The Evening critic., 1883-06-15
NEWSPAPER COMMENTS
On the Verdict of the sfar.Route
Jury.
An Impartial Judge and an Honest
Jury.

An Impartial Judge and an Honest
N. Y. sun to-day. jury
Many explanations will be offered to account
Tor tho verdict. Tho Judge has already been
discovered rather late In the day that "tho
twelve men who composed the jury were un-
ht In almost every way to pass upon the Dues.
either Of these viows. Judge wioy has shown
some innrmlty of temper during the trial,
ds dssreo oi whSs wss Sars
70 be expected in trying such case second
time. His charge seems to have been partlcu-
larly fair and FREQ from bias. AS to the jury,
the counsel for the Government have never
complained OF their lack of Intelligence so
far as we know, and their mental capacity to
comprehend the case su fliciently to flnd a yer.
dict. of guilty has never been questioned. In
deed, at the beginning of his charge the Judge
spoke In complimentary terms Of tho patient
attention they had bestowed upon the trial,
sayiDg that It had lightened the labors OF the
Court.
N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
The verdict OF not guilty In the Star-Route
cnees VIII not greatly surprise tho public.
Adverse Judgment, owing to certain olrcum.
stances, would have suggested tho danger of
another trial, with Its long-drawn-o out and
wearisome details. Tho result arrived at,
then, will relieve the public, that became
was almost impossible. Tho accused
acted under forms of law, and the hrst
serlOus hccusatlons against tnem were
not only condoned by Congress, but, after ex-
animation, demand for $2,000,0oO addi-
tional for "eSpedited" routes was granted.
Tho reform President Hayes turned q deaf ear
TO the clamor OF the newspapers that sought to
make capital for themselves by shouting the
iniquities Of the "Star-Route ring" The re-
form candidate Carried not only asked Brady
"io give us all the assistance possible In con.
Quoting the campaign Of 1880, but he put
Dorsey in command at the turning point of
the campaign, and offered him Cabinet posi-
tion when he had beon elected. Perhaps
Hayes and Garfield were confident OF Brady's
and Dorsey's innocence. They certainly
were in position to know. Hayes
was In the Presidents office; Gar
field was Republican leader In the
gave him opportunities to familiarize HIM
self with the details of these cases. II has
been charged II Garfield lived that the cases
would never have come to trial, notwithstand-
ing the preliminaries. James was booked to
leave the Cabinet at the end OF 1881 to enter
into banking company, and MacVeagh had
made himself go unpleasant generally that he
would have been dismissed before the leaves
turned that year IL Garfield had not been
murdered. These gentlemen out OF the Cab.
met, 1t is not impossible to conjecture what
might have happened, for the relations
Brady and Dorsey sustained to President Gar.
field make 1t reasonably certain that they
would not have been prosecuted. Garneld'5
murder, however, upset all plans and calcula-
lations, and the opportunity was given the
charges to make them good. How substantial
they were to-day's result shows. 1t can hardly
be designated a victory for the New York
Tunes, or tribute to tho greatness Of tho
shriekers against the "Star-Route gang" Will,
OF course, be very indignant over this termina-
tion, but the result will not surprise the
public.