The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-28
TYNER NOT WORTHY OFF
ANY CONSIDERATION

Z allow him TO Withdraw the expressions
{ or auuuI the action. The President nat
{ uIailF slElnk- from saying anything
THAI viii diminish amy comfort you
/ may have derived from the verdict of
tue jury Dat He is advised that you
Z were not tried for the WrUuguOIug 90
& Walcu hs referred, but Tor cOnSplrac}
wire Barrett 10 do the wrong. which ua
/ is advised IS wholly Il different matter.
ass one may Dee =ullty of aulng Wraug
ANA not guilty OF couspirins 10 do $50.
WILLIAM LOEB. JR.
Secretary GO the President
AR. James Ri. Tyner. 1909 heuesav- Ave-
/ nue., Washington. ID. q.
Final appeal of Accused.
I4u Keuesaw Avenue.
Washington. ID. O.. oct. S. 1893.
SIR Immediately AFTER the publication
of your eNJTaOTdIHuFy proclamation
last November. declaring me guilty.
without hearing or trial. OF gross cor
Iupuou. acceptance OF brides, and
other misconduct In ONCE, i filed with
{ you AN emphatic denial of every charge
/ in toto and asked for an opportunity To
prove my innocence You Ignored this
humble protest and after / mad ex-
nausJeu every me&7ls OF establishing my
Innocence and had been promptly ace
quilted 10y jury upon the indictments
I you caused TO bee found against me.
again peujIuued you 10 withdraw your
QHA'atLslutet proclamation of guilt
In reply 20 TINS received your seCTe-
laTN letter of June "A, which was SO
uufl5lr and unjust. and so clearly owed
its character 60 the eEigencies of your
Presidential campaign. thar I considered
10 unworthy of notice, especially ass you
withheld Dc from the public Even now
d should make no reply it there had not
recently appeared IN a popular magazine
am inspired article. which uses tine
very pHIaseoiogy of your letter and
which is such a deliberate tissue of
evident purpose, that ! cannot ignore it,
1t Was a Proclamation"
Your unqualified statement that I was
guilty of gross corruption and of ace
ceptiug brides. etc. while Assistant At
torney General for the Postonce De-
partment was not made in a message
To Congress, as you now assert Con-
Eress was not even i'm session For OBJ
Vious reasons it was made in "a '-procla-
nation direct To the public, with the
usual IimeIght accessories If your
statements had been made TO Congress
i'm the course OF and as part Of your
official durits-thOugh no such duty
could deVolye upon the President under
our CONSTITUTION, as YOU Wen Know
should not have addressed You person
ally bEL as you Went outside your
rights and suites as Chief Magistrate
and % defiance of every established
principle OF law. and even without q
hearing or without evidence, raSIly and
Impetuously pronounced me guilty oi
these grave crimes, and 10 lneSe elaI@-=
I lent the weight of Eour great office
felt thar you should be- given the oppor-
luuity To Justify yourself or 20 Tetract
Your accusations are false and have
been proven false bat have no further
means or establishing this except 1y
haling you into the courts, and 4 have
100 mucn respect Tor the nl5u once
which you occupy 10 do this. Aly OBJ
lecr i'm writing yen was 90 give E1u tie
opportunity 10 do "a Just and manly act
and to Eiuuicare yourself. not me- 4 dc
not need your indication. j can race
my Eternal Judge with entire peace OF
mind
Unfairness Obvious.
Your effort to override the verdict of
court and jury by a specious distinction
/ between the crimes YOU say you referred
/ no In your proclamation" and couzU.T-
aey tc commit those crimes might boz
/ less contemplate il its unfairaesz aud
/ it's intent were not so obvious. ana If
SOU did nor know that every act referred
I 10 iu the Eristow report was fully before
/ The jury ON the charge Of corruption
Z bribery and misconduct Id office
Had there been any evidence OF wrong
doing & would have been offered and
admlJted- bun there was none and Eag
know it,
Iu my letter TO you of December g
rautad -pToc-afnal ton. i ceued Eou lu
3 produce 81 scIuLlIa OF evidence 10 sup
port your accusat tons ana prayed that
mE Ire might De spared To face these
charges, and now, after / have gone 90
trial and every act of nay private and
Official life BIAS been laid bare and luE "a
particle OF evidence has been produced
against me- you seek 90 shield yourself
DE saying Lhlt / was not tried Tor what
you accused me Of. blI FOR something
else That this is false tne records
show ana you know It,
Ready TO Be Indicted.
II I am guilty OF crimes other than
those charged iu the indictments found
against me, then why was i nol lH-
dleted and tried for them aIzo2 And az
my life i= stiu spared nae, / am ready