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Right of Citizen to Choose Own
Voting Residence as Distinct
from Home Brought
Up by Limburg.
ASKS MERCHANTS' ARREST
Counsel for Voters' League
Charges Almost 20 Per Cent
of Those Registered in
"Tom'' Foley's District
Are "Tin Soldiers."
Herbari ?:. Limburg, counsel fer tha
Voters' LeagTUe. lald information before
Juatlce Qavognn, elttug ? <he criml"
nal Bmnch Of the Supreme I'o-irt. y*s
terdav whi.hmayresi.lt. Mr.Llmb'.rg
oaya, ln the prosecution of from B..WQ
to 10mm peraena for lllegal registra?
tion. Mr. Limburg believes the quea?
tion at laaue->_ie right of a clttagn to
chooae his owa enttng residence as dl*
Und from his plac* of nhode?la one of
Mta! lmportance. and for that reason
brought it before a Supreme Court jus?
tice.
JDs appl.ca. oi yesterday was for the
, luaaofl of wanants for the arrest of
tWO merchants in the 2d Assembly Dis?
trict. who. accordlng to evidence pro?
duced bv Mr. Limburg, have registered
as voters la that distri.t. although their
homes are in an entirdy dlfferent part
Of the town. Justice (.avegan pul ihe
matter over until to-morrow. when the
men for whom warrants ure roquaated
Wlll br represented b> COUnaeL
Mr. LtmhUTg has dlrected an investi?
gation which covara elght Assembly
districts thoroughly Work has '>een
done ln "ther districts as w. il. but in
Jhe eight. Mr. Limburg says. th. r. .
rot a name on the registration Iteta
whkh has BOt been looked up and
trgced tO th* man who signed it.
More Thorough than Last Year.
The same sort of inquiry was made
by Mr. Limburg laal year, bul Bl lhal
time he d.J not have time to go into
t matter ao thoroughly as now, nor
did he llnd so many Inatancaa of regla
tratlon bj men whoae real homee were
far from "Tom" FOley'a district.
Mr. Limburg dtacovered that between
19 and '-'<? per eenl of the repistn*d
voters in th<* 2d Ass.inbiy District W9X8
?un soidi.rs"-that is, lhat the namea
were Bctltkro* !? that i.roi>*>rtirin were
tru< all Jhrough the < ity Mr. Llml urg
| red there would have been an Op*
portunlty lo *ast 110.000 fraudulenl
votea. Hc does not belleve this condl*
tion exlata,' howaver, for he has found
the "ln. soldiers'' far less numerous
this y. ar than fonngrly,
H* has found, neverthelega. an al
most Inctedlble number af reputnide
buatneaa men reajlalered in districts far
from their real homes. ln many casea
the men are tteted Ul the telephone
lo.rk as living sit an addreaa BCOrOB of
blocha from Jhe plaee from whlch they
tOfljlOterod. and in BOt-fl instam es the
men do r.ot gvon live within the cily
_mlta
' To say that there are five thouaand
-_< h caaea ln whlch we have g.?t poal
ti\e proof.'' said Mr. Limburg. "ia
making a very low estiniate. Although
the cases in our poaaeaakm have never
been tabulated. I an. sure that the
rumber ls mmh nearer ten thousand
than flve thousand. Theae mon hava
famlllefl lhing in their real horn.a,
th*y go there .very nlghl when they
finish buglnaaa; thev sleep ther*'. And
j et I have found them reglatered from
places repuied to be __orderly reeortg
nnd dana of etmllar natur*-. There ara
aeveral .-uch placea on our Hai from
whlch tea or a dozen reapeetable clti
m ns have registered."
Mr. LimbuiK said there Boemed to be
a notion prevglenl thal m tong as a
man register*'.! only once he was piiv*
lieged to regiater it. whatavar district
si.ted hlm best He was c<.n/id<*nt. ho
f,aid. that many of the men who so
registered had been perauaded they had
s. lighl to .1" bo. He w_s'equally > on
rident thej wera mletahen, and for ih_i
i n lnetituted the proceodinga be
forc Juatlce <;a\egan
Saya All W.ll Be Prosecuted.
li Juaticg Qavegan, after tha whole
queation has been thraahed out, de>
? Idea to issue warranta, Mr. Limburg
Will heep labe on Ihe \olera who are on
hls list. and be says that every one of
?h< ten thousand will b*> prosecuted if.
after the court has decided they have
no rlghl tn ' hOOan thg district in whlch
th* y shall vote IrroajpectlVC Of their
residence, they attempi tO east a bal?
lot.
