Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-14
THE STAR R0srgE TRIAL.
Mr.. Bliss COatinueS Ills Opening ADJ
dreAs After Kscccss.

After the rcces-, Mt Bl IS rc3Iucd Els ldr SIS to
the jury. He referred to The proviiOls Of law for
sing and decreasing the IN il service IN ac-
cordancc with tle nr-is OF the servi:e AMI rea
the various statute; r.. ting to the star servic,
Tlece were two p-Ovi-io as, he $ I'D, iich cam
Chiefly into QUESTION here. On, OF them locke !,
TO providing for an Increase OF the number ca trips
per week; the other boxed To the Idea OF in
creasinc speed.
TEE IScEEAsE OF TRIPS
u5uaiy spoken o: as inrre OF trips service
while the Increase OF spee1 is S,Oxen OF as expcai-
ton. Not unfroquentlT they would finl In the or
dfrs N the case there Was included first an in
crease OF trips AMI Their an iacreas, OF speed.
IEest statutes conferred power, but simply lin
it, a p0we- suppose to exist.
Section 1850. r. s.. provide that the com7ensa-
ton for additional. service sal not be In excess OF
the cxict proportion that che oc.-inil compensa-
one tin 81 ,0C0 Is paid for two irinS mt more than
s2 0Oo shall be paid Sect on aO6i relates to in
crease o; seed and carried them back to the rule
OF three OF school days. 1t provided that no
extra allowance should be made fo-
increased sped unless additional
stock and carriers were made necessary. ana then
the extra conversation SHOULD not exceed the
proportion that the eXtr. STOCK ami carriers bears
10 Tie original Stoa& and Carriers.
THE GOV EMINENT CLAIMED
Iii these provisions to ed iitional allowances
WIN .'i''tif IL luI thSCpl!oudi
Gases. Rr:dy resorted TO them habitually,
Unnecessarily, and corrupuy. He based
his acton evidence he knew
u be ialse; upon papers that were not
only false, bit which no man, with sufficient
capacity 10 rcld them, would even accept lie
papers which had been altered. He always,
Utmost without exception, went to the extreme
limit OF the law. Accepting the statements mad"
to him as 10 stock ana carriers-cheat1ng as
they Were-he, upon them, went 10 the extreme
limits or the law. lie made ORDERS which on their
face provided for the allowance OF compensation
for weeks previous 10 the date OF the order One,
h {Mr. BIZ -s) had in bis mind; compensation was
! allowed, Tor six weeks before the ord-r was made
IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF LAW.
Mr.. Brady n ace these orders unnecessarily, I'M
providently, and corruptly That he directly bene-
fitted by them, and h made them in the expectl-
ton of dividing with the contractors the profits
The original contracts with these parties, calling
for only about s4l0 900 q year, WIRE run up by
Brady, through secret means, s44S Geo year. He
introduced into the department the practice OF
using these exceptional provisions daily. Under j.
L. ROGtt, who held the office OF Second Assistant
POSTMASTER General for 81 years. there were only
Mr.. Bliss was going on to state what had cccurre
Under the administration Oh Mir. Brady prede.
ceSsOr.
Mr. CHA OBJECTED
to the statements concerning former adminlstra-
tons, bur his objection was overruled.
Mr.. Bliss said that under Mr. Tyner, Mr.. Brady's
predecessor, there had been but five cases of ex.
petition. During Mr.. Bra1y'5 iminiStration
covering about the same period OF time as the
terms of Messrs. ROutt and Tyner together, there
had been 100 distinct cases Of expedition.
Mr.. Bliss described the provisions requiring
bonds to be given for contracts. In some cases
where contract was originally let for 50 800 and
then run up TO 10000 all the government had as
protection was paltry bond OF $1,000 1r Mr.
Bradysor any Second Assistant PO5tm lSter-Genera
HABITUALLY VIOLATED THE LAW,
by allowing excessive sums, all that was proof OF
misconduct on his part. All business men
knew that increase of trips did not
necessarily call for a proportjonate
Increase OF price. The expenses are not neces-
sGrily or ordinarily increased In proportion. Yet
benefit or these contractors, allowed sums That he
knew to he in excess OF just compensation. More
over, these contractors recognized, ana their
recognition or the fact Was on file In
the Post Office department in the form OF
SuD-contractS. In one Case Sub-cOntract made by
these defendants provided that the sub-contractor
should be allowed s1.f0 FOR one trip, $3.50 for
two s. 600 for three, $1,000 for six and ST. 800 for
seven. On other routes sub-eontractS were made
recognized the fact that an increase of
service did not necessarily Involve an
Increase of expenses Moreover, Con
IN ,ppronriatlng Tor overland mail service, allow
Ing 100000 for monthly service and but $3.50 000
for weekly s'rvice and 100000 for seml-weekly.
Ot the twenty nine orders OF Brady Involved In
this indictment, in the case OF twenty-SiX Brady
went TO the extreme limit OF the law. In the re-
manning three orders he
MIXED Up THE AMOUNTS
In such q manner that IL was difficult to deter
mine how mu:h he allowed for mere use and how
much for expedition. Yet he thought that in
the OF two OF these he went to the limit OF the
law. When Mr.. Brady came to decide how muc b
should be paid for the service he uniformly went
to the extreme limit. which was IL thing no honest
officer cOul1 cOnScieEtlOu-y do.
The Postal Appropriation Bill
REPORTED AND DISCUSSED IN THE HOUSE THIS
AFTERNOON
TIE POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr.. Caswell, or Wisconsin, moved that the