New-York tribune., 1903-06-27
Philadelphia. June 3. 1893

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The Hon t3eLfE = f4I ne 0etitt ia al
rer Of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Brts-
- ,S5l lS any 'is 10, 5ar, Il Incumbent On me for
right public understanding. 10 make further state
meut. supplementary 10 my letter OF May - and
ApPSndd 70 this letter Il nam and to be treated as
It q II Vii be found fiT9J GoInple5r G4p3 "
rre TUlloch charges. submitted to me at the,
s9rapete copy texcept indicated in the text:
IA: r-ied Exhibit p. of the confidential report OF
,,iT ' S ,T7lI,lfr mn -l Con- marked Exhibit c. OF
D, :,Fo-t which came as Of the exa1nina-
.i,n made when the Tulloch charges were sub
,.i.lsI nation Of the transactiors referred 10.
u viii be that the Tuiloch statement and the
I'ary Toints the language is exactly the same 1t
- i they Tere written by the same HAND Ihe
-.- -, Ma" : e,,l5,1,jtteS 70 tba Fourth As
t-1r n w " ne bIIsiness Of The inspector 10
I'D la:eTeI s9eInza to cI Tor eapd;.l1bon' @ IAN nor x II
II nation a and ti'' the truth truth '''l.-'
~l'a was done by probing the Tulioch statement
h. i was presented All OF the transactions de-
-i.ssi as Irregular were examined and report
as made 10 ne which took them up item by item
IONS in ear5 ,.5Se To this report which
--rsr fii.,v- iF-xF3itif { direcr particular
at'.st.on- # its statements are correct then on
.-curacy in all its specific averments has never
n 81 f5 - b s bvend eccesfuI ehailenge
These main points may be thus summed Up each
IN f sa 5 6 F t the P2f 9a SeT %rG Pa5
became available. then they were transferred TO
seeond-The bond premiums Of military postal
clerks were pali good reasons which are plainly
set forth and which had the approval OF the Con-
TIlird-The purchases, OF Porto Rico supplies were
named under competition and at regular contract
Fourth-The vouchers for expenses Of department
officials travelling official business were made
Fifth-The lease Of the Washington Postoffice was
shown 20 be entirely justified
ployed in examining letter carriers claims is fully
explained
APPOINTMENTS EXPLAINED.
-hese points embrace all that are specified in the
charges except the items relating 10 appointments
including the individual cases of Iar<ler and O. II.
Smith. and thus the matters open 10 question are
reduced 10 the appointments. which. all tolc IN
volve thirteen clerks and seven cleaners. Even
these appointments. as shown in the eXpla
statement. We're perfectly right and beyond any
More than one-haIf Of the inspectors report is
70 the eases Of Larner and o. H. Smith OF the
latter ! had no knowledge and say nothing. of
the former have some recollection az II was me
only one Of the cases that was appealed 10 me
for Poro I Rieo b1 the First Assistants bureau
lie went under promise from that bureau OF com
time I fixed the general compensation o. clerks IN
Porto Rico. as was empowered TO 90 oy law; la"; AZ AZ
settle his unsettled account on tnat basis. ana hl
Iealed to ne. lie insisted that ne mad Deen prom
true ordered that he should De paid what cI,e ne
had been promised. as had rigRt 70 90. ( Out
% that question of and of the question
the actual length of mis- service grew the whole
story Of alleged irregularity which takes up one
quarter Of the inspectors report. except as II
involves few items Of his expense account one
of the questions AT issue in the latter was the
question whether in the special Porto Rican SER
vice 'seidtz powders. pills, pennyroyal ana calo
mel" should be treated a personal expense or ds
Ctlar2eab BILE the government
When the charges of irregularity were made my
duty plain. II to have them examined
and. II there were irregularities, to nave tnelh
corrected This is exactly what done. The
explanations reported as they appear n
Exhibit - and most OF them seemed salls
<sctOTk- was the more assured in TINS ludslntLe
from the fact that the Controller OF the Ireasurs
aud thoroughly examined all the vouchers, anoMeo
al except si60 In total amount. As 10 those poihts
OF the explanation which not satisfactory 10
me ] said il my letter Of May q. and can only re-
peat
J should not be altogether candid II did 10 nor nor
that / convinced OF liie
necessity proprietv Of the transac ctions, These
al,SrionabI transactions consisted for the Inost
1taYt OF ulacing on roll q few persons the nted