The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-04
NALLON Is MARKED
SPOKANE PoSTM&sTEH SOON To BE
oUsTED FROM OFFICE
Charges Pendisg Against HfSn-Ior-
p~eo Beas Rowan May Be Kept
Here Despite Infsverahie Report
-yew. of Psssofnr ~s znd Pensions.

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uos re@xa. = = 9z2-z Es-obscle nat zsLza-
il short ttze. ~ VIII - removed sn4
Republican app,c.1gsd a. RS s2ceessor-
NzI1oz's UeznocrAzzr <risEsa sTs trying %
razEs * zDpe4x 20 tins department thai TIC
e1art fer nls reEn0xal CONES froEn Ihs Re-
publican leaders q Spokane c9ezzty ard
Is based wholly OF political causes Ials
vsew. however. VII nat - zcce2teG - TIE
acEArxrrszt X IS stated BY postof-ce Of
EcEags hers fha- charges we're preferred
zgRsns, Nr Mzllon before TIE Republican
aa3nsarSssrzEsou czze into power. Car
tain & = that complaints were u.s1s
against him ncs only TO tne department.
but 70 tie civil service commission. ard
rhe latter box. e = ci4lEe6. recogzlel1-
- rs removal Being a Democratic aF-
pcintee. h0wsyex the last administration
pad bat little hees1 20 the charges. a.
though two or three different inspectors
reported several things al fault n TIE
Syz kane Office
WGth tsa coming IA u q aew a6rllntstrz-
tor. the charges we're renewed. aad il g
quite possible that q more searching IN
zeasssa ton has ssen made b. the kep1o-
HeaR inspectors than by those serv.ng III
der a Democratic postmaster general
K.zrIy II July Inspector J Q. Culver was
sent 70 Spokane % investigate charges 20
the effect th@t Postmaster Aalioa vas
fres.l4entsr q places 81 al Tegute, thai his
character did not reflect credit upon tie
position Dc held, and that the condition. IN
the Office was not ssIch as Il should Be n =
city the Slze OF Spokane"
Mr. MaIl0n. through 81 Influential Dem
ocratic friend. has informed the postofilce
department that Inspector Culver never
came near hlm nor gave aim any 0pport1-
nity 20 rsfuts the charges which had been
preferred he alleges further that ne
would never have known anything about
the charges had X hot been for . seZlssa-
f3Cnai publication Il an evening paper, a.
though, he says. ne subsequently, ascer-
tanned that many os lis political ard per-
sonal enemies knew Of aud expected the
inspectors arrival. Dir. Azllon. Il Is said,
asked the Inspector to 90 with hlm 20 see
the business men % the city whose iesa-
nony would refute the charges. but that
this was not done. and that the inspector
spent Ms time Rhlle Il TIE city interview
ing the postmaster political and personal
enemies.
TIE only specific charge made against
Mr. Mallon. If Is claimed, vas made By
former enpl0ye Of the ofhce, +. q. GrAetz.
Graetz. Il Is stated. was dismissed a. the
time wnaa the aEst assistant postmaster
general ordered a reduction OF tins force
OF the Office Il Is claimed that the dis
rnissal OF Mr Graetz vas really & oeneht
10 the service. but that he mas always
harbored a grudge against the postmaster
because some ether egnpiOys than hl1a-
self vas rot dismissed
Protest is now made b. Mr.. MzlIon ana
bv MS friends 20 the department against
MS removal from the office without aav-
ing an opportunity 10 answer 10 det2A the
charges which have been made against
him. ard which he claims he could easily
refute Quite naturally the claim Is made
that Senator Wilson Is az the bottom OF
this attempt 20 remove Nr Mailon from
the poz-mastershlp. but such IS not the
case. The senator has taken no part in the
matter 0ther than thai he has been called
uDon. By the department. TO hold himself "A
readiness 10 recommend successor 20 Mr.
Nallon Il IS believed that the latter VIII
BE- given an opportunity 20 resign. and
that II he fails 10 DO 50, he viii oe 70
moved for cause
The postmaster general however. IS
row considering the protests which have
been made By the friends % Mr.. MalI9n.
and viii probably give the case a personal
consideration. Mr.. Malion furnished The
inspector. during his visit 20 Spokane
with about sixty letters from the most
prominent business men u the city, eN-
pressing their satisfaction Wifn me man
sgampnr Of the post0fflce. and tndlca ing
their desire that there should be no change
untu the expiration II the present four
wears term. II Is also claimed, from the
democratic standpoint thar during the
eight years that Washington has been
state the Republicans have had the post
Office for five years and the Democrats
f5r only three. The statement that there
q no eepecial reasco why any leutency
should be shown 20 Mr.. MaIion, inasmuch
as The last Republican postmaster, Mr.
shaw. was removed ny President Cleve-
land before the expiration - his term. Is
answered ~ the declaration thar NJ.
Hmf.
his active political partisanship. he hav-
ing accepted the nomination - mayor IT
me city - Spokane On the Republican
ticket While stlu holding the ofsce q post
master.