The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-06-19
WHO S. w. TULLOCH is.
Some Mistakes About the Maker of
Postal Charges Corrected.

Postal Charges Corrected.
From the New York Tribune
Washington, June 15.-In view of re-
cent and promised revelations in the
postal scandals, notably the extensive
report of Civil Service Commissioner
Proctor. brought out by the Tulloch
statement, and the reply of Fourth
Postmaster General Bristow to the So
called "Tulloch charges" which Post
master General Payne, in response to
the editorial demand of the Tribune,
has promised to make public within
three days. the personality of Seymour
w. Tulloch, the man who has been
characterized as a "slanderer" and
"windbag," and whose disclosures were
declared a stump speech" hot air."
etc, is of more than passing interest.
Contrary to what appears to be
widespread impression, Mr.. Tulloch is
not a disgruntled employee. animated
by desire to get even by making
trouble and bringing discredit on the
Washington postoffice because of his
own discharge Neither is he a strip
ling clerk, irresponsible and indiscreet.
In the early days of the postoffice in
vestigation the Postmaster General,
who at that time had no idea of what
was coming, expressed the hope that
all who knew of irregularities in the
postal service would come forward and
make them known. An enterprising
newspaper man, knowing of Mr.. Tul-
loch's former connection with the local
postoffice and the circumstances of his
withdrawal from the government serv-
ice, hunted him up and secured from
him an interview embodying some of
the most salient points of what have
come to be known all over the country
as the "Tulloch charges" Immediate
ly the Postmaster General wrote to
Tulloch asking for such information
as he possessed, and to ex-Postmaster
General Smith, Controller Tracewell
and other officials or ex-off1cials on
whom the interview appeared to re-
fleet He also asked Tulloch to sub
NIT in writing his version of the al
legged Irregularities. This Tulloch re-
fused to do, but when Mr.. Payne wrote
a second letter, which he addressed to
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow, urging the importance to the
investigation of securing a statement
from Tulloch, and this letter Mr.. Bris-
tow sent by two inspectors to Tullochs
country place, near Washington, these
inspectors obtained from Tulloch a
promise to submit a full statement OF
When this memorandum was received
only such charges as implicated GER
tain Treasury Department officials
were declared worthy of notice, and
others we're pooh-poohed. specific and
detailed though they were, and the
impression was created, Intentionally
or otherwise, that Tulloch was an in
significant sorehead seeking TO defame
the service from which he had been
dismissed.
How erroneous was this impression
may be judged from an examination OF
Mr.. Tullochs record. A man a years
OF age. lifelong Republican, the son
Of a former Secretary OF State for New
Hampshire and a graduate OF the Rens-
selaer Polytechnic Institute az Troy,
where he took his degree IN 1877. Sry-
m0ur w. Tulloch began earning his
living as a member Of the United
states Coast Survey followed by
term as assistant in civil engineering
az the University Of Wisconsin, and II
was not until 1879 that be- FIRST settled
in Washington.
Judge Edmonds. then an old man
and "A friend Of senator "Iach' Chand-