Ti:*- 2d Aaaambly Dlatrlet, whlch Mr.
Limburg IQgBldfl as probably the wont
Ig this reapei t, ia dotningtod by Tom"
Foley. Tammany leader. It ts a dis
tricl ln whlch tbe vote <>f the Italians
.-md tlie Hahrewfl bl inr reasing rapidly,
while Jh*- vota Of the oidtime "_d
Warders" of lrish birth or parentage I
is on Jhe deereaga, Many of the nld
ilmers have moved away, and it la
likely thal these '_d Ward hoyg" would
rejoice to have the 4ac_B081 ot the court |
go against Mr. Limburg. for in that
e\ent every one of them would C08M
ba. k. and Blection Day would be a
veritable "old h*ime week" celebratnm
Mr. I?mi>*jrK refuoed to give ihe
ns.mea of taoag for whom he seeks war*
rants. Bay!..-; the decision might go
againsl him, and ln lhat case it aTOQl4l
not be fair to have gceogod men whol
had committed no wrong. If the de?
cision of the court lt* that men CM
register and vote only in the dlstrict in
whi.h Jh*v actually Bve. Mr. Limburg
believes the owjotit) of Ihoga Ml his
list will ai ? i i i the annoiinr <m< nt nnd
not Httcii.pt to \ oti .
I am making thla DUbllc," aald Mt'
Limburg, ''beeauae i know that owing
t'r ?letr poaltloa |g th<- community not
a man on our list < an afford to try to
rnake hls eacapa. They ar mon uf
8tgndlng, and It ls due to tham as well
te tc tftaj Tcxt r,t th" community that
this question be flflttled once and for
all and that they have an opporturity
t<, Appear by coui .-cl ?>r in person be*
f,:. wa-rants are laaued."
James Kadgio, who is alleged to
hav.- registered ill-gally from No.
51 <>ak street. was arrested on a
pencb warrant >eoterday by Datectlve
Rlordan. ,vn? i? aaalgnad to the nis
tn< t Attorney'fl electlon bureau. Ac?
cording to the information furnished io
Arthur Train. head of thfl bureau. iad
Rio has nol lived at the Oak str. et ad?
dress fllncc June. He is an ironworkir,
and Mr. Train broke his general rulo of
having no arrests made until an Bl*
tempt was made to vote. for fear the
man's work would carry him out of tbe
clty.
ESSY EIS OF
SEWELL'S TALK
(.?ntlnued from firnt page.
would rather stay here for twenty
years ihun go out and tell the truth
and then b< aenl back."
Henneaay said thal be gave stilwell
positive ammrancfl thai if hla story wns
true and could bc euppocted by legal
eviderv " hc would never bave to po
back to Sing Sing, hut Stilwell insist
Od thnt he would not take the chance.
nnd said;
No. I won't put thfl proof in Whit
man's hands until I get an uncondl
tional pardon."
They talked nvrr that polnt for flOV*
eral hours. and Hflnnflflfl) said hfl in
sisted that Stilwell go to Whitman.
prove his story to Whitman's satisfn -
tlon ami have Whitman say to Ihfl
Oovarnor thai be oughl to be pardoned,
but stilwell wouid not conflenl to lhe
tetma Henn.ssv said he finalh of?
fered tbat if hl WOUld gO before Whi**
man. and Wlntman would i onfirm even
tWO of the many statements h> b-ir)
mnde stiiw.-n would Ret his pardon,
but Stilwell would not eonsent.
Reported Failure to Sulzer.
