, 1881-04-25
WASHINGTON.
Unsuccessful Efforts to Sup
press the Star-Route In
vestigation.
Tho President Determined to
Probe the Matter to the
: Bottom.
No One Found Guilty Of Defrauding
the Government Will
Escape.
The Process by Which Unscrupn1ous Con.
tractors Succeeded in Fleeing
Uncle Sam.
Simon Cameron's Mission to
President Garfield a CON-
plete Failure.
The Thermometer to Play an I'm
portant Part in Breaking the
Deadlock.
Solliers and Sailors Gathering to Par
ticipate In the UnTciling Of Far
ragut's Statue.
decentralization Laws- Union Pacific
Oormoranta Petitioning fol Draw"
baok-Foreign Ministers.
The Thermometer to Play an I'm
portant Part in Breaking the
Deadlock.
Soldiers aud Sailors Gathering to Par
ucipate In the UnTciling Of Far
raEut's Statue.
he Naturalization Laws The Union Pacific
Oormorants Pstitioning for a Draw
baok-Foreign Ministers.


STAR ROUTES.
:rFoRrs To SUPPRESS THE INVESTIGATION
Sptttal Dttpateh 10 1ht CHICAGO Tribune.
WAsIukoroS. b, O.. April A.-An Interested
'irectIy or indirectly III tho star-routo scandal
'em to be organizing to bring pressure to hcnr
pon tho prcsldent to either stop tho pending
,vestigut!on or to puah 1t with the least amount
i vigor allowable in view OF the prominence
shich the subject has reached before tho pull
,c. AL the influences which a great ring
;noHs 10 well how to use IN Washington seem
y 10 rallied rs part OF tho force to operate
Ipon tho President and other members Of
ho Administration. Thus fnr their efforts
ire reported to hare met with no
hadow Of success, and tho understanding ts
hat tho investigation OF tho mrtrer will bo cur
led for~ard with vlgor. and That every person
tund connected With 1t. hlRh or low, will bc
untshed to tho extent OF tho law, Tho prcst-
lent bus been
yE1tY FIRM IN THIS MATTER
rom tho first day that tho facts were lntd before
,iu. and there ta no reason ~ suppose that ho
,stll yield I'M inch to tho powerful influences
which are being brought to bcar upon him.
'no Of the beat esidcnces Of tl.o corrup-
ion Of tho. stAr-route crowd IL the fuct
hut they 1uoet the spactdo charges made Ia tho
,,ublic press, ali OF which nro founded upon tho
vldcacu taken by Congressional Committee.
md chiefly given by thoBa: connected with the
sear- route service, by claiming that they nrc
simply the stories Of blackmaf!ers- A poralst-
nut effort Is being ulade III several quarters to
s,.in currency for this charge against those cor
respondents who have been particularly prolnf-
,ont In exposing these frauds. Thcre IL not IL
,halow Of foundation for tho chargos, md they
'nly serve, with thoee who arc acquainted With
.hc persons rcfcrred to, to
sTuES1TftEy TIFF. GAZE
against tho correspondents. Considerable sur
1risc IL expressed Rt tho view Of his duties
which Mr, btc0rew, tho Sixth Auditor, puts
snrth In bis letter asking for an investigation.
Whtio 1t is true that ho has nqfhtng to do With
the working Of contracts In the Post -Ol]cc Do
partluent, 1t WIS supposed that It was Ills duty
to sce to It that tho Treasury was not ptnndcrad.
which Hnyo him some discretion aud right OF ln-
9ulry into tho character at tho account8 he was
asked to audit more than simply to sec that they
we're clerical!Y accurate.
Those who arc conducting tho Investigation
Into tho system Of letting route contracts nssert
tllat, while much that has beon published has
been incorroot aud sensational, yot tho develop
,nents, when they are made. will be quito as
startling US tho worst that bus bcen hlntct at-
THE FACTS ARE WITHHELD
for tho present, purity because Of tho unwilling
ness Of tho mannRer Of the Investigation to
place u STUN upun the character nf mon who.
when all tho facts are known. may provt,
to have boeu ignorant Of tho rascailty Of tho
proceedings til which they wero IN
part tho actors, and partly bocauso tho publ!ca-
tiou OF oil that Is known might close tho door to
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together win the'r Respective cont1Ac'otS,
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