The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-10

him, besides some other ottenses that arc
unprlntAble II is alleged that before
making his report upon his investigation
here that he showed that report TO In
terested parties
What Thomas Did.
When Sharp and Inspector Blwol used
the Federal building for immoral pnr-
poses. as exposed by The Tribune, Post
master Thomas discredited this story, and
The Tribune believes that II can provo
that Postmaster Thomas attempted 10
suppress the facts. He at least said to
one employee OF the Federal building who
had knowledge of tho conduct OF the In
spectors that unless this employee could
substantlatc his statements he-the en-
ployee-might have trouble
Language of Postmaster.
Here Is tho language as reported to
The Tribune.
Postmaster Thomas-One thing you
must remember, that you had better
make your charges stick or you Will get
into trouble yourself.
The employee-All right. governor;
Will take care of that.
Clearly an Intimidation,
The language WAS clearly an intimida-
ton and was understood by the employee
as being an attempt to influence him to
believe that danger would come to him
:or telling what he knew unless the In
vestigation should prove the truth of his
assertions.
Inspector Did Not Fear Thomas.
Yet Postmaster Thomas has been able,
IL appears, TO persuade the department
that he has acted In good faith. IL The
Tribune were not familiar with the post
masters personal relations with Sharp
and others II would be difficult to be per-
suaded that he would shelter postofce
inspectors in the grave crime which The
Tribune has proven TO the satisfaction
Of the department. Sharp had no fear OF
Thomas, else he would not have used the
postmasters private ofi1ce.
Carried Taylor on Payrolls.
II It were not known that he had
personal motive for carrying w. w, Tay-
lor on the pay rolls, when Taylor per-
formed no services, the public might won
der why Thomas should have given out
an Interview making light of The
Tribune's story in the case OF Sharp and
Elwell.
Why Did he Do This2
n II were not known that Postmaster
Thomas carried a young woman on the
pay rolls for more than three years. after
ne had been directed by the Civil Ser
vice Commission to separate her from
the service. the public might wonder how
II is that Postmaster Thomas can hold
up his head and say that he is giving the
people a creditable administration of his
ONCE.
Tribune Presents Particulars.
Day after day Tho Tribune has pub
lished complaints made by the citizens
of the mistreatment OF their mail. Day
after day II has given names and partic
ulars, reciting facts that are incontro-
vertible.
Thomas Admits Crookedness.
II the charges of crookedness in the
local postoffice were not true, why is It
tl:at Postmaster Thomass newspaper
champion rose In It's rage and declared
that the charges against the postof1ce
were due TO the fact that THERE ARE
CROOKS AND GRAFTERS IN THE
PoSTOFFICE in the employ OF The
Tribune?
When The Tribune called attention to
the fact that IL Postmaster Thomas knew
tnat tner6 are CROOKS ana RIbtlere IN nlH
ONCE that he had the power TO imme-
diately suspend them and cause their ar
rest, he rushed to his newspaper cham
pion and called them OF He knew he
had been shown up.
Thomas Is Responsible.
He knew that the shafts directed at
him sunk deep. IL there were crooks
In his ONCE he himself Is responsible for
IT, vigilant, competent postmaster
would not stand for such thing an hour
after II came TO his attention. But has
Postmaster Thomas suspended any one7
Not yet Nor would he, because he knows
that the men he has in mind. If he has
any one IN mind. know too much about
his mal-administration-
Sharp Was Thomas's Main Prop.
When Inspector Sharp was removed
from the service one of Postna ster
Thonas's main props fell. When Mall
Superintendent Weller, whom Thomas
had kept on the roll while he was off
on drunken sprees. was removed during
the Investigation recently made by In
spector Carter B. Keene, Postmaster
Thomas lost one OF his fastest friends.
And There Are Others.
And there are others. Some perhaps.
while not guilty Of anything more than
lrcompetency, will go out OF the service
bearing the odium OF the sins OF the
postmaster himself, laid on their shoul,
ders by no one but Arthur l.. Thomas.
Rottenness In Office.
The Tribune has much moro to print rela-
tive to the rotten condition of the Salt
Lake postofflce, So far 1t has sustained
every important point II Postmaster
Thomas escapes punishment for some OF
hia own acts II will be because OF his
pull. not that he Is not guilty.
Thomas Is Incompetent.
New evidence Is developing almost daily
that proves that Arthur L. Thomas ID
Incompetent. Ia unable to organize his
force and Is personally unmindful OF the
Importance of enforcing and in obeyine
the postal laws and regulations.
It Can Be Proved.
In the meantime. the public, knowing