The Evening critic., 1882-01-05

the Territories. together with all tho lead
ing citizens, were the consprators.
Hut thcrc is another chapter to thi, case.
Under the law q contractor who falls TO
perform hi, contract can, by the Post.
master. General be declared "a failing con-
tractor, and the contract aunullcd Nu-
mcions complaints were made az the Post
office Department that McDnough did not
carry ont his contract. ON the llth Of
March, lei9, McDonough was declared Il
failing contractor, bis contracts all revoked
aud his securities required 10 carry ont the
original contract of three trips per week in
$50 hours on the original terms. On the
18th OF April they were declared falling
contractors, aud the ioutc WITS releL to
John A. Walsh for three trips per week AZ
lao hours each. Thus the old time aud the
old numbers Of trips per wccle was resumed.
Al once there rose so Wild yell,
A. all the ncnds from hcaycn That fell
Had pcal"d the hammer cry OF He'll.
The yell was loud ana long Ii commenced
ON the 9th of April with r. Romero, dele
gate in Congress from New Mexico, with
protest Ou the 18th petition was received
from all the territorial and county officials
and principal citizens of Navapai County,
Arizona. On the 10Th a tclcgraphic petition
came from the attorney general, the terri
toria secretary. the internal revenue coll
lcctor, the United States attorney, the sur
vcyor general. the chief justice and United
States marshal of New Mexico, with the
general commanding thedistrict and large
number of prominent citizens of Santa Fe.
ON the 2lst came another still more urgent.
On the 23d came telegram from Prescott,
signed by all the territorial officials and the
principal citizens ON the 18th of March an
additional petition came from Santa Fe,
signed by all the army officers there and by
a large number of citizens. On the 9th of
June Gov. Wallace wrote an urgent official
letter asking the restoration of the daily
fast mail; his letter closed in the following
words Placing the request upon grounds
Of highest public policy, unite with other
well.known citizens and officials in earn
ostly requesting that you WILL as early as
possible, give favorable attention to the
change proposed
On the Goth of June petition from IL
citizens was received and ON the 23d one
superintendent of the railway mail service
reported in favor of the desired increase
and expedition.
Here was another conspiracy, including
all the officials civil, and military, of the
two Territories, and hundreds of its promi-
ncnt citizens. to defraud the United States
| Government out of money enough to give
! them the needed postal facilities. All
| these parties, men of character and stand
| ing, major general ana u brigadier-
| general in tile United States army, a judge
of unhlemished reputation, officials who
stand high in the Departments, business
men of all kinds, are liars and frauds, or
it was the duty of the contract Office to run
daily mail from Santa Fc to Prescott.
On the 10Th of July the order was issued
by Brady TO make the trips daily and to
reduce the time from $50 to 80 hours.
These are the facts as to route 40,101 for
frauds in relation to which Brady, Turner,
French, Brown and NcDonough were in
formed upon by the late alleged Post
master General. Every iparticle of the
evidence quoted was in the possession of
the Government attorneys and experts. 1t
would be an insult TO the intelligence Of n
ten year old boy, who had read the law and
these papers, to say that he did not know
no crime had been committed by any one.
All these papers had been before a COM
mittee of Congress composed Of Blackburn,
Blount, Clymcr iiawley, and Cameron,
and they had oxoneTated Gen. Brady and
the contractors from all bal intent even,
and yet two Cabinet officials have been for
months bounding these men with a pack OF
bred ours, in the newspapers, as crimi-
nails of the deepest dye
1t is only necessary for people of sense to
read the facts to see why the information
did not inform.
in every other case where Star-route;
have been expedited aud increased it will
be found that it was done in accordance
with law, as this was, and upon proper
petitions.