Henneaay said thal he reported lo
the Governor that hehad rejected Btll*
well'a proffered evidence. becauae Btll*
well would md eonsi-nl to the ti-ntis,
that he explalned how stilwell bad <>f
fererl tO influence certain Senators to
vot.- ln Sulzer's favor. and thal flnaily
he refused to tall the ib.vernor any?
thlng lhal Stilwell had U-bl him. ln
?pltfl Of the taCt thal BtllwoU bad said
that if ne could bave the pardon he
would Mg0 tbe llmlt"; he would "put
Murphy in Jall"
?I k.-pt faith Wlth Stllw.ll. and I am
k-.ping faith, I believe, alth hlm now.
! ut I want tO ask you who < amc here
to-night to h.-ar me. and oth-rs. to
read th>- papera th.- remalnder of the
weak."
Before ipeaklng on the Btllwdl mat
:, Henneaay rldlculed Murphy*fl ex
planation of the Beardele) contributlon
|2,<V,000 Hc said John n Btanch
..j advlaed Murphy how i.i draa
. the etatamaat made publlc on Mon?
dav aight Henneeey lald e.n Btanch*
fleld hhime for Murphy's statement
thal the 125.000 bad been raturned to
Anthons N Brn4y. He said tbat be
had told one of tbe assistant dlfltrlcl
attorneya during tb- day that it might
i?. good to aubpoena Judge Banrdaley;
Morgan J. O'Brlen and "Nick" Brady,
tora of tbe Etrad) eatate, to Bnd
..ut if Mr. Brady depoalted 125.000 -in
cash in any of his bank accountfl two
dayi after Beardaley handed th- money
to Murphy.
"And ,f Murpby gBVC Mr Bmd) a
check." he added, "lel Murpby produee
that che-k "
Henneaa) repeated his former state?
ments aa to the huge contrlbutloni "t
Janie-s Stewart and the Barber Aa
phall Company ,(i ""? Tammafl) cam?
palgn fund, and i ballenged Murph) to
offer an explanation as to why they
wera nol Included in the iworn itate*
ment.
Then Henneaay came to lhe famillar j
ground of his controverey wlth McCall I
and said thai he had nol the ilfghteal
dbubl tbat McCall paul for his Judi'ial
nomlnatlon.
No Bupreme Court Judge could be j
nomlnated In tbl* <iiy ilnce Murphy
; u been the boss who did n?.t pay for
t ii nomlnatton,*' Henneasy aald.
As to hii Inalnuatlon about McCall'i
dlapute wlth ??. police lnspector over the
mone) which he had borrowed, Hen*
ness\ declafed laal nlghl lhat Warden
l-'iillon of lhe T'ltnbs had been thfl
referae in that dlapute between Mc?
Call and McLaughlin
Concerning the interview with Mc-1
Call in the Public Service Commiflfllon
rooma Henneaay issued this defl to the
Tammanv candidate:
"Hi is | lawyer. He knows bOW to
Wlite I libel. Lal hun writ- a letter
t.i me to-morrow, let him publiab that
in thfl newepapefn, and j-t him put lt
in the form of a criminal lll.el. as
lertlng thal John J. Mi Nail) whs in
his BBBOB, and 1 Wlll apply for a war
raal tbe rery next moment 1 can, I
nnd 1 will show him up. 1 won't . plit
any hairs with him. I will pro\ e that,
I arafl alone with him for an hour j
Hnd a quarter, and if he dares to goi
on Ihe stand 1 will have him convlcted
nf p'-rjury."
M'CALL HITS AT HENNESSY
Heckled Candidate Says Foe
Wrote Queries, Not Charges.
Edwerd K McCall, the Democratlc can?
didate foi- Mayor, in a. *>pftnch before a
gatbering <>f workhagaaan at Battery Paru
e->iid.!\ noon. when heckled by the
CTOWd about John A. HflflUM fl] I charges,
marie a point of the fact that Bcunemy
bad aot repeated the ehargaa ln writing
to him, hut had merely aaked him QtMB*
tions about them.
??Jt Is one of ihe snious del. ts of our
laws. ' sal'i Mr McCaU, 'an.l one tbat
mual I'- soon remedbd, that the rletin
, ? | tacki mch aa i bave lufferud bas
to recourae nnleai the itatamanti ar<- put
in writing.'
