The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-06-19
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Comments OF the Chief clerk of the Dc
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WAsHiSdroy, June ls.-Mr. James R.
Young, the Chief Clerk Of the Department
Of Justice, writes rs follows in regard to
the result OF the Star route trials:
aWell, 1t is over, and don't suppose ex-
plantations are In order. It has been o
long and q tedious Job, and / doubt II peo.
pie uke much interest in the matter. We
areliving a fast life, and whatever Is to be
effective must be done quickly. Here Is
where the Star route defendants had big
advantage. 1ttook time, money and labor
OF the most difficult character to even
make the attempt to legally prove what we
were all morally certain they were guilty
of, and It was the time required that Killed
the case. It 10 victory the defendants
are entitled to enjoy, for the case was prose.
cuted with all the well known ability,
yigor and earnestness OF Mr.. Brewster, the
Attorney General. He was satisfied in
his mind that the defendants were guilty,
and he did everything within law and jus
tice 10 mete out punishment TO them. It
was no welcome task to him, but 1t was q
duty forced on him, and he did the best he
could. 2s7l. aiA .". ss'
Mr.. Mcveagh had run away from the
job, leaving the impression that under
Arthur, rs President, the defendants
would be allowed to escape, 80 that Mr..
Brewster had double duty TO perform.
He had net only to prosecute the case, but
he had to fight down the bad impression,
the insinuations aud the innuendos with
which Mr.. MacVeagh. had beclouded the
office OF Attorney General The victory as
TO the main resul,-the convic,io2s OF the
deiendants-is not with the Attorney Gen.
eral, but Ia clearing the administration OF
the cloud Of suspicion placed on It by Mr..
MacVeagh, and the men 10 politics OF his
manner Of doing and thinking, 1t is great
victory, There does not live the man who
dares to psays that the Administration,
through the Attorney General, has not
done everything within the power Of law
and justice to bring the defendants TO pun
is. ment for their misdeeds.
This 10 itselfis q victory every honest
and patriotic citizen should be pround Of,
for after all 1t is the most important part OF
justice. 1t will have a most powerful
efiecl In making the men charged with the
speeding OF the public money act honestly.
Why, it was not many day ago that the
Auditor oi the Treasury, who passes on the
accounts Of the officials accountable to tho
Department Of Justice, said to the Attorney
General that in his (,he Auditor's) many
years Of official life he never knew the su-
berdinate officials to be 30 circumspect In
rendering their accounts. Toe placing in
the Penitentiary -Marshals Russell and
Brown for making false returns Of expenses
and charges, and the vigorous manner in
which the Attorney G sneral scrutin zed the
conduct of his subordinates, the Auditor
said, had cast terror among the wrong
doers, and rs const quencs his work was
for the first time in bis Ctficials lie OF the
plainest sailing. l Ft
The wisdom Of Mr.. Brewster in select
ing the counsel TO conduct the case, is now
apparent. OF three lawyers chosen, two
are Democrats. Messis. Merrick and Ker,
and,one, Mr.. Bliss, Isl Republican. Sup
pose all were Republicans. With the ver-
dict, what q howl there would be about the
thing being Q put up job by Stalwart
President, and q tool OF IN Attorney Gen.
eral. The Democrats aHd all ofthe Mac
Veash sort OF people would have sneered
and threw their noses in the air,
and would have said, ~ told you 90.
What more could you expect from
Guiteau President and stalwart Attorney.
General.
Il was a amisfortune for tie prosecution
that the Attorney General was not allowed
10 speak. Counsel for the defense stand in
mortal fear OF him. In the matter Of the
prayers submitted after etunsel had fu-
ished their argument, rather than that the
Attorney General should get Whack ut
the d PENDANTS counsel, they lst them go
without Interpretation TO the jury, a thing
unprecedented in important jury trials. IL
was o disappoin ment to Mr. Brewster, for
he was cooked and primed with notes for
speech which, in the language Of the
base ball man, would, lam told, have been