| Show SMITH ITH ANSWERS CHARGES Now Takes A Hand THIS CLOSES THE rUE INCIDENT II Mr Document Es edit lIr lr 11 lie llo II finned May Mi 31 a IU I PIn today t day made public the reply I rep pl of or fanner a Emory Imor Smith to the charge of ot former Cashier Tulloch of or the he Wash ashi my city the lie t ltd administration Smith says gays ha ho 11 time the allegations of ur when wh n they the were veme welo nude made unil nn Unit that the lit adduced in moose CUB ca eases es esI S Suai naJ I aJ Illee to he lie hl a Justification o or of the transactions complaIned of adding that Inc Ine criticism b a luck lack of knowledg of ot condItions condition incident nt to II thu thc 1 Wil and amid the hue ni ces airy 11 to te a ine leet t the Mr Ir 1110 said Maid today tol that lint Mr tim I Smiths let letter lettel tel ter em practically closes es th Tulloch In iii cu client although other uller documents loUI on the subject will wi be hI made public Them the lie 1 of or First t Aft As AI Heath and of ot the fourth assistant l th report on the funnel former in Vf ill Kit to n of the this charges to ta Mr Ir hr und timid the report reports of ot lh po Ilu lt Inspectors and civil service representatives who Rated the th Wa Ow Our lag liiK Ihl to 10 Hi th the great grant volume of the this ducu tucu lel Mr Ir lIne that nil al the hue except Mr Mm II eath reply would h ho briefed although thc lie docu themselves would be le open to 0 public Inspection If It wanted The lint tnt answer AnSle of Mr 11 Smith to the time Tulloch will wi not be he Ihle pub public Jub Juble lie lic le Mr Ir lane Jane explained Unit that Mr Ir Smith hud had forgotten n about Mr Ir Till lul rII lochs and the Ito investIgation h hl lie ordered and that until Inn ibis were ore ers accidentally ocd found by 1 Mr Mi MI Fran ran el cl cli i Whitney to 10 Mr Ir It was not known that the lie chat ROB haul had been lieen hen Investigated nt at the lie time tl Thew papers paper showed shooed that hint Mr r had hail divided the this luge Into direction fur for fO In e bit a I its to eadi group and subsequent subsequently ly Iy recording against each group croup the rt re BUIM of or the tie ito Investigation heft re me reo constitute the time exhibit to which Mr ir Smith mithi refers In Iii his letter leler Mr tr said that Mr Ir Smith In Itt II his ietter lied had har evidently forgotten the Tul luh Tulle le eh charges and did dil not recall real th the n m or the time fact tact that he lie had Invent IneRt cat 1 the lie Mr Smiths second letter ietter r In full tul follows MR I SMITHS S It Philadelphia Mi Ma 27 Henry C Payne PaIIt ashing ashington ton lon P 1 I P Sir SirI I nm man in II receipt of your Iel r of or time the lOth a n of o a II loiter leder Uel addressed to you ou by Mr Nm Ir f t S W respecting th the conduct conductor con of or the department and the time City Cly pOI ee during the time ehN f lEts UIS and all 1 9 In reply I beg bes be to toray toI say ray I that lint I the of irregular ti tics mud Ild by Mr Ir Tulloch on ott UI hU lila retire bent from mm the tie position Ion of ot eRbler of or the city tt ce were 11 duly at atHie atthe atlie the Hie lie time hue They File he ere taken lal n Up U Item Iem by b bI Him I and 1 nl the time facts In each eRch ease cage CIe were The Thai result of or that list ex ox wan vas embodied In n em f full Cul ex exhibit exhibit hibit of ot the its aie l d and amid al of or the explanations in lit each Instance which I I is on lie file le In iii the department To Toli iMn 11 li exhibit I refer rete as aH embracing a aI I ants and detailed answer to Mr Ir statements nt Without undertaking to repent repeat here heie Us its specIfic and minute evidences let letIn me Inc In w Ir say y in iii general emma that list In most eases ues It presenta 1 hat hal WOK was said to be bt bea a I Justification of or the transactions com coin COl lamed of ot The mostly mOlly slew frev out ont l of t the conditions Incidental to tl the opening open In I of or the th war var the Ih critIcisms criticism betrayed ed ell a I want wont of oC knowledge both bolh of ur the lie conditions smil of ot the he th method adopted to meet red their requirements The Th war Wil wn was l declared April ANn 21 Uti he Within a I few rew weeks an iso II urn of at noo men Ien was raised and amid 01 ci 01 In iii camps cimis It I became necessary to to provide ul at once for lor the prompt hand nf ot the mall of or this large body hod of or soldiers Boll r antI and their millions of at Ut lt hoots Any n failure to do HI ro f would here Justly excited universal ral At the outset out t no special appropriation bit tion ton was RM available and the lii means nicana hal had halto to be b provided from rota the general postal Afterward mantle made lace a n special appropriation for the military millar portal 11 tal service to bo bet bl expended entirely nt at tho the discretion of at the post In m ln the he do de demands mands of ot the service and making good out of ot one fund tun wInd what hud hind been tempo snipe temp willy reilly and drawn from the lie other oilier oth r change amid transfers transfer and anti special p employments were made male which ought might nut not be understood un