The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-03-22
AT WASHINGTON.
Ingcrsoll Concludes Ills Argument and
Brady Resumes Ills Testimony.
His Bnlwark OF Falsehoods preached
In Many Places, but He
Unblushingly Claims to DO Innocent
and Pure as an Infant.
The President Makes Several AppOint-
ments to Fill Vacancies
Caused by Suspension Of Prominent OIL
Gals on Vile Charges.
Ex.Architect Mullett Wants Big Back
Salary Grab.
Other Interesting Items by Telegraph.
Unblushingly Claims to DO innocent
and Pure as an Infant.
The President Makes Several Appoint
ments to Fill Vacancies
Caused by Suspension Of Prominent OIL
Gals on Vile Charges.
Ex.Architect Mullett Wants n Big Back
Salary Grab.
Other Interesting Items by Telegraph.
Washington News Notes.
MISCELLANY.


WASHINGTON, d. g., March 2O.-Secre'
tary Folger's destination is Fortress Mon
roe, where he will remain several days for
rest and recuperation. When the secre-
tary left he was really a very sick man suf-
fering not only from his old malarial dis
order, but from serious stomach trouble
as we'll.
The president will remain here to enter
tain ex.President Diaz and will probably
ioin Secretary Folger at Fortress Monroe
The latter part of the week, from which
point they will no doubt proceed 10
Florida
official in the treasury department who is
thoroughly informed as to the secretary's
plans.
sTAR-RoUTE TRIAL.
Colonel Ingersoll continued his argu-
ment in the starroute uial this morning
in opposition to the admission OF testi-
mony concerning the Price drafts. For the
sake of argument, he had assumed that
charge was true, and held that the very
fact that the government was seeking to
wander into other cases, showed 1t de-
SPARED of making anything in this case.
The court said the question at issue was
one of reyelancy of offered evidence; If re-
ceived it would only tend to prove crime
on Brady's part. without his associates,
and that it was not proper, tor none OF the
defendants could be tried for individual
crimes under the indictment, therefore, the
the offer was excluded. General Brady
then resumed the witness stand. Some
questions were asked about outside
routes, when Mr.. Wilson gave notice that
If the prosecution went outside OF the IN
dictment and took up the other routes, he
would be called upon to go into the subject
at length. The court replied that the rules
r. lnw law ,,nn rnl n
time, and that it had long ago ceased to be
a subject for consideration.
The enquiry turned upon the congress-
ional investigation, ana witness reiterated
many answers given during its progress.
Bliss asked if witness knew what member
of congress interested himself in the MIN
eral Park and Phoebe route.
II do"
Question
II must decline to say"
Bliss again put the question: witness
said he had no objection to naming the
persons who initiated the movement, but
ne had objections to naming the persons
who had concerned themselves in
subsequent orders; the Nevada SEN
ators and representatives, and the
Utah delegation had interested
themselves in the route among other
senators. Bliss remarked the papers did
not show the endorsements OF any persons
named. Witness was asked to explain his
reasons for cutting c,wn the service upon
the Mineral Park and Phoebe route, and re-
stored it within short time. He said the
service had been reduced because 1t was not
properly executed. Afterwards it Was rep
resented to them that great injustice had
been done the contractors. Bliss enquired,
VINO had represented that the reduction
was injustice to the contractors,
"The contractors themselves; l
believe that phase of the question
was also presented with great stress by
Senator Plumb, of Kansas, who said he
was the friend OF the contractors and knew
Injustice had been done them." Witness
was convinced the fault was with the sub
contractors, who delayed the trips at the
Colorado river, and that If the service was
restored the contractor would make 1t
good service. Bliss called attention to the
fact that the reason given in the endorse
ment on the jacket for restoring the SER
vice did not mention the contractors, but
referred only to the importance OF the route
as o connecting link in the railway system.
Was that reason true? he asked witness,
who responded in the affirmative; that was
one of the reasons, but not the greater
reason.
Bliss abruptly What had Senator
Plumb, a Kansas senator, to do with this
Arizona routeP
Answer-"He could probably answer
that question more correctly than l can. ="
NdflOub QutSllOub vi a ttShhAee&
were put to the witness regarding the dif-
rorcnt routes, euch DC his Reasons Tor e1pe
diting a route TO q certain number of hours.
Many of his reasons he failed to recall, but
looking at the papers he would give sech
explanations of circumstances as in his
mind justified the orders. Where the ser
vice had been discontinued and q month S
extra pay allowed the contractor, although
ANAL had never been carried, the witness
denied any knowledge of such fact. He
said even IL circumstances were
as stated by counsel the contractor would
have been justified In refusing TO carry the
mail on account of the misstatement of
distance. Speaking of the affidavit upon
the Adairville route, the witness said he
had not examined II far enough TO see that
IL required every man mentioned TO travel
for forty hours in every twenty-iour.
He was asked why he had not increased the
compensation Of contractors on the Nermil-
lion and Sioux Falls route, as in the case Of
the Tongue river. He answered he was
not aware that the distance in the first
case was wrongly advertised. Bliss pro
duced a distance circular, showing the
error. The witness declared that he had
never seen Il before. did you ever zee
any papers in the department that you did
not want tor queried Bliss. hef put
subjects, thst cannot remember tfiem."
He added that in this case II was thelouty
on the Corresponding clerk 10 have dfcov-
errd and called his attention TO the circular.
Bliss showed that the order itself made the
error apparent, but witness said French had
made the error and that his endorsement
hed nrobahlv been written. Bliss inquired
Uhv the Prescott and Santa Fe route
rad peen expedited under the Walsh
contract. Wifnuss' recollection was the
service had been expedited under MELON
- snd end down when the latter failed
snd restored under walsh. As showing