How about Hennessy's letter lfl yauf"
was .-wked.
lf you read lt," said Judge MeCall
? yiM will see that la his letter to me
Mr Hennessy did not say those thinga
of me He simply asked me questions
about them "
HENNESSY THE MODERN GOBLIN
Llttle Coualn Ilmmj ? eome to our house i
to atai
An' \lsit me an' l>a nn' ma an' u-o to
achool Hn' plav,
Por .tinimv's po'a ln polltlca, arhli I
.rr Mil thinc
Tbat make* men ki' Jea flgbl n n. nl end
t?>il a.i'l Iroul Ifl brlni.'
Af' Jlmmy aaya 'he-. is .* '-..n a.s
aratchln' evtr'where,
To eateb ihe avtMoer an lha?n ireeh Im
... h.? lalr,
Ar.' little n\? mua' tell the truth an'
musn' ?-in or pout,
''',-iuse Henneeaj li *;.' 'tn
Bf they
I 'r.n t
Wa:. I.
Out!
jiniin - po'a 17*. Tamman] .. trl ? of
Injuna 11
Who nlvver talll Ol jatisn-r bach an do
loa vn|,;,i tl.ev'ie told
Tbe;.' !*'?? thfl POM ..t< need) an gl'.e
arphanta ahoea,
An' horKM graf la .hi th- ei eon?
tra. . t the; ehooee
Put r\er' time the paper
Jtmm) a pa yell ' ?-oo,
Ar:' aaya th* orfulleel kmd *.' thlnga
imi r-ho'l"- tt lr-n t true
llr1*. gittln' m?'i an* arorrll vo.i ran aee
without a doubt,
An' 11 ? ? gll '188
Bf he
I r,|-| t
Watch
I ,'
011EAST SIDE I
Borough Head Outlmes Eco
nomical Reforms Effected
by Present City Officials.
BARES TIGER DECEPTIONS
Speaker Tells Hearers What
Fusion Administration Has
Done to Better Conditions
in Their Section
Goorge Hi *neny, Preoldenl or the t**^
uiiKh of Manhattan and fualon candldate
fnr Prealdenl of Jbe Board of Alderman,
ma.ie a arhlrlwlnd tour of th< Baai Blde
lost night Bpeaklng al twenty naeetlnga
aii along Seconri avenue aa far aa mh
street an.i liral avenua !?? the Harlem
Kiver Mi HcAneh] waa greetgd by
cheerlng erowda With the aaceptlon of
tha meeting at Cooper Union the ralttea
were bei.i oul al doore M. McAneny
waa aecompanled ??* Mra McAneny, Bata
bridge Colby. Wllllam Ciant Brown, Og
Aen u Mills .mil Alderman Heary H
Cirrnn.
The aeonond al adrnhHatratlog of the
prejietit fusion ofltcl.ils a.nl thfl mfrepre
sentations of the Tammuny Hpellb.nders
formed Jhe Klst Of Mr McAnei.v'M r.
marks. He lald * mt'hiisls on tbe feet that
tho fusion admlnlatratlon. from th.? sav
Inus effecteii bv prOpOT Kovertitmnt aml
Kood mnnanemetit, ha.l bOM abb- to t*up
ply the Baat Blde with better pa\ciiier,t*.
suimmlnK BOOk Bfld miik sta.ioiis, whlch
hail proved tnstrumental in savinic the
ii\e? of eountleafl Infaata
Referrlng to the diaclosures made by
john A. Henneaay, Mr. McAneny aaM:
"Those '?xposureR have BOUnded the
deatbkneU el Tamamay influence bt tiiis
*ltv. N'ew Vork hns now a fcood prospe-t
of freelng itself periiianently from the
grlp *>f ma'hli.e polltlcs "
After a dinner. al which he was the
gna-st of hot or. at the i'ntr Houlevard. Mr.
