The Washington times., 1903-06-02
PRESS COMMENT ON The
POSTOFFICE SCANDAL

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Newspaper Opinions From All Sections
of the Country.
The charges that Postmaster General
Payne sneered at as hot ali" seem
likely to prove a whitening blast for
some people.-Boston Globe.
Mr.. Machen. OF the Postofice Depart
ment, has also enlisted IN the ranks of
innocent martyrs who are more sinned
against than SHINING kansas City
Times.
Explorations in the Postofice Depart
ment show the presence of rich deposits
of something closely resembling alum
Kansas City Times.
The several gentlemen who are them
selves suspended because of more or less
slight Irregularities in the Postoffice
Department at Washington wish judy
ment of the people suspended along
with themselves. The public generally
lis more interested in the other side OF
the question-as to how strong the rope
may be that should be used on the forty
thieyes.-Raleigh Post.
1t has again been demonstrated. this
time in the Federal postal service.
that the 'get-rich-quicB" fever and hon.
est performance of official duty make
an uncommonly bad pair of running
mates.-PhiladeIphi Bulletin.
The game of turning the rascais out
is occupying the attention Of the chiefs
of the Postoflce Department They must
play it effectively or the Democrats win
turn them out along with the rascals.-
Mobile Register.
The Postofflce Departments 13-cens
stamp Is its hoodoo. It's rottenness
antedated the stamp, but none of It
| was uncovered until the stamp was is
Isued.-Birmingham Age Herald
Who lives in a glass house should
| throw no stones So runs the proverb.
Mr. Tulloch threw stones at Postmaster
Merritt's glass house. Mr.. Merritt shes
| stones back at TulIoch's. Tulloch should
have anticipated this. Perhaps he did.
Possibly his house is not made of glass,
We shall see.-Richmond Dispatch.
| The Postmaster General. when the
charges were first presented, was of the
| opinion that they did not amount to any,
| thing 1t transpires that he was mis-
taken. There is very fair prospect OF
enough being discovered to satisfy the
public that there should be a pretty
thorough overhauling of the DEPART
ments.-savannah Morning News.
/ A Washington dispatch reports that.
| the inspectors at work on the case say
| Mr.. Bristow has conveyed to the POST
| master General a substantiation of all
the important charges of Mr. TulIoch
This does not contradict Mr.. Smith It
simply states that those of Mr. TuIloch's
| charges which were outside of the mill
| tary postal service have been substantf-
| ated- Mr.. Tulloch. by the way, came
| into the case very late A great deal of
crockedness had been disclosed before he
made his charges His charges could
| be omitted entirely without greatly
l L.
1 His charges related mainly to Mr..
Heath, and only incidentally to matters
in the personal knowledge OF Mr.. Smith.
Philadelphia Record.
The Postofice Department is consid-
erabIy disfgured. but the entire ring is
not still in it. San Antonio Express
There is a general belief that the In
vestigation so far has but touched the
surface. This view is apparently shared
by Mr. Payne, who is keeping up the
investigation, and with excellent results.
There should be no holding back Any
relaxing of energy would at once be TAX
en- as an evidence of a desire to shield
some one-and in such a case as this no
enc should be shielded.-Indianapol
News.
Postal scandals are developing in
Porto Rico and the Philippines. too.
Who says that the people of the IAN
nexes'' cannot understand American in
J situations Norfolk Landmark.
When Tulloch declared the entire sys-
t tenn was honeycombed with fraud. he
probably spoke the truth. and further
: investigation will probably reveal even
greater abuses than have been exposed
t thus far.-Arkansas Democrat.
AS rule since its foundation, tina
Postoffice Department of the United
, States has been honestly and ably man
aged But 1t is evident that there ara
weak spots, and that abuses have crept
in. A shaking up has been begun and
should be pursued vigorously until
scrupulously upright administration is
| re-established. The persons in the de-.
: partment who are guilty OF crooked
= ness are not likely to appeal to President
Roosevelt for indulgence. He is about
the last man they would choose to deal
; with their cases. He is not easily de-
ceiyed and his views of public duty are
positive. A thorough job should be made
of the postal investigation. The peni-
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