The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-17
THE CHARGES l OF TULLOCH DisappOintings to MT. Pa$ (.
 -s - VERY HE DEFINITE P0stms 2 CT General Reviews
 the Document. Says the Department Will Not Be Greatly Aided by It in Its
 Investigation of the Postal Scandals.

Washington. May 1s.-The formal charges of Seymour w.. Tulloch. cashier of the Washington City postofice for many years. until his removal four years ago, alleging irregularities in the postal administration, were submitted to Post master General Payne today. MT. Payne and Fourth Assistant Postmaster-Gen- eral Bristow went over the statement in detail.
 Postmaster-General Payne. reviewing the charges, said this afternoon:
 The great bulk of the irregularities result of the Government taking over the postal service of Porto Rico.
 MT. Tulloch refers to troubles caused
 by the payment of the Porto Rican ao- counts through the Washington post office and makes some other instructions. as, for example, the promotion of letter
 box schemes, etc., but there Is no eyi- dence, nothing but words. All that will
 be of any service whatever to the depart ment in looking up matters in connection
 with the investigation is comprised within three pages.
 Airs His Grievances.
 "The bulk of the statement. however
 consists of an airing of his own griev- ances and of comments on his own re-
 moyal. He gives letter bearing on his removal, extracts from newspapers pub lished in various parts of the country, and deals in glttering generalities in criticising ex-Postmaster-Genera Smith "He refers to vouchers and payments
 of certain people which he claims to have
 been illegal and makes a pretty severe attack upon the Comptroller of the Treasury. He makes some reference tc the alleged smothering of the examina- | tfen of accounts of the local postoffice | but offers no new evidence or documents to substantiate hls allegations. inereiy referring to certain people, certain vouch' l CTS and certain accounts.
 Need Explanation"
 There are no particularly new points
 except in explanation of what he hereso' l fore has said in a general way. an greatly disappointed that the document
 will not be of any great help to us. MT Tuloch encloses a newspaper clipping regarding a dinner given by a former Washington newspaper man to the Post.
 master-General. and his first assistant and other officials. but I fail to see what | bearing that has on the subject. He also | mentions a rumor about the department | that a cablegram haa come to the depart.
 ment which said Papa, send a trans. port here quick. I am sick but that is given only as a rumor. An argument ii also made that the Washington post l master should be Washington man. There are some things that, of course look, on their face, to be wrong and that | need explanation. All of the charges re. fer to matters pertaining to former Post.
 ter-General Smiths administration | It is to be presumed that the ComptroI. | Ter of the Treasury and the Auditor fol | the Treasury and the Postmaster of | Washington will be able to throw some | light on these matters.
 ''The bulk of the offenses alleged is
 that vouchers were charged to the wrong accounts. All of the items, which were
 not allowed by the Comptroller, were finally audited except less than $lO0 w, | will look into the records of these mat. | ters of course.
 Now once for all, want to say thai this investigation of the affairs of ths Postoffice Department will go on to tn, end, will reach into every place and fir | every direction there is reason to believ, anything wrong may be found The in vestigation will be pursued relentlessly Any talk of the newspapers to the con trary is a pure gratuity. Any though | of flushing up the investigation is { pure gratuity on the part of the persor | who furnishes such information. I an not the man who is disposed to turn tai | on such a matter. have got the man te | go after the facts"