Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-18
SOME FEW WERE FOUND.
There Was No Robbery or Defraud-
ing Of Govcrnment-Soine Things
Look Wrong ON Face.

there has been 10 or ZO such cases III
the United states. This was matter
of administration policy, he said, ana
entirely within the province of the post
master-genaral but that he himself
last autumn restricted the employment
of physicians to postofnces whose rev
enues aggregated $1,000 900 year.
WHEN TROUBLE BEGAN.
"Mr. Tulloch." continued the post
master general, says the trouble com
menced IN the Cleveland administra-
ton. under Postmaster General wilson.
lie instances the purchase OF ne
case by the salary ana allowance d.
vision, which was paid for out OF the
Washington postofiice fund under Or
ders Of MIR. Shepard, then chief OF the
salary and allowance division. TINS
may have been irregular, but certainly
the government was not cheated
MIR. Tulloch makes assertions re-
garding the department calling on It's
minor officials 10 be bonded by bonding
companies but ends this charge by
saying that the competition between
the companies soon made the fees NOM
inal. He refers to the house TO house
letter box plan In Washington, and
speaks of a letter OF commentator Tor
the scheme written by Postmaster
General Wilson, but the letter does not
show that Mr.. Wilson had any interest
in the scheme.
"He refers to the return postal card
scheme Of the Economic Postage asso-
citation, which was never adopted, ana
insinuates: We are prepared to find
Mr.. Weaver and Mr.. Machen recon-
mending them
RING. HOW COMPOSED.
"Mr. Tulloch refers 10 the salary and
allowance division Of the department,
without whose approval nothing could
be done, saying the ring consisted OF
the head Of the division. the first assist
ant general, and the post
master-general. Well those officials
were the only ones VINO had anything
TO say about such matters, anyway
He says that some man was carried
on two pay-rolls, but the laws specii-
cally provide that an employe can
draw from two pay-rolls, II properly
authorized II his aggregate salary
does not exceed $500. He says that
another man, borne on the rolls Of the
local postofiice as a letter carrier, was
employed In the free delivery division.
That was irregular but the government
got the service.
mir. Tulloch mentions alleged JUNK
cts of officials and employees, who went
to Cuba and Porto Rico to install the
postal service there. Now, how does
Mr.. Tulloch assume to pass on the
question whether these gentlemen sim
ply went on a junket? He refers to a
man who was appointed to a place In
orto Rico, but who got drunk in New
York on the way. Well, once in while
postmaster defaults and gets drunk
and Is dealt with according to his de-
serts.
TROUBLE IN CUBA.
"Mr. Tulloch has made the state
inent that the Cuban administrative
troubles already known, We're moth
ing compared to Porto Rico. There has
hecn only one case of wrong doing or
enc administrative in Porto Rico. and
that was a clerk In the Ponce postoffice,
who defaulted about $1,000 The gov
eminent got what II could, and this
record prevented this mans getting
into the army later on. The letter
mentions the auditing OF account in
Porto Rico. The administration Of af-
fairs In Porto Rico, during the time
he mentioned, was on an emergency
Han and like all such matters. might
have taken some time to get in smooth
running order.
"Mr. Tulloch refers 10 appointments
Of laborers, charwomen and cleaners
as evasions Of the civil service law.
These places were not IN the civil
service. He saws that they either per.
formed no duties at all, or often did
work along lines not authorized, We
are now investigating a charge that
three women carried on the rolls as
charwomen performed no service
"Mr. Tulioch SAYS that the finance
clerks drew more money than they
ought to have drawn under the law.
Most Of these men were employed un-
dor an emergency appropriation for
Porto Rico. We viii investigate this
matter. II Is also charged that most
~ the Dostodlces in Porto Rico were
in arrears az the time OF Mr., Tull0ch's
removal We had TO employ natives
there and some not natives. and In
view OF the conditions that confronted
US. is II likely that we would have
had an administration as smooth and
clear as in the states?
EVILS WERE CORRECTED.
Il want 10 ray here that any irregu-
lari,ies complained Of In the Washing
ton post0ffce were investigated at the
time by postoiiice inspectors, who
made report to the postmaster-gen-
cral. They found some Irregularities.
but no robbery or dcfrauding OF the
government ADMINISTRATIONS
Smith and Postmaster Merritt OF this
city state In their letters 10 me that
they corrected the evils complained OF
as soon as their attention was called
to them.
IAN that indicates any wrong-doIng
in the postofilcc department or In the
Washington postofloe, involving loss
10 the government or the integrity OF
an official. will be investigated by Mr.
Bristow but | am not going 20 inves
tigate a stump speech, or the ques-
ton whether the postmaster Of WASH
ington should be a WashingtOnlan, or
whether Mr. Tulloch should have been
removed. The postmaster had a per-
feet right to remove Mir Tulloch.
much has been made Of the state
ment that Comptroller tracewell
called on one of the men from an
inspection OF the Washington postof-
Ace accounts, because It was alleged
That he was reaching what might be
called pay Dirt Comptroller Trace
well, IN his letter to me. SAYS that the
inspection had been fully completed
before the man was taken on. and that
Ms report was already In and all the
Information wanted had been gotten.
Mr. Trloewell says he himself In
snected the New York postofiice ac-
counts.
INVESTIGATION WILL GO on.
Nov. once for all, I want to say
that this investigation OF the affairs
Of the postoflice department will 40