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A TICKET IN TATT.'S

MORE FACTS ABOUT THE CASE

iifiMKd IN HIE HOUSii

Preference to the incident in a Government oihee in Weiliiigtoii in which one oi. nm I'uDiic hurvice commissioners was concerned was mane in tile House yesterday by Mr. I'. M. Vviiiord. "in n.y uy'inion,'' he aaiii, "no more despicable action lias been known for a long time tmin tiuu 01 we Public Service Commissioner -iilermg into tho private affairs of tlie uwcers of a Department, getting a ladder, climbing to tlie top of a .sale, taking- their private record, and,finding out that there are a number of men paying in tkl.' or Is. a week to get a ticKet in Tattereall'a, and doing tiiis without applying through the head of the Department, which we. understand is- the proper course'of. procedure for the Public Service Commissioner. '. . . Tlit Public Service Commissioners we understand to be a body of men who, at anyrate, would observe the very rules the} laid down.' The rule that t'hey laid down was tliat they should be ■ communicated. with through the head of the Department. Somebody in this Department, for his own reasons, carried a tale to the Public Service'- Commissioner, with the result that Mr. A. 1). Thomson invaded tin. office'and . went through this gymnastic performance of' ladder-climbing. It has brought him into: absolute contempt, and when you . see the 'Public Service Jourrial' writing a leading article on what •it,'calls 'A-sample of discretion,' I think the. matter is very well and fairly put." Mr.Wilford went on to read the "Public Service Journal's" comments on tho inci-dent,-in which the expression "innocent-ly-lying". Was" used as applying to the cash-box on top. of the safe where the Commissioner found the Tattcrsall's record hook.

The Hon. G. W. Eussell (Minister of Internal Affairs) said that" ho had been unablo to answer Mr. Wilford's previous question on this incident because ho liad not before him any. information as to what actual]}' occurred.- If, however, the honourable member would supply him with any information he had, from the "Public Service Journal" or elsewhere, he would got a report on it from the Public Service Commissioner,' and give the House all possible information about I affair, which the House ivas certainly entitled to have. "Since I gave my reply in the House," he continued, "certain information has reached me. And I ve; ture to say that if this. fact had been known to me—if an officer of the Government . was ■ acting as agent for Tattersall's sweeps, if that officer- ,was keeping a book during tile, time ho was on duty receiving subscriptions, not ' only from officers of the Department .to which he belongs, but sai-lciting subscriptions from message boys who came to the office; then whatever steps tho Public Service Commissioner took to deal with a matter like that, I should have been justified in taking action. (Hear, hearj If the honourable gentleman will now hand to me the statement in thfl 'Public Service Journal' do a specinc charge against tne Com. mmsioner, 1 will liave inquiry made, and i will prepared, to bring h> the House a iuu on toe matter." JUr. L, iVI. lsitt: 1 nave lieard one or two fumours—more than rumours, state'mcutii or lauc —awui tnis master, 1 have jiOiiiu tnac one ot tuie cierics in this purlic'uiar; jAspstfOuwit w;as very mucn uibgitoieu oy wniit was uemg none m businevss nouns ay Uov«riuu«in. employees. Ke made no. statement to me Commissioner, tno course ol conversation.' he Ue--tailed .wnat waa going'on. His statement wud ( reported. u> owe ui; tne Conuuisiioners, i'ho do'inmissioiier, acting, 1 siippiise, ui»n Jug iuea or wnac i was rignr a,na proppr, made' ii r sudden descent upou.tnat OuJVd.

Mr. Russell: He took tlio liea<l of the itepartiiieut witii iiiui.,

JUr. lsitt: He took the head of the Depaitmcnt with him, went straight to the piace where tnis cas'hbox w;as "innocently lying"—i want to .know how a cashbox, would guiltily lie—(laughter}—on top ot the sale. vV'nat a virtuous caslibox it was! (Laughter.) - Tnis -cashbox con--tained a lxioic which contained rccords— iwormation that this Government clerk was acting.in. Government, time as agent for Tatteraall's. What I can't understand la that tnere is all this righteous indignation, about this wicked young man who made this statement to the Commissioner, and about the Commissioner yho did this thing! Not a .word of indignation about this clerk receiving Uovmiiuent pay anu spending his time that he should be spending in the interests of the peopie 01 tuis_ country! iir. Wilford: .We. have no evidence of that.

Mr. lsitt: What about the innocent casnoox and tho innocent book? (laughter.) I submit that is circumstantial evidence.

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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2787, 3 June 1916, Page 14

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A TICKET IN TATT.'S Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2787, 3 June 1916, Page 14

A TICKET IN TATT.'S Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2787, 3 June 1916, Page 14

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