New-York tribune., 1901-08-12
SAYS THE LAW WAS Violated.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM LEAGUE ACCUSES
JERSEY CITY's ASSISTANT POSTMAs-
TER. But OFFICIAL INQUIRY
CLEARS HIM
CLEARS HI

A detailed statement Of alleged violations of the
Civil Service law section I'm regard TO soliciting
political assessments and Of Section 435 OF the
Postal Regulations in regard to the political activ
ity Of oiceholders in the Jersey City Postofce, is
given in report the council Of the National
Civil Service Reform League by a committee Of
which william Dudley Foulke is chairman. The
report which has just been made public charges
IT. " Woolley assistant postmaster OF Jersey City,
with the violations. Mr.. Bertsch superintendent Of
carriers is also implicated. The facts the report
SAYS were submitted to the Postmaster-General.
the President and the Attorney-GeneraL The last
named officer. on May 2. 1901, declined TO take
measures for the prosecution Of Mr. Woolley. as
requested by the committee, saying that the Post
master-GeneraI had already determined that the
facts did not Justify the charges.
II is alleged that MI Woolley has held the posi-
lions Of president Of the Hudson County Republican
Committee and OF the Jersey city Republican Com
mittee during all the time ne has been assistant
postmaster. and continues TO hold them; that the
former committee had charge OF the fall campaigns
ana the latter committee of the spring campaigns
that beginning with March 1895. these two commit
have IN turn sent 20 the carriers letters re-
questng subscriptions 10 meet the expenses OF the
campaign; that where these requests were not com
piled with they were followed In some cases by
second notice that the last Of these requests were
the carriers in the fall Of 1900 asking con
tFibutons for the national campaign: that Mr.
Nooey during this time known by the carriers
10 be the president Of these committees and in
some his name president appears on the
letterheads which not only the solicitations were
written but also the receipts for contributions.
II is further charged the carriers contributed
through fear persecution by the officials under
whom they serving.
Much o. the evidence on which the charges are
,ased was collected IN June 1900 by DR.. Washburne,
an examiner of the United States Civil Service
CONN mission Since hs examination the report
saws an investigation has been made made by
fsin inspectors OF The POstofice Department and
me charges against Mr. Woolley have been dis
missed because he denied under oath that ne had
any knowledge Of the use Of his name by the
TafRn committee and because OF the sixty
q sTTiers examined by the inspectors alleged that
any ociai had suggested the adysa Diity Of rcliti
cal contributions.
M WOoley said 20 a Tribune reporter yester-
dsv With reference 20 the charges against him:
since I have been IN the employ OF the United
states Government ] have never levied any
Tneuf or contribution upon any Federal employe
either n the postal department or any other branch
OF the Federal government This charge wac In
,eSfigafed by The department authorities Wash
iugton some time ago and found 70 be untrue
The COMPLAINT was dismissed. think the fact that
! stu hold my position settles the matter in my
favor