The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-27
Inspectors Report and ACCUSE
tons of Former Washington
Cashier Are Identical in
Many Respects.
HANDWRITING is THE SAME.
Comptroller Tracewell Found AZ
fairs All Right, Mr.. Smith AL
leges, and There Was Moth
ing More to Be Done.
The Republic Bureau.
18th St and Pennsylvania Ave.

The Republic Bureau
4 18th st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, June 2s-Charles Emory
Smith, who served as Postmaster General
| In President McKinley's Cabinet, and also
in the Cabinet OF President Roosevelt until
abont fifteen months ago, spent several
hours with the President to-day discussing
the Post-Office investigation and the fact.
so far as he knew them during his admin
istration OF the Post-Office Department MIR.
| Smith took breakfast with the President
and later in the day called upon him at his
Office. Mr.. Smiths answer to the report of
Mr.. Bristow will be published throughout
| the country tomorrow morning.
| Mr.. Smith discussed with the President
his statement. The answer consists of ex-
| hihits "a B. and &C" and Mr.. Smith
| makes showing which will have to be ex-
! planned. 1t shows that the Tuiloch charges
and the report Of Inspector Smith are al
most identical at some points being in such
similar language as to suggest the posi-
bility OF their having been prepared by the
| same person.
TALK OF COLLISION
1 HidheS the charge,
| by parallel column. that there was some
| collision in the matter, and by implication.
| If not in words, asks for an explanation
new sensation may be injected into the
| whole investigation by this showing of the
former Postmaster General and further
statements probably will have to be made
| by somebody.
| Mr. Smiths statement deals. It is under
Stood a TnI cha
were the only things coming before his de-
! partment when he was in charge on which
an investigation could be made
| The Tulloch charges. printed more min
| utely than ever before. are given as exhibit
"A" In fact. the entire charges as made
| by Mr.. Tulloch at that time are given in
| the answer
Mr.. Smith then presents as exhibit .B''
the report of Inspector Smith. who was de-
tailed TO look into the charges and report
upon them This is the report that Mr.
Smith sees fit to draw the parallel on. az
| showing that the Tulloch charges and the
inspectors report are In one and the same
handwriting and in manner of description a
fact WHICH Mr.. Smith regards as most Curl
Gus.
SMITHS EXPLANATION.
Exhibit &C. contains Mr.. Smiths explana-
| ton and remarks upon the whole thing as 1t
came before him. He points out that after
Comptroller Tracewell. the highest review
ing officer in the matter of accounts in the
country, had passed upon the charges and
examined in detail for a period of four
| months. there was little else to be done.
and when the Inspectors report was pre-
sented to him he gave consideration TO the
fact that the man who had the nal word
a at l,sri ali boz III
1t will be pointed out. it is stated, that
Mr.. Bristow called the Inspectors report to
the attention of Mr.. Charles Emory Smith.
and that the latter did not enter into the
details then because OF the investigation in
progress by the Comptroller.
The report of Mr.. Bristow few days
ago was based upon the report made in
1885 by Inspector Smith, and Mr.. Charles
Emory Smith has no ground upon which
to base his answer, except the report OF
Mr.. Bristow few days ago to the POST
master General. Therefore. II Is declared,
Mr.. Charles Emory Smiths answer will
cover fully every feature of which he was
cognizant when in office.
MoNEY-ORDER CONTRACT.
Assistant Attorney General Robb this
afternoon submitted his opinion on the le-
gality of the bid made by Paul Herman
of Rutherford. n. j., for the printing OF
money-order blanks for the Post-Ofice De-
partment. The opinion is understood to be-
favorable to the letting of the contract to
Mr.. Herman. The action of James T. Net
calf, superintendent of the money-order
system, in the matter of letting this con-
tract was the cause of his summary re-
moval from the service by the Postmaster
General about ten days ago.
was that Mafcaif was untuIy
interested in having the contract go to the
Wynkoop- Hallenbeck-Crawford Company of
New York, which firm employs Metcalf's
son.
GRAND JURY AT WORK.
The Grand Jury. which has been consid-
ering the Post-Ofice cases. presented by the
Investigation officials. held brief session
to-day, examined several unimporiant wit
nesses and adjourned until Monday.
What is known the Tyner case, invoIv-
ing the abstraction of papers by Mrs. Ty-
ner from the safe in the Office of the AS
sistant Attorney General for the Post-Ofice
Department. probably will be placed before
the Grand Jury next week
Although two indictments already have
been returned against August W. Machen,
the former General Superintendent OF the
Free Delivery system, additional evidence
is being put into shape for submission to
the Grand Jury
The case Of alleged forgery which POST
Office Inspectors have been looking into in
connection with other charges brought
against Machen viii not be pressed. as an
ticipated some time ago. the evidence not
being conclusive and the ALLEGED ofrense be-
Ing barred by the statute Of limitations.