, 1881-11-24

tho fiscal ycar, 1871. Thomas Brady nualitlcsl
rs Second Assistant l'nStniaster.ticnctRa.
During that fiscal ycnr n,l III Ills orders
sixteen allowances fur expenditure of mail
srrsice On stNteen rDules. Tha cnnsrMct
price on sixteen routcs aggregated Slat,5A
prr ah,,un,. Tho allowances for expedition
Increased tho annual I,ay OF these ron.cs
sID7.0IB, atlll matta thu total pay $751;
d!U yoar. and IN racl, enc Of these
cases tho Inv was strctchet to its Ut
must IN favnr nf tho contracts, Md tho
instructions Ut tl,at Inv .lisrcRnrslct, as like
wise tito tlnc-lloMarcd cststoln Ut tic depart
lnent, requiring contractors To furnlsl, veti-
flest desattMf tt,ta whereby tho oxuet protor-
tion between tic. original pay and tho col,l-
pensa.ton for cxpetlilonal scrytco required
could bu accurately determined. During
tlfs sattle flscaf ygar, 1877, Brady ttatfe orders
grAntlnx additional allowances to contractors
for trips added a,,ti speed Increased
On ~ ROUTES,
amounting In tho nggregate 10 SG0I.33A Tic
original pny oil ti1esG roittes was III ,Vo,U ,U!0,
50 that tho il,crenab WIS nhiut bS lit; per
cent. while tile additional duties rc.,u!red of
contractors wcro III the nggreEutc only
about :31l per cent" Gibson charges that
He.,. Drnly thercaftcr deliberately nd
ycrtsetl for atar service OH such schedules
rs tn Leave ROOM for prouetlitatut Increases
Of pay BY means Ut allowances for expetil-
tioi1. etc., MIL says tlmt, IN alnnst every ill.,
siace. hc violated tic letter al,tl spirit Uf tho
INV III making Orders for additional allow
allceH BY WHICH 4 few contractors could
be receiving more tllnn S"",,5o s., 80 QUO n year. 1t
Is asill further charggl that during the fiscal
years pf 1879 md lSs0 llleru Wcru forty-fnur
orders on Wl,lcl, allowances were mails u,,d
lnoiiey pu|tl, which Weru retroactive anu III
direct violation If law. III nil, nccortlinE to
this report, there were, during Grn. l}rndy's
inclsmbclicy, seyunty-four orders Inatto In
violation of law. Gibson says: IAN f,spcc-
t!on of every case Of cxpct!ltton by experi-
encets and impartial nan whose instructions
were to ascertain tho truth mid report It, was
ordered. Nearly nil their reports have been
received: 4 number of mon have beer e,n.
plnyed III tllis work sll!ce May last. They
hud personal knnwleslgu Of the fncts. Tile
statements Ut tliesN witnesses wese written
dow, a.ld verified by their onths. Sub-cOn-
traetors. s!lpcrln!emlcnts. drivers. agents.
imtcsrogated tiiu their -depusttons taIe,,.
The result Il q nMass Of eylllence, acco,n-
panted l1y exp!n11atory reports Of inspectors,
Which I'LL several thousand 1'ages legal cap
lRper. III atltitlnl' to all this, thu rpcDrl 0t
evidences lit tho department las beet min
utHly and critically oxnsulnod, ttgestud, ami
collected.
70 DO THIS CHEAT wonK
llas required months Of tho most arttuolls
work on the pnrt Of Tic INSPECTOR, r. II.
Woodward, myself, mid tho oi1icrrs and
clerks OF tho pust-Oslice department as
signed to this duty, llayu examined nil
this evidence and weighed It carefully, alut,
i'll many fnstalices, hrnrd md read nrn md
written statements " tho contractors or
their attorneys, alla I calllot resist Tho
conviction tint, In almost every case,
tile allowance for expedition wins
trautlnently, colusiyely. Md corruptly ob-
The report thus continues to the close re-
garding Brnty,
gibson FINISHES
MS follows: "'rhnt there ,as hCan inclft-
n(!ent shortcomings In the administration Ut
the Sixth Auditors O!liurs. Gross abuses
nlld cOrrnptlony In tho contlct Of tho
cuntrnct Office of Tho post-O Ot1Ice Department
fl tho past would lave bren iinpossibln ind
tho Auditor Of tile TREASURY for tito plst-
0tlce Department vigorously executed tile
law With nll honest purposu.t to correct glnr-
ins wrongs and bring to justice notorious
WrongtoorS."