The daily gazette., 1876-07-12
WASHINGTON.

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Grant 1hrO,os AsVay his .ye,ceFy.
WAsHlNGTLN, July 11.-At the 70.
quest OF President Grant. Postmaster
General Jewell has resigned his posi-.
tion, the resignation to take effect i'm
mediately.
JEwELL's SUCCESSOR.
President Grant will to day appoint
j. N. Tyner, at present Second Assis,
tant Postmaster General. to succeed
Sewell.
HISTORY OF THE REsIGNATIoN-AN As,
ToNIsHMENT TO ALL.
WARRINGTON, July ia few days
ago, when Postmaster General Jewell
was asked as to the truth of the report
that he intended to resign, he laugh
ingly said that, 80 far from the report
being true he expected to remain in
his place until the end of the present
administration.
Yesterday afternoon, however, after
calling at the Executive Mansion to
transact some business with the Presi-
dent, the latter, much to the surprise
OF the Postmaster General, informed
him that his resignation would be ac-
cepted. Therefore, Mr. Jewell imme-
diateiy wrote letter of resignation.
The most intimate friends of Mr..
Jewell are unable to account for the
action of the President, except ON the
ground of political consideration,
Mr.. Marshall the First Assistant
Postmaster General, who was in the
country, was telegraphed last night to
return to the city Immediately, and
accordingly arrived here this morning
when Mr. Jewell, much to his aston
ishment, Informed him what had taken
place.
Mr.. Marshall is now acting as POST
master General. Mr.. Jewell, at IL
o'clock, visited the President at the
Executive Mansion.
THE STRAW BID INvEsTiGATIoN-Ex-
POSTMASTER GENERAL JEWELS
TESTIMONY.
Postmaster General Jewell was be-
fore the House Committee on Post
Offices and Roads to day, and testified
Ia relation to various matters which
have been brought out by witnesses
before the committee during the ses>
sion. He was questioned particularly
in relation to the Developments of straw
bid frauds and the effort made by the
department to suppress them; also as
to the clerks who were charged with
completely in these frauds.
Mr., Jewell said it was his desire to
have good men in the service, and his
practice was to remove any one, whe.
ther clerk, postmaster, or contractor
who was guilty of Irregularities what
ever; and while he could not recoliect
every particular case of removal with
out referring to the records of the Of
fee, he would say he caused removals
to be made wherever lie thought the
good of the service required it.
He also sought to have violations of
law punished and to that end turned
over all cases of violations of law to
the Attorney Generals office for pro-
secution.
He held interviews with the District
Attorney at Washington in relation to
some OF the cases, and offered to fur
nish special counsel to aid in the pro-
secution of them, sbut the offer was
declined. He was disappointed at the
small result Of the prosecutions, and
regretted that there were so few con-
victions; but was powerless beyond
turning the cases and the evidence
over to the proper officers for their ac-
tion.
He was asked if any member of the
Cabinet had asked him or talked with
him in relation to the resignation of
certain clerks who were asked to rer
sign.
He replied that if any of the Cabinet
had asked him any questions about
the removal of certain clerks he should
refuse to tell the committee what they
said, and he declined to tell why he
removed certain clerks beyond the
general remark that he found reasons
that were entirely satisfactory to him
self why they should be removed.