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President Roosevelt tells Postmaster General Payne that he is glad James N. Tyner was removed. Mrs. Tyner’s actions show that their clemency was misplaced. George A. C. Christiancy, Tyner’s assistant, should not be promoted as the entire office seems to be in bad shape.
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1903-04-27
President Roosevelt fowards to Postmaster General Payne information on Mr. Robinson’s record. Roosevelt believes that Robinson would be a good replacement for James N. Tyner, Assistant Attorney to the Post Office Department.
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1903-03-30
District Attorney William J. Youngs has expressed concern to President Roosevelt that indictments of Senator George E. Green and George W. Beavers would result as the one against James N. Tyner did. Roosevelt asks Assistant Attorney General Charles Henry Robb to talk with Youngs about the matter.
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1904-09-20
President Roosevelt copies a letter originally written to James N. Tyner, but never sent. Tyner requested that the president right the wrong that has been done to him, in light of his recent acquittal of all criminal charges. Although Roosevelt respects the decision of the Grand Jury, he will not support Tyner’s re-instatement to office because of the moral charges against Tyner. Roosevelt provides evidence by copying reports and letters regarding Tyner’s actions.
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1904-09-19
President Roosevelt thanks Charles J. Bonaparte for his recent letter discussing the aftermath of the criminal investigation into the conduct of Post Office officials. Roosevelt called it an “exasperating fact” that in cases like these “moral certainty” is difficult to achieve.
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1904-06-17
President Roosevelt is not in favor of himself or other involved parties making a statement to the press, including William Allen White’s Emporia Gazette, regarding accusations against Joseph L. Bristow, chief investigator into the ongoing post office scandal. Accusations have been made against everyone associated with the scandal and investigation, including himself. He has already taken strong action in New York to address the scandal, but the public, influenced by Democratic and mugwump newspapers, may confuse his actions as complicity with the wrongdoers. Roosevelt worries that this will damage Republican candidates in the fall elections.
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1904-04-04
President Roosevelt has already accepted General Tyner’s resignation.
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1903-03-28
President Roosevelt is sorry but General Tyner’s conduct necessitates his removal from office.
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1903-03-23
President Roosevelt informs J. H. Woodard that James N. Tyner, Assistant Attorney to the Post Office Department, has been asked to resign, and the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General will perform the investigation.
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1903-03-10
Republican National Committee Chairman Cortelyou has received President Roosevelt’s letter and does not think Roosevelt needs to do anything about it at this point. Cortelyou has asked Harry S. New to report if he hears anything of the matter of Postmaster James N. Tyner in Indiana.
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1904-10-03
Indiana Senator Overstreet writes to President Roosevelt regarding criticisms in the press over Roosevelt’s failure to answer a public letter from former Postmaster General James N. Tyner. Overstreet expresses his confidence that Roosevelt has already sent Tyner a personal letter and requests a copy of that letter and the permission to share it publicly.
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1904-09-15
Attorney General Moody sends William Loeb the Justice Department files pertaining to the James N. Tyner case.
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1904-07-01
Myra Whitney Barrettt, wife of Harrison J. Barrett, who was that day acquitted of the charge of defrauding the government, chastises President Roosevelt for his treatment of her husband. Barrett had been working as an attorney and was indicted along with ex-Assistant Attorney General of the Post Office Department James N. Tyner.
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1904-06-08
Postmaster General Payne updates President Roosevelt on the state of the post office investigation. Charles J. Bonaparte and Holmes Conrad have been away for the summer, and have not been consulted yet, although the investigation has proceeded in the meantime. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Joseph L. Bristow has a large number of cases pending in the District Attorney’s office, waiting to go before a grand jury. Indictments are expected, and Payne does not believe that it would be wise for the government to publicly release information on the investigation before the grand jury has finished.
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1903-09-08
Perry S. Heath sits on a “higher up” stake as August W. Machen, James N. Tyner, the Bureau of Promotions, and “Rural Free Delivery” are swept along in the current of the river. The United States Capitol building can be seen from afar.
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1903-06-22
Lawrence F. Abbott is correct; Roosevelt had forgotten about former Postmaster General James N. Tyner.
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1903-12-15
Philander C. Knox recommends Charles Henry Robb as attorney to assist in the investigation of the Post Office Department.
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1904-04-15
Assistant Attorney General Robb is out of town and he did not send a letter to Assistant Attorney General Tyner but handled the unnamed matter directly with President Roosevelt.
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1904-10-08
Lawrence F. Abbott clarifies that a reference to ex-Postmaster General, which was made in an article in The Outlook about the Post Office fraud case, was in reference to James N. Tyner. Abbott plans to include information from President Roosevelt’s letter, about the publication of the Post Office report, in the next edition of the magazine. Abbott is awaiting the decision concerning Leonard Wood’s promotion to major general.
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1903-12-14
Postmaster General Payne realizes that President Roosevelt has received reports regarding the investigation of the offices of the First Assistant Postmaster General in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. Payne will submit a full report very soon. He is also optimistic about the investigation in the New York office and trusts that the grand jury will hand down indictments soon.
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1903-09-18