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We should be pleased to confer with you at any time. »¥o«'H be On Time ir you T»l<* Th« »RB & MICHIGAN ^ RAILWAY TTo Ar»y Point .Saast or West f^apjkjjuj for this punctuality are—excellent ,„.*e<i, giant engines of the newest type, and iplondid equipment of rolling stock. n g e H e a, I1 h Re s t fcaJSBf Old iofiiiii^J.iilig —TO— 4MLD POINt COMFOBT 'WRGINIA BEACH RicTpani and (Ocean lYiew, Va. . & BteaaneM tail 4Mlr,.oteeDt Sunday, ai-8 p. m Old, Ddmimoh Steamship ,Go. J. JVBnowir, Use Lawton's Indian Herbal Blood Syrup. QjUftranteed ,to cure Scrsfuia, Eczema, Goiter, ! .Fever Sores, Ulood PoiBoning and all blood disorders. Tins Syrup is purely Herbal, and its equal as a .Blood Purifier and SyBtem Tonic is not known. Each bottle contains a full month's treatment and sells for $1.00. Trj it and be convinced. For jj§a|t? .by ,Chas. A. Mack, Medina, N. 3T. Compounded by The Lawton iledicine Co., JMey, N. Y. <i,& B. 10 GENT GIGARS Grow in favor every day. , They are made from the Best Stock, and by first class workmen. They are a rich smoke, and are making customers, every day. Sold by all The Leading Dealers. £ Brtef of JRepoit of Assistant Postmaster General Bristpyr. MEMORANDUM OF PRESIDENT Finds a.Condition of Gross Corrup tion In the Office of the First Assist ant Postmaster General and of tlii Assistant Attorney General For thi PosiPfflce Department. Whjte House, Nov. 21, 1903, Memorandum upon the various pa Pers submitted from, the department oi justice and the postoffice department concerning the investigation into thr corrupt practice,3 obtaining In the post office department, notably in the office of the first assistant postmaster gen eral and the office or the assistant at tomey general for that department All the documents In the case art herewith forwarded to the postofllot department, and will be held ready foi nubmlttion to the congress whenevoi it may choose to ask for them. It appears thai in December, 1903 Postmaster General Payne and Cpn gressman B. F . Xoud, chairman of tlw committee on postoffice and ppst roads held various consultations regardlnt the postal servico, and as a result o: tneso 'Interviews it wan dotormlnof that as soon as possible after the necessary appropriations could bi made by the congress an inveatlsatior should bo made of the service, butt Messrs Payne and Loud ngreeins as te the need for the Investigation and tla time when it should take place. Ao cordingly. an increase of $5,000 in tlu appropriation bill reported In Januarj was mado for tho express purpose o - carrying on the Investigation in quos t!on. The reasons for tho Increase in tho appropriation were known onl) to tho postmnstcr general, to Congress man Loud, and to Congressman Brom well. Beavert, Machen and Tyner. Subsequently, sometime In January information was laid before mo b y Mr Sockendorff tendlug to show Impropoi conduct by Beavora, goneral anperln tendent of tho division of salaries/tin( 'iato#'aii^^,\ajaa'i8m'Eiieii;-yB»a>'«r« , i i i i i erlntendcnt of tho free delivery tem; and by Mr. William Allen TftThlU tending to show corruption by or un dor Tyner. assistant attorney genera' for tho post office department ?Firsi Assistant Postmaster General Wynne u»so informed me that he had become suspicious of tho Integrity of boll Machen and Beavers. After full con sulfation with Mr, Payne it was do cided that Fourth Assistant Post mas ter General Bristow should make e thorough and exhaustive invcstigatlot of the charges In question and of at matters that might be developed It connection with them. Mr. Bristow'< report Is a record of as thorough a bli of investigating work a3 has ever beet done under the government. AftexHbli investigation had been In progress foi ebout two months it became evidenl tnat legal proceedings would have U re undertalten against some of tlu offenders. Owing to the Important of the case it was deemed advisable that special counsel should be em played, and Messrs. Chartes X Bona- f.arte and Holmes^Conrad were chosen