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Show General Roller Co I'cstmiisler 14. ey. New York 19. The Times Wash i tig ton sayn: The postmaster general has received from (.ion. Butler a let ter approving his course in removing George LI. Butler. Bn writej as follows: If any p;;rt of tbe statement is true you did exactly right promptly to remove the ofJeuder. If Butler, drunk or sober, was capable of acting in that way he is utterly unfit to hold any position among gentlemen. 1 should nut place tho slightest couli dunce in the statcmeut wero it not lb it I could hardly conceive that tho postmaster general would remove an oUioial upon so grave a charge, witli out a hearing, unless after careful investigation he had aHCe taiucd tho truth of the statement as established by reliable witnesses beyond a doubt. Tuerefore, I assume t!iat it has been proven to your satisfaction, because after what you told mo of your uu willingness to chauge the appointment appoint-ment of Adams as podtrunstor at Dead wood after charges had been made against him, lesL the (act of the removal would show that the charges bad been sustained, I (eel Certain that you would act with like justice iu any other case. Assuming this fact, therefore, I most fully concur with and applaud your action in ttie premises, and would have acted ub you have done when assured of these facts had I been in your place. |