The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-05-26
NATIONAL CAPITAL
IS BEING DESERTED
FOR THE SUMMER
Inside Facts Which Throw Much Light on the
Now Famous Corruption in the Postoffice
Department of the Government.
(Mail Special to the Advertiser.)

(NIail Special to the Advertiser)
WASHINGTON, d. c.. May 13-The annual exodus of officials
from the city has begun and will be six months before there
full attendance the high official desks Assistant Secretaries in
Departments slipping for the weeks end enjoy ate fisk
ing at convenient along the Atlantic Secretaries have
themselves been lax attendance the Departments for not Pres
en Roosevelt and not the business running along smoothly
with little routine attend to? From this time the exodus
will increase constantly and by midsummer there will be only
cabinet officers in time with occasional exceptions and
the number of important sbordnaes will be reduced minimum
1t custom to emphasize the aruou duties of important
officials but with administration and
things running smoothly it almost surprising note the vast
and the supervision that keeps the system in order often i'm
for all its Officials high and low here in Washington but among the
higher that amount materially increased by half week here
land half a week there.
for few short days early June All through the Departments
there questions which awaiting final reference him. His
till he hasten Oyster Bay However, the Presidents busiest
months wien Congress is session The demands upon his time
fall to the Chief Magistrate that public business suffering from
his absence 1t the responsibility than the actual brain work
which the Presidents of the United States and the periods during
which they subject to great strain.
THE POSTOFFICE INVESTIGATION
1t is thought here that the end of the famous investigator
of the Posofce Department practically hand
medey fruitful results are concerned work has conducted
very thoroughly by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General stow, who
the General However, the temporary suspension Of the
the Superintendent of the Free Delivery Division Mr. A. W. Mache
lis regarded as great triumph for Mr. Brsow his investigations
The becomes absolutely under the sway of Mr. Bsow
and believed that will be transferred back again to the
jurisdiction of the First Assistant Postmaster General Mr. Wynn
whose been cleared have his authority respected Mr.
Wynne has chief in the Salaries and Allowance Division who
subordinate his directions and who also conducting that bureau
on an honest and economical plan.
1t is Superintendent will
restored duty He beginning great fight by pulling all the
political wires his command wires that expected to bring
of Congressman his but it doubtful if this will avail hi
anything 1t known that things have been earthed which will
dscred Mr. Machen official and the President
halt about allowing him again the head of such large
delivery which expenditure
the city carriers number OF important postofces of the COUNT
which service costs the good many millions
There is inside history of the investigations known here in
the states outside of few people Postmaster General Payne in
response complaints which have been and m
contemplated long last December make
examination of the administration of the Department Con-
g might adjourn There was not to be any great publicity about
and Mr. Payne would deeply into irregularities lightly into
them he might please The investigation not to against
Superintendent Beavers of the Salaries and Allowance Division and
the Delivery Division hard They have been
the two officials chiefly accused of irregularities and of building up
political machine becoming powerful that they actually
dictated to their immediate SUPERIOR the First Assistant Postmaster
wYNNEs FIGHT
Mr. w. NJ. johnson, of New jersey had been by these
two officials and Mr. Robert Wynne after Mr. johnson had resigned
disgust appointed his place Mesrs Beavers and Mache1
proceeded make hot for Mr. Wynne they acerane
that they could him. and then fight begun intended
Mr. office. General Payne departed for
cruise in the West Indies the beginning of March, leaving orders
for the which the investigation should be conducted 1t had
where Wynne fight the death resign
and he chose fight The condition of things brought the
attention of President Roosevelt and he gave additional Instructions
beyond those by Mr. Payne That what scared Mr. Beavers
resign
When General Payne returned Washington he
found the country stirred profoundly the disclosures of irregular
tiles in the Department and he joined in the Jealous investigation
He hetated Mr. Macen strongly nrenched but sole
aons of Senator lodge the Presidents closest political FRIEND and
from others high authority fastened action When Fourth Assistant
stow first preached the subject Mr. Payne rejected it outy Tut
Mr. Btow insisted and backed by such Senator Lodge and
exepesenave Loud of California the Postmaster General decided
to act, and Mr.. Machen suspended.
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