The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-09

ho Gov. Jewell had had man in his
cchsrss AID 10 The pafcgs. Tn .sid lt ssntemsS %
was B H. f. tcrson. tie ssscd Pcterson who the man
nwyer9F nsnc nsnlc me a,unE p,psr WIN my
from my friends what Peterson mad soii. told him
% or as Dr might % mss SSs SofTsss ws
pS g % 91 he sPSS Ssa m. made F'Sa II e &
Ned, and DID not want 70 hear ANYTHING about Il,
is! Mr bad been 9Gder If; dis9,on iorsoms
conlracis and he asked me 20 asss! him Tho Post.
and Mr.. Woodward before him in relation to these
eGtsisSs 6S Mr. rs'eason .9ld Coy Jewell that Ihad
Teaue in working up these alleged frauds and that Mr.
ss!1 Sc srew ne Sal and that he wished would sivs
@ a sRy % sr c Of 'Yo o oaas Ss1 Ss Ssa SYa t
.cSie., S6om have referred '' TO- to o~SS SO TO 70
NJ woodward snl teii hw what he knew
or the second day after / asked MIR. woodward u he
@ hsg ha sst'isioJ ppietyem an .nd he ead that ne
perditon. more innn ever dreamed Of and that with.
In twenty four lours those contracts Would be an.
the evening OF Feb g. 1875, was sent for by the
ton and elyen until Feb. ss. So reason was
s e aoS ho RGas s qFf 5 0 cra Mi sors 20 e
grS !.dS op 9. Jqge 80 ls55 believe ! can repeat
w mere tTno g,91'ms9 In, n m, room ''r,nsers 10
Moibrook. lie stepped nto the rst Sss.tsats rooin
There we're two gentlemen there. Gov. Jewell said,
'SS@ pSed SSGdPSa ac SosS over Ss ,s sla
Mt. HolbrOok want Your resRnaiion.' said 10 him
Do you wish an immediate fcsignation2" Hisrepiy
vs, "I do said TO HIM. "UOvcruOr n will make soine
difference to me whether resign. 10 take effect at once
the 1st II March hut take leave Of absence unt tn
day. bade him Good day. SIR and left h M and mi
TO- Col knowlton. I asked Col Knowlon IL had
enbitantatcd AL statement nlde TO him or
TO the Postmaster General lie said ! had to
his satisfaction, end that Of the Postmaster.
General. then said 20 him have Just been asked
to fesn, Col kuowltOn and think YOU owe II to me
20 ask Of the Postmaster General what shall never ask
him, the reason of his scuon" We had some further
conversation. AMI he told me that he only owed IL TO
ns. but to himse and tnet 4 would come TO the
him about half past o'clock that evening near the
door Of his room, and he said to me thai
H. embarrassed than he eyer was In his life
that he knew the reason why had been asked 10 re-
sign but could not tel me, aud that the Postmaster.
General had gone home feeling verT badly about n.
never found out the reason positively. Ihaye heard
from other sources enough 10 satisfy where tue
order came from. csnnot Give Jon all the
reasons which causei me 70 be fully SATISFIED
that Peterson had, through higher Influence than
he possessed. caused resignauon to be asked for
the PosimasterGeneral and his officials continued iii
after the Hines Ritlle expose. furnished Col Rnowl
tOa considerable information after resigned which he
used in developing those INSTRUMENTATION Of the
routine Of the contrGct olce which enabled him to de-
yelOpe them When Nr. Woodward stated that tho
iOstnis'cr'GcnerA did not propose to so back into
Mr. CresswclFs adMmi ttation, he gave other rea.
son for It than that the PostmaserCeneral had all he
could do tO correct the evils then existing.
MIR. Holbrook's examination will be continued
to. O.mOTrOW.