Show j t t I TiLLocH SHOWN UP f L I Former PostmastarGenera i Smith Replies I I I 1 v MATTERS ALL INVESTIGATE I I j I Allegations of Irrogularitie s Wore Inquired Into Statement SEado by the ExCashier o tho Washington Postofflca Is Branded Poise I Washington May 3L Postmaster 3cnqrnl Payno today mado public tin reply of former PostmastorQenora Charles Emory Smith to the charges ot I former Cashier Tulloch of tho Washington I Wash-ington city postolllce regarding th < j postal administration Smith bays ho < I Investigated tho allegations of Irregu Inrltlca when they cero miulo and thai tho evidence adduced In moat case was believed to bo a Justification of the tranaBactlons complained of adding that tho criticisms betrayed a lack 01 knowledge of conditions Incident to the Spanlsh war and tho measures necea sary to meet the requirements Mr Payne said today that Mr Smiths letter let-ter practically closes tho Tulloch Incident In-cident although other documents on tho subject will be made public Theso Include the replies oC former First AB slstant PoatmafltorGcncral Heath and of the Fourth Assistant Postmautor General the report on the farmer InvestIgatIon > In-vestIgatIon of the Tulloch charges to which Mr Smith refers and the reports of the postoffice Inspectors and civil service representatives who investigated Investi-gated the Washington poatofllce Ow Mng to the great volume of the documents docu-ments Mr Payne said that all the documents except Mr Heaths reply would bo briefed although tho documents docu-ments themselves would be open to I j public Inspection If wanted HAD BEEN INVESTIGATED 3 r The first answer of Mr Smith to the 1 Tulloch charges will not be made public pub-lic Mr Payne explained that Mr I Smith had forgotten about Mr Tul j lochs charges and the Investigation he ordered and that until the papers I were accidentally found by > Mr FrancIs I Fran-cIs W Whitney secretary to Mr Payne It was not known that the J charges had becn Investigated at the fi time These papers showed that Mr Smith had divided the chare Into l groups noting directions for Investigation I Investiga-tion as to each group and subsequently I subsequent-ly I recording against each group tho results re-sults of the Investigation These results I re-sults constitute the exhibit towhich j Mr Smith refers In his letter Mr I Payne aald that Mr Smith In his prIorI prior-I I letter had evidently forgottcnythe Tul loch charges and did not recall the name or the fact that he had investigated I Investi-gated the charges Mr Smlths second letter In full follows t i MR SMITHS LETTER Philadelphia May 27 120X > Henry C I Payne PostmasterGeneral Washington I I D CSlr1 am In receipt of your letter I of the 20th Instant Inclosing a copy of a Ii letter atldrrpsed to you by Mr S W Tul l loch respecting the conduct of tho Post 0fllco department and tho Washington I I City postornco during tho years ISflS and 163 In reply I beg to say that tho allc 1 gntlono of irregularities mado by Mr Tul I loch on his retirement from the position of I I cashier of tho city postoffice were duly I examined at tho time They wero tnkon up Item by Horn and the facts in each caso were ascertained The rvault of that examinations 1 ex-aminations wan embodied in a full exhibit I of the alleged Irregularities and of tho oxplnnatlonu In each instance which Is on I tile In tho department To this exhibit IIi I-Ii t refer 03 embracing a particular and ile 4 jtallcd answer to Mr Tullocha statements I Without undertaking to repeat here Its I I II I specific nnd minute evidences lot mo say l In general terms that In most cases It pre I scntr what was said to bo a Justification of the transactions complained of The I transactions mostly grow out of the con 4 Vdltlons incidental to tho opening of tho Spanish war and tho criticisms betrayed I a want of knowlodie both of the conditions b II rind of the methods adopted to moot their f requirements The war was declared i I April 21 1893 Within a few weeks an army of 2EOOGO men was raised nnd or I rtTcd in camps It became nccecsarv to II 41 provide at once for the prompt handling j tI of the mail of this largo body of Goldlcra 1 t and their millions of friends at homo Any Ii I failure to do ao would have justly excited 4 Universal condemnation I 1 NO SPECIAL APPROPRIATION I i AL the outset no special appropriation woo available and the moans hud to bo i provided from tho general postal approPriations appro-priations Afterward Congress mado a i special appropriation for tho mllltarv postal i pos-tal