Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-08

brought to light they have been promptly
corrected by the proper departmental
officers Contracts where fraud has beer
discovered have been annuffed.
As result of the investigation four
officers and employees of the department
have resigned and thirteen have been
removed. Forty-four indictments have
been found involving thirty-one persons,
ten of whom have been connected with
the postal service
Praise for Bristow's Work.
i President Roosevelt, in commenting on
the inquiry, says: Mr.. Bristow's report
is record of as thorough bit of inves-
tigating work as has ever been done I'M
der the government" Continuing, the
President says: mo crime calls for
sterner reprobation than the crime of the
corruptionist in public life and Of the
man who seeks to corrupt him. The bride
giver and the bride taker are equally
guilty. Both alike sin against the pri-
mary law of the States safety. All
questions of difference in party policy
sink into insignihcance when the people
of this country are brought face to face
with question like this, which lies at
the root of honest and decent govern
ment.
ION this question, and on all others
like it. we can afford to have no division
among good citizens. In the last resort
good laws and good administration alike
must rest upon the broad basis of sound
public opinion. A dull public conscience,
~, aoSx--croir,or II, ,Yfirn
infallibly means debasement in public
life, and such debasement in the end
means the ruin of free institutions. Self
government becomes farce if the repre-
sentatives of the people corrupt others
or are themselves corrupted. Freedom
is not a gift which will tarry long in the
hands of the dishonest or of those so
foolish or so incompetent as to tolerate
dishonesty in their public servants. I'm
der our system all power comes from the
people, and all punishment rests ulti-
mate.y with the people. The liberation
of the wrong, not the exposure of the
wrong, is the real offense'
The President refers to the case of
Perry Heath in sentence as follows:
The case of ex-First Assistant Post
master General Heath, who had left the
service July 81, 1900 is set forth in the
report of Mr. Brstow"
The President severely scores Tyner,
Machen and Beavers, who, he says, are
the chief offenders. He approves the
recommendation of Attorneys Conrad
and Bonaparte that the statute of limi-
tations be extended to a period of at
least five years.
List of Indicted Officials.
Included in the Presidents memoran-
DUN is the following list of persons inn
plicated in the frauds. with the action
of the government in each case:
James n Tyner, Assistant Attorney-Gen-
eral for Postofiice Department; appointed
Special Agent Postoffce Department March
Z, 1851; with intervals of a few years has
been In the service ever since and was
Postmastel-General under President Grant
for several months; he was removed April
D. 1903; he has since been indicted three
times.
A. w. Machen, General Superintendent
Free Delivery System; appointed clerk In
continuously in service ever since save for
three years; removed May q, 1903; has
since been indicted fourteen times.
George w. Beavers, General Superintend;,
to clerkship in New York Postoffce Janu-
airy, 1881; continuous service ever since;
resignation accepted to take effect March
81 1908; has since been indicted eight
times.
James T. Metcalf. Superintendent Money
Order System; appointed Postoffice Inspec-
tor Feb >, 1882; has been in postal service
ever since; removed June II, 1908; has been
indicted once.
Daniel V. Miller, Assistant Attorney, Post
Office Department; appointed July l, 1902;
removed May %, 1903; indicted once; after
one mistrial was retired and acquitted.
Louis Kempner, Superintendent Registry
system: appointed clerk in New York Post
office August, 1856; removed Oct 81 1909;
Charles Hedges, Superintendent of City
Free Delivery Service; appointed Assistant
Superintendent Free Delivery Service July
/, 1898; removed July p, 1903.
James w. Erwin, Assistant Superintend-
ent Free Delivery Service; appointed Post
Office Inspector June 81 1887; removed
Sept. 10, 1903; indicted once.
w Scott Towers. Superintendent Station
G, Washington, d. c.; appointed clerk
Washington Postofice November, 1890; re.
moved Oct. l. 1903; indicted three times
Otto f. Weis. Assistant Superintendent
Registry Division, New York Postoffice; APP
pointed clerk New York Postofice June,
1890; removed Oct. 81, 1903.
T. w. McGregor clerk Free Delivery Dl-
vision, in charge of supplies; appointed
Postoface Department, March H. 1891; re-
moved June 5, 1903; indicted twice.
c. e. Upton, clerk Free Delivery Diyis-
ion appointed July j, 1900; removed June ..
1908; indicted once.
NJ. ". Louis Superintendent Supply Di-
vision appointed Kansas City Postofice
April II, 1881; removed Oct. u, 1903.
Charles B. Terry, clerk Supply Division;
appointed Sept. 20, 1900; removed Oct. u,
1903.
A number of outsiders were also in
dicted.
Heath on the Report.
When Perry s. Heath had read the re-
port of Mr.. Bristow and the comments
of the President, he said: 1T is no sur
prise to me to see the denunciation of me
in this report. The author of it, from
the time he entered the Posto1ice De-
partment up to the present moment, has,
in his official capacity, pursued me per-
sonally, in season and out, as every one
who has been in public life in Washing
ton during the past six years knows. In
nuendo is artfully contrived and malice
ill-concealed throughout the entire docu-
ment"