Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-11-29

| LOuR DTADCu SOIAulA ASkcu mo IL i
knew whether any of these cases would
be ready for the Grand Jury. I told
him knew nothing Of tho details of
the cases. and that Cook, his own spe-
cial assistant in the cases, was the per-
son to give him any information he de.
sired.
WHY MACvEAGH RESIGNED.
l felt sure the responsibility of the
government would d-vclve upon you
at an early day, and desired to do
nothing which I could avoid to en-
barrass or commit you or my successor.
l therefore postponed the selection of
leading counsel until was assured by
the gentlemen IN charge of these
matters that it ought to be delayed no
longer. Thereupou the Postmaster
General and l met and discussed the
subject. We agreed, in view of the
circumstances, that we ought to select
from the leaders of the bar gentlemen
not only of the highest ability and
| character, but gentlemen also whose
personal and political relations would
very probably be not only cordial, but
confidential with you and with my sue
cessor, so that you should approach these
| cases with every possible advantage.
| It was in this spirit that we selected
Mr.. Bliss and Mr.. Brewster, and with
the selection Of these gentlemen con-
slider that my relation to the Ssar route
| matter ended.
As soon as President Garfield died l
informed yon of my determination to
leave the Cabinet az soon as You could
conveniently appoint my successor, and
a few days after I made public an.
nouncement of that determination.
After your return from New York you
kindly asked me to reconsider. and l
formally explained to You why could
not do 80. You then decided upon my
successor, and upon your assurance that
he would be nominated to the Senate
not later than Wednesday, October
afternoon, October 25th. having made
my adieus and leaving the Solicitor
General. with your approval, in charge
of the Department. On Thursday last
at the depot you explained to me why
you had not been able TO do as you ex.
pected, and why you had decided to
leave the Solicitor General in charge
until the meeting of Congress. / really
think, therefore, that the first thing in
order is the acceptance of my resigna-
ton, and assuming that to have been
done, l will restate why l was con-
WINGED that it was desira ble,t on public
grounds alone. If the Star-route cases
are to be tried. they must be principally
tried in the District of Columbia, and
the jurors must be selected from its
residents.
BRADY'S NEWSPAPER ORGANS.
Now in that district I am assured
that twice each weekday and once each
Sunday, newspaper is published and
circulated among the people from whom
the jurors are to be selected. filed with
abuse of everybody connected during
President Garfield's lifetime with these
investigations, and that is said to have
gone on constantly as to President Gar.
field up to the day he was shot, and as
to all the rest of US ever since. The in.
fluence of such a steady outpour upon a
community of jurors is sure t" be very
great. 1t is true that the New York
Times in this case, as in the Tweed case,
has printed very many of the records,
and with aid of the press generally has
doubtless carried conviction to the gen.
eral public. But among the public of
the District of Columbia the papers con-
trolled by Brady and edited by Cor
ham and others circulate, have no
doubt, greatly in excess of the news
papers published elsewhere. Now,
while these newspapers have been abus. !
ing me they have been as steadily !
praising you, and to such an extent
that they are sometimes foolishly mis- |
taken for and called your organs. Then,
too. you will observe that both before !
and since l left Washington all kinds of |
falsehoods concerning our relations have
been published. purporting to be semi.
official, and if not inspired at least not
discouraged. OF course I know how
absolutely untrue all this is, but it
serves the purpose of leading people of
the District to suppose that you are
very hostile to me, and it
is useless to close our eyes to
the fact that Gorham's relations with
some of your most influential friends
give these pretensi"ns very considerable
W, light with unrefecting people. l do
not advert to these tactics of the
accused parties to make any complaint
Of them. Quite likely they were to be
in such circumstances a.
have surrounded these cases. In
ieeed, presume to some extent that
,ucb methods would be employed, and
and l have therefore al.
ways believed, but never 70 firmly as
to-day, that my remaining ID Office after
President Garfield died, or assuming
my special responsibility for these cases
N any shape, would be constred in
The District itself as that you were not
IN sympathy with the prosecutions, and
that you intended that President Gar
ield's administration and not yours
should be responsible for the further
conduct of them. If had needed any
additional evidence that was right in
his conclusion. would have found it
n the frantic demands of the accused
parties Themselves that l should con.
,inue responsible. and their loui