 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna April 1881, Mutungamiriri weNyika James A. Garfield akavamba kuongorora uori hweStar Routes. Ongororo yaGarfield yakaratidza pakati pevatambi vakuru vanobatanidzwa vaive vamwe vemakondirakiti makuru, aimbove mumiriri weUS Bradley Barlow weVermont, wechipiri Mutevedzeri wePostmaster-General, Thomas J. Brady, vamwe veavo vari mubazi, uye Senator weArkansas Stephen W. Dorsey, uyo akazove Secretary weRepublican National Committee panguva yaGarfield 1880 mushandirapamwe wemutungamiri wenyika. Pashure pokuurayiwa kwaGarfield, Chester A. Arthur uyo akafungidzira kuva purezidhendi akapfuurira nenzvero. Mhosva mbiri dzomutongi wehurumende dzakaitwa muna 1882 na1883, uye posvo yacho yakazopedzisira yavharwa. Kunyange zvazvo kunyengera kwacho kwakanga kwakapararira, kwaiva nevashoma vakapiwa mhaka. Vazhinji vevakapomerwa mumatare eStar Routes vakabudirira kudzivirirwa negweta rakakurumbira uye mukurukuri, Robert Ingersoll. Brady naDorsey vakasunungurwa nevatongi mudare rokutonga muna 1883. Kushatirwa kwevanhu pamusoro pekubiridzira kweStar Routes kwakashanda sechinhu chinokurudzira kuvandudzwa kwevashandi vehurumende uye kupfuudzwa kwePendleton Civil Service Reform Act muna 1883. 