Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-06-28
SMITH HAS HIS SAY
Makes Public His Reply to Charges
of TullOch.
GIVES THREE POINTS
They Arc Designated as Exhibits A.
B and & and Deal With q Nun.
ber OF Matters In Connec-
tion With Anair.

Philadelphia. June 27.-Charles En-
cry smith. who was succeeded as post
master general by Mr, Payne. has made
public his reply to the charges made by
Mr.. Tulloch In connection with the
postofiice investigation.
MIR, Smith says In part: In view OF
the partial publication OF the letter OF
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow of the so-called Tulloch charg-
es and the accompanying reports OF In
Spectors made 10 him In 1899 mad 1900
deem u incumbent on me for a right
public understanding to make a fur
ther statement. supplementary TO my
letter OF May %. and to present the
papers In their proper relation.
Appended to this letter. and to be
treated as part Of II. will be found.
FIRST. a complete copy. marked exhibit
A. OF the itemized statement of the
Tulloch charges. az ubmitted 20 me at
the time they were made.
Second. In parallel column. a COM
plete copy. except as indicated In the
text. marked exhibit b. OF the connden-
tiai report OF the Inspector In charge
Smith. which h the main document
accompanying General Bristow's letter
third. a complete copy marked exhibit
&. OF the report which came as result
OF the examination made when the Tul-
loch charges were submitted. and which
embodies the answer and the explana-
tion Of the transactions referred TO.
IT will be seen that the Tulioch
statement and the inspectors report
are practically identical II Is as II
they were written by the same hand
The Tulloch statement was submitted
60 me The inspectors report was
submitted to the fourth assistant II
was the business of the Inspector "a
md whatever seemed 10 call for expla.
nation. Il was left 20 the postmaster
general to md the explanation and the
truth.
This was done by probing the Tul.
loch statement when u was presented
All OF the transactions described as ir.
regular We're examined. and a report
was made 10 me which took them ur
Item hy stem and groups OF items and
gave the facts and the explanations hi
each ease
These main points may be- thu.
summed mp. each in sentence. First
names ~ military postal clerks were
put on the geit.ral roll until the milf
tary appropriation became available
thcn they were transferred 90 the mil.
itary roll Second. the bond premium.
of military postal clerks were paid for
good reasons. which are plainly Sc,
forth aud which had the approval OF
the comptroller Third. the purchase.
% Porto Rico supplies were made from
the regular contract prices Fourth
the vouchers FOR expenses of depart
ment officials travelling on Official bus.
iness were made as required by the
auditor Firm, The lease uf the wash
ingtou postofiiCe was shown 90 be- en-.
iirely justified
sixth the apparently douhle pay.
ment % those employed in examining
letter claims is fully explained
When the charges % irrcgularit,
were made. my duty was plain II was
We're irregularities. % have them cor
rected. This IL exactly what was
done"
Mr.. Smith concludes by saying that
the war against Spain made IL his duty
20 Immediately provide for tho distri-
button ~ letters for the scattered army
Of a quarter of a million men. Their,
were no known precedents In such an
undertaking.
There was no special appropriation
and he had TO meet the requirements
out of the regular appropriation. A.
terwards when the special appropria-
tlon became avilahlc. he had 10 70.
cooperate the general appropriation ir
order that tho regular service might
not suffer These things were effected
In part through the Washington ofilC'
and orders were given which subordi-
nate officials neither did nor were re-
auirad io understand and ont off 10 h1i
grown r. vast deal of unnecessary mis-