Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-06-21
A Delirium Tremens Trial.
New York World

For six months the star route trial has
been going on, entailing heavy expense
ON the government for the benefit of a
gang at pQlitical lawyers. The antics of
the court, the platitudes of the counsel,
the perjuries of the witnesses, have been
alike scandalous. There has from the
start been little hope of fconviction-per-
haps no intention to convict. 1t has
been imposition supplementing rob-
berry.
The government has been plundered
of millions of dollars by a conspiracy III
which the Star route defendants were
beyond doubt the guilty parties. Every
sane man in the country, from Maine to
California, knows that they are public
robbers and that their place is in the
State Prison. They will never go there.
Why?
Because the Republican Administra-
ton does not dare to send men to Jail
who have been its most prominet lead
ers and accomplices in political rascali-
ties.
Because four Presidents, Grant, Hayes,
Garfield and Arthur-have been the
warm friends of the scoundrels now on
trial.
Brady, the postoffice conspirator, was
"hand and glove with the Grant as well
as the Hayes administration. Hayes
protected him through his whole term.
When an account of Bradys star route
robberies was submitted to Hayes he
pocketed the letter and labored with
Congress to protect dishonest officials.
Brady was the "dear friend" of Gar
q 4 ~,,G I r
the Presidency he wanted money from
the star route robbers, with whose
methods he was familiar. Brady cum
ningly compelled him to write a beg
ging letter for the money so that he
might show it to his associates and
pledge them Garfield's protection after
his election.
Dorsey was Garfield's s confidential and
close adviser. He bought Indiana fol
the Republican ticket. He told Gar
field whom to take into his Cabinet and
whom to leave out. He holds to-day
written pledges made by Garfield and
broken after election.
Dorsey and Arthur were one in 1880.
Dorsey ran the election of 1880 in con-
nection with Arthur. They were as in
innate as any two mortals could well be
who are jointly engaged in secret work
and the same end. Dorsey went out at
Arthur's request to buy up Indiana and
raised by the present Minister to
France.
Arthur and Dorsey were brothers in
arms. In politics, at dinners, on excur-
sions, at the card table, they were close
together. The only time they were
ever to be found in opposition was over
a jack pot.
Yet it is pretended that the prosecu-
ton of Dorsey by Arthur's administra-
tion was meant for something more
than show and George Bliss fees.
What isthe sequel to this great pros
ecution, after the windy, stupid ten-day
speeches of the counsel and the Dogber-
nv charge of the farcical Judge? The
jury after being out all the preceding
night of court, but not of whisky
lis called in for instructions in the
morning, when one of the jurymen
springs into the air, shouting and yell
ing, and then falls to the floor in con-
vulsions, maniac through delirium
tremens! M
Then after medical treatment the
poor wretch is proppedup in the jury
box and the learned Judge proceeds to
answer the questions that have puzzled
the jury, orders two drinks a day for
the drunken juryman and prohibits
| the free circulation of whisky bottle
among the other jurors. VA
And thisin Washington in the year
1883 under the administration of a Re
publican President!