New-York tribune., 1903-06-11
CHRISTIANCY'S DEFENCE.
LAYS BLAME ON TYNER-
Turf Concern Decision the " Orb OF
His Chief. Backed Up by Payne.
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washington. June lo-The publication in TINS
mornings Tribune of prediction that Ne"i
A c. Christiancy, Assistant Attorney 1e"ei0i
for the Postoffice Department, hut no" uifuei
-,,s,o-s;o,, rending the close OF the current in
s+iest;or would never be reinstated, has caiieo
<orIh a statement from ChristfaTcy irieiios'
Persons authorized 20 speak for Christiancy say
.hs- after ne had heard the evidence in Inc case
% ar,old & Co q ST. Louis "get-r'ch- quick
CONCERN he was surprised to have Judge IyfaeI'
who had been absent from his office for a consul
erable period. appear at the department VIA. "
s,..,s,or fsvora hle 10 Arnold & Co. already pre-
-,ave5 This occurred on December l., i9"-'
ena Was the last time Judge Tyner ever e''eieo
his Office The judge then ordered Nhi
- sigr, the decision he had prepared, and Chris
tiancy refused, maintaining 1t was no' ~
,oo-dance with the facts brought out in the IN
ss.+s.r..,o,, ON Tvner's insisting that Chris
-sanry sign the opinion. Christiancy, accorQnS
70 his friends produced his reslshatioil, 49,
he had prepared some time before bnt JuuSe st
1r lrs g ,ten signed the Arnold decision himself
After this Christiancy says, ne wen. 70 le
POSTMASTER General and represented the iaCIs s
10 him Mr.. Payne. he says, haNlis o. ,ad 80
-t-oa f,,Il confidence in Judge Tyner. reassuIeu
(-aristiallcy and INDUCED in some nllio saI s =
al his expense. intimating that WIeh = 80 50 &o,,3e~
s,,6pe as Tvner approved decision II was sUhie
what rresumptuoUs for young man llhe ~ o E
,iancy 10 question il. Christahcy luI a.
hal he then said TO lne EoSbAi4.'NN-
eral chat If Judge Tyner were 10 return , anu -
s,yrse his duties Assistant Attorney OeIi0A
he N.bristiancyD would have to resign. -,
Later according this statement MlileI' a<9o
an assistant attorney in the legal dlFlsioit' P.e
nared the decision in the case OF Ryan ~ ,-S -
anorh her concern of a similar Character "Iiei
tbfs decision came 10 Christiancy 1or ms sle
nature he compared it with the TyneT declsion si
rendered in the previous instance ana @ IIllsi -:
mai n agreed with that ruling. he signed ~!
ana s,lspected that nothing was wrong ulti
miller was arrested on the charge OF having a.
cented a bribe from Ryan & Co. Tor prepdii"e
the decision -. Ia &c mn,
f-l,ristiancy's friends maintain thal ne II 5oe
zrxiolls to be reinstateG as attorney Ioi 49, ,He
I7arrr11ent but he is unwilling 20 ne dlScIai 80
i,nder a cloud he feels that ne was eii!I!etS
warranted in accepting the Tyner oeclsIon ~
hacked bv the Postmaster General as d Pieoe
dent ,- ,r-anoinz
Postal officials were husy to-day arrdhslns
for The presentation of the government cast a.
the hearing of Thomas w. McCIregor, lofihesIS
s- charge of the supplies of the rural Iiee @ ue
livery service and of c. Ellsworth Cp1oli, ".e -.
Of his assistants. The hearing is TO De leIu IA
baltimore tomorrow. and number OF lnsPe0-
tors were sent there tonight -,
Postmaster McMichael of Phlacelphla h1S
l,aan summoned to Washington for com !ehce =:
l., regard 10 the list of promotions OF clerks III
his Office made by eX-Superintendent bsaNeIS
o- the Salary and Allowance Division ana can
celled by the department. pending investigation