Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-08-16
The Garfield Monument Bazar.

The Garfield Monument Bazar.
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
The board OF directors for the Bazaar Industrial
and Art Exposition, to be held in the rotunda Of
the Capitol, November 25th to December Sd, 1889
under the auspices OF the Society Army of the
Cumberland. for the benefit OF the GARFIELD monu-
ment, as authorized by joint resolution OF the
House OF Representative and Senate of the United
Stotes. has been organized as follows Board OF
Directors-Hon. David Davis. President Senate;
tice j. N; Harlan, Lieut. Gen. Philip II: Sheridan,
Mr Justice Stanley Matthews, Mr.. Justice VIM. b.
we WSods q John ,na W. ThompscS, Henry A Willard,
derson, Gen. Albert Ordway, Major NJ. NJ. Parker,
Col. W. G. Moore, Mr.. Frank Hatton, Capt S. E.
Thomasen. Commissioner JR. West. Major Merritt
Barber. Y. "A; Col. A f. Rockwell, U.SA.; Col.
L Barber, Gen. D. G: Swain, Com. S. P Carter,
U.S.N.; j. F. Oimstead, c. c. Glover, Vim. S.
Thompson. VIM. S. Roose, DR.. c. b. Puryis, Col. J.
Q. P. Burnside, Gen. w. B. Hazen, b. II. Warner,
Tweedale, Gen. T. I. Crittenden, Hen. John a. j.
CreSwell. Capt VIM. III. Ciapp, U. S. A.; Gen. r. ID.
Mussy, Com. Earl English, U.S.N.; Col Hunter
Brooke. Edward Clarke. Col. Geo. w. Hooker, A.
Mr.. j. W. Thompson has been designated as
president OF the board, and Gen. d. G. Swain as
treasurer; Mr.. f. T. Wilson as corresponding sec
retary, and MI 7. X. saller, Mr. l. S Ho!lingsworth
retaries.
Already applications are being made for space,
etc The board Will enter on its work at once and
deter.
mined upon VIII be published in pamphlet form.
Other committees will be formed and announced
in few days. In the meantime those desiring
space to make exhibits, or who in any way desire
aiding in the enterprise, should address John w.
Thompson, president OF the board, Washington
d. C. 1t is hoped and expected that people from
all parts of the country WIN take hold and push
the exposition to a splendid success.
Pre.umptions Of Guilt
From the Sunday Herald.
This is the statute under which Thomas J. Brady
did not go on the witness stand last week to ex-
plain his official acts as Second Assistant Post
master General, which were SO suspicious as to
lead to his indictment by a grand jury and ar
raignment in criminal court:
In the trial Of all indictments, informations. COM
plants and other proceedings against carged
meanors in the United States courts the person 80
and bis ~s na snes
fset; Ae ss not s m against him.
That is to say, as we understand 1t, no legal pre-
sumption is created, and 1T might be necessary for
the judge to instruct the jury to that effect but
plain common sense inference from the failure OF
the defense to explain away discriminating evil
h9; dehee; and, and It could not OF course prevent the
power. Mr.. Brady, therefore, having full oppor-
tunlty to explain personally as well as by wit
neSses why he squandered two million dollars
year more than his predecessors or successor on
useless Or superfiuOus star routes has stood mute
and contented himself with futile attempt to
break down the testimony OF the prosecution In
one or two unimportant particulars. To the press
and people OF the country this has appeared |
third confession conclusive as that made by
Rerdell or testified to by Walsh, and it really |
seems impossible, consistently with the laws OF |
the human mind, that it Should not have due |
effect with the jury.
We are near enough to the end Of the trial to be-
gin to speculate upon the result When we con- |
slider the safeguards thrown by the common law |
around persons accused OF crime, the difficulty in
all cases of proving conspiracy, even when one |
OF the conspiratOrs reveals IT, and the means and
resources OF the Defendants laviShly applied In
hiring lawyers, buying newspapers, and probably |
in other ways not so well known to the public one
might well despair of anything more than that |
" moral conviction" which already exists In the |
minds Of all honest citizens. But when on the |
other hand, regard is had to the overwhelming |
ana clOse-locked proofs of the prosecution, per-
1ectly cohering In every particular with the ex-
actitude OF truth itself, the vague and incOnSe-
quential attempts OF the defense to make an an |
SWer, their apparent and growing lack OF harmony
among themselves, ana the character of the jury
men, so far as KNOWN then it is possible to feel
hope that full ju usttce Will be done
Public opinion does not have to await the argu-
menEs or counSel< and we think we are voicing it |
when we urge that an example be made, il posi-
Die OF the persons now trial, not in anger over
their defiance and cOntumacy OF justice so much |
as IN calm resolve to protect the Treasury and the
taxpayers from similar mion-dollar raids in the |
future. This Is the interest that we feel in the |
star route cases. and which has drawn us from
habtual reserve in regard to cases (preSumed to |
be) entirely in the hands OF court and jury for |