The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-03-27
TYNER'S RESIGNATION
IS CALLED FOR
Get Rich Quick Concerns
Cause an Officials
Downfall

lanes ~ Tyner, ssistant attorney
general fos the postoaice department,
General Payne i'm com
from Cuba to Acting Post
matser General Wynne. today asked
Tor the resignation of General Tyner.
Mr. Tyner has not been at the de-
partment for many months. being par
tally paralyzed
Lack of discretion in dealing with
one of the St. Louis Getrich-quick"
is said to be the cause of
the change. No personal completely is
alleged against Tyner. but because OF
his physical condition and the further
fact that he Is related to Y j. Bar
reu. attorney for the set-rlch-quick
people. It is deemed best to make
change in the office
Geperal Tyner is one of the Oldest
employees of the postal service, having
entered It forty years ago. He served
as clerk. inspector, Assistant Post
master Postmaster General and sew
eral times as Assistant Attorney Gen
eral He has borne an excellent rec
ord. but, for a long time, has been
physically incapacitated for duty
The charges against his Office are
the result of the barring from the
mails of certain get-rich-quick brok-
ers, notably of Arnold and of Ryan,
the ST. Louis concerns.
Several years ago Tyner's nephew,
II. J. Barrett, served as a law clerk
in this office. He became familiar
with the laws governing frauds and
the power to bar alleged illegal con
Germs from the mails. 1t is said that
he studied carefully the limitations Of
these laws and when he had become
expert as to how close TO the wind a
business could be run without getting
into the tolls, he resigned from the de-
par:ment to practice law, and became
attorney for several of the houses
which had been under department sur.
veillance
Claimed Immunity.
II the papers of z. j. Arnold g. Co.
was found recently receipt for So
900 for attorneys fee paid Barrett.
The st. Louis operators made adroit
use Of a letter secured from Tyner's
office 1t said, in conclusion, that,
after investigation, the department
had decided to CLOSE" the charges,
but that this did not prevent It from
again taking up the matter il occasion
arose This statement was publish
ed widely as evidence that the depart
ment could find nothing irregular in
the business conducted by the St
Louis and other concerns.
(. Later, on receipt OF a mass of com
plants against these concerns. tho
department reopened it's investiga
\ tions, and. as a result. withheld de
livery Of letter containing money
Then the concerns employed another
attorney r. c. Campbell, who figured
lin the Goebel case, to make charge.
against the assistant attorney Gener
ais Office and demand a full investi
CATION. which was done,
A part of their complaint was tha
they had been promised immunity
through the relationship of their at
torney with Tyner The matter wa
referred to Fourth Assistant Post
master General Bristow for investi
CATION He has had it in hand but
few days, not sufficient TO make al
extended inquiry, but because of th'
general ugly appearance Of the case
there has been no doubt from the frs
that a change would be made in tn
office.
The case is peculiar in some of "a
features and has attracted a good deu
OF notice in Washington Those wa
have known General Tyner thoroagt
Ily, and especially his lnattention @
duties for a long time past, have no
been convinced that he has been
willing party to any irregularity.
On the other hand, 1t Is said tha
no charge can be made against Bal
rett, who acted as attorney for th
concerns mentioned He is said t
> have drawn large fees from several g
them for advice, and if he stated tha
he knew all about the office, havin
served in H. and that he was relate
TO its head, that was a fact
Department Scsndallzed.
But Postmaster General Payne ha
3 not thought the matter one requirln
} hairsplitting. and very promptly ha
3 called for Tyner's retirement