The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-01

United States court of Richmond. He
states he Will start for Washington in day
or so and concludes his letter by tenderins
MS resisaatlon as superintendent of the
folding room Of the house of representa-
tiyes.
SOLDIERS HOME.
a resolution was offered in the house to.
day by Browne, of Indiana, providing for
the investigation of the soldiers home at
hampton, Virginia, The resolution is pre-.
eeeueu by a preamble, in which the follow
ing, among other charges, is cited as having
been made by the proprietor of the honse
against Governor =. +. Woodfin; First,
that during the last four years said Wood
nn, governor and treasurer OF said home,
has retained aud withheld from pensioners
pension money paid him in trust for the
pensioners hnder him, contrary and
IN violation of the law of the United
States; second, that Woodfin
does not permit inmates of the house who
are iully competent and willingan desir.
nng,to NIL and receive compensation there,
lor tne principal positions at the home, bur
employs persons not inmates, and depriy-
nhs the inmates OF wages they might earn:
.niTo, ihat Woodhn appropriates 70 himself
property and effects of the home; fourth.
that Woodtin has reduced the status of
the inmates of the home to that,oi.prisoneIs
neiu Tor crime. Citations in the preamble
charge that Woodtn makes distinction be.
tween inmates who are non-pensioners and
those VINO are pensioners; that it is almost
impossible for pensioned inmates to secure
their money after il reaches his hands. that
is, he issues wooden chips instead of pen.
sion money, and said chips are only ro-
eeiVable at the home store and beer saloon,
Where exorhitant prices are charged; and
tnat nelsyile, abusive and overbearing in
ms manner, The resolution directs the
committee on, military affairs to examine
INTO the management of the house, and re-
port the result OF the investigation as soon
as practicable.
IL IS estimated that the reduction of the
pnollc pubic debt debt for the month Of July is about
Sl4,000,0O0.
sTAR-RoUTERs
Inc defense in star-route trials began pre-
sentlng their testimony TODAY The wit
nesses were ex-senator Mitchell, of Oregon.
Representative Nalenun, of Nebraska,
ana Secretary OF the Interior Tel.
Ter. All of whom testified
that It had been the habit to urge upon the
postoi1ce department the policy of extend.
ing and exploiting the star-route seryic,
as means OF attracting immigration tC
their states, and it had been their custom
TO endorse Gvorably all petition.
from their constituents, asking ar
increase or expidtion. They wer,
in the habit of personally visiting the post
Office department to personally urge tn,
claims OF their sections. Ex-SenatoI
Mitchell said that the question of eypeps,
OF such increased service had never caused
him any thought when he recommended
lie only took care of his own region ant
had nothing to do with contrac
tors. When in 1879 some portior
OF the Star mail service had been cut off
he lMitchelD sent some pretty sharp tele
grams to Brady on the subject. Congress
man Valentine, of Nebraska, said he ha,
asked Tor an increased service almost imme
1hteiy on comingto congressh he was Away
dlsSatislled however, because the objection Q
small receipts were too much for him. Ill
had no recollection of ever urging cxpe
dited service. His efforts had been in th
direction OF extending the routes
secretary Teller stated that while in tn
senate he had very frequently called upo
Brady in connection with the servic
in his state; he had genera thcor
as to the duty of the government wher
the western mail routes were concerned: Ii
had often expressed his belief, both in th
senate and to Brady. that in his iudgmen
every town and mining camp in the ives
should have mail facilities equal to tn
towns IN New York there was no more oC
caslon Tor expecting such service to b
seiEsustaining than for expecting tha
the army and navy should be seli-sustair
ing; his business with the department ha
almost invariably been done through
Brady, and he believed he had general
been successful in securing such improve
ments as he desired.
Pr d. II. Pettson, OF Louisiana, wa
called, but his evidence was ruled out,
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