The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1903-12-03
MANY Will NOW
DENY GHAHGES
Protection From Those Mem
toned in the BristoM ODD
Report Of Frauds.
ak OF A L-isSl SUIT
Michael Louis, Former Superintendent
of Diaislon OF Postoffice Supplies,
Wants Brissow TO Place Dec
laration Over Signature.

ENtaEe AHaEa-EE &HfNsk4r ~4HH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Washington. Dec. 2,-Micaael w.
Louis, former superintendent of the
division of p%ostoIdce supplies, made
this statement concerning the refer
cnces TO himself in the BristoW report:
MIR. BristoW has taken an unfair adj
vantage, relying on the immuntty&that
his position affords him. i however,
challenge him to make the statement
contained in the report over his own
signature, and have the same pub
lished SO that it will give me an OPP
~portunity to enter suit against him
Tor libel, SO that the case can be prop
erly heard and witnesses examined. I
will in return for this guarantee not
to accept any damages the court n
award Inc, butwill be satisfied to sim
ply show the disclosures of his tate
mentS.''
Not in Kansas City.
Kansas City, Dec. 2.-Michael w.
Louis, mentioned in the BristoW report
as having been appointed cashier in the
kansas City postoffice, was never in
Kansas City, according to Charles NJ
Zeidlitz, formerly assistant postmaster.
II have seen Louis" said Zeid-
litz. AT the time mentioned we We're
running short and should have been
glad of his assistance. The first we
llGildT III l1llu WAS @NSIlCI HlGLGSF@SallG
from the first assistant postmaster gen
erals Office in Washington instructing;
the postmaster to putsthe name Of
Michael w. Louis on the pay roll as
cashier and send his salary to Wash
ington by registered mail. AS / re-
member it the pay was s., 500 a year.
We paid twice a month then, and
Louis salary was sent II Washington
in care of the first assistant postrlas-
TO ~ praN,nf.0 Pc IL n ffinn HH a r1rn 4, AMI 11n roy
roll three months.
W. We're considerably exercised
about Louis" continued Mr.. zeidlitz,
but of course we could do nothing.
The ride came from the head of the
department and we could only obey
Lardvoight Also Indignant.
Washington, Dec. Nv. Fl. Land
yoight. who was superintendent of the
classification division OF the postofice
department When removed from office,
and who was superintendent Of the
registry system when the manifold pa
per was introduced there, which mat
ter was a part of the Bristow report,
in a statement issued last night de-
eiared that MI. BristoW offers no facts
In his report as q eason for his alle-
cations against him (Landvoight) and
that what he does say is not true.
me paper, he says, was adopted
months before the employment of his
son by the General Manifold
Landveight added: 1T was not for
some time after my boy was actually
put to work in the manifold company's
plant that I knew he was there
cannot quite understand" says
L~andvoight, the principle by which
he lBristoW) should force me to resign
because my son was employed at
Franklin, and yet he should remain
and draw a good salary when he knows
that his own son, during the school
sitting in the room of the assistant
postmaster at Washington, ID. C.. read
ing detective stories.