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| for specific authority. This was taken as
indication of the doubtful character of the
matters presented, and this conclusion was
aided by the regularity with which those
attacks on the post Office department are
brought to notice. Consequent upon every
award of contracts is the cry of fraud, IT,
regularity, or favoriiisn, but the charge.
have been so frequently exploded that they
attract little attention. But Mr.. Stone has
waived all objection to the jurisdiction Of
the committee. and another investigation is
to proceed.
The Washington correspondent of the
san Francisco Chr0hicle tecgraphed to thar
paper as follows
The introduction of the resolutions in the
house yesterday was solely for political
erect, and is reported to be only a demo
cratic attack on the Administrations Lut-
trell is now charged with instgating this
trouble because the postmaster general
would not take mail contracts away from
certain parties to whom they were awarded
and give them to Luttrclls friends Lut-
trell has charged the lower bids with beins
straw bids and asks the postmaster gcn
era to reject them. The department, how
ever cannot determine whether a bid j.
made in good faith or not until the time
comes for entering into the contract.
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prrsidemt rr,.,. n,, i',1 ''''lliil,S,i"'iu "i
tho Gnn,.,,I ',','', "iiu an GePar'melIs oi
Califor'in 0JtI,'''ii'.'' 4'SoseS OF Inc
yincing paragraph;
,vho h.,,,n a.i.+,I ;",,-' W r"'iSIeSs
frauds III the letting of certain postal con.
tracts are not likely to make out case.
Postmaster General CresWcl explains that
,io ,,.i ''.''' WY iVt III "ccoruahcc Win
,, nm III, u " I'W lll"t haS SINCE been re-
','a', ""'. s,c "ilon q, inc department
,o,o 'Tc', ",,I' ,oI'su'.a',oh WIN the A.
,nn ,rHi,a a. 'pu ulo,l us ieco,iimch.la-
ta, .1,n ,,,no,', go; 7o"i ,et's'u '"' uel'e'IhG
',' -. EN-, mum! j. 'ue outcome on
~, I'M, 'il"' nu'ie 81 'lt gentlemen
me, IN" N'n,o, hc'' III tnc proceed-
l"9H nave 'Iir 'cpitalloh OF pcihg NOISY
"H'c"-"o@3 o. uie ieds'llY.
III concluding ms already too long NJ
to'c' We nave "iilV 10 say maj 1t is an TN
uen'a"c I',t lhat hesSfs. barlow, Sander
son 70, nave oech III the enjoyment OF
S','in lr"u."plc contracts ana mat their
passenger ana express business has brought
.nc'!' cNcu larger returns: bNt we believe
Wv l'lVsc", Go,i'uIt,te VIII Hhu rs us pre-
ueccSs"r u'u mat iheE nave done every
tn'n% h"hof"oiV and ahoVe hoard, and that
.nelr @'e'l success. mas resulted from more
lhuil average aolli'y' enterprise, financial
ieSpohsip'il'y' anu SINCE me war, from the
Increase ., GeVriopneht OF the country
.mr""gh "hicn 'hc'r business mas EXTENDED.
,hty nave pceh engaged IN ihis business
uuI'l! Tue past fourteen years NJ lrs',
ana Tor iohg ,ihlc' II was hazardous in
lhe extreme ana oilen Hnproiltahle. Sev-
eial ,lihes curing me war their coache''
Mtre ral'l'ireu' drivers kllied ana stations
tooneu anu nurneH ~ the feOels IN Mis-
s0'lri aho points iur'her south and west.
hey nave suffered from " large number OF
lnI'illl uepre'ia'iohF' lheY nave lost men
anu a'lll'lus IN .he ihpeheuanie SHOWS.
U ,.;nh, i",ly oI ,neIr employees nave Decn
n.,,ou II" Wv ut..s1i , H'lNicc, ana 'heir
properly ues'ro{eu mas amounted to many
liousa,i'ls ot uoliarS. b"t theY nave sur
ou tneSe nii'' now run over routes
IT, Snn D''' NJ M. "l .hc rae OF more
70 i,.o h,,d i'.y nc, cinploH from four