The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-08
Shows That the Postal Ad-
ministration Has Ignored
His Most Serious Points in
Giving Spacious Replies on
insignificant Matters =
Heath's Answer Disposed
Of in a Sentence.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June
Seymour w. Tulloch, formerly cashiar
OF the Washington city postofice. m
der date of June 3, has written a LET
ter to Postmaster General PAYNE in
response to replies received from POST
master Merritt, of the washington
pQftoft1ce and others, to the charge of
maladministration made by Mr.. Tul-
loch against the management of the
local postoffice. A large part of Mr..
Tulloch's letter is in reference to coun-
ter charges made by Mr. Merritt
against Mr.. Tulloch. Mr. TuIloch saws
that the charge that under his CTuI-
loch's) regime as cashier Of the Wash
1ngton postofice quarterly pay rolls
We're required to be signed in blank,
even If true would but produce a smile
IN Washington, where probably the
greater portion of governmental en-
pIoyes sign payrolls in blank" But
lie says that the fact is that this GUS
tom' usual elsewhere, was prohibited
eighteen years ago by the then post
master, and the only pay rolls signed
IN blank was When postal clerks at a
distance or other employees expecting
to be absent were at their request and
as personal favor given the privilege
"a SA0AAAAAS AL clON dIlCSg the law recurring
the voucher going to the auditor to be
signed personally by the employee. He
says that at the time Of payment all
ngures had been previously fIIfl in
and that false payments could not
but have been detected easily if fraud
was imposed. The charge that "a false
voucher" had been put in while Mr..
Tulloch was cashier, he says, was only
9tf0n1nf tn
Mr.. Merritt admits that the transaction
twas directed by the postmaster, rec
ognized by the assistant postmaster,
and the money retained paid to persons
duly designated"
His Points Not Answered.
Mr.. Tulloch's letter continues: In
closing may / state that it has not
been shown to the contrary in any Of
the replies you have published that
irregular payments were made from
irregular funds instead of by the prop
er disbursing officer of the department,
that an attempt was made to compel
employees to bond under a single blan-
ket bond with some of the favored
companies, that the regulations of the
department were violated in forcing
letter box, in which prominent officials
were said to be interested, upon the
public, even to the unauthorized use of
the postmaster's authority and against
his protest, that payments were direct
ed for articles not delivered, that per-
sons were paid two or three salaries
and performed little or no service, that
a physician was Illegally appointed
whose position was a sinecure. 1 am
told that a $500 operating table was
purchased for private use and charged
to the department as postal furniture;
that promotions were suggested upbl
provisO of division with high officials
in the department; that persons were
appointed from whom no service was
required upon a complimentary role;
that arrears In Porto Rico were not
fully recovered; that useless junket
was taken to Cuba and Porto Rico;
that persons paid from the military
postal service had their salaries con-
tinued for months after ceasing all
services; that salaries were also con-
tinued after service had ceased to take
up irregular expenses"
AS to the reply of Former Assistant
Postmaster General Heath Mr.. Tul-
loch says:
"All that is necessary is to COM
pare my specific charges with his gen.
eral denial"
He then reaff1rms that his represen-
tations remain in all essential particu-
lars true and not disproved and closes
with a denial that there is any office
within the gift Of the postoffice de-
partment that he would accept or to
which he even authorizes his friends to
| seek his reinstatement.