, 1881-04-22

Is not yet fully scoilre md, naturally, Post
1n,sstcr-(lencral james does not wish to make
anything public Tint wnuth lnjure ,llttu,atu
s,tcccss. liz sattl to-rtEht that tho pNl'-
lie would To compelled to walt In ,pntfcllce
for details; TINT there undoubtedly Ind
l,cen great deal Of corruption, nt,tt that tho
President was determined 10 hunt tho rascals
down. There llavc been !acyGra! consllttn-
a'Ml @ tle pcalinet %aye ali agree,l tat i IS te
duty Of tho Atautlmlstratlun Ia punish my
rascality wherever It chi bo fO,t,.!.
rltEnf: ts nnNE,fAL EXCITEMENT
throughout the l'ust.1tllce Department. Tic
rsrsi',ptoTy tls'assni q tas,: l'Fndy for te
4 very considerable class OF oicinls.
It seems they Iave bce,l pleasing
themselves for several weeks that nothing
iowctl to ratein their positions as. they ware
,lltler tho last Administration. in face' Of
all tho exposures male tt' Congress. Now
they fecl ccrta! III OF Il very RGllcrnl aYor9n,i-
inastcr.t' t'enrra1 James bega,, nj, invvs'Iga-
toni on the stnr rol,te OIL his own. account.
Immediately atter entering upon The duties
of lis oee: 1le sit!l n9t 70 2Ser tio ground
e@xae @pate. b' ne II 9'tss Il s uceun @ e rs
far rs 1t went, nrld .
nnoAN wnknE tr LEFT orr.
At the CONGRESSIONAL Investigation It was
shown. by upn. I.rntly's AVN testimony, t!,at
H. tcl9lSsrateiy yiol@te TIC w y MT0|ys
@ lsrsely l(s'sss II cxeess Il I TIC t ano''t ] ap1ropr
saO0o, ,oo0. It was aiso shown that the t!faet-
Nned deficiency WINS mainly caused BY
fayorlts, one route having been i'creasst!,
if"'a T@ sih,e HfeS "' y seMSo, ap1 f Il;
now k,lowi. that .thu "expeditlon," or
&c ssss Was ,s a@ss tSt w' ovsp ,ss
Eatlon where tic liol,se coil,tnittco, stopped.
allL has succeeded H. obtaining evidence that
will establish! beyoni question,
THE FRAunufESr AND CORRUPT CHARACTER
Of the Stnr-Iaouto management. during, tho
pnst four yenrs, ntitl which. ut The same tinic,
will confirm the suspicion TINT prom nfnent
officers not Only ha.l a guilty knowladFo OF
the methods practicu!l, but were bcnci'clartes
Of the corruption f''ns freely 3,sed to !,. str.
of II the $5ooo,ooo Regularly appropratcd
for Q :S5 stnr routes for tho last fiscal ycar,
nearly $4,000, 600 wero awarded for service
contractors. leaving less than $1,000, 900 for
t&hat & ut icast sa.oooon was distributed
among the Star:itonto group during tito
rrceiveil i no servce vateysr for Tia s,no,iit
abstrnctctl. 1t Is declared here today TINT
the investigation nf the river service Nhout
Memphis llas disclosed greater frauds tllnif
/ any heretofore charged, and tllat, ,ll]Dn Olie
Star 1toutc, tho snryice Inns hccn "expctittetln
from S1O,W0 to S2S0 .000. 1t is statctl at the
Post0i!ice. Department to-day tint the
pnper3 hi tlils matter hnyo bGe1l
TURNED orEn TO TIE DEPARTMENT. OF
JUSTICE,
| and tint criminal prosecution will soon be
begitn aRtlrst a 1,Nnlbgr OF prominent Of
| lleials Every ciEort hns been mule tu lnducu
tic President to allow this matter to pnss
without extretnc measures. and without pro-
ceetllngs ngisfnst officials. He, however, Inns
le',ccd BY bis refusal t0 ntl0w Con. 13rAdy to
leRve Of his own accord. nntl Its order to
the Pi,stiliHBter- Guslnrnl tn demand his fnlms-
dlnto resignation. It iina always beA1l much
OF q mystery why 1lnycs did not purge this
matter nftcr tlla Congressional investigation.
| II liG l,ntl tOtU s llg might hive aNyuu Ills
| Administration fr0lll n1l responsibility for
the scul!dnl tint II IIkuty to be developed.
| Tho ln1iMnu crowd, It seems, fooled both
| lin mid Key. III justice tu
| TIIIltD ASSISTANT pOST3fAsTEI-OENEnAI,
| l1AzEN,
| who WIS transferred to bo Solicitor of tho
l'ost.OillGs Department, 1t sfsUultl be borne
IN III! Jul thnt tlils wis II! 10 Sense \ ronoynl,
tlIschurRet tho duties nf Ills Office 10 tfe I'll
tire satisfaction 9t hls superlors, md has
| ltNally hcen trAlisftrred tn his present POSI-
| tlDn because 1t Wits believed htA SERVICES
| would lg itlnre valuable there. Ills career
| III the Department flnA beau q particularly
| fine 0I,e, rs ltu l,ns risDn from a SENO clerk
ship to ba Its lcgtl adviser.