Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-06

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removed; he will not let any incompe-
tent person be appointed; he will not
let a guilty person escape. Persons who
advocate Robert Church, Schultz and
others for the office held by Mrs,
Thompson, are wasting time. The
star route scandal, embracing corrupt
! officials, perjured contractors and sub
sidized newspapers, is what now
engages the attention of the post
master general. After he has attended
to thes matters, he will visit Memphis
and look into the river mail service,
concerning which he is very much
interested.
THE RESULT OF MR.. BRADY's MAN
AGEMENT
has not only robbed the government Of
millions, but it has unfortunately con-
nected itself with the names OF wor-
thy congressman, who, in order to
avoid the Inconvenience and perplex-
ity Of having, as he threatened, the
star route service abandoned and dis
continued, felt it the only alternative
to vote for or indorse his demands for
an increase of appropriations. In
! doing this they relied upon Mr.. Bra
dy's Integrity, intelligence and ability.
That they were deceived is now at
tested by the great scandal which fills
the columns of the press every day.
Among the congressman whose names
have been mentioned in connection
with the extravaganza aud expendi-
ture OF this system, is that OF Hon.
H. D. Money, of Mississippi. Owing
to the persistent and repeated state
ments of members Of congress for i'm
proved mail facilities in their respec-
tive districts, and the de-
mands of Mr.. Brady, who
said unless these appropriations
were made he would have to stop the
service, Mr.. Money felt constrained
to act as he did. He was ignorant
of any effort to swindle the govern
ment. What he has done was in be-
halt of a duty of him demanded by
the acknowledgement Mr.. Key,
through his chosen official. | make
this statement because in this matter
the conduct of Mr.. Money may be
unintentionally misconstrued. Owing
to i'll health he is now far away in the
wilds of Mexico, where he has no OPP
portunity to refute by mail or wire
any of the accidental circumstances
that might possibly connect his name
with the imperiOus demands of the
late p~ostotice administration. To all
who know Mr.. Money this statement
is unnecessary. Senator Lamar and
Hon. Van H. Manning, who are con-
versant with the course OF Mr.. Money
as chairman of the house committee
on postofices and post routes, are en-
phatic in the statement of the fact
that he has done his duty and is in no
respect connected with the abuses of
the star mail routes. Owing to Mr..
Brady's threats, and his power to exc
cute, the alleged necessities by with
drawing the mail service, congress did
make the appropriations. For these
Mr.. Money is not more responsible
than Mr.. Atkins. who was chairman of
the house committee on appropriations.
If Mr.. Brady be guilty such will be
established by acts independent Of the
measures passed by congress.
THE IGNORANCE OF JUDGE KEY
in permitting Mr.. Brady to act as he
did is wonderful. 1t is generally CON
coded that under the star route system
the government has been defrauded
tothe extent of millions Of dollars.
Mr.. Brady, by representing to congress
the withdrawal of mail facilities,
compelled the extra appropriation.
Judge Key, by permitting a subor-
dlnate official to act in this matter,
displayed a magnitude of ignorance
which, if wanting, would implicato
him unpleasantly in the scandal which
now fills the press from California to
Maine. Mr.. Maynard was too deeply
absorbed in the senatorial contest to
discover these omissions, and derelic-
tions of official duty. After
his defeat he devoted some time
to the dismissal of democrats from
Office. Among the number he dis
missed was a nephew of a democratic
member Of the Tennessee legislature
who voted against Mr.. Maynard for
the senate. l do not know that this
was the cause of the young man's dis
missal. He was appointed at the in
stance of General Dibbrell, and this
stout democratic congressman felt
deeply aggrieved because of Mr.. May
nard's alleged petty spite and method
of revenge. What effect all this will
have upon the consideration of Mr..
Maynard's friends nominated by the
president remains to be seen. They
who know Mr.. Maynard believe him a
mar as honest as he is a politician,
bitter and unrelenting.
SALTUs MOHEGAN.