The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-17
TULLOCHS STATEMENT IN.
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WARRINGTON. May io.-Seymour TuI-
loch, former cashier to the Washington
city post Office. this morning fled with
Post General Payne q statement
In substantistion Of the allegations made
by him recently In an interview published
In a local newspaper with regard TO trregu-
larities in the Post Office Department.
The statement consists Of fifty typewriter
pages and contains about 5000 words
Postmaster-G General Payne went through
the document just before going to his
lunch, and was not impressed by It's con-
tents. He said:
"The statement presented to me by Mr..
Tulloch to-day Is little more than an am
plifcation Of his statements made In recent
newspaper Interviews. 1t consists largely
Of glittering generalties. Mr.. Tulloch
pins nothing down. There are three pages
out Of the fifty which contain definite state
ments that may aid US In the investigation
now being made. The other forty-eeven
pages consist largely OIL don't care TO
Tulloch is not definite he Ia not concise.
he is not convincing. But every charge
made in his statement will be fully in
vestigated.
1t is my belief that many Of the alleged
irregularities OF which he complains re-
postal service was for time technically
branch OF the Washington city post once.
Much confusion resulted from this condition,
which was unavoidable at the time. owing
to the lack Of an Appropriation for the
postal service In Porto Rico, and there,
by the Treasury Department. ! believe.
however. that everything OF this nature
has been Strengthened out, with the ex-
ception Of possibly an amount Of less than
one hundred dollars.
"To accept all the charges made in this
statement OF Mr.. Tulloch's as fact would
be to say that former Post master-General
Smith, Comptroller of the Treasury Trace
we'll and Postmaster Merritt knew absolutely
nothing about conditions in the post office
at the time Mr.. Tulloch was cashier Of the
Washington Office, and that Mr.. Tulloch
knew everything. The statement is not
all l hoped 1t would be, In view OF Mr.. Tul,
loch's previous utterances, but we Will
do the best we can with It,.
This afternoon. before An audience OF
MASTER General went over the Tuloch state
ment in detail, pointing out the irrelevan cy
of the gree ter pr TT of it, rdiculing the sssr-
tons maGe. explaining away many OF the
al!egs tions and. generally, making light OF
the whole of 1t.
One OF Mr.. Tulloch's ste tements char
scterized as ridiculous by Mr.. Payne, was
the assertion thtt on ,paydays q sister-in,
law Of Abner Mckinley had the payroll
brought to her instead Of going with the
other clerks to sign 1t. Tulloch said this
was due to the privileges of royal blood
and Postmaster-G General Payne somewhat
hes teddy expressed an uncomplimentary
opinion of the bad taste shown in such
remark.
The Post master General asserted that
Mr.. Tulloch's statement that Comptroller
Of the Treasury Tracewell had called OF
an investigation into Irregularities in the
Washington Post Office was false that the
investigation had been completed and
action taken to correct the Irregularities
found. This is just a sample OF the UNI
truths in the document. Mr. Payne re-
markt d.
A considerable portion Of the document
own grievance and the alleged conditions
in the Washington Post Office which pre-
coded his resignation, but which the Post
to the investigation Of the alleged scandals
in the department Mr. Tuloch also argues
at length that the Postmaster at Washing
ton should be a permanent resident OF the
District of Columbia. Mr.: Payne said
somewhat scornfully that he didn't see
and that this was only sample of the gen.
eral worthlessness of the entire statement.
Il EN- really very much sappoirted.'
said Mr. Payne, -as a result OF perusirg the
Tulloch statement, from which such great
thirgs were expected. There are no rev
points embodied In the document; It 10 a
hod &c -podge of personal grievances, in
sir nations, charges. assertions, newspaper
clippings, reports of rumors and all such
thir gs as those with absolutely no truth
to back them up. turned the statement
over to Fourth Assistant Postmaster
Gel eral Brstow, who has made memo
randa of several matters which 1t con-
taired, which he wishes to investigate.
Furt her than this. the statement promises
TO he of very little help to us. 1t is al
it, az l believed Mr.. Tulloch could help
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