National Republican., 1883-01-08

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coSSyict cog iH I'm, On on july %, iss2, the New YORK
aSa a%a by S"8s@sdh %e 10 he odsr dSsf o4 %am Reapg
Gnd by him indored, for $1,000. Ihis amount
represented part of the $4,000 Of postal drafts
which Mil Contractor James b. Price had
paid Senator william p, Kellogg and ex Assistant
Postmaster General Thomas j. Brady for corruptly
expediting his mail service and enormously in
crensiug his my ON certain route from Corpus
Christie to san Antonio, Texas These drafts
were subsequently given me, as a banker ior col
lection by Senator Kellogg, one.holf for his aG-
count aid half for account of Thomas j.
Brady, cX assist mt postmaster general. To the
end that may be perfectly explicit us TO the mat
ter will state that Sl6 QUO of the amount paid by
Price was in drafts, known as postal drafts The
other $1,000 was rep esented by note OF James B.
Prices for $1,000, drawn to his own order and by
himself indOrsed, payment thereof being secured
by collateral consisting Of mining stocks, together
with u note Of certain mail contractor by the
name Of Hugh White, said note in it, turn bcnring
the Endorsement Of Mail Contractor Monroe Sails.
bury. The action of the grand jury that indicted
Brady and Price resolved itself into this.
The cont actor, James D. Price, was indicted for
paying $4,000 to Senator william 7. Kellogg for
the latter's and Bradys use In return for the In
crense in pay corrupuy given him by the PostohGe
department through the instrumeninlity OF kel-
logg as the negot ator and Brady as the official
Thomas j. Brady was indicted for receiving one
halt of this amount for his use and benefit
Senator William p. Kellogg who received the
money or drafts in person from Price, giving them
to mo as banker for col eotion, and whO:Deneied
TO the extent of one half Of the amount, e3onpes
Indictment This result caused great discontent
and their following They apparently and did
not understand why Mr.. Kellogg had escaped, and
If he, escaped, why not all? When the. second Il
session through the sole desire of Mr.. Merriok, 1t
was determined by the cOnspirators that no such
illogical prosentments would be allowed TO come
from IT, Then occurred the pooling of the issues
between the defendants whose trial was then pro.
crossing In the criminal court and the individuals
threatened with indictment, to wit: Kellogg,
Buell., and Mail Contractor Peterson, together
with many others interested In staying the laws
tidal wave.
II was then determined by the combined allies
that the grand Jury, composed OF citizens OF
nent rcspectnbily," should refuse to believe me
on oath, TO the end that all might escape indict.
ment, and |, being thus discredited by the grand
jury, my testimony which was TO give as against
the defendants In court aud before the petit Jury,
would not be believed, In this way removing the
only obstacle to their ncqulttal. While on this
subject will state that II YOU desire 1t. VIII take
great pleasure in showing you the papers IN the
case IT, after the inspection of letters, kilograms,
bank checks and postal drafts, you say there Is not
prima iacle case, Of the strongest kind against
those men, will plead guilty to Crlminally bell
ling them. A, tO the criminal libes uttered
against me, and given currency In the columns of
the regular star route organs, aud another owned
| in part by Special Counsel Bliss, suppose what.
| ever OF remedy have is In the courts. do not
ieel however, that can school myself to present
the cases against these men to district attorney
| whom Mr. George Bliss told me, more than fifteen
| months ago, was to DO removed by you the very
| next day because he was not trustworlhyi dis
| trict attorney whom even the department. OF
Justice will not trust. Now, sir you VIII understand
! why 1t is that these people have warred against
me. The unpleasant prominence into which
! have been forced by no action or seeking Of mine,
! is not the least Of the many embar0sments which
| surround me- trust that you will appreciate why
1t Is that, attacked as have been 10y these desper
ate men, assniled in all that man holds most dear,
for no reason other than having been IN involun-
| response TO my sense OF duty to the government,
! in response to my own sense Of honor and man"
hood, to resist these attempts at diSerediIing
me in furtheranco OF the conspiracy TO
shield guilty men from indictment aud
| punishment. "When bad men combine the good
must associate else they VIII fall, one by one an
unpiued sacrifice In u contemplate struggle"
! That tue bad men have combined Is apparent in
the immunity which has for eighteen months
favored them; an immunity us surp rising ms II Is
disgraceful an immunity explica9le only on
the grounds that the servants of this great
fng these men. Notwithstanding the eXpen.
diture of vast sums OF money in the &c.
