Evening journal., 1913-12-17
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
LOgsn'S Attitude in the
Star Route Business
By Holland.

"a few weeks after I began the in
yestigaton into the tar Route mail CON
tracts there was brought to my aci d.
tion lrima facie evidence of co,wDt
practices on the part OF Ger lin con l',s-
tors AMI also cDo n of lto exec ti,c
oficers in the postoliice at Washington, -
said Thomas L. james, who was post
master general in the cabinets of Presi-
dents Garfield and Arthur and who caus-
ed what can properly be described as a
national sensation by succ ful elimi-
nation OF corrupt practices in the letting
of mails over ue so-called Star Routes.
"Ihe other day ! was reading some ex-
tracts from recently published recollec
tons of the widow of General John A.
logan. Genera james continued, "and
the reading brought wildly to my mind
an incident very honoably associated
with General Logan.
NO one knew at the time now great
my embarrassment and mental distress
We're when | found that some of the
evidence seemed TO point to men who
had been conspicuous in the politics of
my own party. Very great pressure was
politicians in both parties to sidetrack
the investigation. sufficiently at least to
prevent the exposure of men who had
been prominent in national politics in
both parties.
81 don't know how | would have been
able tc resist the tremendous pressure
that was brought upon me short of res
ignation Df my Office or complete phys-
cal collapse if it had not been for the en-
couragement and promise OF support
which ! received from some men who
were leaders in MY own party
"Io Illustrate was driving one morn
ing in my carriage from the White
House TO the postolllce department I no
ticed that the driver pulled la the horses.
lie looked around inquiringly at me. for
he wanted TO ,now whether he should
bring the horses to a full stop or urge
them on.
'Ile made u motion with his head to-
ward the sidewalk | looked IN the di-
rection indicated, and saw General John
A. logan. senator from Illinois. on the
curbstone becSonine to me I had the
coacliman bring the carriage to the
curbstone and General Logan then said:
MIR. Postmaster General. | have been
with you for little wayY
~ replied that would be greatly
pleased to have him for companion
We had no sooner started on our way
when General Logan said to me;
"'Mr Postmaster general. ! have been
thinking for some days that ! would call
upon you at your office 80 that | might
be able to say TO you that ! as Il citi-
zen and as senator and as a repre-
sentative of my party want YOU to pay
no heed TO the men who say that you
viii break up the party if You continue
the tar Route eases. Nou must continue
them. You must smoke out every cor
rupt scoundrcl and prosecute him, no
matter what party he belongs to. II you
lind any who are members of my party
expose them. prosecute them. sue them
for ,he recovery of the money. Our
party can stand a good deal. but there
is one thing that will destroy it unless
all men in public life who are of in
tegrity act as YOU are now doing. We
cannot afford 60 have corrupt men iden-
titled with our party. They don't belong
there. They don't belong to any party
"I want TO say to you further, Mr.
Postmaster General that if YOU are at
tackled. if they charge you with doing
something TO damage the party, | will
rise "a my place in the senate and de-
fend you Furthermore. have a num-
ber of Friends i'm the senate who will
stand with me in defense Of You. That
is what | wanted TO say 20 YOU Go on
with your good work. BE afraid Of moth
ing. You will have he support of all
honorable inen of both parties
~ was greatly strengthened and en-
couraeed by these words OF Senator John
4. Logan
Copyright. 1913. by J. Edwards. All
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