McAneny Bped by automobile across town
to 1*th street and KiKhth avenue to de
liver hls flrst address .... the wav bo k
to the Kast Side be stopped at J'oop* r
Unloa to address a big BBBBting H.s naat
speeeh ?as b.-lor* a typl* al BgOl Mdfl
CTOWd at Second avenue aml M street.
ri>.- next gatherlng t?* arelccane him eraJ
H iew blo.ks north. at IBth stre. t and
fiecond avenue. ' After that he sp.k. al
2nth, 3fith, ttt and llth streets and lacaod
avenue; then. jroinK east OflM blo.-k 10
P'irst avenue, he followed that thnrnugh*
fara to the end of Manhattan, paualng
I
lOr.'t they '??,: ? mighty Judga aa fnith-j
ful aa could be,
Who altui rhuriahed all his frtemls snd'
apohe f.. Tammany,
li.. 11* 1-- bia ordera from lha Chief and
nlvver dlaobeyed
r- Bueed lha Hghtea1 troubtfl er any]
rt.. ti'i-i med >
I'i- ,.<?!, thev pul hun up fer Mn vor tO I
^i\ e hlm lui t Ma due
Tb**.he blggi l holli it the i ??..!.
. r ?. ? i ? ? ? ?
Tt.. y relled blm Murpl ? ? ?? i I o) an'
.
I Ar" Hei - ?' 'nn
t he
I'.dn t
\\ it.-h
i .. .
ti- "I an |l< k ut
An* aayi Ui* c-i.r: Ifl got Itae'l Into a
?
Hi ? ? I 'ave to give 11 '!!? an'
? lo v* r,, K agaln
i e* graftln lan'l arhal I fer patrl
? ?in men,
An' Mtl* i ? > v mi- careful ba ami all
mifl I* ? ? nl
i . I ? ? i - -i ? .* . hancfl of beln'
i ? !. nt
V" |. ihi atralghl an' narrer path
? h v er look abouI.
? Hennei II glt am
Bf they
Don l
Wati h
1 MJ* '
W. ll w.
>??: ? r->v blocka where erowda *er.
awaiting his coming,
in referring to rammany'a mlerepre
? ona i.a. oald;
\ ivpi .ii inatenei ol thelr deceptlona
la .i in; v they hava heen eireulatlag
harglng foi ij >foui aci ob*
> aromea The trutta bi thal m the begin
' nlng of mv admlnlatratlon thla aetlon araa
.?? n ? nd* ? to mi fr.r tha aahe of ef
nnd *ronomy. Bul I took the
gropnd thal Ihe * it v of New Tork. how?
?v.i much it aranted economy, arented le
? rf.-. t it ln .* dlfferent aray than by die*
charglng in.nr arrubtvomen and i vetoed
? ommendi tion.
"1 ni. relj lol the needb aa employi ? c,:i
OUl of Ihe rank BUtomatll all> . that is.
j wii'.i they dled tn reelgnod or wera trana*
? ? i io aome other department v.t.
\ almplj be* ? tae tha fad of Ibe reeom*
im* iidation leakod OUl BOI.'f mv 0|i
ponenta, arltb ba elaatlc regard fov the
truth, nv Hatly lhal lha aronien aere
diarnlaacd Take thal as a aanapie uf th
other thlnga they aaj againat fuaion."
M McAneny told bis Ehat g|de hearei
of the reoonati ik tion of the pavementa In
thi ii et t.on l.ow the dlrty, lll poved
treel bad been replaeed by Brnootb
pavementa whkh could be aaelly eleaned
"Th" aray the Baat glde wa** treated In
regard to Ita atreote." he continued, "was
?i iiir spe, itnen uf a Tammany admlnla
traUon ..r tho Borough Preatdent'fl do*
partmenl IVhlle polltlcal favorltaa were
beln| taken cara ?>r nnd tl.e elty money
araa aquandered the atreeta of the Kast
Bbie, arhere, on acopunf of congeatlon,
t.1:. oughl to have recelved apeclal -are.
arere allowed io go io veritahie rnin
"i nsk anybody who bas aeen tho .11r
(.t'liei t., *_j wne h hfl |r.ef*-rs the oM
kind <.f arlministrali.iii M th*- kind that
haa been la force fo. th*. last four reara."
LUCE FAILED TO EXPLAIN
Pass Giving Charge Led Bar
Association Not to Indorse Him.
"TtM Voters' Weekly," an organ of the
fuetofl campaign, attrlbutea the Egflure <?f
Itubeit I.. I.u.e. Tammany landidate for
th* ' 'il v .'ourt, to get the Indorsement of
tha Bar Amoctatlon to his faiiur* t() ?n
awei aatlafactorily the eharaa that wiui*.
actlng ai rapraaantaUva ut thr New York
.'entral Rallroad he bnd given free rall?
road tian-p". latlon tO public offl* lals in
vlolation of the state constltution.
