The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08
TULLOCH TAKES A
SHOT At PAYNE
Says Language of Postmaster
General is Undignlfed
CAN PROVE HIS CHARGES
Former Cashier of Washington Post
office Asks That He Be Favored
With Copies of Replies BY
Chas. Emory Smith ct al.

washington, May 1.-THE feature of
today's developments in the postofrioe in
vestigation was letter by Seymour W.
Tulloch, for many years cashier Of the
Washington postoffice, to Postmaster
/ General Payne in reply to the iatter's
/ letter requesting information. While re-
fusing to give any Information In the
letter under the circumstances. Mr.. Tul-
loch said tonight that he was ready to
substantiate everything he had said and
that he wanted first to read the replies
of the parties to whom the postmaster
general had written before going into
details. Mr.. Tullochs letter says:
esThe Hon. II. c. Payne, Postmaster Gem
eral, Washington, D. c.
"Sir-I have to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 9Th inst. referring
to certain statements said to have been
made by me rejecting upon certain Of
licials and which appeared in the Wash
lngton Post
According to accounts published
throughout the daily press, 1t would APP
pear that the postmaster general during
a public interview with reference to the
article in question and In the presence OF
representatives of the leading newspapers
of the country referred to me as mere
wlndbag, as one who should make good
his hot air or be publicly branded as
calumlnator, a sanderer and liar. Such
language at such a time was apparently
unnecessary and certainly undignified.
ut is also publicly stated that you have
ID9oA q al
eral G. Emory Smith, Fourth Assistant
| Postmaster General Bristow, comptroller
1 of the currency, and John A. Merritt
postmaster at Washington, ID. c., request
| ing them to inform you as to the truth
| of the statements contained In the inter-
view as published. If the gentlemen In
question will reply and tell the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the truth
they cannot, | believe, but fully substan-
tiate the statements made, and anything
further from me is unnecessary.
considering, however, the language at
tributed to the postmaster general, 1
would consider 1t a favor to be furnished
| with copies of the replies received in re-
Spouse to his requests
Meanwhile, I temain very respectfully,
SEYMOUR w. TULLoCH.
TuIIoch Makes Statement.
Mr.. Tulloch, In an Interview with the
Associated Press tonight, said:
I'm answering the postmaster general 8
letter as 1 did, it seemed necessary to me
that l should put myself right before
| the public as the postmaster general al
| luded to me in the terms mentioned in
public manner, and in this ne stated
that the gentleman to wnom he wrote
did not confirm my statements. | reserve
to myself the right to read the replies
| of those to whom he wrote a result OF
the publication of my statements, and to
refresh the memories OF those parties,
! if necessary. 1 stand as l always have
stood, ready to make good any state
ments that 1 have made. Before going
| further in the matter, however, or expos
ing the evidence l have in hand, | want
| to have an opportunity to read and criti-
else the replies of the persons mentioned
in my letter. That is only fair. The next
move now rests with the postmaster
general"