fcr this purpose. Messrs. BonaparU pnd Conrad, in their view of the reporl cf Mr. Bristow, speak as follows: \We consider the report an exception ally able, candid, and impartial re view of Its subject-matter and that li shows clearly reprehensible miscon duct, amounting in many cases tc crime, on the part of a number of pub- lic officials. It is a voluminous docu ment, but this arises, not from pro- lixity, but from the nature of the mat- ters discussed. We heartily com- mend the report and deem Its con- clusions fully Justified by the facts II sets forth; and while regretting Jn common with all patriotic citizens that the grave abuses of long standing which it reveals should have grown up lu the postoffice department, we con- sider the exposure of these abuses an 1 the attempts made to punish those res- ponsible for them a work of the high est public utility, quickly and ablv performed.\ In all that is thus said of the report of Mr. Bristow I cordially agree. Condition of Gross Corruption. The Investigation made by Mr. Bris- tow discloses a condition of gross cor niption in the offloe of the First As- sistant postmaster general and In that of the assistant attorney general for the postoffice department. In the caso of the superintendent of free delivery, Machen, the evidence shows that hia misconduct began immediately aftei his appointment in September, 1893. In the case of t£e general superintendent of salaries and allowances, Beavers, it began soon after he was appointed tc that place in 1S97. In the case of As- sistant Attorney General Tyner it has gone on for a number of years, but it is impossible to say exactly when it be- gan. A melancholy feature of the case is that with one exception all the of- -\ii •\.\:\'\\••;;—\\\\• <\-<••••••—•—• fender's have been for a number of years in the government service. The following; Js a list of |he fourteen post- office employes in the service at tlw t|me-thls investigation was begun, who are apparently njqst seriously impli- cated in the wrongdoing, together with an account off the .steps that have been taken, by the government In each case and a statement of the date of original appointment of each man In the ser- vice: s . » (The. case .pfex-PIrst Assistant Post- master Oenerat Heath, who had left the service over three years before this investigation was begun, is set forth in t|ie report of Mr. Bristow.) 'James N. Tyner, assistant attorney general for the postpfflce'department; appointed special agent, postoffice de- partment, March ?, 1861; with lnterv»l 3 qjta few years has been in the service ever since, and was postmaster gen- e>al under President Grant for several ifonths; he was removed April\ 23, 3003\; he has since been indicted three umes. ~- x - I A. W. Machem, general superintend- ent free delivery system; appointed exork In postoffice at Toledo, 0,, March If 1.S87; continuously in service ever since save for three years; removed May 27, 1003; has elncQ been lndictod li times. George W. Beavers, general super- intendent of salaries and allowances: appointed to clerkship in Now York nostoUtce January, 188lr continuous service ever since resignation acceptod to take effect March SI, J903; has Ifrco been Indicted eight times. James T. Metcalf, superintendent money order system; nppointod post- efflce Inspector Feb. E, 1883; has been in postal servico over since, removed Jnno 17. 1903; has been indicted once Daniel V. Miller, assistant attorney poatofllce department; appointed July I, 1003; removed May 25, 1903; lndlot- tjp once; after one mistrial was retried and acquitted. Louis Kompner, superintendent rcg- Sstry system; appointed clerk in Now \York postofllco August, 18SC; removo-1 October 21, 1903. * Charles HedKoa. superintendent city free doll very servico; appointed assist- tnt superintendent froo servico July 1, 180S; removed July 22,1S03. James W. Erwin, assistant superin- tendent free delivery service; appoint- ed postofDco Inspector Jurio 2T» 1SS7; removed Sept. 1G, 1803; Indicted once. W. Scott ToworS-2i*3g?rkitettdent Station C, Washington, &. t?.j wpolnt- ed clerk,- \WasMnctcn nfoi'slac* Nd- **«riwt*^9a>.