Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-05-02

MONDAY EVENING. NAY 2, 1851.
At BSy.


At Bay.
All these big star route thieves are in
nocent as lambs. Mr.. Brady says he
never did a naughty thing in all his ad-
ministration, and if any money was mis-
spent, it was the wicked congressman
who were at fault for deceiving him as
to the necessity of it. And Mr.. Brady
says he wants an investigation which he
is sure will show him to be q much in
iured man. Mr.. Dorsey comes along
also this morning with his denial and
his demand for an inquiry. Mr.. Dorsey
is another innocent man. Although he
and Brady have been coupled together in
the public estimation as brace of very
black sheep, it seems to be quite a mis-
take, if we believe them. But somehow
it generally SO happens with those who
are accused, and the wickeder they are
the stronger is their assertion of inno-
cence. Our jails would be uninhabited if
we should credit every criminals story.
1t is sad, but 1t is true, that the man who
violates the law will lie to escape it's pen
<ies.
There is no doubt that these star
route thieves are bold fellows. That is
the character of the game that they have
been playing and they will play it out to
the end in the same spirit. They swear
themselves innocent in the face of posi-
tive evidence of their guilt, because they
think they have nothing to lose by it,,
and they know that there are always
plenty of people who would believe a
man who stoutly declared his innocence,
though they should see him pick pock-
ct and find the stolen purse upon him.
A demand for investigation cannot hurt
Messrs. Brady and Dorsey, because they
are condemned in public opinion already,
and all the proof an investigation would
furnish would hardly damage them
more. They are used up men now and
their only chance for rehabilitation is to
deny and to publicly call for the proofs
against them, while privately they put
their engines in motion to defeat what
they demand.
They have good reason to expect sue
cess in their game. They know Garfield
to be weak and theyput their trust in the
means they have to subdue him. 1t is
these they have all along relied upon for
their safety. They have nearly been
brought to ruin by the fndiscreet zeal of
an honest postmaster general but we
shall he much surprised if he is not halt
ed by superior authority in the work he
has undertaken. If it is continued the
certain result will be to expose the nefar-
ious means used by the Republican ma
tiOnal committee to elect Garfield. 1t
will show that he was not really
chosen president any more than
Hayes. 1t will require him in
honor to surrender his place, just
rs much as Hayes was SO called upon to
step down and out. This it will effect;
to say nothing Of the regulations that
the full discovery of the star route
methods will tear to shreds. Naturally
Mr.. Garfield does not desire to be saluted
rs a fraudulent president if he stays in
nor does he want to get out. To pre-
serve his place and with it the worlds
respect, Dorsey and Brady must be
silenced. To do that James must be
made to see the error of his way. His
letter is an announcement to the post
master general of his demand that he
shall be whitewaslled. Upon these con-
ditions the family may continue to he
happy. Otherwise Mr.. Dorsey intends
to proceed to take the scalps which are
at his mercy. 1t is a very pretty mess,
indeed, for the Republican party
and administration. 1t quite over
shadows the other troubles over
Malone and Robertson. There is blood
on the face of the moon. Dorsey and
Brady appear as outlawed banditti who
have been chased by the government
troops into their mountain sastnesses,
with price set upon their heads. But,
10! they turn the tables upon their pur-
suers. They have the lives and reputa-
tiOns of their leaders at their mercy.
They demand parley and a pardon, if
they would not cut their victims threats
and this eminently fair trade being made,
the highwayman peaceably resumes his
lucrative business under government |
tolerance. We expect soon to see Messrs.
Dorsey and Brady at their old business
of robbery for the benefit of themselves
and their party, and the rash James
in retirement.
PHILADELPHIA is moving in tie mat
Yer of substituting electricity for gas in
the lighting of the streets of that city.
4 company is in formation the object
Of which is to perfect upon an extensive
scale plans for illuminating purposes,
and from an article which is elsewhere
printed, and which indicates the state
,f popular opinion and points out the
of projects looking to the en-
ployment of electricity for lighting pur-
POSES, it would seem that in the not very
listant future the gas lamp there "must