The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-08-20
"HOt Air"

and indicted on the charge Of bribery.
Thomas W. McGregor, clerk in the
free delivery division, arrested and in
dicted on the charge Of bribery.
@. Ellsworth UPTON, clerk in the free
delivery division, arrested and indicted
on the charge of bribery,
Daniel a. Miller, assistant attorney
for the postolllce department, arrested
on the charge of bribery.
Matrice Runkel, New York, mail
bag contractor.
Joseph NJ. Johns, Indiana lawyer,
arrested on the charge of conspiracy
With Daniel A. Miller IN bribery.
Diler b. Croft, Washington bust
ness man, arrested and indicted on
charge of conspiracy with A. W. Mach
en- IN bribery.
George Il. Lorenz, former pcstmas-
ter at Toledo, o., indicted on charge
of conspiracy with A. w. Machen to
defraud the governments.
MarthaJ J. Lorenz of Toledo, o, wife
of George L. Lorenz.
Edmund II, Drggs Of Brooklyn, for
mer representative in congress, in
dicted for accepting money for urging
contract with the government
George S. Miller of Brandt Auto
matte Cashier Company, indicted for
abetting i. II, briggs.
George W. Beavers, former superin-
tendent of division of salaries and al
lowances, for bribery.
VIM. G. Long of Washington, for
bribery.
John T. Cupper, mayor of Lock
Haven, Pa, for bribery,
Leopold J. Stern of Baltimore, for
conspiracy to defraud the government.
VIM. G. Crawford Of Washington,
for presenting false claim to the gov
ernment.
REMOVED.
James N. Tyner, assistant district
attorney-gen raj for the postoflice de-
partment.
James T. Metcalf, superintendent of
the money order division.
Charles Hedges, superintendent Of
city delivery, alleged to have falsjhed
per diem accounts.
SUSPENDED.
Geo. a. G. Christiancy, assistant at
torney for the postoffice department,
pending investigation.
The above is list of \ he victims so
far caught in the postal scandal net,
yet we were told when the matter was
first broached that the whole thing was
"hot air, and we were told this by no
less person than Postmaster, General
pvyne himself.
This whole scandal has had some
very peculiar features about it. There
has been from the start an extreme re-
luctance on the part of the government
to make any investigation at all, and
the men who originally unearthed the
rottenness have been subject to the
continuous displeasure of the nepart-
ment. Mr. Tulloch performed a nota-
ble service to his country in uncsver-
ing the Tascals; yet he has been the
target for the missiles OF Payne, Smith,
Perry, Heath ct al. Assistant Post
master General Wynne was the first tc
take hold of the matter, and he was sci
aside by Payne and the case turned
! over to Bristow, who, however, has
, done his full duty.
Then Mr.. Roosevelt returns TO Wash
ington, and we are led to expect re
newed activity in the way Of investiga
tion. Indeed he himself announces
: with a flourish Of trumpets that NJ
J guilty man shall be allowed to escape
: But on the quiet, he let's it be know
that no steps are to be taken agams
/ the rascals who operated under th
, previous administration; and he alst
5 tries to excuse the scandal by sayin;
' that it isn't so much after all, for .
Q course a certain amount of rascality i
r inevitable among such large body 0
/ men.
Singular as it may seem, the revela
G tions have virtually ceased since tn
n president came home; and the othe
: day he practically notified Bristo'
# that the investigation be wound up b
!, September 1. All those postoiIic
g thieves, therefore, who expect to be il
g dicted, will have to get caught With
=, the next twenty-five days, or be fo
: ever afterwards pronounced innocen
l. Only in the immature brain of our e.
J. centric president could such an idea |
: born. An investigation shonld 90
r the bottom; but it seems that unless
d postoffice official did bis stealing aft
1t Roos svelt became president, and unle
r he can be caught before September
., he is to be looked upon as pure as Il
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p Not Over Wise
at There is an old allegorical picture
p girl scared at grass-hopper, but
the act of heedlessly treading on
snake. This is paraleled by the mi
who spends a large sum of mon,
building a cyclone cellar, but neglec
70 to provide his sanity with a bottle
" Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and Di
rrhoao Ramadx " 90 a sornruord aUaiT