The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-02

= InOuSnG Gney ought NOT To- put
such embarrassment on me, in the
last days of my service in Congress.
These gentlemen being of age and
acting for themselves, saw fit to take
different view Of the subject, and
they put in great number of bids
They were the lowest bidders on
134. routes, alb of which. were
awarded to them, out of a Thousand
let. a large proportion of these
contracts were given away, without
pay, by them by assignment, long
before the contract term began. to
ether contractors, who afterwards
had them increased as the growth
OF the country through which they
ran justified. j. W.. Dorsey and
Col. Peek never received one penny
from an increase of the mail service.
They never had route increased to
the extent of 1c. ,-and'they lost al
most every dollar they possessed in
their efforts to carry out contracts
they had undertaken. ]. w. Dorsey
IS my brother; Colonel RPeck was
my brother-in-laW. After they had
retired to bed 1.-The ordinary obliga-
lions that attach to such relation
ship attached to me- After they had
failed elsewhere, they requested me
to aid in securing them bOndsmen,
and did everything / could in
their behalf. All this testified to
nearly five years ago, before the
congressional committee and take
| this occasion to say that as I was
requested to furnish certified checks
did so, according to my best recol--
lection, to the extent of $4,000,
q fact which thus far seems to-
have escaped tha prosecution
Dorsey, Peck and Miner did not
| have the assistance or good will of
anybody in the postOf1ee depart
ment; on the contrary, they had the
ill will of all those who could con-
troll or who might have aided in
carrying out thu contracts. Some
time in August, on a point was
raised on failing contract, which
of course included Peck and Dorsey,
This act would have thrown them
all into bankruptcy. Miner IN this
emergency, having the power of at
! tOrney of John NJ. Peck, lying sick
in New Mexico, j. w. Dorsey, at
tending the mail business in
Dakota or Montana, transferred
| to II. & Vail, every dollars
worth OF interest either
Peck on Dorsey had in any mail
contracts, leaving Peck and Dorsey
without the slightest rail in any
mail contracts which stood in their
name anG also wholly cutting me
out Of the money | had advanced.
Peck, Miner and Dorsey. | made
every effort to secure 4 repayment
from Vail and Miner, but without
success, for both these, gentlemen,
claimed, and | believe truthfully,
that the large outlay required to
maintain the mail service they We're
running, not only absorbed all the
! pay they received from the govern
, ment but every dollar they could
raise from their private means.
After the expiration of my term in
Congress, they proposed toturn over
} to ME certain mail routes, which
: would repay NE, and provide for
, the payment of $4,000 TO John NJ.
Peck for his interest, and $4,000 to
J. w. Dorsey fer his interest. l had
: no alternative but 30 accept this
/ proposal. l paid Peck and j. w.
l Dorsey $4,000 each, which hardly
, covered the sums advanced by
: them. l took charge of these routes
} on April 9th, 1879, and continued in
5 charge Of them about one month.
: During this period, wherever I
l thought it was proper and the pub
7 lie wants demanded it, l tried to
, get the road increased by all proper
] and lawful means, and as every
t prudent contractor would under
2 similar circumstances, and / did in
2 that way get some increases on four
or five small routes. In June, 1879,
}, [ turned this whole mail business to
other hands, and from that day to
: this have never had anything more
: to do with it than the President of
9 the United States has had From
{ that time | have never written o.
D received letter or communication
r of any kind from Brady, or any
I other official of the posIofice de-
partment. To show my apprecia-
5 ton of the value of this contract, ]
g gave a one half interest IN them to
d a person who took charge of them
e for his services. Up to this moment
o / have never received one penny OF
i profit from any of these contracts
s or from any other contract
v with the government of the United
Il States. AS to the conspiracy charge
e it is sufficient to say my acquain.
st lance with Brady was limited tC
o official relations, and I never saw
l. him anywhere until the commence
s, ment Of this case, except in his of
y Zee at the post-office department
er There was never a personal letter
l. or communication of any kline
" passed between rs. Vale neve
y saw but two or three times in M
u life, before the trial began, the las
5, time being in April, 1919. Miner
r had not seen since April, 1873, unit
lie the trial. Col. Peck is long sine,
le dead, and J. w. Dorsey went out O
I'd the mail business in August, 1875
v. l had not seen nor had communica
is ton with any of these men for nearl
,f- three years. Dorsey takes occasio
ID to drop a few hot remarks abor
e. Brewster for his recent letter. II
in says the recent removals of Aingt