, 1881-11-06
STAR, ROUTES.
WHAT THEY SAY or MACrEAGH.
Speeial Dtsuutch to The CAieavo 7FibHns-

speeial Di,uatch to The CAieavo Tribune !.
WAs111SGroS, j. e., Nov. 5.~rhe Critic
has the following talk with All official Of the
Department of Justice:
.'Fur the shu1t time he was up there he
succeeded in getting things remarkably COLI
fused"
''What was the matter?"
.'I1e had no idea Of how the department
should be managed. lie wanted to run it lis
a lawyer would run his office, carrying his
papers in his hat II you talked IL him
abvnt system, it was oh, system! phsaw!'
lie didn't think there WAS any use in attend
iue to the distribution Of papers,
'Wllat is the feeling III the department.
4ith regard to his taking himself otf:"
.'Eyerybody is glad To get rid Of him. lie
was d!sagreeabe, despotic, and 1idgetty-
didn't know one minute what he would do tile
next, and then didn't remember what he had
done the minute before. And now lie has
rtln ofI and deserted the star-route eases, and
is helping Wolf, the bolter, III pennsyl-
ya1ia.''
, WHAT THEY SAY OF COOK.
The Nutio,ult Republican has discovered
new reason for the delay in the star-route
eases. 1t says that delays are dangerous
but il, this case they are profitable 1t adds:
SIOUX, the principa. leading special counsel
for the Government, got 4 retainer Ut S22.'o0
and gets Sl0U daily until the trials are ended.
OF ct1lrse. u4ider the circumstances, he
il in no special hurry TO have tie trial eid.'
THE ARGUMENTS IN THE STAK-ltoUrE PIE
1.l.1INAlIES.
To tie Wfsfern 47ssocfased Prrss-
WASHINGTON, u. e., Nov. 5.-Col. 1nger-
soil continued his argument for the defense
" III the star-route cases this morning. lie
.cunten&icd that the charge OF conspiracy was
all absurlity. lie coatensied that some OF
the acts done ny Brady in his official capacity
were absolutely lawful III themselves, and
Within his discretion. The unlawful acts
lone by him must, therefore. be particularly
vet out. or the information must fail. lie
.ri1icise.l the at1idavits OIL which, the infor-
nation was based. aud Showed that they
. xere l,earsay, and were not such evil
ience as could go before Il grand jury
Or petit Jury. lii this case ignorance and
malice have united, and honest ignorance
had dune the swearing. [Iaughter.] The
question is. Will this court abandon the
practice Of 1Go years, or will it say to all per
so,ls wishing to in1ict Others for offenses OF
this gravity: s. You must go before tile
grand jury:'' That is the question. state
that the law is that this court las ITO jufis-
diction Of this o1fellse until all indictment has
been presented. l state that even if the court
j. has jurisdiction, there must be a ''probable
causc.:' I state that that 'probable cause y
must be the affidavit Of some man who
lnuws and states the facts- l state that
the practice Of allowing luen to be ar
rested without oath or Affirmation is
Simply infamous, and that amy Judge Ut the
United States who does it ought to be l1n-
peached And another thing that l insist
up,l il that the Indictment itself must be
reasonable, aud not contradictory, and that
the plcadrr must set forth tile facts.
JEFF CHANDLER,
of counsel for Brady, addressed the Court
lie said: II Sec. $40 were to he construed
alone. it w;,s too uncertain to be enforced rs
criminal statute The conspiracy alleged
in this c:,se did not contain the elements out
of which conspiracy could be constructed.
All the acts complained of could have been
done as we'll by Brady alone is with others,
and, if done by Brady alone, would not have
been inttictablc. Crngrtss had given Brady
discretion. and had give to this court no
authority tu review his action. II Brady
could be brought here and held to explain
everything that lie had done, and conslsned
to prison, then,. of COURSE the Postmaster
General could also be brought i'll and be con-
peled to give all explanation Of his action;
because it was claimed that Brady had dune
deed Of heinous WRONG by virtue OF finding
il himself in possession OF the power Ut the
. postmaster-t;eneral. 1t was the authority
which had been reposed in the Postmaster
General which was alleged to have been
abused. All alleged abuse in the discretion
of a high executive ufcer could not, ne cor
tended, be tried by the courts. 10 osublect the
superior officers Of the Government upon
wlltIse uninterrupted presence 1T the helm
the safety of the State depended. TO 1ndlet-
1nellts for misconduct III office. would be ~
furious to the l'ndy polite, and. CONSEQUENT
penal revision. The defense held that I'LL ex-
ecutiye officer could not be subjected to the
jurisdiction Ut i court for iii abuse Of the dls-
c1etion given linn by Congress.
Adjourned until Monday.