Show TUB STIR attention is at present about equally divided between closely watching tho the outcome ot of gui calas trial and speculating concerning tho probable 9 wills aal the lie likely will nofa of the star brouto prosecution alio proceedings of this caso case have boon been of course necessarily stayed by tho the bereavement of our nation from under emiler which cloud how over the country is now drifts drifting anil and commencing to a very natural anxiety regarding Us thia national fraud shortly before the late bonts prostration that thai humorous little sheet culled called ruek puck pros presented its readers with a pichura ot of libbi libarty ty na as she eho was rolling up her sleeves with one ona hand and holding her lose joao with tho the other to avo avoid id tho the stench as sho she was about to enter the office of tho ilia star route co for a general clearing out that ThA stench blench has been growing stronger in the american nostril until the ilia present day and is yet developing its ita during tho the late lata extra sossi 1 on of tho the senate as will bo be remembered mr ITY tyner was waa removed from the ilia office ot of first assistant postmaster by tho president tho ilia decapitated official like till nil who had trod tho the samo same path bedore proc proceeded coded with a voluminous vindication of hig stainless charac character tart and untarnished luaine bame ono one feature of lis hia defense is ia t particularly notice noticeable ablo and that is that mr tyner admits boldly the decided crookedness ot of the star route conti contracts acts but claims that lo be partly exposed them ns as far back as aa 1879 1 and in support of his claim ho he pr pro 0 duces decea a report written by him durin during g that year in which tho the hobt boht crimin of the system are arc duly exposed ho he claims too that ho he laid this thia report before his hia superiors and was wag told by president clayes to say no moro regarding the matter as a complete a exposure would prove tho ruin ruin of the party ex Es postmaster general rey key admits the statement mat byners roo report was mado made in 1879 oud bud als also 0 that he advised its suppression tor for fear of trouble i but the validity of the statement that hayes himself directly shielded the marauders is without general credence if this charge 0 against the last term executive bo be found untruth untrue it still may bo be possible that tyner believed at the timo time that the suppression of that report was waa by direction of president clayes P 31 G key must have tod tea entirely on his own responsibility in communicating to his hia assiA ant such bad advice and was suppo supposed seil perhaps unintentionally so BO to bo be speaking for the president As a political periodical remarked a gentleman in such a position as that of president is ia co constantly credited with knowing what lo he never hoard beard of and with santion ing ing what he utterly disapproves thi this s report of mr tyner has done I 1 some borne little toward his exoneration in ili the e eyes of his follow citizens cit citi izena zong but th the I 1 sumo same act has thrown key and hia colleagues into far dopper shade chade wherever rever tho the guilt will be found to fall fail somo some retribution is to bo be demanded doin dein in ndoc M may ay the truo true criminals bo be discovered will bo be tho the hearty wish of the american nation |