The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-12
p,O, PROMOTIONS CANCELLED.
rBE ENTIRE LIST MADE OUT BY
BEAVERS rs HELD UP.

Postmaster Van Colt Made Out List and
Beavers Added Enough Names to II
TO Exhaust the Allowance OF 500. 900
That Was Set Aside by the Department.
WASHINGTON, April ii.-Acting POST
mast err General Wynne Issued an order this
afternoon cancelling the entire list Of pro-
motions and appointments recently made
IN the New York Post Once by the GALAXY
and allowance division Of the Department
when George W. Beavers was its chief.
Mr.. wynne's action was the result Of the
Investigations which have been going on
for some time into Case No. . Of the Post
Office Departments catalogue Of scandals.
Some time ago. when the Department was
considering the advances to he made In
the New York Post Office, Postmaster Van
Colt was asked to submit list Of the en-
ployees of his Office he wished to recon-
mend for promotion, and the DEPARTING mt
Get aside an allowance Of something over
10000 for these promotions and for the
salaries Of 800 clerks authorized as an addi-
ton 70 Mr.. Van Colts force.
In the list which he submitted to the
Salary and Allowance Division recon-
mendations for promotions were made
which would require only part Of the De-
partment's appropriation, and the fact
has been unearthed In the present inves-
tgation that this list was filed out by Mr..
Beavers, then chief of that division. to cover
the whole Of the amount set aside for the
increase in the New York force.
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made in a city post Office, the Department
has generally followed only the recommen-
dations Of the postmaster of that Office,
and Mr.. Beavers's action In making up a
list Of his own. without regard TO the rec
concentrations made by Postmaster Van
Cott was q decided departure from the
Departments usual course. 1t was this
that caused the issuance Of Mr.. Wynne's
order.
Mr. Wynne's letter to Postmaster Van
Colt says that all promotions among the
employees OF his Office recently ordered in
q letter from the Salary and Allowance
Division shall be held up pending the con-
clusion Of the investigation now being
made by the Post Once Department into
the charge that the promotions In the
various city post Offices have been obtained
by the use Of money. through the influence
Of the alleged promotion syndicate" OF the
Post Once Department, and that all pro-
motions already made shall be cancelled
The letter refers only to the authorizations
made In the last annual REIMBURSEMENT
by the Salary and Allowance Division.
which. was completed about March 20. and
which gave the New York Post Office 800
additional clerks at 5000 year each; five
promotions TO the $500 grade, SIS promo
tons 10 eoeo. 2o6 to 500. $50 to $500. 800 TO
so0 $50 to q, 900 and as to positions paying
Nioo and more. all Of which arc annulled
BY to-dsy's order.
Another irregu arity was discovered to-
day by the investigation Of the Office OF
Mr.. Machen. chief Of the rural free de-
livery division which, though Il Is appar-
emily q small matter, may bring out some
interesting facts. Mr.. Machen has as an
assistant In his division q woman clerk.
who has been for some time duplicating
his signature on official documents without
any indication In lettering to show that
the name was written by her FOR Mr.. Machen
and not by the rural free delivery chief
himself. In speaking Of the matter to-day.
Mr.. Wynne said that no law existed pro-
hibting this method Of signing. but that
the action was decidedly irregular and
would be stopped by the head Of the Depart
ment.