The San Francisco call., 1908-03-29
MACHINE ORGANS
WOULD SAVE FISK
Chronicle and Examiner Quickly
Controverted by Statement
of inspectors
Federal Officials Plan to Probe
Charges Against Postmaster
as Well as Ford

chine and Fisk's powerful friends have
been shown promptly IN an effort TO save
Postmaster Arthur @. Fisk from an in
vestigation of the charges filed against
Fisk by superintendent OF Mails
Thomas J. Ford. nearly year ago
Postoffice Inspectors II. h Cochrane
and Pendleton are In San Francisco. as
they state, to investigate all the
charges against Fisk and the counter
charges brought by Fisk against Ford
after Fisk's friends IN Washington
managed to secure confirmation Of his
reappofntment Coehrane and Pendle-
ton have been in San Francisco nearly
a week. Their presence here Is pre-
sumabIy the result OF President Roose-
veIt's order for the reinstatement OF OF
Ford and q thorough investigation OF
the whole odorifere<1s San francisco
postofice situation.
Promptly on the discovery of the
presence OF the eastern inspectors oy
Fisk and his friends. the San Francisco
machine newspaper organs announced
that Cochrane and Pendleton had been
sent out by the department TO inVestl-
gate the charges against Ford and the
s.Ieak'' in the local >postofice, which,
they alleged, was responsible for the
publicity given Fisk and his postorice
administration by The Call
WOULD SAVE FISK
In addition TO the local announce
ment Of the advent of the inspectors
charged by Implication with the duty
of convicting Ford and rewhitewashing
Fisk. the Chronicle printed dispatch
from Washin gton yesterday morning, In
which IL was asserted that Postmaster
General Meyer had stated that there
would be a full and fair investigation
4 OF the charges against Ford. but that
there is mo ground apparent to changs
the statement already expressed II
these dispatches, that Ford would bs
punished for his temerity in bringing
charges against his chief. probably By
being dismissed"
None of the articles printed by either
OF the machine organs make any ref
erence 70 an investigation Of tn
/ charges against Fisk The leak Il
/ 20 be investigated. Ford IS to be in
yestigated. Ford is TO be punished fo
his temerity; Ford IS to be dismissed
Inspectors Cochrare and Pendletol
repudiated both the Chronicle and Elk
sniner stories yesterday and vigorousl'
denied that they had talked with rep
/ resentatiVes Of either newspaper
In view Of their repudiation by. tn
inspectors and the mediums throug
which they were gwen publicity. tn
source and Inspiration OF these storie
are not difficult TO locate. The In
spectors declare that they are here I
Investigate all the charges, tncludin
those made against Fisk in May, 100
What the machine purposes TO make N
Investigation Is indicated by the ar
ticles printed in the Chronicle and Ex
aminer yesterday.
MACHINE MADE NEWS
Said the Chronicle:
Postofice Inspectors Pendleton and CoehFan
. - ka-a from K-aeh ehfnrfOQ hV- III
postmaster general 70 investigate the charge
q conduct prejudieial to the service Prsfs,rrss ,
Postmaster A. G. Fisk They began the woF
yesterday Of tracing the sources OF ''leaks
charges originally brought against Fisk by For
! al least thirty days before Fisk himself ha
been officially notified OF them
, said the Examiner:
The charges made By Postmaster Fisk sgain
T. J. Ford. the superintendent Of mails, al
being Investigated By Postofnce Inspectors PEI
dieton and Cochrane, who arrived from VAS
: inefon yesterday, being specially detailed.
, The charges preferred incinde conduct pref
! diciaI TO the good Of the service The charg
Z made by Ford against Fisk we're nled dire
/ with the postofhce department az WashingtG
! ana were Investigated By the department b
! senate Most OF them were disproved by OF
! ciais az Washington last year.
e One Of ne msitsrs wnien vas ineuiT, 1e I'
ont the leak wher>cy the charges were pu
lished before they reached the department, Tn
: charges. The inspectors state that the invest
q cation viii be thorough
= STAMPS STORIES As FALSE
s said Inspector Cochrane yesterday:
8 We know nothing about these newspap
! ! stories which are incorrect We here
: investigate fully all the charges and count
e charges and the local postofhee situation.
have not talked with the representatives
e either Of these newspapers and know absolute
: nothing Of the origin inspiration Of the
I reports
60 r---...o- ro1-a1o.1- --4-s,,
:. have given no representative Of either
q the papers any Information. have ] talk
A with any reporters. IL is not our business
s furnish information TO the newspapers.
e The question that raturaily sugges
itself is, why didn't Postmaster Fl:
sign the reports concerning the invest
is cation published by the two machil
4 newspapers?