New-York tribune., 1883-03-15

.oo,ec,or n, Indian depredations upon OF the
the Indians and sa him
self with the other defendants IN the mall business ney
had failed to put rsmSmSer vs how he informed them
that very little additional time would De aIoWuu' 49,
might told Turner to give ne aSd very bae Vsie
had come into tho Miner combination ne graneu M sIt
time because he knew Vaes Witness knew
nothing the manner OF preparing slnoaVs nei a III ~ @
office Never heard OF any changes being made IN them
or Of their beng filled ouf In blank until the first trial
The petitions considered mainly because tney "el
indorsed by members OF Congress. whom ne DeLieVeu
renTesented the popular sentiment Therefore no at
tached to them Importance than to the repors OF
any changes I'm petit ms after their preparation
ALLOWANCES FOR EXPEDITION
The witness described the method pursued Dy MIN III
calculating the allowance for expedition lie saw no
better rule then Of no better rule now Coo
get and deserved more than 1t got Inc KePresehh,d MA
tives were there every day gemnerau1P id nid
Oe %SDes %8es. smbns Sny Of Congress and others
came around to- urge Increase ana expeu,,ont ,s,ont
Mr. Teller and Mr Beiord were Sod thing for the
country" said General Brady. We Thought so then
Witness vigorously denied that he had ever received
any Compensation for increasing the service His only
good thing for the country. He tried TO counteract
what was known MS "Jewelian policy" OF spending
ou railroad owns which policy gave the money 10 vast
monopoles He beleyed that t0e star Route service
w ~
TO him. Witness had mad conversations with Post,
master-GeDera Key the subject OF expedition ana
increase. When Key assumed charge someO0dy wanleu
Office aud vigorous fight was made on BRADY charges
OF extravagance being made. Judge Key lnYestlgauu
them and told witness that he had done right Thereafter
Whenever witness was In aouDt aoout rou'e, nc nc
went to Judge Key and tho latter was more more
liberal than himself IL was one OF the Judges hoDpes
TO run mail to every county seat and they did IT. Ihey
doubled up tho service In the ooutnern ana Mlddio
States.
HOW FINES AND DEDUCTIONS WERE MADE.
AT the request Of Mr. Wilson, the witness described the
method pursued in the Department In making fines and
deductions He said that ordinarily II was matter OF
form with the Second Assistant Posmaster-General.
for the entire work done by the inspection dvson
and lie would not be- likely to know OF particular
case unless his attention called 10 IT, speaking OF
ssons he said that rule, tney took exactly the
same routine, and he knew nothing OF them
until they were presented for signature. Dur
ing an absence OF the Postmaster,GeneeIaM ei H.
of all contractors In the ye0wfever district ana Win
the expedition OF that period he never fale1 10 lmP4se
fines Never r ceived any money nor combined with
any defendants to defraud the GOYernment OF tue
United states UuIl they began to be pesecuted 10
were neither friendly unriendy; since tha time he
had come to know aud like MIN. ~ ,.
Sp akIng OF the Vermilli0n-SiOnx FAILS route Witness
Raid that Delegate Kdder desr0us OF having
daily mail there. Tie rIctOrs were 0slpg money on
the service and objected that bey would lose more uhef
a daily schedule. Therefore the route was expedt 70
compensate contractors that was one or tue pfnG
pies they worked under a. that time. subsequently
Judge Kdder from Cougr6ss and his successor
Mr. Bennett, requested Tue witness TO moiHaso ,T
another route and discontinue the yermili!on
route. Witness declined 10 discontinue tDe
service granted Judge Kldders request
promised TO do what he cOulI Tor the Oiltr route
with, As believed thai General Miles the first per-
son To urge estab shment Of the Tongue River route
Ths OF expedition on that route was seriously
the service appar IT. and the only way TO get II
was 10 expedite the route