The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-05-05
WASHINGTON BRIEFS.

THE value Of cheese exported Ii more IMAM
double that of butter.
DOM P1ATT has resumed writing letters Tor
the Sunday Capital -
SENATOR MALONE does not attend the caucuseh
of either Of the parties.
GENERAL KmPATRIoK says he is to. have the
Chilian Mission, but friends of Osborn, the
present Minister, deny this.
In caucus the Republicans appointed com.
mittee Of seven to consider what plan had PEST
be pursued to bring about harmonious acuon,
and report at future meeting.
IT is now said that Platt is not sticking tc
Conkling but will favor Robertson's contrma-
| ton. Conkling is in earnest in making the
| fight, and is getting all the votes he can.
THE National Committee of the National
Greenback Labor party are called to meet, by
| Secretary Crandall, at st. Louis, June 2, tc
elect a chairman in place of T. II. Murch.
| THE excess of exports over imports of mer-
chandise for the twelve months ending Marcn
| 81. was $24S, ,445, ,S99. The excess of imports
| of gold and silver coin and bullion in the same
| time was $7s, 94S, 769. ;
JAMES MONROE, ex-member of Congress
from the Oberlin, Ohio, District, it is under
| stood, will be appointed to the Brazilian mis-
| sion. Mr.. Monroe is an old companion and
| friend of the President.
| THE Commissioner of Internal Revenue
| decides that money in the custody of the Gov
ernment and belonging to citizen is mot sub
| ject to levy and attachment under proceedings
| instituted in State Court by creditors.
THE President has designated the following
| as members Of the Board of Visitors to West
/ Point: Anson Stager, of Illinois; Milo 9. Has
/ CALL of Indiana; Charles A. Boutelle, of Maine,
| George S. Greene, of Rhode Island; Henry b
1 Ledyard, of Michigan; s. s. Laws, OF Missouri.
and D. G. Buell., of New York.
| PRESIDENT GARFIELD appointed the follow
| ing Government Directors of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company for the ensuing year: s. T.
| Everett, of Cleveland, Ohio; R. H. Baker, of
| Racine, Wisconsin; Charles B. Peck, of Port
| Huron, Michigan; George w. First, of Omaha,
| Nebraska, and A. Kountz, of New York.
PETITION was filed with the United States
| Court of Claims by the Union Pacific Railroad
Company for compensation for the Transports
ton of mails. The amount claimed due is
81, ,169, ,720. The petitioner maintains that
one-half the amount claimed-namely, $780,
| S60-should be applied by the government to
the payment of bonds issued by the govern
| ment in aid of the construction of the railroad,
and that the other half should be paid over in
money to the company.
The following is decidedly interesting
table:
Total number of star routes. ..... 9,225
Original annual pay for 50 routes. $727, 11e
Increase of annual pay for 90 routes 2,075, 00a
Total of annual pay for 93 routes. 2,803, ,214
Regular appropriation for star route
service for year ending June so,
$780,. ..................... $500, ,OOO
Amount absorbed by SO routes. ...... 2, S02, 214
Remainder for 9,132 routes at the
It I VIII be- seen that ss routes cost Gimost limos 'a az
much as 9, 9,132-something of difference.
THE great success which has attended Secre-
tary Windows policy Of extending six-per-
cent. bonds at the pleasure of the Government
at 318 per cent. interest (after they became re-
| deemable) has lead to inquiries as to what law
authorized it. There was no direct authority
for the step, and none against it. 1t was one
of those things which it seemed well to do, as
| long as there was no law against it. The same
| policy will be undoubtedly adopted as to the
| ives. Nor will it be necessary to sell the $104,
600, 900 of four r-per-cents, as the surplus reve-
nues will probably pay all bonds of both series
that are presented for payment. 10
SPECIAL Agents of the Postofice Depart
ment discovered, some time since, that Amer
| ican mail bags were in use in the Canadian
postal service. Every now and then large
numbers of mail bags were missing from on
service. Special Agents traced them to Can
ada, and found them in active service carry
| ing Canadian mails. An agreement has beer
States postal administration, whereby all mai
bags coming from one into the other shall b,
promptly returned to the Postofioe Depart
ment of the country from which they came
A WASHINGTON correspondent of the Gin
clnnah Commercial writes as follows respect
ing the Star Route Ring: ''When Mr.. jane
became Postmaster General he began inves
tgation of the Star service, and substantially,
the same facts as were learned by the Appro
priations Committee of the House came int
his possession. He found that in 1880 ther,
were 9,225 Star routes, for service on whicl
$5, 100000 had been appropriated. OF thi
number SO routes had been let for $727, 119
They had been increased from this sum t,
80, S02, 214, leaving only $3,097,7S6 for tn
remaining 9,132 routes. Thirty-nine contrac
| tors had the ninety-three routes so largel,
favored, and but little inquiry was necessar
| to learn who composed what has been know
here for a long time as the Star route ring
The Department also ascertained the names o
the influential hackers of the ring. Eight con
tractors alone controlled in their own name
forty-seyen of the most profitable of the ninety
| three routes.
THE New York Times Rep.) contains tn
following description of the Star Route Ring
''The Dorsey gang is composed of j. W. Dor
} sey, ]. NJ Beck and J. r. Miner, who hav
, acted as blinds for Stephen W. Dorsey, ex
Senator from Arkansas, and Secretary of tn
Republican National Committee, bidding 70
receiving contracts. J. W. Dorsey is brothe
) of Stephen w. Dorsey. Only little over thre
years ago he was a farmer in Vermont, a
ignorant and stupid specimen Of humanity
He was not so stupid, however, that his NOR
brilliant brother could not use him as cat
paw to pull gold from the public treasury, an
he was brought to Washington for this purpose
]. NJ Beck, the second worthy of the trio, is
' brother-in-law Of Stephen w. Dorsey, havin
married sister of the latter's wife j. +
Miner is partner of the great origin,
Dorsey himself He was brought from Sar
4 dusky, Ohio, expressly to go into the Sta
r Route business. The amount known to hay
. gocketed by the s. W. Dorsey gang in excess c
= the amount called for by their original bids
not less in round numbers than S412, 2,OO
What percentage of this was transferred I
s Brady as his share of the spoils only Stephe
r W. Dorsey and his partners can tell"