Evening journal., 1904-10-28
TYNER RAPS ROOSEVELT
Former Postal Official Makes Public
His Last Letter to President.
sAYs Als PRorEsr wAs IoNoRED

Declares Effort to Override Verdict
Of Jury Was Contemplate, and |
Answer to His Petition Was Cam.
paisn Exigenoy.
Washington. oct 2S. - James n
Tyner. formerly assistant attorney gem
eral for the postohice department who
was removed from ofiico by the presi-
dent and later tried and acquitted on
charges in connection with alleged
postal frauds, made public the follow
ing letter sent by him TO the president
"Sir-Immediately after the publioa-
tion OF your extraordinary 'proclama-
tion' last November, declaring me
/ guilty. without hearing or trial, or
gross corruption, acceptance Of brides
and other misconduct in Office. filed
with you an emphatic denial Of every
charge in toto and asked for An oppor-
tunity to prove my innocence. You ig-
nored this humble protest, and after l
had exhausted every means Of estab-
fishing my innocence and had been
promptly acquitted by jury upon the
indictments you caused 10 be found
against me, again petitioned you to
withdraw your unwarranteed 'procla-
nation Of guilt In reply to this re-
celved your secretarys letter Of June
"a, which was so unfair and unjust, and
so clearly owed its character TO the
exgencies of your presidential cam
paign, that considered It unworthy Of
! notice. especially as you withheld II
from the public Your unqualified
statement that ! was guilty OF gross
!, corruption and OF accepting bribes,
etc. while assistant attorney general
for the postofice department was not
made in message TO congress- as you
now assert Congress was not even In
session. For obvious reasons II was
made in a proclamation direct to the
public with the usual lime-llght ac-
p cessoriea. Your ACQUISITIONS are false and
have been proven false. but I have nc
4 further means Of establishing these ex.
n cept by haling you into the courts, anC
have too much respect for the higf
e Office which you occupy to do this Ms
= object in writing you was to give yot
= the opportunity TO do a just and mani,
act. and 10 vindicate yourself, not me
/ do not need your vindication. l cal
face my Eternal judge with entir
II peace Of mind.
"Your effort to override the verde
le Of court and jury by a specious dis
e. tinction between the crimes you sa
D. you referred to in your proclamation
II and conspiracy to commit those crime
&, might be less contemplate If its unfair
ness and its intent we're not so obviou
q. and n you did not know that every az
in referred to in the Bristow report wa
ne fully before the judge on the charge
corruption. bribery and miscondu
a. in Office Had there been any eviden
OF wrong-doing II would have been q
H. fered and admitted. but there W
&. none: and you know t.
"In my letter to you Of December
1903, protesting against your unwt
ranted proclamation I dehed you
produce a scintilla of evidence 10 su
port your accusations, and prayed th
Ter my life might be spared TO face the
rd. charges. and now after ! have gone
is trial and every act of my private al
official life has been laid bare and n
nd a particle of evidence has been pr
OF duced against me. you seek to shie
we yourself by saying that ! was not tri
80 for what you accused me OF. but I
eli something else That this is false {
Dr. records show. and you know IT,
you preach square deal 10 eve
lex man, why not practice it,"