The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-11-28
McVeagn and Arthur.

Iulldu6lpllt. ZI.-In6 following
letter from General Wayne Mac
Veagh, to President Arthur, just be-
fore his retirement from the cabinet,
will appear in the Times tomorrow.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. s, 1882.
My Dear Mr.. President:
Your letter has just reached me,
and [ will come to see you and talk
over once more the subject of which
it treats, in the same spirit of con-
Citation in which we have hereto
fore discussed it. l will telegraph
in advance of my coming which
will be just as soon as l free myself
from engagements here. l wish you
consider the reasons why | cannot
share your opinion upon this subject.
[ have already told you l
knew comparatively nothing about
star route frauds until President
Garfield called my attention to
them. He spoke earnestly of his
duty to have them investigated;
to remove all persons who ought to
have prevented them, and see all
persons were prosecuted against
whom reasonable grounds for such
a course were developed by inYesti-
CATION. He said he had explained
to the acknowledgement the same
views, and also why he wished him
to consult me rather than the dis
trict attorney of the district. The
postmaster general called upon me
and we went together to the Presi-
dent. He was quite as emphatic as
before in expression of his own
opinion upon the subject. bespoke
of the frauds as unparalleled
villainies; as a loathsome ulcer
on the body polite, needing to
be cut out with all its
roots, no matter where they ex-
tended. He stated that while it did
not belong to any department., GER
tainly not at all at that stage of mat
ter, yet he wished to associate me
with the postmaster general to such
an extent of having the latter feel
at perfect liberty to consult me at
any time about it. He said he
intended to. remove General Brady
as soon as the postmaster could
find a satisfactory successor. AT a
subsequent interview he regretted
the delay in that matter, and urged
his immediate removal, as he held
him principally responsible for
great frauds which he evidently was
convinced had been committed. AS
soon as General Brady's resignation
had been demanded, his newspaper
not unnaturally began abusing
| President Garfield, the postmaster
| general, myself and everybody in
any way connected with the inVes-
| tigation. On this subject L speak
| without the slightest personal
warmth, for thenceforth l ceased
reading them, and I only know
what L have been told by others Oh
read in other newspapers. President
Garfield subsequently expressed re
greet that he had exposed me tC
such attacks, by connecting me
with the matter, not necessarily a
part of my duty at that stage, but
told him | regarded it as an homo
to be abused in his company.
added the general proposition tina
IN these days the abuse of thleye
is about the only decoration
, in our public life, ant
the surest possible passpor
to the good opinion of honest men
In this spirit and this companion
ship / went On advising with tn
President and the postmaster, a
occasion arose. Ny functions wer
slight and infrequent. Woodwar
was postal agent of the postoflic
department, and best acquainte
with these frauds, and most zealou