-:.rcina*Qd Oct, 1, 1533; indicted\ thraa ttmca^ Otto P. Wols, assistant traperinteiiu- cnt registry division, New Yertf poat- ofllce; appointed clerk. Now York past office, Juno, 1890; removed Oct 21, 1G03. T. W. McGregor, clerk free delivery division. In charge of supplies; ap- lolntcd posto'fflce department March II, 1891; removed Juno 5, 1303; indict- ed twice. C. E. Upton, clerli free delivery di- vision; appointed July 1. loon; re moved June 6, 1903; Indicted onco. M. W. Louts, .superintendent supply division; appointed Kansas City post- office April 17, 1S97; removed Oct 21, 1903. Charles B. Terry, clerk supply divi- sion; appointed Sept 20. 1900; re- moved Oct. 21. 1903. As shown by Mr. Bristow's report, and as partially indicated by the ac- tions In tlie several cases, these cases show widely varying degrees of culpa- bility. Indictments Against Outsiders. Among outsiders Indictments have a'so been found against H. J. Barrett formerly of the postoffice department from May 11, 1889, to Sept 20, 1833. and from June 1,1897, to Dec. 31, 1900: George E. Green; Dlller B. and Sam- uel A. Groff; William C. Long, former- ly in the postoffice department from April 17, 1890, to Aug. 15, 1893; Isaac S. McGiehan; George H. Huntington; George E. Lorenz, formerly postmaster at Toledo, 0., from Aug. 3, 18S0, to July 9, 1890; Martha J. Lorenz; John T. Cupper; H. C. Hallenbeck; W. D Boremus; Eugene D. Scheble; Will- iam G. Crawford, deputy auditor post- office department from Junel2,1893, to Sept 15, 1897; Maurice Runkle; Nor- man R. Metcalf; Leopold J. Stern; Ed- mund H. Driggs ;j George F. Miller, and Joseph M. Johns. Several of the above have been in- dicted two, three or live times each.. The three chief offenders in the gov- ernment service were Tyner, Machen and Beavers. The friends of Tyner tave advanced the theory that in his case the chief offender was really his nephew by marriage, Barrett, who was his asisstant In the office for a part of the time, and that Tyner's offenses are due to his failing bodily and mental powers. TheJfacts set forth in Mr. Bilstow's report do not tend to sub- ntantiate the validity of these excuses for Tyner. while they show literally astounding misconduct In Barrett. For Machen and Beavers no excuse of any kind-has been alleged. In the ease of Metcalf, the superintendent of the noney order system, the most vigor- ous protests were at first made on^iis behalf by a large number of reputable citizens, and also by others who were at the time deemed reputable, but who It has since been discovered were prof- iting by Metcalf's misconduct. One of PRICE ONE CENT, tJon with\ hinii \When these investiga- tions were begun, sqme nine months pgo, many of the chief offenders, who pave been indicted, or dismissed; or beth, as above enumerated, were cgn^ eidered to have? excellent reputations, A number of tbe WQSt\ respectable peo- ple in the land offered voluntary testj» mony on hehalf of Mr. ^yner., So high- ly were Messrs. Beavers aud Machen thought of by those who. had been brought into close Connection with them that congress actually ^provided at its last session for raising the sal- a>-ies of both, the salary In\ each ejase being inere,ased $500, t o take effect at tl e beginning of tlM fiscal year on July 1 last. By that date they were both out of office, and the department of luFtlce was taking stops to have them Indicted. During Macljen's term of service he was twice investigated by the congress, once by a committee of the senate and once by a committee of the house, but cleared on each occa- sion! Yet at that very period, as has hten shown In the present invesllg*- tion, ho was engaged in the corrupt, business for which he has now bejn tomovod anil Indicted. This i s no re- f eotion upon the committees who eon- Quoted the Investigations for so skli- ully had Machen concealed his wrong- Mng/that It was only revealed after months of laborious and exhaustive work by trained inspectors, The