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

WASHINGTON, d. G., Nov.27, 1852.
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 light
ninglike removal Of number Of govern
ment officials known to be IN active sym
patty with the defendants. The announce
ment of these removals produced 80 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.
District Attorney Corkhill 1t is SAID, will
be superseded by Special Attorney George
Bliss. 1t does not seem probable that Bliss
would be willing to relinquish his present
salary Of 800 per day to accept position
that only pays $4,000 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
Mr.. Bliss as special attorney IN connection
with the star.route cases will amount to
more than $37000--a great deal more than
the yearly compensation of the attorney
general
The most prominent candidate men
toned for the marshalship OF the district
Is Thomas Murphy, who Is also candl.
date for district commissioner upon the re.
tlrement Of Major Morgan.
Another rumor Is to the effect that Frs;
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 president intends TO turn
out all those under HIM who have been IN.
innate with star,route people and dined
and wAed on the proceeds o. their alleged
corrup. transactions heads Will fall very
thick into the basket Several of the Of
iicials who are mentioned as liable to be
uioHiiooSu, 10 "cii 10 must VI tuoSc WIZ
were dismissed Saturday, were personal
friends Of the late President Garfield, and
already it is openly animated that tins fact
Is the handspring OF the presidents action.
There Is most probably 10 ground for this
assumption, but the officials who arc af
fected protest most vigorously that they
have been treated with marked injustice
and will undoubtedly seize upon this idea
to help them out. Mr.. Henry, the United
States Marshal for the District of Colum.
ba, was one of the most intimate friends
Garfield had. In circles friendly to them
1t was said this evening that as soon as
Congress met motions would be made to
investigate the expenditures of the Depart.
ment of Justice, when the attorney. general
would be shown not to be imbued with
that stern sense of official 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 magnlti'
cence, and that portions OF the public funds
had been unlawfuly diverted to pay for
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 q few months, and he Is
among those spoken of as marked for dis.
missal. lie was appointed at the instance
of Senator Logan, and the latter has tele.
graphed the president requesting him to
suspend action In Mr.. Rounds Case until
his arrival in Washington. When the
Senate meets, the President, under the law
will send notification of the suspension
Of the officials ordered removed, with the
nominations Of their successors, and it Is
anticipated that desperate fight will be
made in the Senate and much additional
scandal be brought to light.