The Washington times., 1904-06-14
TYNER APPEALS
TO PRESIDENT
Asks Him TO Recall His Of
fetal Statement.
TO OFFSET THE WRONG DONE
Mr.. Roosevelt Asked to Do Simple Act
Of Justice to Man Wrong
fully Accused.

Cen. James y. Tyrcr VINO. with his
Hgrhow-in-law, Harrison j. Barrett.
was recently acquitted of the charge of
conspiracy i'm connection with the Post
Ciilc" scandals. has written to the
President, praying that Mr. Roosevelt
Lake statement TO offset the wrong
which Mr.. Tyucr believes the President
d'd him by prejudEiug his case.
Reviewing the report of Fourth As
slstant Postmaster General BriStUw. the
President characterized General TyueU
as chief offender" who was paid by
criminals not 10 prosecute them" Cen
Cral Tyncr believes that the President
was imposed upon and misled by the
Bristow report, and now, in justice he
respectfully asks that the President set
the matter right i'm so far as IL lies
within his power TO DO so.
I'm addressing his letter 10 the Presi-
dent General Tyner acted upon the adj
vice of his friends. who have expressed
much surprise that i'm view of the
Presidents statements before the trial
he did not Immediately after the
acquittal of Gneral Tyner and Mr.. Bar
rett take some steps voluntarily to re
pair the injury which Gneral Tyner and
his friends believe was done him.
General Tyncr's letter follows:
General Tyner's Letter.
I'm November. 1903. on the strength Of
certain charges contained in report by
Nj Bristow, the Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General. you gave to the
press of the country a statement to the
effect that gross corruption i'm
the case of Assistant Attorney General
Tynor has gone ON for a number of
Years and. after referring TO me as
the chief offender YOU say that in my
case the corruption took the
form of favoring Eet-rich-quick con
Germs and similar schemes; in other
words, the criminals, whom IL was tmyD
sworn duty 20 prosecute, paid tme) for
permission TO fleece the public uu-
mOlcsted- After thus giving your Of
fetal opinion as Chief Magistrate of the
nation as 20 my guilt. YOU referred TO
the fact that there were three indiCt-
mentS pending against me, and --ou
called upon a jury 70 do its duty.
Far Reaching Consequences.
NO verdict Of jury nor sentence of
judge could possibly have had such far
reaching or irremediable consequences
for me as this extraordinary official Iro-
clamation of guilt by you and the ordi-
nary machinery Of justice is probably
powerless fully to rectify the injustice
done.
Immediately upon seeing your
charges i'm the press I addressed you
letter, protesting that on the mere say
SO OF Mr.. Bristow YOU had no right.
without first giving me a chance TO be
heard in my defense. or without con-
fronting me with the charges or the evi-
dcrce. thus prematUrely and rashly to
PREJUDICE me and perhaps forever blast
the good name and character which for
nearly eighty years 7 had endeavored
TO establish
When I wrote this letter 7 had little
hope that merCiiul and just God would
spare my life long enough to enable mo
10 face a jury OF my peers. and I wished
merely 10 record what I believed 10 be q
doatlbad protest against your unusual.
unjust and arbitrary action. Fortunately
7 have now HAD my day in court. and.
according 90 the law Of the land. 7 have
established my innocence OF any crime
or Of any misconduct ir office.
'T instructed Nesers. W0rthington &
Hershey. m- attorneys. 90 lay fully be
fore the court and jury every act % M
official a3G private career and TO take
7dvIEf &. 90 no l5caI technicalities The
it.FE was asked Cy IN. and by my CDun-
sci and by the court 90 ignore my age
end physical condition ] asked not for
an acquitted. but for a yindicauOn. AMI
so far as gD-~.1 every act Of mine re-
fsrIed 70 iu Mr. Eri~tow's report was
placed bClOre them fully and eXhaus-
lively
Pronounced Not Guilty.
''Tho jury. without moments hesita-
ton. pronounced me not guilty on all
The indictments Their verdict. 7 am
advised and believe. expressed the
unanimous sentiment Of every member
followed the case. and 7 may add that
T was not content 20 rest my vindica-
zion ON the governments failure 10
prove q crime. but ! insisted on affirm
ativoIy proving my innocence.
"Surn a verdict in "a trial brought I'm
good faith would ordinarily be a sufl-
-iout vIndicatipn Of an accused part-.
out. unfortunately. in this case your Of
rCial proclamation Of my assumed guilt
has such weight. and is entitled 20 have
such weight that 20 many IL practically
1vcrri5os the verdict OF the jury.
81 notice that many OF your friends
don't hesitate 90 say that your verdict
given before trial is more 10 be relied
upon than the verdict Of the court or
Jury given after trial tgainst such In
Justice 7 have uo recourse. except by
appealing % your sense OF right and
gair dealing.
In my letter o. you Of December 2.
sG3. I intmated briefly that your action
was unjust and wrong, and that you
would not have taken the course you
did II you had not been misled and de-,
-eiyed by Mr.. BristOws report I ChaTE-
sd that his report suppressed the facts.
CARRIED the evidence, misquOted the
records. made untrue statements. and
was I'm every way calculated 10 misIead
and deceive YOU as well as the public l
now reafFirm these charges. and 7 call
your attention TO the fact that IL is no
orger merely my statement against Mr..
Erist0w's but that witness after wit
ness on the stand for the Government
n my trial denied the accusations i'm his
report and document after document
rom the Government files disprOved his
charges.
- don't mean for "a moment 10 quo4-
hon the good faith and the entire sin
certify OF your urOClamatIOug, ] wish
merely 20 emDhasi the facts that YOU
nave been deceived and that your Iaud-
able zeal for public and official dcccucy
has been imposed upon
Disproved by Witnesses.