Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-18
TULLOCH'S CHARGES
Ex-Cashier of Washington Post Office Answers Payne.
INSPECTORS WILL INVESTIGATE.

| INSPECTORS WILL INVESTIGATE. | Mr. TuIIoch Claims Records VIII Not Reveal Facts - Interested Par ties Will Not and Others Dare Not Talk.
 WASHINGTON, May 1S.-The fun l text of the formal charges of irregu- larities in the administration of postal affairs preferred by Seymour W, Tul- loch, formerly cashier of the Washing ton city post office, has been made pub lie by MT. Tulloch. The charges are l embodied in a letter to Postmaster General Payne in response to the lat ter's request to be furnished any in- formation that would substantiate i published statements of MT. Tulloch. Some of the matters complained of will be investigated immediately by the inspectors. ..
 MT. Tulloch in his letter says he is at the service of the postmaster general i in rendering any further assistance that may be desired. MT. Tulloch says that in all instances of irregularity and favoritism the proper allowances, rec ords, vouchers, etc, were most care fully executed and kept, as rule, and little information can be ascertained by their investigation; that the real facts behind the allowances and vouchers are not of record and are known to few-"those interested who will not and others, clerks, who dare | not talk"
 
 "For upward of nineteen years," the letter recites, "the conduct of affairs between the Washington city post of flee and the post office department was regular. Then came the first break, the precursor of a system of allow ances to tho Washington post office on account of departmental expenditures which afterward led to irregularities, abuses, extravaganza and my removal as an obstacle on June 80, 1S99."
 MT. Tulloch further says:
 Considerable feeling was manifest cd toward me in the office of the first assistant postmaster general because would not pay vouchers for services OF aappMes upon personal request or by direction over the telephone. J. Holt Livingston presented vouchers for pay ment one afternoon amounting to sev- eral hundred dollars for postal furni- ture. I refused to pay until the allow ance had been received. I was in formed that 1t would be sent down by private messenger as soon as it was signed by the first assistant postmaster general. again refused. MT. Living ston departed qaite angry and some time afS@FwaT6 returned with the al- lowanee properly executed and still
 damp from the copying press. It was for shipment of furniture, as I re- member, t0 Cuba or Porto Rico. No one had certified as to the receipt" Er TuIloch says that Post Once In- spector In Charge William B. Smith of this city made an inspection of the Washington post office and during that inspection received word from an asso- ciate of the first assistant postmaster general that hs would better be care tul or he might lose his own head. MT. rulloch adds,
 'T was ereditabIy informed at that l; lime that the matter so prepared, with perhaps other evidence, was laid be-
 fore Postmaster General Smith by
 Fourth Assistant Bristow, who request ] ed the appointment of a commission to l investigate the office of the assistan nt postmaster general. This was refused ; by MT. Smith, who looked upon it as . another manifestation of the relations I existing between Perry s. Heath and : Mr. Bristow."
 - MT. Tulloch then cites Endorsements = by Mir. Beavers and MT. Machen of the 0 "Eeononic Postal association" as an in - Vestment proposition.
 f On the question of favoritism in ap
 pointment he says: e 'AOAver Fl. Smith of Muncie, Ind r was an intimate friend and associate
 of Perry s. Heath. The latter, Nov. 20 1897, wrote as follows to the Washing 2 ton postmaster:
 T have this day allowed you S60C
 per annum to provide for the appoint ment of Oliver H. Smith as a laborel = = at the several stations connected with = your office. MT. Smith will act in g ', dual capacity, serving both clerks and
 carriers. The free delivery division
 will also make an allowance of $2 pei
 day to cover car fares and incidenta " expenses for Mir. Smith, who is, be II lteve, to report to you on the morning of the 23d inst. This is the gentleman F whose appointment has been frequent d ly recommended by you
 # '"Mr. Heath used the expression "a # your request or fin connection witl
 your recommendation in connection q with many appointments concerning Z. /. which the postmaster was entirely ig norant and for whose services, If he re
 eeivsd them at all, he had no use O o need" .-... a.< MT. Tulloch refers to the inspection of the accounts of the Washingtol l 2: post office late in April, 1899, by T. W 'A Gilmer, an expert accountant of tn
 comptroller of the treasury, following
 which inspection the comptroller dis
 allowed between $30O00 and $4O,OO .- for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 1ses s The receipt of the letter was immed %o1u