Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-23
Alleged Intention to Stir Up
an Old Matter.
MR.. LATIMER'S CHARGE
POSTMASTER GENERAL REGARDS
1T AS A PERSONAL AFFAIR.
Progress of the Pending Post Office De-
partment Investigation-Many =
Reports Received.

The latest phase IN the aileseo scs'iuAi''
in the Post Office Department is rurhor
that friends of Mr.. George W. Beavers "iio
resigned from the position of superintend-
ent of the division of salaries ana aiio"
ances. and Mr.. Augustus w. Machen, super
intendent of the free delivery. both OF
which divisions are under investigation by
Fonrth Assistant Postmaster General Bfis-
tow, are to cause charges to be preferred
against First Assistant Postmaster Gem
eral Robert j. Wynne in an effort to DIS
credit him in the eyes of the pubic. 80
1t is said that Senator Latimer OF South
Carolina made a complaint to President
Roosevelt some time aD against ME-
Wynne alleging that he used improper IAN
guage rejecting upon the character OF W.
men clerks in the department. Accofuiii6
to the rumor Mr.. Wynne was summoned "
the White House and the President was
convinced that the charges were untrue
Mr. Wynne admitted today that a COM
nlaint was made against him by repre-
sentative who subsequently became sena-
| tor Postmaster General Payne. when ms
attention was called to the rumor sald uiaI
| he understood that Senator Laulner ulo
| lodge a complaint of some KIND against liie
| first assistant postmaster general ,
Il don't remember just what 1t was
| Mr.. Payne said. but know it was per
| Sonal matter between Senator Latlmef anu
| Mr. Wynne and has nothing whatever TO 40
| with the investigation that is now under
| way. My understanding is that the Presl-
dent was satisfied with the explanation that
| was made. -,
| Were any complaints filed with you?'
| 81 don't remember that there were. IL
| was brought to my attention at the tilne IN
| the usual way. as all things pertaining "
| the department are.
| According to the rumor which was free
| " discussed about the Post Office Depart
| ment building today, other senator's ana
| representatives have been found VINO are
! willing to suggest the ACCESSIBILITY OF Mr..
| WINES removal from the position or hfst
| assistant postmaster general.
| Friends of Mr.. Wynne declare that this
| is only a ruse of those who are lnteiesteu
| in having the investigation of affairs IN
| the division formerly presided over by Mr
| Beavers and Mr.. Machens division cameo
off: that they are anxious to avert atteh
| ton from the real trouble. -
| The inyestiga ton of affairs in these divi-
| sions is being pushed with vigor. Every
mail brings hundreds of letters from post
masters containing information asked 1oi
bv the fourth assistant postmaster general
in his general order to postmasters. tne
purpose of which was set forth exclusively
in The Evening Star of yesterday.
Useless Registers and Typewriters.
The charge brought out in the investiga-
ton here that useless cash registers anc
book typewriters mad been bought for the
post office in Brooklyn and that some OF
them We're stored in the basement of the
post office at New York was partly con-
| firmed in the latter city yesterday. Accord
ing to the New York Tribune, Postmaster
Morgan of Brooklyn denied "that any sucf
machines were stored in the basement,
but referred the inquirer to the auditor.
There it was learned that there were
: twenty automatic change making machine
II belonging to- the post office, only one O
which, so far as was known, was in use
This one is in the cashiers department au'
the Brandt Automatic Cashier" made i!
| WATERFOWL, Wis
'4The trouble with these" the auditor sal
| to the Tribune reporter. lis that our mel
are more used to relying on themselNe
| than on this machine. Then, each com
partment must be kept full of the prope
coins, or the machine won't work. II tn
coins are bent, it won't work either. Thel
down in our stamp department they hay
no room for a machine. 49,.
!, In view of its failings, 1t was explained
, ! that it was easier and quicker for mai
to make change by counting out tn
money Two of the machines. the Tribun
; says are in the general post office, tn
5 / others in the branch post offices. The
, We're bought in 1899
/ Tire book typewriters were formerly use
in the money order department. They wer
the regular Hatch machines, but wer
found to be too heavy for women so wer
changed and ordinary typewriters wit
wide carriages used
a Charges Not Yet Filed.
The long-looked-for charges of a specis
: committee of the Central Labor Unio
: against Second Assistant Postmaster Ger
eral Shallenberger, regarding the conduc
. of affairs in the mail bag repair shop, hay
not materialized.
Both Mr.. Shallenberger and Postmaste
General Payne are at a loss to know VIII
| the committee has not shown up since
saw fit to exploit the charges in the news
papers.
'All I know about the charges is what
| have seen in print" Mr.. Shallenberger sal
Y this afternoon. Il presume some of I'll
r charges are true. / plead guilty to hay
6 ing recognized, wherever and whenever
was possible, ability and fitness
THE man or woman who is capable
S performing work in the mail bag repa
f shop is given preference over those VIII
n do not reach that standard in workman