eumulation Of overwhelming evidences OF
| fraud against these star route cOnspiTators,
1t has been allowed by special counsel TO remain
unused Tor year and Il half The results then OF
this unequal war of the people against this band
OF conspirators, numbering IN ali probably forty
persons, afler u contest OF two years aud the ex'
pendilure OF many hundreds of thousands OF dol
and the Cadmean victory obtained by the prose
Cuton In the ridiculous verdict rendered in the
t sF5l S6y 6yys,16ont 19S taVfe Fyn JURY against e
SUIT, piiiul and disgraceful as 1t was, was
the result of chanoe-yes, chance testimony
!. Co. testimony not in existence 80 far as went tho
knowledge OF special counsel when he selected
the Brady Dorsey case as the strongest The eyi
deuce presented in this case, mean evldenct
which guided the special counsel In selecting Il
rs the best one the government had, appears tC
have been only sufficient to give the indictment
against the defendants u standing in court, anc
but for tho testimony, which we will designate
as chance, this case against these defendant
would have been dismissed and would neve
have gone to the jury. l have beer
informed by gentleman now connected
with this prosecution, that the government was IL
possession of evidence against other mail con
! Df IL character stronger
offered in the present case at the time Of It's seeo
, ton as the strongesti cases that would not hav
required chance testimony TO save rom being dis
missed. So weak was the case that the court IN
. deed said he was nearly ready TO near mouol
for the dismissal Of the proceedings against tn
defendants. Was the selection OF this case mis-
take an error of judgment2 Such mistakes ur
. crimes. Could Il DO that 1t was expected
> to carry on travesty OF justice under th
t disguise of II pro,eculion2 Mems minds are s.
' fashioned, Mr.. President that they cannot resis
, rensonlng, and many very intelligent observer
seem to think IN this wise, afler careful analyst
G of events. What, for instance, would have bee
L more plausible than TO cause the indictment q
q the present defendants, comprising an eX. senate
. and an ex'assistant postmaster general, Mex
the selection of this case us test one against tn
9 STAR route, ring on the grounds thai II was lh
= strongest (when II was mott submit the evdenc
to the court and the jury, apparently do the hes
d that could be done, and be defeated by the de
;; ie danisI What renown might not await dls
i stances, who Notwithstanding his party athlia
d tons, heroically rose superior TO them an
Q pary's national committeel These same reason
n ers IN this strain think that the shifting of III
n scenery in this celebrated case clogged when tn
o chance testimony came to be heard, which ever
y very materially changed the aspect of things, iC
n in lieu of Chinese va fare the rattle of muskvtr
II ana roar of artillery was substituted, hgura
d lively speaking. At this point in this mo
&C remarkable rial 1t was noted that the defendant
~ whose wont all through the trial had been
r lounge in the adjacent saloons, thereby ind
l. ealing Coutemptuuusly that the stnte had no cas-
i now came into court and batled for their i6ert
l. barely escaping the iron grrsp Of the law. III
10 evidence, the chance evidence, that nccon
le plished this, that gave the case standing
ID court, was not of record when The special couns
N selected this case for the governments strOnges
10 People inclined 70 have doubts ns
ID the sincerity of this prosecution, notwitl
standing the selection OF u target 80 COZ
l. spiCuuus as ex-senator Dorsey, rememb
l. that Special Counsel Bliss failed arSn his az
i dress TO the jury, in making any reference as
re the guilt of the defendant, s. W. Dorsey, and tn
l. his failure elected unfyorable comment !
l. decd 10 such an extent did he carry this ayo
as Hnce, that Mr.. MerriCk, associute counsel #
O. the government, in his argument TO the jury
p ferfed to Mr. Bliss omission in language mo
X furCiUle than courteous, aud more truthful thu
TO either. / omitted TO mention one of the resu
m of this unequal war Of justice against these consl
n rators tho fact, us i am Informed that sol
ut cases, presenting the very worst features
so this vast scheme Of plunder have been reierr
0s to arbtwtlun. IN Justice 10 Mr., Bliss ma
rs this correction as understand the credit for Il
a. acceptance Of arbitration theory on the part Of
n, government, Is due him, The beauties OF u
i- system must commend themselves at glance
80 every practical punderer Of the treasury especial
n. star route COnspiHtorB, who are being accidental
brought % bay tor detrauding the governments al
to being satisfied that II has the evidence Of
~ wrong doing in its possession, VIII simp
cd reply by calling for an arbitration co