The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1903-07-09

y g. 1908. 81 Ye
The Iulloeh Charges.

The letter Of Fourth Assistant Post
master General Bristow relating to the
Tulloch charges and the papers given
on, with Il last week were 50 mutilatcd
and perverted In the publication us Ia
create an entirely unjust and erron.
eous impression. In order 10 assure
II right public understanding, for
mcr Postmaster Smith has deemed /,
best Ia make AN additional statement.
and this statcmcn, Is published this
morning. II shows the following facts:
First. tha, the Tulloch charges Of ir.
rcgularitics In the Washington pos,oi.
| flee, which are now given 10 complete
| form as never before. were submitted to
Postmaster General Smith at the time
they were made in lsgy: that Mr.. Smith.
instead Of doing nothing about them, N
Tulloch falsely asserted, subjected them
Ia searching examination through the
proper officers, and required II detailed
report on them; and that thi, report,
which Is given IN full. proved that the
charges were wholly unfoundcd, except
with reference 10 half dozen or 50 nj.
nor appointment, which were promptly
corrected
Second that the inspectors report on
the same alleged Irregularities, made
IN 1889, was identical with the TulIoch
charges, except that some items were
elaborated little more and some lit.
Tie less, and written by the same hand
in the same language In other words
Tulloch not only made the charges but
made the Inspector, report, The two
documents are one and the same thing
and when the entirely different aud
| special report which Postmaster Gen
crnl smith required in lSg0 showed that
the TUlloch charges Were groundlcss.
II equally puncturcd the inspectors re-.
port, So much IL clear.
When the Tulloch charges, original.
| ly made in lSHH, were recently repeated,
PostmnstcrGcucral Payne asked Fourth
Assistant Bris,ow, among others, what
he knew of them. Mr. Bristow replied
| 10y making no statement Of his own up
on the charges hut by handing In u copy
Of the inspectors report of lspp referred
10, which was the samr thing u the
| Tulloch statement. That is 10 ray, hir
reply was as II he had said: ain re-.
spOnsc Ia your Inquiry II, to the truth or
fulsily of the assertions Ol Mr., >. W
Tulloch, beg to hand you the asscr-
tion- oi Mr.. ;. ". Tull0ch." That IL
exactly what his reply was tar;amount
To. His reply WAS founded wholly on
the inspectors report: the inspectors
report was n repetition di the Tulloch
statement in The same language and
mnnlios,ly prepared by Tuloch; II falls
Ia pieces when the Tui,oc statement il
shown Ia he basccsS: and when IL falls
to pieces the Bristow letter falls with
the only foundation on which it rests.
There Is NJ possible cscapc from this
conclusion. The parallel columns which
Mr. Smith gives are decisive as To ideD.
iity. The explanatory statements in
the report 10 him are decisive Us to the
emptiness Of the charges. Mr.. Bristow's
letter does no, contain word which nn.
swcr, that showing. Mr.. Bris,Ow is an
honest, uprigh, man who means TO get
AT the truth. lD thi, instance he has
made the mistake q! accepting the In
spcclor'r report without himself max.
Ing any further inquiry or any cSamln.
alton OF the questions "a iscd. He wac
deceived by trusting an un,rusiworthy
inspector and ty falling 10 act on the
plain indication, which pointed 10 the
necessity ~ Other evidences. We arc
well aware jhHt in the thorough und
comprehensive work which MIR. Smith
ha, done in pres, nlng u clear cxposi.
tlon Oi the Truth, IL In u case Of
Orcau .nlu tempest tossed
To wnii = feather W drown u ~
But in view Of all the perversion /,
was time for such work. And now II Is
for Mr.. Bristow, who is himself q high
minded man, To deal with an inspector
who either allows a confidential report
to go into the hands Of an outsider, or
allows himself To bc the puppot and tho
accomplicc oI n convicted lalsiicr and
reckless slandcrer.
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