Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-16
EXPLAINS BARRETT'S VIEW
Portal Agent Says Accused Lawyer Acted
After Leaving Department
FIRST CALLED TURF FIRMS FRAUDULENT
sewers Connection with Government
and Then Acts for Get-Rich Com
Germs Advancing Reasons for
Them Privileges.

WASHINGTON, March 15.-It is an
nounced that Mr.. James N. Tynor, assistant
agent for the Postofice department. will
be required in the near future to tender
his resignation. The announcement Is
however, accompanied with the statement
hat this action has no bearing on the COM
plant filed with the president by T. C..
Campbell Of Cincinnati, an attorney repre-
senting several OF the turf concerns whose
affairs recently have been aired in the
courts. Mr.. Tynor is incapacitated by ILL
ness from performing the duties Of his
office, and II is said his resignation will be
requested solely on that account. Mr.. Ty-
nor is n years Of age, and suffered a stroke
OF paralysis last July, and in December
had a relapse.
He denouncos as absurd and ridiculous
the charges that there was wrQngdoing
in connection with decisions by his office
respecting the right of turf investment
companies to use the mails. The matter,
he said, was taken up in the report of an
inspector and disposed of as hundreds Of
other cases are. No evidence was submit
ted with the inspectors reports, showing
that the firms were either lotteries or
frauds, and under the law the department
had no right to interfere.
lghSE "Nht AhHAiHHlphHs
Mr.. Tyner admitted yesterday that Har-
rison ]. Barrett, his nephew by marriage
and formerly his assistant in the law dl-
vision in the Postofice department, against
whom charges had been filed, had replied
as an attorney for one of the turf invest
ment concerns, but said it was after Bar
rett had severed his connection with the
department. Barrett had rendered legal
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vestment companies" as to the legality Of
which he had written an official opinion
while still in the Postofice department.
This service also was rendered after Bar
rett had left the department.
The opinion prepared by Barrett declared
that the bond concerns as organized were
in violation Of law and not entitled to mail
privileges, but to the opinion was attached
an appendix stating that by certain changes
in their bylaws and in the wording Of their
literature they could be admitted to the
use Of the mails.
The appendix, Mr.. Tynor said, was not
written by Barrett, but by Postmaster Cen
eral Smith.
The department had official knowledge
Of more than 500 Of these concerns, and the
capital involved was estimated at $50, 000,-
300. 1t was the opinion of Mr.. Smith and
other officials Of the department that the
business should not be crushed out II it
could be made legal, and such an eminent
lawyer as John G.. Carlisle had appeared
before the department on behalf of the
concerns.
hanEe Venetian Consul.
President Roosevelt, 1t is understood, has
decided to name a successor to Henry A.
Johnson of the District of Columbia, who
stree 1885 has been United States consul
at Venice, Italy. AT the time the officers
OF the cruiser Chicago went ashore last
summer and became involved with the Ital-
ian authorities Mr.. Johnson was criticized
in some quarters, for his action in the mat
ter, but 1t is not known whether this has
nnuthinn 10 do with his snnercassinn