Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-07

Ex-nSHQbAlC0u AIl0atOA DOAoCy .
been making some very harsh and dam
aging charges against the leaders Of his
,wn party. We believe that Democrats
as a rule are tolerably fair minded.
While they are disposed to make the
Of the ugly things that Steve
Dorsey is telling by sections to advance
their own political cause among the peo-
pie, we believe that = great majority Of
Democrats are not disposed to believe
the utterances Of Dorsey except such as
seem in all probability to be true. OF
course Dorsey says much which must be
taken for true or false on the ground Of
probability al9s.e. He has quarreled
with his former political partners and he
is revealing things, which, if true, it
would have been better for his own rep
~utation, if ho had any left from the Star
Route prosecution, his soap campaign.
etc, etc., to keep to himself. Still foul
remedies may effect wholesome cures. The
mass Of what Dorsey is now giving away
will be credited not only by Democrats
who are perhaps predisposcd to believe
almost anything to the disadvantage OF
their political enemies. but by many q
Republican also unless the charges pre-
fcrred can be refutcd. Much that he
says is Of such q nature that it cannot be
investigated. 1t must be either taken
on Dorsey's representation and believed
or else disbelieved on the ground that he
is prejudiced and a liar.
But there are certain passages in the
q -Republican Senator's alleged revela-
tions that cannot be dismissed as untrue
without investigation. Where the proofs
can be had to down him they ought to be
brought forward by his recent political
companions, and Dorsey's perGdy and
falsehood shown up. Where such proofs
are to be had. if they exist, and are moi
Forthcoming, his statements must stand
as true and worthy Of full credit by the
whole public.
In . recent interview on his ranch in
New Mexico he makes one most serious
charge, but makes it SO direct hat 1T can
easily be disproved if untrue. 1t is that
while James was Postmaster General,
though he made a reduction in the cost
Of the mail service, he did it by depriving
Western communities Of proper mail
facilities, while at the same time he In
creased the postal pay of the New York
Central Railroad more than 5000, 600 per
n His explanation of how this
was accomplished is as follows:
The pay upon railways is by pound
and space. Leading out OF New YORK
there are three prominent lines, VIZ:
New York Central, Erie 4 Pennsylvania.
Mail is weighed at any time by direction
of the Postmaster General every day
covering a period Of 80 days. The Post
master at New York directs the line by
which every Western mail shall so. II,
for example, a mail is to be weighed on
the New York Central, he may direct
that all the Western mails be sent over
chat line during the time Of weighing.
That. of course, would enormously In
crease the pay Of the railway favored.
The next month he might have a weigh
ing on the Pennsylvania road and turn
ali the Western mails over that line, and
next he might order the weighing on the
Erie road with the same result.
The Salt Lake Tribune (Republican)
admits that there are suspicious circum.
stances connected with this transaction.
1t says:
The first is that the son-in-law Of
James succeeded to the New York Post
Office. The next is that when James re-
tired from the Postmaster Generalshlp he
was made President of the Lincoln Bank
of New York, owned by the owners oil
the New York Central and Pennsylvania
Central, at q salary of $l5, 600 per annum.
The story seems to be exceedingly proba'
Bile.
And the Tribune goes on to say:
II. in addition to that, it shall be made
clear that James, while posing as a re-
former and boasting Of the reductions he
was making in the cost Of the mail ser
vice. was simply robbing the frontier
that he might still further swell the
profits of the two great devil fishes
which have their tentacles stretched over
New York and Pennsylvania, and for the
purpose of securing for himself a fat
place: it will uncover the most disgrace
ful story in American history. There
should not be one moments delay in in
v~estigating the truth or falsity Of Dor
sey,s charge. The amount paid the New
York Central should be examined into;
the amount paid it in 1880 should be
known, and if there is al advance OF any
considerable sum, then all the contempt
of an outraged people should be meted
out to James.
And we may add that not only James,
but all those immediately responsible for
bis acts be held, also, in the same con-
tempt and treated accordingly.