The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-03
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IL IL doubtful II in all the land batch oil
politicians and government officials more
thoroughly familiar with the corrupt secret
history OF the republican party, could have
been iourd than those who have for so
long been on trial in the star-route cases in
Washington. So well did these defendants
themselves know and appreciate this fact,
and the power it gave them, that they were
not at all apprehensive as 10 the results OF
the prosecution, feeling assured of the moral
support at least Of the administration In
their troubles. This fond delusion they
continued for some time to hug to their
breasts, but the anticipated assistance came
not. 1t is the common belief of course
that the administration would gladly have
stepped in. could it have done 30 without
outraging popular sentiment, but the
latter was too strong against the conspira-
tors to allow such u step by the other nigh
officials of the government, As a conse-
quenue the prosecutions have been per-
mitted to 10 on from tedious weeks to te-
dious months until the defendants have
grown worn and weary and FESTIVE and
angry hereunder. They threaten to turn
upon and tell what they know about their
party and former personal friends who
have refused or failed to stand by them as
they have "passed into the shade" We
noticed the fact that DORSEY was having
prepared some startling political revela-
tons for publication some days since, es-
pecially bearing on the manner and
methods of carrying the country for GAR
FIELD in 1889, and now IL is becoming known
that BRADY is anxious TO tell what he
knows about the internal workings of poll
tics and the schemes Of his party for few
years past. The question is, will these
well-nigh ilood-gates of information
and secret political history open? Will
the party determine 10 cheekily stand the
expose or take measures to keep the mouths
of these politicians, who have been behind
the scenes all the while, shut BRADY is
reported as saying that he has in his pos
session letters and kilograms from more
than fifty republicans who where in Con
gress when he was in the post-olice depart
ment urging him to increase or expedite
the star-routc service, and that every one
OF those men was repaid by large contribu.
tons to his campaign fund by the con-
tractors at the next election. 1t is known
and commented upon extensively that the
contractors since the indictment OF KELLOGG
for receiving just such brides, have been
talking about the revelations they might
make before grand iurcs, and a friend
of BRADY's is said to have affirmed
that BRADY could do more in II
week with the facts in his possession to
damage the republican party than could be
remedicd by months of hard work. He
said that BRADY would ruin his false friends
in the republican party yet In the inter
est of the country at large it is to BIO hoped
that the spirit Of revelation will strongly
move these now notorious star-routers, aud !
that they will furnish the public soon with
some rich, rare and racy reading touching |
the internal workings of the government |
and congressional elections for few years
back, There is evidently far more back OF
this star-route business than the prosecu-
zion hive ever been able to draw out, and |
limo other result is reached than the one an.
ticipated, the goading of the defendants
until they disgorge their over-full stores of
information, the trials will not have been in |
vain. The people are directly concerned in
knowing how much corruption has crept |
into the election of their representatives,
and the manipulation Of the various arms
of the public service, and if the star.route |
prosecutions will in anyway throw light on
these matters, they will not have proven
such an unmixed farce after all.