National Republican., 1882-08-18
THE sTAR-RouTE TRIAL.
nr. Chandler ConcIudcs-NIr. B1iss Com
mcuces for the Government. 4.

mcnccs for the Government.
Mr.. Chandler resumed his argument for the de-
fense IN the starroute trial yesterday. Mr.. Chand-
Ter urged that tho government counsel could no
more detach themselves from this charge OF nu-
tual interest than they could shed their flesh.
There was not bit Of evidence to show that Mr..
Brady had acted In any other way except In nc-
cor1ance with the usages Of the Post. office De-
atment. He said he would not discuss Walsh s
testimony, but leave 1t 10 others. UP to the hour
that Walsh went on the stand II was not pretended
that there was tho slightest evidence TO show that
Brady had insured his official position. He MAIN
taincd that Walsh's testimony alone would not be
sufficient to convict and cited authorities to show
that all of Brady's expeditions were sanctioned by
Congress and were lawful. He closed by arguing
taet, point on which Judge Wylie took excep-
tlon with Linn. Mr.. Chandler closed ut il O'clock
and wa' followed by
sIR. BLISS FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
He said he would not reply to the law argument
OF Mr. Chandler, or the matters not In evidence
brought In by him. The prosecution admitted
that the pioneer in the. West was entitled TO
reasonable amount of mail service. He then
alluded TO the immense amount Of testimony in
the case. aud claimed the prosecution had got
through with reasonable promptncss. Directing
his attention to the charge OF extravaganza. he
said thousands Of dollars were paid TO contractors
20 carry the mall on slower time than 1t was
actually being carried when the order was made.
Referring to Peck & Co.'S California route, ON
which the contractor was paid over Sl7,OOO under
tnc dDONe CIRCUMSTANCES, ne Sh1u IL went Ipt W
the people who carried the null, but 10 people in
Washington.
THERE WAS no PRETEScE OF JUSTICE
or dccency in taking that money out of the Treas
nry. ON the Kearney to Kent route the subcon-
tractor. Mr. Bliss said. never knew of the expcdi-
ton VI $1,000 until this trial The government
wns paying 81, ,202 6j for service which the con-
tractor was performing for 1880. He then went
on treating in the same manner the other routes
and giving the figures of the expedition in each
case. The Mineral Park to Piochc route he said,
wns increased so improvidcntly that no one could
believe it was done honestly. the increase was
made in spite of the
PROTESTS OF THE PoSTMAsTERS
on the route. For thirty nine days the postmasteis
ht the end OF the rOu e ma :e statement showing
that for eighteen of those days the mail hag had
no letters; for five days the bag went over the
rorte without picking up n letter on the way !:
during twenty one days nine p )>tal cards and
twentyninc letters were carried, every one of the
letters being picked up aud deposited Mt way
sntions ami that was route increased IRON
2yS2 to Siy,051 49, because was great through
mail route. The second order for increa @, allow
ing $4,000, putpolted to be made simply upon Il
single letter from Sidney Dillon, VIII Ch did not
apply to this route After MIR. Brady received
ample notice to the amount Of mail on this
route, he made orders allowing $4,000 On Janu-
ary 30, $780, he reduced 1t TO the original amount,
but six days later the order was tscnded and The
service put back to 1000. 1t was on this rou Z
that petitions were forged by Ror,icl III. only
thir cen names of persons known lived Mt Signal
| more than bundled miles away MIR. Bliss con-
tinued in the same S rain un'il adjournment.