Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-29

ter went with her fol-. company. The agent
of the safe company met her at the de-
partment. for while she had the combna-
ton she did not know how to work it.
Several times l also had had difficulty in
opening the safe, and called in this same
agent to assist me. The safe was never
used for official papers. Every official mad
a private safe. and 1 had always had one
The visit Of Mrs. Tyner was In office hours
and perfectly open. She took nothing from
the safe besides our own papers. except a
batch of semi official papers had told her
to leave. but which she was unable to iden-
tify. I declined to surrender my private
papers when demanded by an inspector,
but Immediately sent for Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow, and he came
to my house before I received the order OF
removal. l offered him these semi-officiaI
papers and the privilege Of examining my
private papers taken from the safe.
The Enclosed Papers.
Cali these papers were sent to the Post
Office Department for examination. In the
package were trinkets and keepsakes of my
wife's, messages / had written, and gifts
I had given her ON anniversary occasions.
Every envelope and package was submit
ted to inspection, and letters to my wife
were torn open and read. Nothing but my
will was treated as sacred. The papers or
a semi-official character We're turned over
to the department. They were documents
I had gathered relating to the conduct of
post office inspector since dead. l called
the attention of the fourth assistant to the
case: the inspector was not removed, and
no one wanted the papers. They did not
belong to my official files.
''All the presumptions of law are in IA
vor of innocence. And for the President to
assume, because 1t pleases him, that some
discriminating papers were in the safe when
he has no evidence of this and when SUBJ
mitted everything to examination, Is unjust
and indefensibe. This safe stood in my
SDr hx,h afn faft fhA don ~
ment, accessible to post Office inspectors
had they desired to examine Its contents.
To herald wOman-my Wffe-over the
country as criminal without evidence and
without a hearing shows a contempt for
law and disregard of common decency.
Regarding the Two Appointments.
Half of the Presidents letter is devoted
to extracts from correspondence with GER
tain postmasters relative to two appoint
ments and comments thereon. These ap-
pointments were entirely in accordance
with the law and civil service rules, and my
letters speak for themselves. My daughter
for many years has been employed in the
postal service, and both these appointees
performed faithful service. l never in the
least sought to force their appointment. nor
were the appointments made for the pur-
pose of transfer both remained at the
offices where originally appointed for a long
time. To show that the appointment of per-
sons in offices prior to classified ton was
considered perfectly honorable and lawful
by all officials of the Post Office Depart
ment. L need only add that 1t Is we'll known
that twenty or more post office inspectors
now in the service were first appointed to
post offices about to be classified at the in
stance in many cases of Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow. Immediately
on classification they were made post office
inspectors and many rapidly promoted.
Some of these inspectors were engaged in
the investigation of the Post Office Depart
ment-one inspector, r. NJ. Fulton investi-
gated me.
Satisfied With His Record.
1.-The record of my case SO far as am
concerned, is closed. 1 am satisfied there
with 1 was to the end faithful to the trust
confided to me by my government, and rem
dered the best service / was capable Of The
President has not justified his accusations
against me- while have faced a trial be-
fore jury of my peers and been indicated
Whatever may be the Presidents opinion as
to the propriety of any of my acts was
never in ISSUE I know that every act of
mine was perfectly proper.
THE President has not seen At to do
right; to give a square DEAL II is to
his detriment, not mine.
JAS. N. TYNER."
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