New-York tribune., 1881-10-27
MIR. TYNER,s RESIGNATION.

uIs RETIREMENT FROM THE POST OFFICE DEPART
MENT-A STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC-FRANCIs
HATTON APPOINTED.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIpUNE.l
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2G.--Assistant Postmaster
General Tyner rendered his resignation to-day, as
the following correspondence shows
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct 26, 1881
The Hon. THOMAS L. JAMES. Postmaster General:
SIR: enclose herewith IN responset 10 y0nr letter OF
the 4th inst resignation of the oe OF First Assist
ant Postmas terGencra to be delivered 20 the President
the condition that the request for is not based upon
in connection with the alleged star Route frauds ethe
been made implied, 1t is proper that thcy shou DC
clearly stated, aud thar should have the opportunity 10
reply 20 them. believe he and you viii approve the
JAS. ~ TYNEE.
The Postmaster-General replied as follows:
WAsHINGToN, Oct. 20. 1881.
SIR: Ihave the honor TO acknowledge the receipt Of
your resignation of the oico OF FIRST Assistant Post
dent In reply to your inquiry, have to say that the
request for your resignation was not based upon any
resesfG OH tho Taois JAMES
The Hon. JAMES N. TYNER
judge Tyner's side of the case is furnished by
him in a statement in which he says that he has
not recently tried TO bold Office for the sake of the
place, but only to protect his reputation. Recent
newspaper attacks make it necessary that he should
say something in reply. He was always opposed to
expeditions" and very rarely ordered or consented
to them; and he thinks that the sixteen months Of
his term in the Office of PostInaster-General was
freer from unnecessary expenditure than any smi-
lar period of late years.
Within the last month, before his retirement from
the Office of PostmasteTGoncral, however, several
costly changes had been made without his knowl-
edge and he heard Of them after he had gone out
and before he returned rs First Assistant. He di-
rected the attention of the new General
to the matter and suggested that they should be
examined. Mr.. TyDer says that in this instance, as
in all Others when they discussed these subjects, he
did not assail anybOdy's honesty He expressed his
own views Of administrative policy as fOrcibly as he
could. Regarding the report on Star Service that
he made TO Judge Key, after his return
from the Pacific coast in 1879, he says he made the
investigation upon Keys written order, submitted
the report to him. and called his attention to what
he believed to be unnecessary service and to the
remedies which he proposed for the evils of the Star
Route system.
He is willing to stake his reputation on this re-
port. When it was alluded to recently doubt
was expressed as to whether it had ever
been submitted to the Postmaster General.
The injustice of this suspicion is put to rest by
Keys late interview in which he says he directed
that il should not be published but held private
paper. Mr.. Tyner insists that TO have made IL pub
lie then would have been lDeXCusable The report
was the subject of a conversation with President
Garfield before Mr.. James heard of it, and was
handed to the latter at the Presidents request. On
receiving it Mr.. James agreed that it should be
only by the President and himself II had been
kept from the files of the Department by Mr. Keys
order and was q private paper. MIR. James was
told MIR. Tyner that the Attorney General had it,
and he would not treat it as private paper
Mr. Francis ilattons's nomination as First AS
sistant PoStmasterGeneral was made out by the
President to-day, but the early adjournment Of the
Senate prevented its being sent in.