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Show Sj 1 TULLOGH'S CHARGES J i "HOT MTAFTER ALL R "Former Postmaster-General DeclaTea li President Boosevelt Repudiated Conrad and Bonaparte. Washington (D. C.) Post: "The I President doubtless realized that under 1 nlj advice, either foolish or malign, he ft made a mistake In referring the Tul- wi jjtij v loch charges', after they wero a closed I?J9 ' Incident, t6 the special counsel, but he H Ml') ' ivlsely and admirably extricated hlm- lu! self. His action repudiates the Con- w lij rad-Bonaparte report, and tho only re- pjAl suit Is to discredit the special counsel fl.i !; as Investigators and disgrace them as K U lawyers." Philadelphia Press. "With the temper of the House any- K M thing but friendly to tho Investigators jjj Hi of the Postofllce department, cx-Post- laflfir master General Charles Emory Smith vSHf has renewed his assaults. His utter- in mm ances Rome ten days ago at a banquet, p K when ho condoled with tho Republican U- H; Representatives present, were men- K K. tloned in the Post the following day. If, Earlv the present week Mr. Smith Ep ' printed a biff triple-leaded editorial In h i B the Philadelphia Press, headed: "A I, J W Matter of Hot Air and Cold Truth.' t) Wl Yesterday this appeared In the Con- h , Bjj gresslonal Record, where It was lnsert- t I R I ed by Gen. Grosvenor as "A fair state- i : ml mcnt by a fair man." In this editorial I- fjf , Mr. Smith reviewed the cases of Comp- . troller Tracewcll. Thomas W. Gilmer, ft 1-- ex-Cashier Seymour W. Tulloch. as M "i well as the reports made by the special Jiffa attorneys. Messrs. Conrad aud Bona- 1 I J parte. Ho tore Mr. Gilmer and Mr. i' Vi M Tulloch to tatters, as ho has often dono ITM before, and lauded the report which , Secretary of tho Treasury Shaw made JH J on the cases of Tracewcll and Gilmer. Ij The most remarkable feature of the i . editorial Is It vitriolic attack upon JH, Messrs. Conrad and Bonaparte. ThlB is iif.j j contained in the concluding paragraphs, liU which are as follows: "Of course tho report of Bee rotary ft; ft; Shaw settled the matter. It settled Gll- 1 , mer and It settled the Conrad-Bona-V'B i parte report It vindicated Comptroller 1 Tracewell. How untrustworthy and I even ridiculous the report of the special tjj ' I' counsel, who began their work by vlo-Hfljl vlo-Hfljl 1 latlng law, appears In tho light of Scc-paft Scc-paft P. rotary Shaw's calm and cutting state-Ik state-Ik W I ments. It Is even shown that In an- 1 other matter Conrad himself comment-ft comment-ft 1 V ed on the technical absurdity of Gll-ft Gll-ft 1 I mor's position Gilmer, the purlolner of ' Uj papers, who Is the Alpha and Omega of BA m the Conrad-Bonaparte report- The K l President doubtless realized that un-BKKj un-BKKj tj der advice, either foolish or malign, iHS and against his own better judgment, HH he made a mistake In referring the Tul-WBi Tul-WBi loch charges, after they were a closed pf J Incident, to the special counsel, but ho BLJ wisely and admirably extricated hlm-BW hlm-BW self His action repudiates the Con-HM Con-HM i1 rad-Bonaparte report, and the only re-fl re-fl I cult Is to discredit tho special counsel H 'I as Investigators and disgrace them as ift.&'ttj lawyers. Comptroller Tracewell, who ABmI) m answer to tho Tulloch charges said flEitlm no fraud was discovered is sustained, mmJM ill. H and with his justification the Tulloch PBflV 1 T""' charges, except as to some lrregularl-IH lrregularl-IH tics, fall to the ground. f flr i (V K' "It rnInt" have proved wiser If Post- MBJ 1 master-General Payne had remained .flH 1 silent; but. Indignant at what ho knew - H fi to bo falso 1111(1 Knowing the truth as .mW I lie 1' wnat fair-minded man, on re- yff'qy viewing the case, will not say that as yyjS a matter of fact, wise or unwise, he mIIJi vaa r'su 1 characterizing tho Tulloch irj j charges, not tho general postal charges, 11' 1 as hot air?" |