The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-24
MORE ANSWERS
TO Mr.. TULLOCH
Castle and Trsoewell Again Make
Explanations.
ALLEGATIONS ARE DENIED
SMALL PORTION OF STATE
MENTs GIVEN OUT.
ALLEGATIONS ARE DENIED

Washington, May 2S.-Postmaster
General Payne today made public the
answers of Henry A Castle, the auditor
Of the treasury for the postOfffce depart
ment, and Comptroller TraceweI Of the
treasury, regarding the Tulloch charges
of irregularities in the postal admins
traion. The answers specifically deny
allegations Of wrongful procedure.
comptroller TraceweH charges 7. w
Gilmer. formerly an expert of his Office.
with abstracting, but subsequently re-
turning upon demand, the letter author
1zing Mr. Gilmer to examine the ac-
counts Of any postOffice except Wash
ington and New York. Mr.. Tracewel
alleges that this letter was written by
Gilmer himself without any suggestion
from the comptroller. Mr.. Castle says
that the sum of the tentative allow
ances by Expert Gilmer and the comp
trolier aggregated 1882; that the credits
finally disallowed out of a total of a
quarter of a million were 1855 of which
he claims only 81 was Incorrectly aud
tied This, Mr.. Castle says is the basis
of Mr., Tulloch's charge of disallOwances
of $4,000 or $40, 600. The postmaster
generals statement says that the let
tiers are made public at the request of
the two officials, and that it viii ap-
pear from them how much foundation
there was for the Tulloch statements.
Porto Rico Irregularities.
Regarding the settlement and subse-
quent revision of an account of the late
Postmaster Willett of Washington
which involved irregularities in Porto
Rico during the military administra-
ton there, Auditor Castle replies that
every item believed to be illegal was
disallowed by the auditors Office. Mr..
Castle continues;
etCOrnn T110nTbs flor ono of the OII2r-
terly accounts of the Washington post
Office reporting 1926, 1886 in expenditures
for all purposes, with several thousand
distinct items, had been settled, T. w.
Gilmer, presenting the comptroller Of
the treasury, withdrew the same for re-
vision, as authorized by law. He was
new to postal work. and raised many
entirely irrelevant questions in a letter
asking for explanations (Which Mr..
Tunoch enormously cites as "a letter
from the comptroller disallowing Ger
tain amountsO. One after another the
objections were abandoned by Expert
Gilmer or Oyerruled by the comptroller
Cwho had secured from the officials
pledges that the irregular practices ex-
posed by TullOch would be discOn-
tinued) until the amount ultimately
disapproved was reduced to $932.96'
Auditor Castle gives details to show
that this sum was Iegitimately ex-
pended.
Short Summary.
The answer Of Comptroller Tracewell
to the postmasteR general denies that
any political pressure was brought to
! bear or attempted, TO secure the sup
] preston Of the investigation Of the
Washington accounts, and that the ex-
animation had been completed. He says
/ the attorney general and the first as
/ sistant postmaster general charged Gil
mer with being impOlite and offensive,
and that such complaints caused his de-
! tail mot removal} 30 another Office. The
/ letter says GiiTner was competent,
! painstaking and Industrious