The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-04-28
THE STAR SERVICE.
Brady Proposes TO Bully it
ThrOugh-falxiDg Pride la q
His RORueFy.

+ New York, 27.-T11buneiS WsshipI
o ton On the Star route business: IL
! silence Of those whose names have bee
q cQnnt cied with the Star routs swildies
/ oegln ming 10 be considered one Of ID
strong confrmations Of the trath of I'd
reports which have gained currency. 1
ls learned that many of The members o
Congress whose names and inhuenc
have been lent for the purpose of OBJ
talning contracts upon which fraudulea
, schemes for expedition" have subss
, quently been made, have tiRned rec m
: mendations without any serse of respon
sibllity FIR tneir acts OF this kind. VI heI
inquired Of in regard 10 their recon-
mendations, they have said 10 substance
tha- II is Ihe business of the postotics dc
rartInent to inform itself THROUGH its eva
agents OF the necessity for the sesvice va
asked for. A contractor in 8 western
tate desired TO have the sIVice upuu
his route expedited and increased
in frequency; having secured numerous
signatures Of private individuals, be
came TO Warrington and without trOu bic
obta ned the endorsement of several
members of the delegation from the ,tste
in which the service was peI formed.
One congressnAn refused bis signature
~ n.y." ssked the CONTRACTOR, do you
1 intend 10 refuse to assist in obtsinin z
| better mail service for your cunslilu-
ent.?" "NOne Of my constituents will
be better served" was the reply by
granting your request" The town where
your route terminates has been sbzn-
doned and the postoffice is closed. The
last man has left there and is now in
Washington, seeking my influence to
L -
You are now running under your present
contract forty miles beyond the last vii
lage GU your line." This refusal defeated
the little project Of the CONTRACTOR.
tHeTGtd's Washington: Ex-senator
Dorsey says ex-Secund Assistant Post
mas ter General Brady is scuuu drel.
The President says he is determined that
the whole mass of corruption in the post
office department shall BE- probed 10 the
bottom; that he does net care VINO is hurt
in the process, AID he has gwen most
positive instructions TO Postmaster-C Gen
eral James that nobody is to be saved.
The Inquiry so far has disclosed great ir-
regularity and looseness in the manage
ment of the contract system, and evidence
Of perjury on the part of contractors and
their dummies Is nccumu ating rapidly,
having been one # the AZ enci in secur-
lag Increased pay.
The Pres dent told Mr.. French, this
morning, that the reckless and unaW al
expenditure Of publ; money on Star
routes must have been known 20 those
occupying subordinate positions OF tru |
in he Office of the cond assistant post |
master-geDeral, end i mis- opinion the |
public service demaaded that subOrdi |
mates should not cGun.enance or conceal |
such inexcusable weste OF government |
fund by their silence Tic r,m4rk by |
the President Is understood 20 Apply with |
greater force to the sixth auditor of The /
treasury, through VIII sc office all Rc-
counts Of Star route contractors passed, |
and who also failed to call attention in |
his annual reports to the facility with /
which the second assistant postmaster
general was getting rid of millions of |
dollars with evidence before him oi this
lawless expen diture
New York, 26.-Brajy writes t. the /
Herald to-day. He says: Up TO this /
time | have satisfied myself with gem
erAl denial of the charges made by the
class of newspaper correspondents, who /
either do not care TO kAOw the facts, or
knowing them, deliberately misrepre, ent
them. A thorough Investigation Of every /
phase of the matter cannot b. initiated
one moment too soon for me. The |
ninety three routes include all the great /
national routes Charges have been
made before, and were made necessarily
during thu winter of '79 and go, when
Congress was in session. 1t is LOtoriOus
that while the committee unanimously
recommended large increase after the
appropriation for the p eY Gus year, Con-
yress granted the full amount estimated
for by The department, and thereby not
0uly justified the increase oa these
ninety -thIee routes, but continued them
on taat basis. II is also a
fact that Congress, at It's las. session, ap-
not only q sufficient amount
70 conduct the service as thus incressld,
but gave $500, 600 for further increase
turing the next fses. year, aHd it is
more notorious fact that dur
ng the past four years the entire postal
service had grown with wonderful
growth. This is not confined to the Star
ervice alone. What the department did
a all these respects it did in obedience to
he demands of the country rs expressed
through its representatives,. Nothing ~as
lone on my own voiition. Nothing
vas done dsrkly, or in corner, and yet
IN responsible for sill that was done
while al the head of the contract bureau.
am proud of the fact that | was j a
position TO respond TO the wants Of the
country in its recent, and sill niinuing
wonderful era of prosperity. No man
Who comes after me, whssever bis pre- I
enlions msy be, dare set his face against
be liberal 20 icy iEaugurated by Judge | !
Key. 1t was and is the true policy n
lorsed BY the people, and any attempt TO [
hangs it will bring discontinue and
upon th Sc who hazard theex
pertinent. all this talk sbO@t rings aHd
comes fiom disY aced con-
FACTORS, AMI woul3-be biackmaileEs. In
essant oyeriures were made by thee
,rigznds to ntTac'ors, VITO were sup
.osed by them 10 beia the enjoyment OF
at contracts, and las &c contra Is, o pro
,erly mould public sentiment, ard those
being rejected on many in
tances, were followed by threats that II
hey were denied part 'cipation therein,
contrary sentiment would be created.
lave in sll cases where they have come
o my knowledge, set my face q; flint
Rainst such propositions and would |
ave been energetic in wiping cut
my potion of the Star mai service
/
ion 70 popular support or commentator.
Nothing was done, Us have said above,
hat was not done st the request of mem
,ers Of Congress, who were supposed to
,now the need- AID rtquiry ments Of their !
.onstiluet t., and netting was persisted
n that failed 70 receive the approval Of
he majority of both houses. For q
While the public mind msy be con-
funded 0y the clamor OF thu persons
.llud, to, aud they may even succeed
n bringing national names i1t0 con-
smely and disgrace; but ony for
ime. 1t is not proba Die that in the dis
,ursement of SD many millions Of del airs
yer snnum for the support of service so
widely distributed and SO difficult of
borough investigation as the Star mail
erviee OF this country. no mistakes would
,e made. no money wasted, even under
be wisest administrator; but that there
IA been a single case OF corrupt cohu-
ion bet Xeen contractors and the depart
n-nt i emphalicaliy deny, and chal-
engs the whole b ,dy Of defAmess to
lrOye TO the con raTy.