, 1881-06-26

knose who have read the political brochure
entitled "Solid for AIulhooly" will fnu no
difficulty III tracing parallel between the
trial for libel described in that satire and the
| haste with which Brady, late Assistant Post
| IN the staf-r0ute charges.
| Mike Mulhooly was a Tammany candidate
for Congress. lie had begun life in Ameri-
ca as 4 porter in 4 low saloon where ward poll
>ticians were in the habit of meeting lie
soon got into politics. lie first commended
| himself to the attention Of the "leaders - by
casting fraudulent vote before lie became
| of age, and afterwards further ingrltiate@l
| himself in tho esteem Of those gentlemen by
| managing squad OF repcatcrs. After this his
progress was rapid. He soon became ''BOss -
| of his precinct, then of his ward, and then of
several wards. lie became q member uf the
City Central Committee, and then of the City
Council. He grew rich i'll an Office to which
no salary was attached. Finally his aspira-
tions reached out to Congress- and he secured
the nomination Ut his purity by packing the
Convention. At this point there was public
protest. 4 respectable Democrat, who had
been cheated out Of the regular nomination,
ran as all independent candidate. L respect
able newspaper~-tle Ty,tth-Tciter, alias the
1ror|d-supported the lndependcnt canGi-
date. and told in very plain language the
true story of Muihooly's career. The Eoss
decided that something must be done, and
the editor was arrested for lbcl,-that is, for
telling the naked truth.
The arrest was made OH Saturday, and the
ef1ifor ,oi hnFor r ~,
Judges OH Monday. The panel for Jury
men had been selected from minor city Of
ficlals and other persons subject to the dicta-
tion and control Of the Boss. Mulllooly de-
manded that the trial proceed at once The
editor and Ills counsel demanded few
days to prepare the defense, and promised to
substantiate by abundant evidence the truth
of every wortl that had been printed about
Mulhoo1y. This apparently reasonable de-
mand was denounced by Mul1ooly:s counsel
two noted criminal lawyers who under
stood how to ''tix - iuries for acquittal or
conyictlon-to be san attempt to trifle with
justice" The prosecutin: attorney, ii also
member of the ring, backed up Mulhboly's
attorneys, and the ring Judge likewise grew
indignant at this fiNgrant effort to. ''trle
NikN JuotlCt.' lit IeSUlL was LilaC. .I0e etElt-
or was "railroadcd" through to il verdict Of
guilty" and the Judge only. suspended
sentence under warning from the s'Boss"
that he was in danger Of going too far.
After that, however, the cdltinued attacks
upon the ring which the: Ty1uh-Icltcr
printed were treated with silent contempt by
tie Boss and his underIiAgs because they
from Il man ,,1fl6 was already /.
convicted libeler Of the: pure and yirtuous |
5lulhooly. ,;E.,s
Brady has shown l1ihSelf to be as anxious
Tor speedy triahas. .Alulhooly was He has
been accusto1nnta "expedtte" the star
routes, and wants:to expedite justice in the
same style!':ee Hf Htf"eannot wait to be indicted.
His fair mamie llas been tarnisl,cd by 1ecls-
less newspaper attacks. lie is painting ror
Delay i'll his case is palpable
attempt to "triGe with justice,' because it IS:
asked for no other purpose than to collect the :
evidence against him. Brady is Of the opin-
Oh that it is all Injustice to collect evidence
against him. He desires that his case be
brought before the Grand Jury before the eyl-
lence is ready. He wants to be white
Washed. Fortunately. the Washington Judge i