Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-10-27
EASTERN DISPATCHES
Rssirration of General fInsr.

Resignation Of General fynsr.
WASHINGTON. October H. General
Tynsr has sent In his ~rssigustion. indi-
eating that he has given up the Aght.
he had prepared . statement denying
the truth Of the charge against him.
Tynsr's statements say that no never
made the expenditure for the Star route
service without consulting the then
Postmaster General. Governor Jewell.
and that later. when In charge Of the
Department. he refused to make . large
increase In the service. he required Of
General Brady monthly statements re-
Qardipg the Star route service. and never
sanctioned any large expenditures.
During the last month he was Postmas-
ter General no report came to him.
and after he had ceased to be Post.
master General be wa informed that
during that month Brady had largely
expedited the service. Hs at encs went
to General Key, who had just assumed
charge Of the department, and told him
Of Il, and advised him to cancel all
orders for increased service. Tyner says
further that the Star route prosecutions
we're frequently q matter Of consultation
between himself and President Garfield;
that be took his report Of the invsstiga-
ton made BY himself into the service
and read Il to General Garfield, who re-
qusstsd that he might also show 1t to
General James, which he did. This wa
soon after General Garfield became Pres
idspt.
On receiving the report Psstmasier
General James agreed that II should be
seen only by the President and himself.
It had been kept from the fles Of the
department BY Ksyss. and was . private
paper. James was told 20 at the time
no received Il. Afterwards he wa told
that the Attorney General had II and be
could not treat Il % . private paper. He
then asksd leave to print II. assigning ~
his reason that Brady had called him o
liar In the New York Herald, and be
wanted to quote Tynsr or Brady. Al
the object did not relate to the interest
Of the public service. and - It's publica-
ton would not elueidats the issue be.
tween them, Tynsr did not give bis
consent. It afterward appeared In the
columns of Q leading newspaper. with.
out consulting him. to charge that hs
obstructed the Star route Investigation.
Tynsr says the business Of his office
and that OF the contract ofios are a.
separate % II they were In different de-
partments. Tyner says the records OF
the department do not furnish dngls
instance OF failure to dismiss . post
master Justly accused OF false reports on
the Star route service, or any other
dersliction Of duty, after II was brought
to his uotics. The person who made
the charge ksew Il 10 be false. Tyner
and the President had three or four In.
tsrviews absut the Star routs business,
at the Presidents request, at which the
question as to the best method OF con.
Quoting the investigation was freely dis
cussed. The last Of those Interviews
occurred within twsnty.four hours OF
toe Ihtei bpoI, ~ Wuiou sscs ~ ieeos wv
ether persons have knowledge. n OF
whom Intentionally overheard part Of
what was said. The impression In
Tyner's mind then was that he was not
to 90 out because Of his suspicious rela-
ITEMS to the Star route investigation, or
for any other cause.
Tynsr says hs has not Joined In the
sweeping charge OF corruption against
everybody who happened 10 have labored
to secure an increase OF services on the
Star routes. nor approved OF the plan OF
trying men on . Criminal charge In the
newspapers. He has attended to his
own business, and II the detectives and
others around the Postmaster General
had done likewise this statement would
have been unnecessary.
Postmaster General James. 10 bis let
ter 10 Judge Tyner acknowledging the
receipt OF bis resignation says: "The
request for your resignation was not
based upon any reflection upon your
personal or official integrity"