The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-02
Washington Letter.
Irregular correspondcnce


WASHINGTON, d. C., Nov. q, lSS2,
The Star.Route cases will be opened in
the District Court next week, and, prepare,
tory to their prosecution, the judicial at.
mosphere has been purified by the hight
ning,like removal of a number Of govern
ment officials known to be IN active sym
patty with the defendants, The announce
ment of these removals produced so much
excitement here that the principal paper
Of the city issued an extra, The excite
ment IN official circles is still intense, and
other removals are expected to follow
Distric. Attorney Corkhill, |; is SAID, will
be superseded by Special Attorney George
Bliss Itdoes not seem probable that Bliss
would be willing to relinQuish his present
salary Of 500 per day to accept position
that only pays $1,000 per year, and one
that would entail upon him much more
arduous duty than he Is now called upon
TO perform. The annual report OF the at
/ torney general will show that the claim of
MIR. Bliss as special attorney IN connection
with the siar.rou,e cases will amount TO
more than $31,000--a great deal more tn an
the yearly compensation of the attorney
general.
! The mos, prominent candidate men
toned for the marshalship of the district
Is Thomas Murphy, who Is also candi.
date for district commissioner upon the re.
nrement Of Major Morgan.
| Another rumor is to the effect that First
Assistant Postmaster. General Frank Hat
ton will resign from the post office depart
ment and confne himself to journalism.
Now that the AK begins to fall the friends
of others in danger are very uneasy in con
sequence. If the presiden: intends 10 turn
out all those under HIM who have been IN
innate with star-route people and dined
and wGed on the proceeds o: their alleged
corrup. transactions. heads wall fall very
thick into the basket, Several OF the of
ticials who are mentioned as liable TO bC
dismissed, as well as mos, Of those who
were dismissed Saturday, were personal
friends of the late President Garfield. and
already i, is openly animated that this fac,
Is the handspring OF the presidents action
There is most probably 10 ground for this
assumption, but the officials who are af-
tected protest most vigorously tina, they
have been treated with marked injustice
and will undoubtedly seize upon this ides
to help them out. Mr.. Henry, the United
States Marshal for the District of Colum
bia, was one Of the most intimate friend:
Garfield had. In circles friendly TO them
/ II was said this evening that as soon a:
Congress met motions would be made &c
investigate the expenditures Of the Depart
ment Of Justice, when the attorney general
would be shown moi to be imbued with
tina, stern sense ofoffc,al integrity brea,hed
in his letter to the president. II was as
serted, among other things, that he had
furnished his private rooms in the depart
ment on scale Of unparalleled magnifi
cence, and that portions OF the pubic fund:
had been unlawfully diverted to pay fol
the same. Such assertions may be devoid
OF truth, but they show the feeling which
exists. Mr.. Rounds. the public printer
has only been IN few months, and he L
among those spoken Of a. marked for dis
missal. lie was appointed at the instanc
of Senator Logan, and the latter has iels
!, graphed the president requesting him 4
) suspend action In M. Rounds case unit
his arrival in Washington When tn
3 Senate meets, the President under the law
= will send notification of the Suspension
c of the officials ordered removed, with III
nominations Of their successors, and it
anticipated tina, q desperate figh, will b
made in the Senate and much additions
scandal be brought 70 light.