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ferred- If she remains AT Portage.
shall add slightly 10 the salary. ana, or
course, secure an addition 90 the al
--"..t-Se -el 7.i-etile4 stL thr once 20 ~
the increase me eil9 vance 20 pay L-cI
present compensation is made speclueal-
ly Tor her Dy name. as would be- am add
u Thought ii proper TO write you thus
lf.tHElE before you take the oath OF Of
flee. Up To the close OF department
hours yesterday saturday no oilielal
noUee OF your la.ttFlll.il l9H Toy lhe sem
ATE had l-au received Therefore there
i= ample time 20 receive your reply here
t", which 3 have f1e honor Jo request
may He EiEeu promptly.
Hoping 10 know ggu personally i'm q
short time ana % DE able 20 do you
This request was q grossly improper
one Tor man I'm your position TO make
af r. postmaster. and your letter GER
taIulE implies that fayOrs may DE given
or withheld I'm the discretion of the man
making the request The postmaster pZ
The way answered I'm "a very frank and
honorable style declining to commit him
self. and closing his letter as follows
81 received the appointment without
having made any pledges or promises
and L desire that i shall SO take the
cath of office
The Letter Recalled.
Writing subsequently the postmaster
wrote you as follows iu reference 10 your
daughter.
.The amount of her salary and the du-
ties performed by her must oe known
no every other emp-oEe IN the once
heres 60 avoid 1ealuuSIes and UupHc cen
sure each must receive absolutely iaif
treatment without any tayoUteism-
"Ele salary which You demand FOR her
ls proporJ50uaEely much larger imam the
other employees receive. IL seems 20 me
therefore that IL viii be better for your
daughter and the service under the cir
cumstances if she We're transferred 10
Accordingly Miss Tyner was trans
fgrTed. ana the position which she held
aJ Portage was forthwith abolished and
u1 appointment 10 the vacancy made 1T
appear tlret-- lAgFeLoi e. tiit you
So eTe keeping your daughter In the pos
ras service simply Tor the sake OF giving
her tEe salary. and that when she did
ed necessary. To NH IL at an. and you
actually called the attention OF the post
master al Portage 20 this fact in order
90 induce Nun 20 retain your daughter.
pointing out TO him that ass actually
happened he would lose the appropTla-
ZION for the position unless me acted
ON March - 1902 you wrote the post
master at Chicago. IN, saying
81 desire 90 ask the favor Of you 10
spnoi1J - = clerk i'm your once a k .555-
chat : VIII furnish you the allowance
necessary 10 pay her salary. specifying
En- as such allowance
she was then transferred 10 Chicago
The Ware EpistIe.
on April of the same year you wrote
10 The postmaster al Ware. Mass. re-
auesriuE that le appoint one Cora Wat
son as q clerk il his office. ou condition
llat he was provided with an allowance
40 pay Les salary. in Elis letter you
the law official OF the PostJfdce DEPART
u-clE. lclIlETlEelE instructed Ine post
master 70 violate ne law oy appointing
cora ~ watson ln the rs are p9sEoEIlee,
where her services were not needed. sub
seguenJ 20 the ONCE having been c-assi-
The fartivcuess of your action ls
shown HE tllS statement in your letter
20 the uoStIuaz
ca can 40 as you wish about Civ
ing OUT the impression that she IS there
as representative OF the E0zr8fnee De-
paElueH- % assist In the. eslabl1slnenr
~ free delivery IL Is only frank now
ever 10 say that she is not post
once eEoerL.
it was not a bona fde appointment
watson -n the classified service When
the postmaster objected. you assumed
al offended tone Iu your letter TO him
of april l4- asking him why le wished
rImld ln Lle matter assuring him
THAI the appointment was proper and
correct ana warranted py law. because
sou were the law adviser. not only VI
the BosL0rlce Department. buL or the
entire postal service and yet you could
not possibly have been ignorant that the
transaction was an Illegal one.
Regrets His Step.
For the reasons above set forth the
President regrets 10 have 10 state TO you
that ne cannot comply with your re-
quest. The question OF your guile ou the
criminal charge oE which YOU were tried
having been passed upon by jury. the
President OF course aequlescea I'M rs