The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-29


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sHIfNGToNs Oct The Pres.
iaentS his af ternoons sent reply tc
letter received this morning
froTns General s. yner; formerly assist
ANT Attorney General for the Post
epa rtnaent
reply 1e zPresid dent says that
bic 10 ri T. any wrong in
81 mat err because e@considers that
mo Breng ha 81 been doEe 20 General
yneT. Re. says in conclusions:
He Question of your guilt on Tire
iTninal charge on which y',u we're
IS tried haEi1g been sed Upon BY a
President acGuiesces inits
dilntlirg rs butt the evidence seems to
he sd EsrwheI shining that it either
Shows on ;guiI tg Of Immoral obllga
ton rrnance Ct your duty
neffe iency.
The letfer$is sent over the sigma
Loeb Secretary of4tte
Preside and contains 1000 words
secs full y into the Tyner-Bar-
SrettNcase reviewing not only tie tes-
tiu1ony and Il he reports of govern
mem tHcials on the conduct of the
Of he Assistant Attorney Gen
the Postohice Department,
Weres subs ituted to the jury. at
The trial but IN other matters. on ac-
count the rules of the proce1'r,'c
could properly be "a Omitted, which,
oxYeYers hes President deemed it
neeassary aconsider in arriving at
personal conc lusIon. In one OF
Ehese saidssthe Ell Presidc emf, twas the
burglar commi ted by Mrs. Barrett,
81 ms. Barrett, mother and by Mrs,
liner your direction.
he Departments Of Justice has
ab1esto know exactly what
stIocnments were IA t tina time abstract
sed froInssthe safe. r. The I,resiuenI has
+ iaht toa assume that they would
mot have been constructed in this
th ey not been Of a CHAR
acterss such as graYely ncrtminatesy o.
and Barre
Anoth mai ter ltcE the Frcsi,
derI consid cred grossly improper"
Iva General yner's personal request
the Rostnaster at Portage, Wis,
Tgner.s daughter be re
tanned III 1le5 Portage sPostofIice. In
General Tyner,s letter 10 he Portage
ostmaster occur these words: "If
5she remains Portage shall add
SsHongl to the salary and of course
secure an addition to tre allowance
ssfor salaries and the Office TO pay The
increase
The President also charges that
General Tyner wrote to the postmas-
ter Ware. Mass reqI .sti.ls that
sfg appoint one Cora Watson, as a
sVided with an allowance to pay her
salary.
on3t hisSI letter, & says the President.
the law officer OF the Derart-
gmens deIiberately Instructed the
postmaster to violate the law by ap,
poining Cora Watson in tue Ware
Spostofftce where her services were
not needed: ~
7he president quotes rars of this
letter aIso$as foil lows
YonScan do as@y you wish about Civ
the Impression that she is the
representative of the Postottice De
Il partner to assistin the establish
mentS OF Free Delivery. It IS only
however, to say that SIZE is
mot a postomce expert. s
ss$sSI3 way Of general comment, the
81 resident says in his letter:
here is wide difference be-
s3sft vgeen 1isconduct which is criminal
and declared such by the courts and
conduct which. though it does not
render ne wrongdoer| liable to tie
ssScrimina1 law, yet requires his imme-
SsS late separation from the government
service:
were acquitted of conspiring
NJ with Barrett to do certain Criminal
leeds; You were not acquitted Of do
ing the deeds That these eet-rlch-
quick concerns which employed Mr.
SaBarrett We're Improperly favored in