The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-16

one had been recommended for the po- sition. He did say. however. T have already begun to get expressions Iron, the people as to their choice.
 Three Names Mentioned.
 He declined to say whose name had been given in but 1t is understood that the names of Henry F. Irwin. e. w. craik and Joseph Burton are the pot
 The Department at Washington. Mir. Thompson said. will most assuredly abide by the recommendations of the referees. having asked them to present the name There will hardly be any chance given Judge Buckley to answer the charges brought against hs'n by the postoffice inspector, the department having acted and the referees having been requested to recommend his suc- cessor.
 The information appears to have been in the possession of the referees for the past few days.
 There IS an inconsistency between the statements made by MT. Thompson and the statements made at the Post office Department in Washington.
 Washington Not Advised.
 The Advertiser Bureau in Washing ton telegraphed last night as follows.
 Washington. D. C., Aug. 15.-fSpe- cial. )-The report which reached Wash ington, via Montgomery, that Postnas- ter Buckley had been removed was, if anything, somewhat premature.
 Your correspondent investigated the report as far as concerns the Postoff1co Department this afternoon. Postmas- ter General Cortelyou being absent from the city. his place is taken for the time by First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock. MT. Hitchcock said that the only progress made in the case was the report of the postofffce inspector, which had not yet been ex- amined. The Acting Postmaster-Ge eral said that he had not decided whether to act any way in tho matter except to forward to Mir. Cortelyou a synopsis of the inspectors report. He presumed the rumors of removal arose from the visit of the inspector to Mont gomery with the result of sundry com plaints against the postmaster
 Postmaster General Cortelyou Is at his old home on Long Island. where he expects tos remain several Tssks
 Another Inspector Here. Postoffce Inspector Clark, who has been stationed here some time. 1t Is said. had nothing to do with the charges against the postmaster. In- spector H. l. Irving has been In the Montgomery district some time. but he has not made any investigation of the local office. Another postoffice inspec- tor. whose name could not be ascer- tained, reached Montgomery last night. It Is believed that he Is here to make special report on the office.
 To add to the rather complex situa- ton. the Associated Press gives the following statement of the trouble Into which the Montgomery postmaster mas fallen:
 .Washington. Aug. 15.-Charges of preferred against Post- master c. W. Buckley of Montgomery Ala, are now under investigation by the Postoffice Department. The post office Inspector who inquired into the case has completed his report. but MT. Buckley will be given hearing when A decision is reached. He has held the position for sixteen years and advanced age is said to be responsible for his alleged inability to satisfy the patrons at the postoffice.
 The Montgomery postoffice is of the first class. The yearly salary IS sS.Soo. Buckley has served sixteen years In the office. having received his first appointment from President Gar field. He is a staunch Republican. was a soldier of the Union Army and has re- sided in Montgomery forty years.
 Postmaster Interviewed.
 He expressed bitterness at the charge of incompetency and intimations as to his advanced age.
 If they had charged me with being a thief" said the postmaster. T could have stood 1t with better grace than to be called an incompetent after six teen years of hard service" ~~
 The postmaster made 1t plain that he was of the opinion that Postoffice In- spector McCrea was unfriendly to him and that the inspector had magnified some of the apparent Irregularities in the ofice. He expressed surprise that the Posfof1ce Department, if 1t contem- plated his removal. had not advised him of 1t. Indeed, Postmaster Buckley does not believe that his removal has ever been contemplated by the department without giving him full and complete hearing. He will go to Washington just as soon as he Is officially advised of the true situation
 Clerks Caused Trouble.
 According to Postmaster Buckley the only criticism which he knows that has been leveled at his administration by Postofice Inspector McCrea was of his of Charles O. Harris. Jr.. d negro boy, as laborer at the post office, the advancement of Miss Maggie Irwin's salary from s1.000 a year to s1, 100 a year and the appointment of Miss Carmichael to $500 clerkship and that Clerk Thomas R. Finley was not performing sufficient service.
 But" said Postmaster Buckley. T wrote the Department a lengthy letter these things under date Of July 29th and on August 5 I received q letter from First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock which practically approved of my action. I was author ized to retain Harris. to allow the in- creased salary to Miss Irwin and Miss Carmichael was made q substitute clerk. This was the last correspond ence I had with the Department on the su biect of the inspectors report. and I am at a loss to understand this an- of my removal"
 Tho Postmaster says that Inspector McCrea laid great stress upon the ap- pointment of young Harris. who is a son of Charles O. Harris. the chief mail inR clerk at the postofice. to the posi- ton of Iaborer. saying that he weighed but no pounds, was but IS years old and was performing little service for which he drew $400 a year. Young Harris was graduated at the State Nor mal School for Negroes the past sum- mer and was appointed by Postmaster on June lst.
 Young Harris Was Dropped.