The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-28
HAYES AND srAR ROUTE BRADY. |

HAYES AND STAR ROUTE BRADY.
There is no doubt but Hayes and other
leaders knew of Brady and the ring Star
route stealings, and yet Hayes retained
Brady in Office. Brady and his Confreres
managed to build up colossal fortunes
by form of swindling which was as
costly to the Government as downright
stealing, and thousand times meaner.
The question may be asked why Hayes
retained Brady in office; but when it is
known that Brady materially assisted
Mackey in counting Florida for Hayes,
all wonder may cease, Brady was one
Of the links in the chain of crime that
made Hayes Pr sident, and as President
he had to purchase silence as we'll as re-.
rd rasCals. Hence Brady was kept in
the luxuriant star route pasture.
During the last Congress an attempt
was made to expose Brady, but The
Hayes administration stood by him, The
facts we're we'll known then, and Gar.
field was a member of the House, and
on the Committee Of Appropriations,
but held his peace.
One reason of all this is that the Star
Route system was main resource Of
revenue for Republican campaigns. The
Chicago Times an independent paper,
having no sympathies with the Demo
cratic party, boldly asserts that had there
been no robbery Of the Treasury by this
star service combination, there " Would
have been no Garfield administration.
We quote from the Times of Saturday:
What if it should be shown that the
present administration, with its deadlock
and gnawing hopes, owes its being to the
engineering of the star service ring, or
combination, as some of the sensitive
plants hereabout CAL itP Mr.. Dorsey,
one Of the most active figures in this
ring next to Brady, is supposed to have
pulled Indiana through. The star ser.
vice methods worked we'll in Indiana;
but more than this, it is interesting also
to know that General Garfield, at a dark
hour in the Indiana campaign, wrote a
letter to Jay Hubbell, chairman of the
Republican Congressional Committee, in
which the poet President uttered Mac.
edonian cry for more money to help the
cause. Hubbell at the time had exhaus.
ted nearly every resource. All at once
he thought of Brady. He ran to him
and showed him the letter of the Presi-
dent, and explained to Brady the neces.
sites of the situation. That noble phi
lanthropist resigned for q few moments
his firm grip upon the Treasury, and
consented to allow some Of the star SER
vice revenue to run out in a noble stream
to answer this Macedonian cry. He took
the contractors of what were known as
the favored routes, and assessed them
for $500 The money was shipped to
Indiana, and came in time to turn the
tide and make Indiana safe. The party
of reform trlumphed. 1t is this thought
that Crushes Brady in his retirement. 1t
is no wonder he has become an ardent
anti-administration man. He has now
enough money to make himself felt, and
being an able man, will make very &C.
tive ally for the Conkling men.
No doubt this is correct. S. W. Dor
sey, the real worker Of the Republican
National Committee last fall (Jewell be-
ing figure. .head) was the leading spirit
and manager Of the star route contracts.
He was the go-between with Brady and
the contractors. What more natural
than that Dorsey should pluck the con-
tractors to help him in his assigned task
of buying up Indiana, an achievement
deliCately applauded by the Vice Presi-
dent, Arthur, at the famous Dorsey BAN
quet in New York.