The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-11-03

signatory to the Hague convention in
response to the invitation Just issued
/ by President Roosevelt. for the pur-
pose Of promoting universal peace
and mitigating, perhaps minimizing.
the horrors OF war. and actually less
ening the frequency Of war. must tend
TO create a moral force which. in
turn, will affect = cessation OF exist
ing hostilities between Russia and
Japan.
a re-echo Of the famous postofiiee
investigation Of year ago has Just
been heard throughout the country
in the publication Of two letters adj
dressed by President Roosevelt's sec
Rotary TO James n Tyner, once POST
master General aud. until the sum-
mer Of 1903, Attorney General Tor
the Postoffice Department When
the postoiiice investigation was con
ciuded the President issued memo
randum IN which he characterized in
scathing terms the conduct o. Tyner
and his nephew. by marriage. Bar
reit, who together appeared to be re-
lsponsible for the admission 10 the
mails Of numerous got-rich-quick con
Germs and other fraudulent companies
who. a. the President pointed ont,
had through the neglect of duty, or
the culpability. Of Tyncr aud Barrett.
had been enabled Co swim lie thous-
auds of people. many of them those
who could least afford the loss, nut Of
many thousands Of dollars. Tyner
and Barrett had been indicted and
were subsequently tried ON the charge
of conspiracy 60 defrand. Tyner, who
has suffered stroke OF parslvsis. was
carried IN sni out of court. suffered
numerous sinking SPELLS" when in
the presence Of the Jury. had 'to re-
sort 90 restorative. and the two
men who, under the law. must be
jointly acquitted or jointly convicted.
were acquitted. Tyner then wrote =
letter e. the President demanding
that he rctract thc statements he had
made Ia his memorandum. The
President replied, through his secre-
tary, that although Tyner had been
acquitted of the charge brought in
the trial. he could not retract III.
statements which were based OF
=. grounds additional TO those involved
u Ia the trial aud which were 10 them
selves ample TO warrant all that hat
10 been contained in the memorandum
B, This latter Tyner did not make pub
lie. but Visiting apparently. until th,
e hcighth oi the campaign. be reptile,
.t Go the Presidents letter of last Jun,
"a and has only now made public HE ne
= Iply. To ryner's last communication
u the President has directed his score
g tarv TO make a reply which reveal
IS couduc, on the part Of Tyner worth,
Is OF the severest condemnation an,
is which will probably silence the dis
e graced official Tor all time. Tn,
Il Presidents last letter reveals the FAC
e that Vyncr used his official position
n 90 procure the employment Of rela
d tives by the government. although
s. those relatives performed no neces
=, sary work and that IN numerous WY
~ he betrayed the trust devolved upol
p him.
~ In some mysterious manner re
~ port hiss recently found It's way int
T. print alleging that. ii il be foun,
that Nj. Parker needs only the vote
y OF Alabama and Mississippi to insur
j. has election. President Roosevelt vii
- prevent the electoral votes Of thos
States from being counted, on tn
ground that they have dtsirsnchise
y the negroes. The report Is. Of cours,
n utterly without foundation. You
"a spondent has taken the pains {
~ interview prominent Democrats a
b. we'll as high officers of the Republi
= can administration sud from the foi
- mor has learned thar there is no wa
by which the President could cffcc
such an end, and from the latter hs
received the most positive assurance
that, despite all reports to the cOu
tTary. the President never had an
reVer would contemplate such an IN
n dertakiug The report must be pu
down as one Of those preposterou
u canards apt 10 be sprung by the lee
V responsible members OF both partie
: on the eve o. an election.