The daily gazette., 1881-04-25
BIZ 9aily Sastttt.
ERS'E EDITION.
,ne rate Of 81, 900, 900 a

a
he a bad case indeed when
la, s"cn a ,talwart journal as the
york Time. will not undertake to
fine disgrace, for the sake OF
4 hat an exposure will make Of
" 81, Route thieves. Two mil
4 ,s,, is a large sum and when
Eibn,ed amongsix Or eight officials,
4 ecIipsed the whole amount they
epti'lad to for salaries. The New
1 Times openly discusses the steal.
|ys -
Il not now worth while 10 go in
H. details of the system by which
'Star Routes have been made to
Gtbc Government many times what
were really worth. he exposure
hesa nefarlous practices, made in
|gime,, have long since satisfied our
Eers that The whole business, as
bncted by the managers of the of
In the Second Assistant POstmas-
General, was not only extravagant
fraudulent. The general policy
h a contract to persons especially
nred. and to increase the compensa-
an the preteuse that the service
h med had been Expedited" or
h more fIeqnent, and that the ext
Ees If the public service required
iucletse of work done. In one
!. for example, star route was let
|Sl34, 600 per annum, and, within
IN days thereafter, the service was
spedited," and the contract price
kessed 10 $299, 600. 1t is now known
4 this expedition" or reduction of
kdue time, for which the sum oi
900 was paid, was never made.
kome instances. particularly that OF
BE- No. 40, 104, from Mineral Park,
iona, to Phoebe, New, u distance
lS2 miles, he service was expedited
orders from Washington without
knowledge or consent OF the con.
etors. This particular route had
kinally beeu let for So, 900 per an
Is, the service being weekly. II
H sublet at price greater than that
which II was Az first let, and the
s. conuac ors were told that they
~ get up petitions for a weekly
2Fice. Thy refused on the ground
"a there was 10 demand for an in
hsed service. Nevertheless, the ,ri
ekl ly service was ordered from Wash
Fton, and the original contractors, j
j found, were drawing from th,
|Eernment, S22, 800 therefor, the diff.
senCe betWiXt this amount and tina
ID to the sub contractors being O
pei mel gain TO the persons who pre-
rel the uncalled for and neelless in
ease Of the service ).
These ave typical examples of tn
Vulnerable frauds that were commit
upon The Government through tn
psi Olll3e Department during the ad
lnistra lou OF Postmaster Geners
.ey and under the Presidency of Mi
|aye'. In every case so far as W
ese seen (and he Times has bee
'most alone III calling attention
|ese conspicuous abuses) it was in
\ slble that the frauds could hay
Pen committed without the guilt
f2"Iedse OF persons high in static
the rosi Office Department. 1t wa
possible, suming that the Secon
Ps'lalt Poslmaster-G General was poi
Pa Of common sense, that mail Sol
p through sparsely settled regions
I country sh uld have been double
p Quadrupled, with a correspondent
grease Of cost to the Government an
defiance of all natural demands I
/ pnolc, without there being in u
FeHor management OF the Post ON,
FpaFIment knowledge that was
hal upon the Government. 1t WI
VAIN that the Times called attentic
he glarlng facts in the case. Coz
|ssamgn, either gullible or guilt
IppoEted Brady in his ingenious d,
lae, aud he was left To work out b
|ans' Postmaster.Geneial Jane
70" undoubtedly the master Of Il
Psiheas OF his department., took l
investigation OF the Star Rout
peie Congress left it. The result
u MI Brady 10 out Of oAaee, al
eie d Is now on foot an investigate
Tx upon each individual of the 81
Y pa Ring his share of responsible
'he frauds that have been comm
1t IS TO be hoped that the CO
,,"tor' will be found, convicted, 81
~ 10 The penilentiary.