Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-27
First Assistant POstms asser General
Tyncr Resigns.
CORRESPONDENCE IN

CORRESPONDENTS IN THE CASE
First Assistant Postmaster General Tyner ten
dered his resignation yesterday. In his letter TO
the Postmaster General, resgning, he says: 81
nclose herewith i'm response TO your letter OF the
lith inst my resignation OF the olce OF first assis-
tant postmaster general 10 be delivered Ia the
President on the condition that the request for IL IS
not based upon charges against my Official honor
or integrity, especially In connection with the
alleged star route frauds, either by direct act
neglect OF duty. III such charges have been made
or implied IT is proper that they should be clearly
stated, and that should have the opportunity TO
reply to them. believe he and you viii approve
In reply Postmaster General ames wrote: ssSr:
1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt OF
Postmaster General, which have just handed 70
the President In reply to your inquiry have 10
say that the request for your resignation was not
official Integrity"
GEN. rYNER's STATEMENT
In a statement furnished by Gen. Tyner he says
that he has not recently tried to hold the Office for
the sake OF the place. but only to protect his repu-
tatiOn The President directed that the letter ne
Questing his resignation should be sent quietly
without publicity, upon the representation To him
that the relation existing between the Postmaster
latter desired TO be relieved. That statement was
pending the Star route Investigation would expose
him TO Misrepresentation and scandal, Just
II has done The Postmaster General and the
late President both knew OF his fears and both
seemed disposed to protect him: both knew that
any intimation OF his completely therein or failure
OF duty Herewith was unjust The desire OF MI.
James to have him go out was I'm consequence Of
the existence OF III feeling between them Mr.
Tyner thinks it originated with meddlesome
Mr.. Tyner says that the records of the depart
ment VIII show that be never abused his trust In
any respect He Is willing TO rest his case upon
any deliberate statement the Postmaster General
will himself make. He has not joined in the
sweeping charges OF corruption against everybody
| who happened to have labored 10 secure an in
crease OF service on star routes nor approved OF
the plan OF trying men on criminal charges I'm the
newspapers before n court OF competent 1urSdic-
ton had passed upon their cases. Yet he has not
fnterfered with those who are engaged In the in
yeSt1gafion nor discouraged them nor impeded
their progress. He has attended 10 his own bush
ness, ana II the detectives and Others around the
| ment would have been unnecessary.
Baltimore City Election.
| A DEMOCRATIC swEEP-vorERs DrsFRANCHIsED ~
THE REGISTERS
The municipal election In Baltimore yesterday
resulted in a sweeping victory for the regular
democrats Hon. VIM. Pinkney whyte, for mayor.
of appeals, had no opposition. The twenty mem
bers OF the first branch and ten members OF the
second bra nch elected are all regular democrats
In the last city council Mr.. j. j. Kahler, republic
can, was the first branch member from the 18th
| ward, and J: c. Toner, republican, was In the
second branch from the 18th and 18th wards The
total vote yesterday for members OF the nrst
branch was s. 8e against IS $50 as the fun vote for
mayor in 1879 when Messrs Latrobe and Hooper
were opponents. Numerous complaints were made
that voters had been disfranchiSed by the regis
ters, who had left their names on the lists Of
voters. In the nth ward these charges were
serious enough for the republicans to lay the
matter before Mr.. Henry StOckbridge, chairman Of
the republican state central committee He asked all
disfranchised republicans TO leave their names at
the party Headquarters and he will see that the
names are replaced before the November election.
The o. l. DIS In the nth ward made similar
charges against the registers OF voters In the 2Oh
ward regular democrats charged that their names
had been left of the lists OF voters. Whatever the
reason, the republicans did not poll much moro
than fourth OF their full vote as IL shown TO
be at the presidential election in 1880. The col
oTed vote was not out TO any important extent
Baltimore Sun. today
The Won Steubens will reach Cincinnati to-day.
The sSQUeen City" club Will give them q reception