Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-06-11

which they we're employed, II ap.
pears also that a great waste has &C.
CURED in the purchase aud distrihu.
tten ot different devices like book
type.writerS, caSh-rs&jSterS, automatic
/ changes makers, etc which, after trial,
prove to be useless for postoflice pur.
poses, Scores Of these are lying tdle,
stored away in the cellars of postefileeS
here and there The secretion Of such
stun, in order 70 avoid its public com
demuatton and sale and the criticism
incident thereto, Is all wrong. and
there may have been, as charged, fa.
voritiSm shown in the selection OF
these particular types Of machines In
preference to others which would work
4 better; hut unless such favortism
can he shown, the facts are perfectly
consistent With q theory OF bad judg.
ment
AS the Investigation proceeded it's
scope hroadened, till, from an over,
i hauling Of the otllco OF the first as.
sistant postmaster geueral, 1t extended
to the poStonice department Mt large.
How Tyner Became Involved,
The assistant attorney general Of
the poStotllce department. is n postal
officer, not a member of the depart.
ment OF Justice, rs might he supposed
from his title He is the Immediate
law adviser of the postmaster Genoral
aud his assistants, For a good whilo
gossip has been free with the person.
mel Of the assistant attorney generals
Office under the present admntstra,
ftion, The correspondence and litera.
Iture of certain fraudulent concerns III
the west have escaped exclusion from
the mails while others no worse in
character have boon bundled out,
James n. TNner of Indiana, the late ms.
sistant attorney general, was an old
man, much broken In health, but ms
,stanch In his contempt for civil service
reform rs IN his lusty youth, He had
no sooner settled into his seat under
entered into struggle With the civil
service commission to procure the res.
Itoration of certain "contdentar
places under him TO tho
patronage list, so that ht could appoint
friends and relatives to them without
examination, majority OF the com,
tmssioners were new to thoir work and
presently yielded; and the first hene-
}fciary of the change was Harrison V,
Barrett, n near kinsmau of Tyuer
Barrett addressed himself promptly to
the euditieation Of tho postal laws, ana
about the time that task was finished
he resigned and went into private prac.
tCe. His thorough acquaintance thus
gained with tho ms and outs OF the law
made his services particularly useful
to clients seeking t0 oVade II or to him
der its strict application by the author
tiles Of the department. or course It
did not take long to connect his name
With the stories Of the gambling and
other fraudulent concerns which had
been using the mails without punish
mont, and the authors of these stories
lendeapored to follow the trail of the
isMtndlors by way Of Barrett, directly
into Tynor's Office, The inference
was that Tynor had himself boon OK
Iturting blackmail or sharing In It's
profits He came out with defiant
card Of denial, tut the postmaster
general, while accepting this at It's
face value, nevertheless concluded that
It was a mistake to keep nm aged man,
most Of the time bedriddcn mt his
home, In position OF authority where
an alert prosecutor Of criminals was
needed Mr. Tyncr's resignation was
requested and rendered, and he was
Ieranted the customary thirty days
lleaye with pay The care Of the ONCE
was turned over, for the interval, 10
George A. Christancy, Barrett's sue.
Ccssor
The Mrs. Tyner Episode.
One afternoon, shortly before the
accompanied by Barretts mother and
an expert locksmth, appeared at
Tyncr's room In the department build.
ing, and proceeded to break into his
safe rife ii OF Its contents and carry
these away Accounts differ MS To
whether Chrisiiancy--a rather incf-
foctlye and colorless young man. but
believed to be Of good eharactcr--of.
fercd any resistance TO the operations
Of The party, or even protested against
them. At all events when the news
came ont aud the postmaster general
withdrew his acceptance Of Tyner's
resignation aud surnmariy discharged
him In disgrace from tho service,
ChristIancy requested to be relieved Of
official responsibility himself till the
whole affair could ~ cleared up. This
was done Meanwhile Mrs. Tyner
had taken legal counsel and her Mt
toruey came in haste 10 the depart
ment with bundle purpoutng 20 con
tain all the papers fe had distracted
from her husbands safe with an OK
PLANTATION that she lid not know that
she had been doing anything wrong,
and the expression Of n hope that the
postmaster general would not take
harsh measures under tho cirenm.
stances. Mr.. pnync'R response was
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