The Washington times., 1904-10-29


maladministration We're pending against
him. when he died Of typhoid fever. and
decided 10 drop the case"
Letter Made Public.
Last night General Tyner made public
the following letter:
General Tyner's letter follows;
shall make no reply 70 the Presi-
dents letter none IS required The
charges or the President mat 1 was
guilty or gross corruption and or ac-
cepLlng brlDes were susceptible or proof.
He has no proof this he acknowledge
His laboTed effort of many pages TO jus
ury his conduct by comment on eN-
LTane0us matters is palpably unfair and
unwarranTed- And he missJates the
facts.
] never asked my reinstatement i'm Of
fee. The President had the power of
removal, however un1ustly ID was eEeT-
cised, and, besides, j am physically uD-
able TO perform any service.
The statement that 1 favored AR. Bar
reLLs clients is untrue this especially
was the charge on winch i was Irlec-
The records OF the trial show that In
about twenty instances where Mr.. Bar
Tett presented plans Of business for rui-
ing they were IN most cases passed OH
oy my assistant ana subsequently APP
proved by the Attorney General some
Of these companies are doing business
today under these same plans, having
recently been Investigated by the Post
ONCE Department. Against most of these
concerns I issued fraud orders my
self when ] found they We're dis
regarding 4he rulings OF the de-
partment. The evidence at the trial
showed that the present Admin
istratiOu has followed these rulings Mr.
Barrett appeared before my Office iu only
six cases involving the issue Of fraud
orders ia two cases the orders were
issued. In the other cases NY action
was based on the law and the facts.
AT the time of my trial one of these
rnnrHTrE rrgfTEr mails
lesteds and there was no evidence that
the action IN any or these cases had
been reversed The Presidents com
menTs on the case or arnold g. 60. are
uuWarranted by the facts. This concern
had been doing business In ST. Louis for
hve years uumolested by state or Fed
eral officials The inspectors in their re-
port presented no evidence OF fraud.
Without this I could not act. They did
not even recommend a fraud order they
simply advised that the concern be
called on 10 show cause That my aC-
ton was entirely IN accordance with the
law and the facts was recognized by tht
Postomce Department In requesting
Congress at its last session 10 amend
for such recommendation that the law
was inadequate TO reach such cases as
Arnold & Co. If Mr.. Barrett had any
other business before my ONCE i do nos
know Of IT, In such matters as he pre-
scented he was treated the same as any
other attorney, ana that mis- clients re-
fact that i issued fraud orders ssgains
hail. II not more OF them.
"Unmanly" and "Unjustifed.a
To characterize my wife as having
committed a burglary" in my ONCE is
as unmanly as il is uuJustlned. Moth
ing IN The treatment accorded me is So
unjust and uuWarraured and indecent as
the brutal attacks ou my wife and her
sister. 1 ignored the attack when made
DO the letter OF the Postmaster General
announcing my removal from office be-
cause I could not believe. when he uu-
deFstoOd the facts that the President
would persist In mis- attitude. Ny resis-
nation had been presented 10 and ae-
CepJed by The Postmaster General. and
about five days before the same was TO
take erect my wife went 10 my office 10
get Huy papers out OF my private safe
was bedridden and unable 10 60. Her
sister went with her Tor company The
agent OF the safe company met her al
the department FOR while she had the
combination she did not know how 20
- DIX H. Several times ] also had had
alulcuiJy lu opening the safe, and called
SAFE " as never used for official papers I
EVERY otnclal had "a private safe. and i
Iyuer was in office hours and perfectly
open. she took nothing from the safe Z
BESIDES our own papers. except a. batch
or sem: Official papers / had told her 10
leave but which she was unable 90 ideu-
lily. ] declined % surrender my private T
pape- when demanded Dy au Inspector, .
but immediately sent for Fourth AS
s.staut Postmaster General Bris-
toWs ana he came 90 my house before +
I received the order of removal I Of [
Tered him these semi-OfilCial papers and 4
the privilege OF examining my private J
papers taken from the safe. All these
papers were sent 20 the FOstofice De-
partmeut for examination. in the pack .
age were triukets and keepsakes OF my .
Hl1e's. messages / had written. and .
gifts ] had given her on anniversary oc- I
caslOus. Every envelope and package /
was submitted 10 inspection. and let
tiers 20 my wife were torn open and F.
read Nothing but my will was treated (
as sacred. The papers or "a semi-Of- I
Cial character were turned over TO the Z
department. They were documents /
had gathered relating 10 the conduct Of /
a pOsLofnce inspector since dead Z call I
ed the attention OF the Fourth Assistant Z
10 the case the inspector was not re-
moved. and no one wanted the papers
They did not belong TO my official dles. /
All the prescriptions of law are iu Ia
V0r OF Innocence. And for the Fresi- /
dent 10 assume, because e. pleases him, ]
that some discriminating papers Were lu /
the safe when he has mo- evidence of /
this and when / submitted everything
20 examination. is unjust and iudefeusi- /
ble, This safe stood ia nay office Tor i