Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-04-01

Leeal Lighss and the staP Route
Csssa-The Degiantng of . great
Debs ate An CsSgress-rhe y. Q.
Treasury Rl0pptng Over.
From our regular Correspondent.

Treasury stopping Over.
From our regular Correspondent.
WAsHINGToS, d. G., March 81.
There was a great jam to-day at the
court room to witness the legal en-.
counter over the Star Route indict.
ments. The prosecution was repre-
sented by Atty. Gen. Brewster, Geo.
Bliss, Esq, Hon. Il 7. Merrick, and
Mr.. Ker of Philadelphia, who drew the
indi ictments. Col. Bob. Ingersoll, ap
| p ears IA counsel for OK Senator Dorsey
and Judge Shelleabarger and jeff.
Chandler, Esq, appeared for Mr., Brady.
The points to be- argued and decided
were numerous. Col. Ingersoll enumera
ted Wenty. four, to him good and
sufficient reasons" why the indict.
rnent against Dorsey sholld be quash-
cd. In Mr Geo. Brady's use the num-
Der was slightly less. The mo.ion to
q uash was in the form OF a demurrer
to the indictments, among the reasons
given being the following
Frst, that no crime is stated. Sec
ond, that the courts cannot supervise "A
purely executive act or inquire into the
EoBuldIlIy W PioPii.pS Vi WIZ "ooo hohe
by the executive department Of th e
Government. Third, That the law re-.
quires the Postmaster General TO report
all the reasons which controlled him
in increasing the service on the in
volved routes TO Congress, which he
did, his action b2ing approved by Con-
gress, which voted the money quire,i
to sustain il. Fourth, That the Post
master General himself, and not his
first or second assistants or anybody
else, performed the acts complained Of,
If the indictments are overruled for
either of the reasons given, there is al
end to the cases.
Col. Ingersoll, it is understood, relies
largely on the intormality of the in.
dictment, claiming that it was not le'
gally found, but 1t is probable that this
view Of the matter will. not be sustained
as it would amount in elect to gene,
raj Jail delivery. 1t is hold by the op
ponents of the Colonel's theory tnat
those WHO are in jail are better Ctf
there, and should remain there without
inquiring as " the manner Of their en-
trance.
The week in Congress has been re-
mar kable for some real debating on
the tariff question, and the end is not
yet. Up to the present time the most
notable speeches on the subject have
been made by Kasson Carlisle, Drum
nell and Hewitt. Other speeches will
be made and the earnestness with
which some of the members are pre-
pairing themselves for debate indicates
a belief on their part that the tariff
question is no dead issue.
We have an enormous revenue, and
the public treasury is actually stopping
over. There Is disposition to spend
this money, and every member and
Senator is trying to defect the golden
overflow into his district or State. Bills
have been introduced appropriating
over seventeen million dollars for the
purpose of erecting buildings, custom
houses, and post offices in insignitcan,
towns. A town in Florida wants the
United States to build a post office,
worth a quarter OF a million dollars.
The entire State of Nevada has not a
population equal To that of Washington
city, but has D town ndemanding, through
two Senators and Representative, d
post office worth a hui dred Thousand
dollars Other little cite. and tow Is
in forty States and Territories a q
making the most exorbitant requests
for grants from the pubic treasury
The interests of this great country ale
continually demanding appropriation
of large sums of money for improve
ments tor the benefit OF the country al
large, and it is of the utmost impor
tance that the public treasure shoult
not be squandered to crafty the vanity
or the greed OF small communities.