jurymen could not be trusted to
render a majority verdict according tc
the evidence, can a unanimous verdict
b, confidently expected from the jury
men? Evidence, however convincing
does not always convince juries. In this
case of Brady the atmosphere around thi
court is expected to be inimical to con
yiction. Mr.. Arthur, like Mr.. Grant, i:
known to stick to his friends in evil anG
good rerute. Brady and Dorsey occupy
high seats among the chosen Staiwart
band. Grant protected the whisky
thieves, and that Arthur will be as good
to the postal thieves is a fair Inference
from his character, associations and
contaminations.
Mr.. Gibson fires off his gun now per
haps because he is doubtful whether III
will ever have chance in court or il
may only be to inform the public and in
tensify the popular demand for justic:
upon the thieves. AS we have said, it wa
not necessary for this purpose nor is il
really proper in the government, if these
men are to be tried, to publish th'
evidence against them in advance. 1t il
the Jury summoned in their cases thai
is to he convinced, and they ough'
to be unprejudiccd men uninformet
as to the facts which will be detailed tC
them in court. The general public cal
we'll await the testimony then produced
Let us have less talk and more effectiv
action from the attorney generals office
HERE lie before us, just bounced ou
of the last mail, numbers 313 and 31l
pages 2497-25l1 of the Legislature Recor'
for the session of 1881, published by au
thority of the Legislature of Pennsylva
MIA and paid for out of the treasury O
the commonwealth. Many months afte
the Legislature has vanished and obliy
ion has gathered upon most o: its mem
bers and their doings, long after clerks
reporters and publishers have had thei
summer vacation, these leaves of vOlu
minous publication come to remind u
that the contractor has given the state
worthless service, for which the account
ing officers, if they are honest men, will
refuse to pay him. Throughout TIN
session when the Record appeared regu
larly two or three weeks after the pro
ceedings which it pretended to report
the deficiency between the contract ant
the performance was bad enough, bu
this present exhibition of failure is St
gross chat if the state officers pay tn
publisher for this job they will deserv
prompt impeachment. They will bea
the suspicion of being bribed for aidin!
such a fraud.
MIR. GIBSON, the detective-reporter
engaged in working up the case of TIN
government against the star rout
thieves, gives to the public summar
Of what can be proved against them
leaving no room for reasonable doub
that all that has been charged is true
and quite enough is demonstrable to taxi
Mr.. Brady out of his fine Washington
house and land him in Jail. If this re
port is backed by the proofs there is N
excuse for failure of the government t,
pen the thieves in the penitentiary, ant
neither the withdrawal nor the singl
miscarriage of any proceeding ought t,
let the guilty men escape, if the admin