A New Postmaster General Needed

Apparently f ostmaster General : Payne is a pachyderm and lacks in ; sensibility in proportion to the j ness of his skin. When Tulloch first made his charges, Mr. Payne pronounced them "hot air" and dedared they were not specifie. Tulloch made them more speciüc and even then Payne turned them down as Inconsequential and of no importance. But the report of the inspectors Bnstain Tulloch in practieally every particular. The postmaster general would hear nothing of the charges against Machen and was sure there was nothing wrong in his bureau. Investigation luis shown some pretty strong evidence against him, evidence of such a nature that Mr. Payne has been forced to remove him from his office. The postmaster general has, in fact, looked upon the charges against practically every one of the men who have been suspended and removed as of little or no consequence, but has been forced from one position after another by the revelations uutil it would seem that his judgment has been discredited to such an extent that for his own credit, let alone the public service, he would desire to hide himself within the shades of private life. Of course to bring charges against men is a very different thing to convictiug them on those charges, but the postal investigation has gone far enough to satisfy niany, probably the majority, of the people, that the department is pretty thoroughly rotten. On whichever hom of the situation Mr. Payne ruay choose to hang himself, therefore, it ought not to be difflcult for him to see that his usefulness, if he ever had any, is largely a thing of the past. Seemingly, he must have known what he did not want the country to thiuk he knew, or else he did not know what he should have known before he rushed to the defense of persons unworthy of such defense. In either event he does not appear to be just the rnan for the position he holds and he ought to see the iact.