service to be expended entirely at tho iat discretion of the PoatmaaterGoneral In f meeting the demands of tho ucrvico and malting good out of one fund what had ben temporarily and unavoidably drawn Jrom the other changes nnd tninofora and special I I employments wore made which I might not be understood by those who had 1 only an Incomplete knowledge of the facts It Waft found expedient as a matter of 1 practical administration to treat tho oZ camps and afterward for a time tho of flee Wash of Porto Rico as branches of tho Ington office as those of Cuba wen Iroiitcd as branches of tho Now York of tho enrollment of th lice Thin Involved men employed In Porto Rico on tho WashIngton Wash-Ington office For some tlmo some extra holp needed in tho department wan provided of thew vldcd for In the same way Out the allegu fiictu Ignorantly grew some of tlons of Irregularities with tho magnitude of tho military Compared pcrvlcw nut many now appoint mont were made It was thu policy or to neloct trained and ex the department already In tho service and parlnnccJ men detail p I thorn for tho military and Island work During two years Congress appropriated ser tho military postal for prInted J5WOOO ot at the discretion vlco to bo expended tho PoBtmnstcrGonoral Of this amuun ftHCC635 wan spent and tho remainder covered back into the < 25053345 4 woo treasury MACHINISTS ON ROLL Somo reference has been made to the machinists appeared to bt fact that a few enrolled on tho clerical roll This may poKBlbly have grown out of one of roy nets pOII After examining the subject I determined de-termined td cut down the annual rcnta of cancelling machines used In the post ofllcoa of the country to rn extent which effected a saving of about 100000 a year In the aggregate to tho Government lr considenitlon of this agreement the do partmcnt agreed to take care of tho machinist ma-chinist Thin required thrao or four machinists ma-chinists who should travel l from oftlco to office for the purpose and direction WOE given that machinists already familiar with tho work should be employed I am frank to say that I do not now recall just low they weru enrolled but It was though that It could bo lawfully dono In exempted places and no moro red tapo or form was allowed to stand In tho way of what woe believed to be for tho good of tho service Tho examination of tho alleged Irrogu larltlc In connection with tho Washington Washing-ton ofllco aa already elated JuRtlllcd most of thorn I should not bo altogether can lid If 1 did not allY that in some cases I was not convinced of tho necssulty or propriety pro-priety of tho transactions CThcso ques lonablo transactions consisted for the most part of placing on tho roll a cw parson tho need of whoon sorvlqcn Wan not clearly shown When these facts do oloped the proper officers woro instruct could not id that ovary proceeding which jo justified should bo 1 remedied and stopped stoppeSEARCHING INQUIRY HAD It is proper for me to add that Mr Tul lochs allegations were tho subject of an ndependent and ocarchlng investigation by tho comptroller of tho treasury who nnde a minute examination of the vouches vouch-es and authority of tIN expenditure of ho several cases tho result of which was hat his disallowance amounted to 3932 a 1 lonelrlcrable part of which sum was afterward af-terward allowed on further inquiry Of he results of his Investigation i was ully apprised About tho samo limo Fourth Assistant oatmaatcrGcnGral Brlalow Informed mo hat inspectors had found the same ap inmnU or actual Irregularities In the Vaahington offlco I advised him accord ng to my recollection of the invcatlga lon which tho comptroller of tho treasury md made and of the steps which were bang ba-ng taken to rectify any wrong In Mr rullochfl letter ho does not repeat hla oar ler iitctcmcnt that when ho made his r eprcfcntatlona I did nothing lie does mwevor pay I was credibly Informed at the tlmo hat the matter eo prepared with perhaps thor evidence wus laid buforo Poatmaa erGcneral l Smith by Fourth AsaliUant Srlatow who requested tho appointment oC a commission to investigate tho office or the First Assistant PoatmaBtcrGon eml This was refused by Mr Smith who joked upon It aa another manlfcatntlon or tho relations between Perry S Heath nnd Mr Brlstow TDLLOCH JUST LIED In reply I refrain from making tho ob loufl commtnt and content myself with aylnff that tho Btatomont that Gin Brla tow made any such request and that I reused re-used It la entirely untrue Vary respactful I y yours CHARLES EMORY SMITH |