The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-08-06
Delay and Silence:

1t is announced in Republican dis
patches from Washington, as was an
nounced in the Enquirer dispatches
some days ago, that further action in
the Star Route cases, so far as prosecu-
tions are concerned, will be postponed
until September next. In the same
Republican dispatches it is announced
that 1.-THE evidence upon which indict-
ments against leading members of the
Ring would undoubtedly have been
found was prepared, and would have
been laid before the Grand Jury"-but
for the postponement. The country is
informed that a Judge had determined
to adjourn Court early iE July, and that
there would not be time to try the
cases. But the country knows, just the
same, that this postponement till Sep
TENDER means postponement tlll Octo-
Der, till after the election in Ohio in
October, probably till after the election
in New York, in November, and then,
perhaps, even probably, silence. The
administrative head of the Republican
party at this moment was not ignorant
of these postal frauds, through which
the taxpayers of the country were
robbed, General Garfield was men,
Der of Congress when the charges
concerning these robberies were pub
licly made on the floor of the
House. He avoided all votes
upon the matters relating to
these thefts. He had not offended
Brady from his place in the House of
Representatives, and was, therefore, in
position to write q letter to Brady ask
ing him to contribute some of the mon
| ey he had stolen under the forms of
law" toward the election of himself
| (Garfeld) to the Presidency. Garfield
could not have been ignorant OF these
swindles while they were the subject of
protracted Congressional debate in the
body of which he was amember. He is
not anxious to prosecute this investiga-
ton, or to find these indictments, or to
agitate this subject further until after
the October election in Ohio, or until
after the elections of this year, The
Washington kilograms have, day after
day and week after week, proclaimed
that the ''Star-route" investigation was
being conducted with great vigor and
remorseless energy, and that every
guilty man, high or low. would be ex-
posed and punished. But in all of
these days and weeks, since the first
unattended exposure, the people of the
country have been mysteriously told
nothing. The public interests have
demanded" that nothing be made
known concerning this enormous swim
die. Postmaster-General James has
been given to understand that he was
premature, and that he must not over
throw the party and the Admins.
tration from which he derives his glo-
ry. The bulletin is given out that the
conduct of this investigation is taken
out of .he hands of the Postmaster
General, and that MacVeagh is prose-
cutting it with great vigor. But it is
known, also, that there have been init
nations made to MacVeagh that, unless
he shows certain degree of loyalty to
the Administration, his resignation OF
his Cabinet place will be eagerly ac-
cepted. In a word. the consistent pol
| icy of this Administration touching this
matter, as shown by its conduct since
the first unhappy exhibition made of it
by the awkwardness and inexperience
of Mr.. James, a friend of Conkling,
has been to delay, to silence. to smoth-
er, to conceal, to deceive. The Admin
istration, certainly, will.not permit the
publication of the evidence in the Star
Route business pending the Ohio cleo
ton. Certainly the Administration will
not allow the agitation of this matter till
after the decisive elections of
this year. The Republicans will not
march their forces to the polls compell-
ing them to wade through the proofs of
Republican corruption to reach the bal
lot-boxes. The Republican managers
know that they can only succeed by the
concealment of Republican crimes. To
this banquet board of concealment, to
this trick of keeping clean the outside
| of the cup and platter, the voters are to
| be invited in the autumn at hand. This
is only a portion of the spectacle and OF
| the unsavOry dish. With shameless
| effrontery the Republican party has adj
vertised its intention to endeavor to
capture one of the States of the South
AS a beginning-by most corrupt
bargain and alliance in the first place,
and by open bribery in the second place.
These are the recent methods of the
great party of morality and intelligence.
1t is by such processes that the man.
ayers of the Republican organization
are to keep, if they keep at all. the IA
natical, superstitious, blindfolded fol-
lowing which they call the moral sup
port and patriotic, intelligent sentiment
of the country.
And if we look at Albany we find the
same thing repeated. This Republican
Administration is forced to attempt to
sustain itself by the use of all the pat
ronage at its command that can bear
upon that point, and. after that enor-
nous bribing machine is exhausted, it
is, or its adherents are, driven to resort
to open bribery by direct payment of
money to legislators for their votes to
maintain the responsibility, and 10 give
proof of the moral support, of the ADJ
ministration. These are some of the
facts upon which the enthusiasm of Re-
| publican voters must be built this year.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
| De- -