details of tho corruption are aot forth In full In Mr. Bristow's. report and neea not be rooapitulatod toy me. As regards Messrs Bcavora and Mach- en the corruption toolt the form of bribery and blackmail In qonneotlon with the purchase of government sun- plies. In tho office of the assistant at- torney general for the postoOlce depart- ment, undor Tyner -and i Barrett, far preator wrong was Inflictod upon tho [nibllc them could bo measured by a pecuniary standard, for In this Qfuco the corruption of tho sovornmont of- ficials took the form of favoring got- rseb-qulclj concerns and similar swln* dJ'ng schemes; in other words, the trlminals, whom It was the sworn duty of these government officials t o prose- cute, paid thetn for permission to ileeco tho public unmolested. Conrad and Bonaparte's Suggestions. 1 heartily approvo of tho recommen- dation of Messrs. Conrad and Bona- parte that tlio statuto of limitations be cstendetl in the caso of government tcrvants .to a period of at least five Scar8}*fQr the persona who In such pe- tition* of trust engage In corrupt prac- tlcet can ordinarily conceal their, guilt. seeks t o corrupt him. The bribe giver Bud the bribe taker are equally guilty- Both alike sin against the primary law of the state's safety. .All questions of difference in party policy sink intoJn- Blplfjcanpe whip th© jpeople -of jthls country arehre.ught face. &6f ace ,w|th •a. a.u9SJtlBft.lU?s.ttj|;s, jithJc^,l.ieB^.\the root .of honesjt. an.d\dec^nt gnvernmept. On this 4vi[eatlpp,.a'riet^.a^tn^i|ke & we :eau,affQrd to h;ave#o jd}:Vl8{oa • imoi^g good citlsons. in the jlast are* tort go<!d Jaws Md good ^dmjnlstjra- : Jlpi aWce must .rest*.npensthe-Abroad basis; of sound puWIc opinion, -A dull public cCnsqteace,' an f asy jgojng ac- quiescence in cjjrruntl.qn, infajjlely iaeims dooaaenxen!; in. pnS}lQjlifef, jyuV Buoh debasement In the ond, mqana.tha ruin,of free institutions,'|f|f,-^>Y,ern* ratot becomes a fwpe it Afee. reprpl^h- tatlyes of the^pepjjle.cqrrunVQiMWpr sre themselves cqrrupted, Freedom U not a'gift' which will tarry long in the hands of the dishonest or of tliQ^ft «o foolish or so inoompetent as to tpl- erato dlskonesty In tfcefr public 'ser- vants, tinder our system all power pomes from, the npople. and all punish;, ment rests ultimately - wltjitjie; i pepgl©, \ Jno toleration of the wrong, not the sxpoaure of tho wrongr, 1B the real of- fense, TBliJODOim-BOOS^VTfflWl, j \ CHAMBERIAJN'S CM3GH tEMEDY IS f UEASANT TO TAKE* tho finest quality of granulated loaf sugar is uaotl in the rnanufaot- nro of Ohnmhsrloin'a Oou^liKemody and the' roota naod in its 'prepara- tion give i^ a flavor similar t o m&pla syrup* making it qnite pleawmt to take. Mr. W. X-Rodieiickj ofPooles- villo, Md„ in sponking of thi«t reme- dy, says: \IhavauBeti Ohatnhetlain'8 Cougn Remedy with my cyitfren for Baveral years and can, trnthfully say it ia too heqt preparation of t|e kind I know of. The ohildreri like to take it and it has np injuriouB effect. For solo by Ohas. A- MaoV, Druggiat, 420 Main St. ucc* «»a eruinKTuy conceal useir guilt | .„i„ _„„ > for * toatsf.itifui tfcw».l*-'6^^ : ^S^^lJ WSCJiTM, \««HttDsimwiic n mto e - For -*»- Do not try to owe catarrh by tak- ing drags into tlio stomach; it can- not be cured in Ijiat mannoi'. $h» the present ahesrt 'itatoto ot *ilralta- ~ttona. *3Chl» rocfammondatlQn has been Ldd before the congress in tho report cf the attorney general, and it Is ear- nestly hoped that It will be acted upon favorably. Moppovor, our experience ehows that outsiders claiming political Influence sometimes sell their Influ- ence to candidates for office, or Inoth^r words blackmail Uu»so candidates. There should be legislation which will pvrmit of summary dealing with such offenders. However, the prime neotl Is not now legislation, but the punishment of tiiose who offend against existing laws. Tbo postofllco department Is malting certain chantt'^n In methods of admin- j lstrntlotu notnlily In the method of In- spection, by which tho service will be improved and the