Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
VIII Not Merrick and MacVeagh Have
Something More to Sny9
The star-Routers Having Escaped Prison
Would Seize the Government.
Diaine,s skirts Soiled by Star Route
Coniagion-Tu the Tables
on Us.


specal ccr.aarondenco OF the Gazette
NV AsuISaToN, June "a In the
course OF the examination Of Mr.. Mer'
rick, the Democratic prosecuting couh-
sal in the Dorsey star route trial, before
| snrinrer's committee, the question was
asked why one Bosles was not ndict-
eaor Mr.. Merrick answered, substan-
tally, that some one high in authority
had successfully ii,terceded in Bosiers
behalf. IA
} MIR. Mcrrick said that he himself
) had been approached in this behalf by
|. This self.sane distinguished person.
Some committeeman asked, Who
] was this distinguished friend oil Bos-
Y Ter ?n a,
n question. He said 1t was aprivate
= matter and did not bear directly upon
e the subject matter ct inquiry oelore
Sc the committee. but said if the commit1
a .ee insisted he would answerthe IN
n,,iry. The committee did mol insist!
HTtis m open secret here that James
q Blame, then secretary OF state, was
tba "distinguished gentleman VINO
caused Bosler to be spared. Il
r. ISy- Attorney General MacVeash said
80 in Mis- testimony before this committee,
fbnt in his efforts to indict, collect eVi
~ dence and prosecute certain not'u star'
or reuters, his purposes We're restfitteo OF
ne fhwarted by some higher powe' that
5 he could exert.
+" Roth these witnesses, Merrltk anQ
els ,r apg." certainly referred 10 Mr.
blaine as the person whose power ani
ara nos;tion were such that he could saw
he his friends.
.he BosLERs GRATITUDE.
len In the Chicago convention tht mos
it'll Jealous and active friends OF siam
ate werethe starrouters ,eNeept Dorsey, Wh
vas however, the sfanchest friend
ch T,ogan From Blaine he stood aloo
ore. But Dick Kerens, Logan II; Eool'
EIDE Steve Elkins, Bosler, Brady, 5asour
If and the whole staT-route gang au
a,a, Brady's "Independent paper u
GA, Critic, all whooped and roareu ~
'uld traded for Blaine. And blalne ~, y u
Ia man who saved all these wleh h .-i'''
in was yictimiZed and made the soap
~ %oat for their crimes. We are cor
mo. monty told that, to escape prosecute
ltial Roster nut up $4,000 salisbury ~
Re his associates 100000. aud RoQW,
, os kins and Kerens SO 0OO. How anu
e "a Of CT this tswacn did Bliss rscei
Ilcah after Blaine took out his share. 4
iber- are these not fellows over generous,
lope ter paying these sums, to seek: IN
dition, to give Blame the presiten[e
But II should not be forgotten U
Ne" these same men have other mtef
'hur- uses for Blaine. While star roltiI
cues they were not Struggling, .Ih@ !
rests. an eye . the future and became ,so !
80 sessed. by cunning devices, OF great
oor- tqtes in New Mexico. II Bltiae
isms come president their inchoate u
"A to to the5. lands and mines will re
40 10 fected. atrey will own the sglld 14 /,
ritory. Elsins is to be secretary Of
stern interior and that beautiful scion OF
Blaine british nobility, William Na
nat be Phelps, the sworn enemy OF irei'
,bav is to be secretary Of state, Al
'nS railroad corporations whose lerfe
II oo- lands the Democrats in congress
s. i'm. ito have restored to the people, are
it pro- idly supporting Blaine, end these
oaI,ea the star-routers, if Blaine be ele'
will make him president.