Show TULLOCH ASKED FOR EVIDENCE 5 I Former Fomer Cashier Now Has a Chance to Make Mak Good e MR PAYNES LATEST M VE VEI I GRESSMAN LOUD LOUD GAUGED CALLED CA TT n INTO COUNCIL I 11 ASHINGTON May There were W V V two Important moves mo in D the post postO once Ice O investigation today y First the dispatch of a letter calling call for the evidence in the possession of the former cashier of the Washington city post postoffice I office of the department several years ago and second the announcement aa ment that the present Investigation was agreed d upon early last winter inter Postmaster General Payne to tat his let letter letter ter tar to Mr Tulloch said be he would be pleased to receive any ny statements ac accounts accounts accounts counts documents or other papers con of or the allegations made Mr Payne subsequently said that he be would r personally go over these papers and de decide decide cide chic whether the matter should be re referred erred to Fourth Assistant Postmaster Bristow for inclusion in his general in investigation Investigation of the department The re replies replies replies plies of Fourth Foerth Assistant A Postmaster General Bristow Postmaster Merritt of this city and presumably of ex Post Postmaster master General Charles Emory Smith mith have been received but Mr Payne stated sta ted that all the replies called for tor I had not yet been submitted I Mr Loud Called in inEx Representative Ex Loud of California a for tot many ninny years chairman of the house I on anti and post roa roads te dm i ct ear ar and probably a delegate e of the United States to the international intern congress ress to be held at Rom Rome Italy next spring was in conference with the postmaster gen general general I eral today concerning the investigation The postmaster general later announced to the newspaper men that th the present investigation was wan contemplated as lon Ion lona long a ago asro o as last December and that the work along Ion I the line now being pursued by Mr Bristow was wan then decided on OIL Mr Payne said this was provided for in an item in the last appropriation act for con contingent expenses in the office of the postmaster general This item was a as follows follow For miscellaneous items In the theoffice theoffice theoffice office of the postmaster general StOOP OO This amount was an increase Me of 5 noo i 0 over the th previous appropriation for the thefIl saute same fIl purpose and the tim postmaster gen general gm t n eral saM said that the item although it had escaped attention heretofore was agreed 1 tin bit an between himself and Mr Loud for forthe forthe forthe the express purpose Se of investigating the moil service after the t w adJournment of I congress congressI I A Large Undertaking Mr Payne Pay e sakI that he be and Mr JIll Loud had had bad frequent conferences on the sub aub subject bet jeet and had kad agreed that an investigation tion finn should be made to determine heth whether I er e changes in methods were need such sueh as safeguarding Eat ing contracts and aDd purchases I J 1 etc ete Mr Payne said that it was pro proposed proposed I II 1 I posed d to wee use if any crookedness ex en existed isted in the department It was wu a big bl undertaking be he saW ald sai togo to 10 p go over aver the country and take talfe up tip p the investigation and the method pursued was wa adopted as unset most likely to the interests t of the MAII He a said W that at that time t tit it U w f t et t b there thele was any din dis dishonesty honesty 1 |