chance of corruption existing -without discovery be mini- mized; but the only way to meet the teal evil Is to punish the otfendprs, by removal in any event, and where pos- srble by prosecution under tho crim- inal statutes. In any great business, public or private, wrongdoing Is cer- tain at times to occur. The way to guard against It is rigorously to scruti- nize the character of those appointed, carefully to supervise their actions af- ter appointment, and finally, to punish with relentless severity those who go wrong. All this is being done. The Immediate reformation of the service by the turning out of the of- fenders Is not in itself enough to meet the demands of justice. The cases against both those within and those without the postoffice department, who by their acts have brought themselves within the grasp of the law, will be pushed with the utmost vigor. Every effort must be mado to see that both the delinquent official and the outsider who shares his guilt are punished to tLe limit of the law. In, pursuance of this policy the individuals above enu- merated havo been indicted. In no case has the indictment been sought save where the officials of tho govern- ment were convinced of the man's guilt; and in every case the govern- ment will exhaust every expedient In !ts power in the effort t o see that jus- tice is meted out to the offenders. Ihose in the public service whose duty it is must ever be vigilant in the de- tection of wrongdoing, fearless In its exrposure, relentless In its prosecution; tut In the last resort, when everything which the public offlolal, whether legis- lator, judge or executive officer, can do, has been done, It remains for the jury, drawn from the people and rep- resenting the people, to do evenhanded justice, shieldlhg the innocent, but de- clining to be misled by any plea into L*8Jwp^i4i, refraining from punishment of the ifim '* guilty. Corruption In Public Life. No crime Calls for sterner reproba- tion than the crime of the corruption' them Has been Indicted in oongejj- 'it is fiubJUc life,, and of the. nlan. who Tliieaso can bo ptitad K ^ direct application that will'kill tpt» bacilli of catarrh and prevent th.e|r growth. flyomei is tho only knoim fnethod of treatment that accomplishes lhi.8. It is the simplest, most ploaiant, and the only absolute cure for ca- tarrh that has over been discovered. Thousands of unaolicitod teatimo- ninis have been received from thp most prominent men and women in tho conntry who have been ctwedhy iliia remarkable remedy. Mini|}er0 r bankers, lawyers, even enunent physicians have given strong.toati- monials as to tho remarkable power* of Hyomei to euro catarrh. The complete Hyomei outfit oosta but $1.00, consisting of an inhaler, dropper and sufficient Hyomei' to last Bevernl weeks, This will cftocl a cure in ordinary cases, hjtt* ftjr chronic and deep seated casea. 0,^4- tarrh, longor use tnay be ngcesjary and then extra bottles of Styflniel can be obtained for 50c, itja.ncii alonethe best (it might .be called the only) method of caring catarrh, but it is also the most.econqmio*). Ohas. A. Mack has so much, cog* fidence in the power of Hyomei i|) cure catarrh, that he $jtt\*f|(rtt liinlted time, sell thita^qicjnfl,gfl- der Ms personal guarantee tP «efjffijl the money if the purchase that it did not help them. 'V— y fc HUDSON RIVER4l*«Ri rHE-EOJIBrTJUOKTiUlkMfi,' TS EFEEOT NOVEMBER. J5,1608. Trains pass MedipnoJ 1 oUpJva! BUST BOUND. 0:03 a. m. nr.Boch. 7;00.a- m. ar, N t 3T. •7:28 \ \ 8:K> \ \ 6*0.O,m •0:40 \ \ 11:15 \ \ 8:O0r*tf , 18:86l>.in. \ aSOp.ja. \ A'MJ* •6:20 \ \ T!4J \ f'SWr't ' 7 1®L'L, \ , nSi 1 ? ,'\ ' -l^.^^U\' SotnrdayB only. Train leavoaBuft«lOL»t,u.a0 WIBKBOT/irjO^ IS:49 a.m. N.Kalis .IMtimy •7:28 \ 8:68a.m.. \ . 8:« ™ •9:40 \ '™^*11«6*8' .\ IftOlS '• , 8a7p.l4i. \ 6W'^ » ,B-i«r 4r ' «7oo''f \ . atw^t', v 3aaB„i': •926,\ «• MUM\ * Indicstea-trtthMVtm r dally. S.'i'Mfiy*, General Agent. 877,Mttb> St., BilffaloTN. V. GE0..H. 3?ANIBILS, Gj'enerffl. PaBB'eng^f Agent, New TojjK) A'<ftB3^Ti^%^eiil'1iJRaB^r(.', V-;
