The National tribune., 1903-04-16


little fellows, who speak English perfect
and who wear pretty sailor suits of white
They will look as nearly as possible Xix
American boys. for they will not wear ;
''pigtail,' but have their hair cut short
The daughter is young miss of 10. Sh
will wear the dress of her people. 81
Cheng thinks it healthier. The mother
has been dead number of years. 81
Cheng denies that ne is even engaged t.
be married again, and regrets that thu
story has got abroad. He is Il great, hi:
fellow, speaks perfect English, and has th'
most polished manners imaginable.
Judge James Tyner Assistant Attorney
General for the Post-office Department
has resigned. after service extending Ovel
30 years. Ill health is the reason of thu
resignation of an official who stands higl
in the estimation of the Administration.
The officers of the Navy are discussing
a plan for General Staff which shall
correspond with that now under way il
the Army. The plan proposed will place
the control OF the Navy and movement OF
the ships under the Bureau of Navigation
and among the objections raised to the
scheme is that it will limit the control anC
power of the Navy. Congress may bt
asked to pass a special act for the organi
cation of such staff at the next session.
The P0st-ofIice apartment Investica
ton which has been going merrily on fol
some time begins to grow d, interesting
When Postmaster General Payne wen
kylarking off with. Secretary of the Navy
Moody in the Dolphin. he left orders fol
Acting PostmasteT-GeneralW ynne to ''gc
to the bottom" of some little IRREGULAR
ties" which had developed at that time
bnt do it quietly. So OH that order, Mr.
Wynne went TO work. He was moving
very quietly. when all of sudden Super
intendent Beavers, of the Salaries an(
Allowance Division, resigned.
Keeping things quiet after that was out
of the question. Things have been goini
from bad to worse ever since that in the
Post-office Department. and everybody
who can prove an abb is proceeding to Dc
so, just on general principles. The Who'll,
trouble looks to turn on the Rural Free
Delivery business, which seems involved
from A to lizard. The establishment OF
routes is going to mix lot of NJ. C.s in
the muss. The contracts for supplies fol
the carriers seems to be in question. The
very painting of the letter boxes seem!
smeared with Job"
hold-up of new appointments and ad
vance of salaries in the New York Post
Office. 1t is said that Otto +. Weis, As
sistant Superintendent of the Registry
Division up there, admits holding the
funds of a syndicate that collected 81!
from each clerk receiving promotion il
that Office, and these funds are used fol
legislative purposes. which is directly op
posed to the specific orders of President
Roosevelt. and what he will do when he
finds it out will be a plenty. Meantime
Postmaster-General has just reached
Washington.
If the Postmaster-G General really want
ed things found OUT lie set the right
man to work on it. First Assistant Post
master-General Wynne was one Of tho
best newspaper men who ever tormcnted
compostor with bad handwriting. He
has wanted to know" things a number oi
times in his long and varied newspape!
career, and he never failed to end nul
exactly what he wanted to. So, when thu
Postmaster-General intimated that Ii,
wanted exact information about matter.
and things, Mr.. Wynne proceeded on 4
direct line to secure the data, and those
who were culpable knew that it was NJ
use trying to evade the issue.
There is no doubt at all that there has
been more or less intrigue going on con
corning conditions in the Post-offic De
partment, but if any hope to win out OF
that tack, Postum sterG General Payne has
dissipated the idea in the following author
lied interview:
During the months of January apt
February information and reports reached
me which l deemed it for the public inter
est TO investigate, and |. personally, gath
cred such information and facts as woult
| enable the proper officers of the Depart
ment TO undertake thorough investiga
ton as to the truth or falsity of these re
ports. l directed Fourth Assistant Post
master-General Bristow to take the none,
steps TO institute the necessary inu,iiry
using for that purpose the Post-olfice In
spectors' Division and such other methods
as would thoroughly ascertain the truth OF
| ialSity or the charges or insinuations made
and he was instructed to proceed prompt,
and with vigor during my absence.
| Since my return this morning | hav,
not seen Gen. Bristow, so that | am no
| advised as to the progress made. Th,
investigation will continue, and il an,
wrongdoing is disclosed, the parties guilty
OF such wrongdoing will be summarize,
| dealt with. Ii the system or method OF
doing business in the Department i,
faulty. the proper remedies will be applied
without fear or favor. l inaugurated tn,
investigation with the determination tina,
it should be exhaustive. 1t is proper fol
me to add that laid before the President
the information which l had in my pos
session, and that he fully approved of the
action proposed by me-"
Out in California they do not propose
to run any chances. B. p. Brown, of Red
| lands. made threats against the life OF
President Mckinley when he was in Cali