New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-15
GENERAL CREEPY MAKES An APOLOGY.
HE RErRAcrs CERTAIN STATEMENTS REGARD


HE RETRACTs CERTAIN STATEMENTS hE"Ai'D
ING COMMISSIONER CoLMAN
washington July Il (Spccalh-What promlscu al
one time TO be a Jolly row between two Departments
OF the Government has simmcTcd down ih'o s''''
arcc and an accompanying apology. lho aeti'o'''
person IL COMMISSIONS Coiman OF the D'Pdr'nno"'
of Agriculture and the aggrcssor VINO no" o"oI'
ample apologies and explanations, Is Gcnera Ereei!'
Chief Signal Officer Of the Army. General "reeis
oCence was committed a few days ago at hearing
before the Agricultural Committee Of the senate
General Greedy at that amc made some bo" s'a"-
ncnts about Commissioner Coman He na'y chaiscu
the Commissioner with lobbying TO have the weather
Bureau transferred from the War Department 10 inc
Agricultural Department Senator Plumb ana sena-
ter Paddock took issue with General prceN, "he'
GrCrly said In substance:
Il know that he drove to my oflcc ono Gay-hc
the head of a great DEPARTMENT, and a wOulibe mem
Der Of the Cabinct-drOvc TO Office to intrigue win
one Of my subordnstos. orc CT the lower gradc Oh
employees. about the transfer Of The weather service
to Che Agricultural Department / lnow this Tor
II occurred in my office, ard left the room because
| hope am gentleman
Yesterday Senator Palmer received letter from
General Greedy in which the General crawls' In
very ungraccful manner lie had seen the charges
against Commissioner Colman repeated In the papers
without denial and he thought himself safe In giving
them authority. That he found out his mistake IS
shown in the following extract from his letter to
Senator Palmer:
have pleasure in saying that satisfied that from
Commissioner Colmans statements unintcntonal IN
Justice was him by As have said to Mr. Col
man. the story regarding his visit TO this oce In Febru
ary 1887 which given wide circulation through
out the country and which represented him as intriguing
with one Of my subordlnatcs effect the transfer was
believed by be and related IL TO the commit
tee as being piece OF public information which showed
the attitude Commissioner by his acts rather than
by his words ] believe that Mr. Colmans visit to
this office thoroughly mlsepcsented and that his In
teryew with Mr. Robinson simply a kindness shown
to an intimate friend his AMI that the interview
rather with reference to the appointment OF Rod
inson as Consul point In Germany, which ap-
polntment was made subsequently through Mr. Conlh
intervention The circumstances and Office IuInors at
that time were such as lead to believe the pub
lished story ] did not understand then why MI
Coman saw 1T to allow this story to unrefuted; but
appreciate he believed it the wiseSt course
to allow high reputation and wcllknown character to
answer him and he refraned from denial In pub
print than depart from his invaabc custom OF
leaving lions and misstaements alone,
trust you will assure the committee OF my regret that
should Internationally have placed in wrong light
high Official Of the Government, and 1t gives me pleasure
to make that reparation which gentleman owes to
another by repeating story he believed to be true
| he has unintentonally done injustice