The Evening critic., 1882-08-29
WEIGHTY WILSON.
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the afndavit could bo made In perfect good
faith, and the testimony OF subcontractor
that he did not . nso that , number vase was set 9 up
davit. Suppose the afndavits were false. Ho
did not concede 1t. II they were false, how
aa not Cr t1na e that G
confident that the jury must say ''no." Would
the fact that he sat there and acted upon those
eniuavts nd,, and made orders tena 70 snow that
ruptlonP He answered "no."
The next thing that they relied upon was
that the postmasters and subcontractors wrote
letters asking that the schedule was too fast,
and man named Bean,
Living 100 Miles Away From n
Route.
wrote and asked discontinuanco of the ser-
vice, claiming that IL was not needed and be-
cause General Brady did not comply with this
suggestion, he was rogue and guilty OF ras-
calityi They would remember that these Pc
tltions were indorsod aud favorably
S0nden Whom General ny Brady persons had uPGn tho
right to rely, and because he did not rely upon
would notget up in the morning In time to
change the mail, was that any proof that Con
eral Brady was a rogue? II General Brady
was a guilty conspirator, why leave the letter
Of Beam upon fiIe? He could have burned it
TO ashss and IL would never bo seen more
General Brady won't out OF ONCE and left all
these letters on file, and that fact in itself
showed that there was no truth In tho charge.
In making these orders General Brady had
been governed by the opinions of the
Highest and Most Competent Men
in the country, and because he had not decided
as Anthony Joseph wished, tho Jury was to say
that ho was rogue, robber and thief, and
ought to be sent to the pcnitentiaryl
He said that he would take up tho Tongue
River route, as that was the
Deaths Head and Bloody Bones
of the whole prosecution. This had been
rough route and the contractor wanted to get
rid Of II and applied to the defendant to discon.
ftat,a eta l,A ul,nN l.nt .AIl IIn.-a
came the petitions for Fort Kergh and General
Miles, and Delegate Maginnis went to General
Brady III person, and instead OF Its discontinu-
ance, they not only wanted 1t kept open, but
wanted three trips week on faster time. The
contractor could not get this service on and
had mot vSo ,,o
tractor on one side wanting to stop, and the
officers upon tho other, not only wanting the
but SptnE i
In favor Of the petitioners, generals and Con-
gressmen who want the increase. Because he
did 80 the Government says that it was wrong
The next complaint was that General Brady
had paid too much for this service. How did
the Jury know, and how had the prosecution
proven, that he paid too much? They had
brought in some subcontractors, which showed
that the contractors got so much and the sub.
contractors less. What did that prove2
Whether the contractor got too
much or the subcontractor too lit
tie? In this instance the testimony showed
that the subcontractor. got too little. He said
this because It was shown that the subcon-
tractors lost money. If they hbd boon paid
more they could have put on better service
and the correct time would have been made.
allowed upon expedition. When Congress au.
thorized the routes they were unknown to the
ule, experimenting with them for the purpose
OF finding out what really con be done. They
mako contract. and before tho service Is
put on
A Leadville Springs Up,
and expedition is made. The law was made
for such purposes and to cover Just such cases.
When 1t was said that General Brady increased
and expedited service before It was begun,
he did Just what the law contemplated and au.
thorized him TO do, and he would like to know
how,
by Complying with the Law,
General Brady was guilty Of fraud or corrup-
tion? They would havo heard very different
story II General Brady had stricken down a
contractor for failing to put on his service at
the contract time. They would have cried out
fraud and asserted that General Brady was try.
the contract from a lower bidder and giving II
10 higher one. point had been attempted
to be made by the prosecution from tho put
ting on OF temporary service on Tho Dalles
and Baker City route. Did the Government,
lose anything?
Not n Dollar,
for the pay for that entire service came out OF
the contractor; and In all cases whore there
was temporary service the contractors were
compelled 10 pay for It. For doing this and
kindred acts General Brady was called con-
spirator.
In regard to the order on the Rawlings "a
White River route, for increase of trips, Mr.
Merrick had said that General Brady did moi
revoke the order, and could not do 1t because
S. W. Dorsey had paid him not to do IL. Mr.
Wilson asked the Jury whore was tho slightest
evidence TO sustain such statement? There
was
Not One Iota of Proof
upon that subject. He read the testimony to
| show that Postmaster-Genersal James never
| told General Brady to revoke the order, and
that his conversation upon the subject was
with Mr.. French and not with General Brady
Another thing was that General Brady had
part Of ihe powers ana dulles OF the Postmas
ter Generals ONCE, and he could revoke the
order without General Brady's having any
knowledge OF Its being done. In fact, oil OF the
| orders Of expedition and Increase were made
by the Postmaster General, and he alone was
| responsible for them.
Merrtck's Argument Turned Against
Him.
| Colonel Totten had said that these orders
| were the property OF the Postmaster. General
as he signed them. Mr.. Merrick answered
that he did not sign the book for week or two
weeks, and he did not have time to read them
General Brady Sna n0M limo n'a to 'Ga. Teat
and scan all of these petitions presented. HI
| wanted the jury to understand that the SAINT
| doctrine meted out TO General Brady would
| convict the Postmaster-Generali II embraced II
| the Indictment. General Brady did not rcat
| the petitions; neither did the Postmaster
| Ger eral the orders. The jury would see hov
poor and weak tho logic OF tho prosecution
| was.
He then referred to the deficiency on the ap
proprirtion, and how the prosecution had Gu
| deayored to turn that against General Brady
and cited the fact that this year there was
A Deficiency in the Railway Mai
Service of s1,7OO,OOO,
although the Department was given every dol
| lar asked for 10 carry 1t through the nsca
| year. He said that Mr.. Morrick had CONDEMNED
General Brady out OF his own mouth. He re
ferred TO the 90 per cent. law, and said tina
| General Brady recommended the law. Th
lawyer said that the 80 por cent. law insteat
of condemning General Brady only confirmed
and indorsed his action. Instead Of con
demning him, 1t vindicated him. Because III
had done those things that tho law provides
tho prosecution come there and said that Gen
eral Brady had done SUFFICIENT to warrant tn
Jury in branding him as felon.
He then took up tho question OF productive
ness in the routes and said that the law state'
productiveness and Other circumstances, AM
| that one was not to be paramount 10 the other
| Without concluding his discussion on thi
point, the court, at o'clock, adjourned unit
| tomorrow.
| Killed by u Train.
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