erto by b those thoe who wll had had only an nn Incomplete knowledge of or the he f tt It U was wan found expedient as a a n matter of ot practical administration to treat tho thi and afterward for tor a I time the tle o eel of or Porto Facto Rico leo UH us lS branches of ot the lie Washington as UI those of oC Cuba Cub were treated as 1 branches of ot the lie New Neuv NewYork e York This Involved the enroll enrollment ment meat of or the men len employed In lorto lo on the lie Washington Fur tome some time some come help nestled needed nee e In Iii Inthe II the lie deportment department was wa provided fur for In the fmc ane way Y Out Quit of ot these facts taets Ignorantly Ilor antly ant grew rel some of ot the allegations of irregularities Compared with wih the magnitude of or the military not many man new le ip tip 11 were made I It Stan v s the th policy of or the department to select l t trained ant Inel experienced eXI men loon already In the service detail them Item for tor the lie military and Island work During Dimming two years 1118 Congress appropriated 50 for he military postal service arle to be b ex cx expended ndel at nt the discretion of ot the post poet t Of ot this amount JUI UI Gr was wag WIS spent and the remainder lr was covered back Into the this trea tr I ury been made to toito Some Sole reference has hll ben the ito fact that a few rew machinists machinist appeared to ta be enrolled on the this clerical r roll rl This Thi may toay ra possibly o hae grown out of or one OM of or my ray m nets acts After Atter examining the tle sub aol Je t 1 I determined det to cut down do n the annual rental of ot cancelling machines uld uSed In the time of o the country to nn an extent which effected tO a ft saving of about U O n a year in the aggregate gate ata to the government In lon Ion of ot this agreement the department r arced ored to take care ca of ot the he This Thil required r three thre or four Isle t who vho should travel ravel from olce to 0 office for the purpose and direction was va given Ian that machinists already fa ta familiar f a with the tIme work should houll be bi em cm doyed I am nm frank to My say I that I do donot donot donot not now no recall real Just how they were Ire en roiled oiled but It I una thought though that It could be jo lawfully lawful done In exempted places and no more red tape tap tap or form was wan 8 allowed to stand In the tl way of dt f what WAD ws tailored believed bloe to be for tor the he good g of th the servIce nI nIThe The examination of ot the alleged al Ir in regularities In connection with the tho Washington Wa olce as till already stated Justified mast 1011 of tiC 0 t them fuen en I J should not bat he altogether candid c If it I till did not say that In some 1011 oases I was a nut not convinced of ot the he necessity or propriety of or tho that triton trans transaction actions action These niece questionable transactions consisted ted for the this most part of ot placing on the Ihl lie roll rol a 1 few persons the tIme need heed neel of or Ih 1 services was not clearly shown When these thele facts developed the proper roper officers were wee Instructed In that every oVer proceeding which could not bo be justified stopped should be lie Ic remedied antI and Jt In is l proper for tor me ins Ii to add that hat Mr Ir allegation were wore the ll lie nub t of ot nn an Independent 1111 searching In Investigation by b the iii comptroller of ot the 11 lie who wham made a minute Ion lon of the Ihie hp vouchers and authority of ot th thin expenditure of o the lie several runes ISCH ace the tho result of ot which WON that lint his din allowance amounted to 3 a u able Ilat of ot which sum SUI was wan 1111 afterward allowed on ott further Inquiry Of ot the n rl apprised stilts nf ot Ma his Investigation I wan waR fully tuly About Abolt the lie same time UrI Fourth Assist Assistant Assistant ant lo Bristow In Informed Inform informed formed form d me mae lint Inspectors Inspector had hal found round the he same apparent or actual Irregularities ties In itt the lie n alke I 1 advised him hint according to my IlY recollection of or the Investigation which the comptroller of ot the lie treasury made and of u the steps stell cps which were vere being taken to rectify any nuy nn wrong In Mr M letter he lie hI does doe not mint repeat his lii earlier statement that when lie hl made hIs representation I 1 till did nothing He lie II however cay 1 y yI I was wal credibly Informed nt at tho thic time tale that the time matter so eo prepared with wih per tier other evidence wits Wll laid haiti 1011 before leor Smith by Fourth it Bristow who requested the lie appointment of ot n it communion lol to In ln the this of ot the first a n l tant slate TIthe This was refused r ru 1 by I hi Mr Smith who looked upon It M as another manifestation of ot this the Ih relations between Perry lerry perr S 13 Heath Ileath munch ald Mr Nr Ir Uric UrIs tow to In reply I J refrain from morn making the time obvious comment content myself with wih saying I II that the he statement that lint Lien Oen made Ilde tiny In such uch request tend and an Ien that I refused It Ils Is entirely untrue Very er re respectfully i yours your SMITH B |