The paper states that to eover his vto
latlon of the law l.uce had the pas -h
Issued ln others' names. The chargea
were BOnl tO Mm by ihe Mar AssoeUtlon,
which asked lhat he explain Io Ihe Ju
dietary uanmlttea He did n*>t appear
and lh>' uOmmlttCfl refused to Indorse hlin.
COURT RULE3 ON BALLOT FORM.
Albany Oet. tt, Namea of candldatea
tor count) lodga appaarlng more than
on. e on an election ballot must be print
ed on the same horiiontal line. ao ordmg
to i *|e. Islon hy the Court of Appeals to
da>. Tbe <|iiestlon wns ratsed by Alfred
E. Vaas. chalrman of thfl Klnga County
Republlcan (.ommittee.
1
AGAINST 01 INTEREST
Votes in Board of Estimate
Were Opposed to Interests
of His Clients, He Says.
the
JUDGMENT NOT SWAYED
Extensions to Queens and The
Bronx Would Have Aided
Him, Yet He Opposed
Them, He Declares.
John Purroy Mitchel made last night a
fUtl and frank statement whi.h Cleared
i; a story that has bflflfl going the rounds
for aeveral days?that the tirm of Mltehel
.v Mullan. of whuh he is the s-nioi part?
ner, had taken a f-e ?f $_.OnO from a cor?
poration that would he bencfUed bv th
extension of the subway system to
i orona, I.ong Island.
Mr. Mtt hei said thal hls partner. Mr.
Mullan, had drawn a trust Indenture to
MCUTfl hu lssue of bonds for the Queens
corporation and that he had gone to Ku
iope in an effort to float the bond Iss.e.
He brought ou* ,ne **~t tbat while hls
flrm had been engaged In thls work he
had voted conslst-titly against the va?
rious subway offers tbat included the ex?
tension of the rapid transit system in
Queens. He did vote to npprove the <on
tract for the construction of the Queens i
route, hut only In accordance with hl..
policy of voting for all th- .onstru-tion |
. ontrae ts. that the work might not be de
loyod. || was not the < oiWructlon to
which he was oppose.1. but tbe propo^-d
operating < OBtlBCtB
Mr Mitchel deelared also thnt he had
VOtOd against the Inlei?!>... ough's proposal
w iu. b would hav- increaaed ka value some
property he owns in The Hronx.
Tammany "Gun" Spiked.
Keports hav.* bei n iu circulation that
Tammany aai about to aprlng ? "big
Mory 1h.it would -how th- uiitltn-ss of
Mi Mitchel to he MayOT. They be. ..me
so ovf.nit.. reaterda) ns tn say thal Bd
ward K Mcl'all would tell the "story" nl
lh- ratllication BMetIng in Tammanv Hall
.,, t iigbt. H- .--. ideritlv thought better
-f :t
However. ..s ti e ?l?iv fl a - iti ' ircula
tlon, Mr. Mil'bei decided t" make a full
statement. Th? entire conn-' rtiOfl <?f Mr.
Iliti h.-i witb th- i.iatt. was mve
In Julv hv Norman HapgOOd, William
ia\ Bchleffelln end Henry Moehowlta "'
th- fualon committee They aaa Mr.
Mitchel, ami iu- eaplanatlon wa -
thal th. -t...\ did noi ? "?."? Up at
? . -ting when Mi Mltehel ttha nr*nl
n iti i f'i Mayor Mi Mlt< h< I
ii ent follov i
"Th- , barge thal iu nny way whatever
i araa Influem ed, dlrectl) oi Ind n tly.
:n favor of tbe Qi.-.-nsboro . oi | .??.,' "i
is nbelly uatrue. Tbe luggefltlon that
nn legal work for. oi t.-lattons wlth, that
omp.in . or wlth any corporatioa or per*
non, ever Interfered with or ln any way
affecr.,1 my offlclal actlona or anv duty
t., u,, >it) is equall] falae. The fa<-._
?re theM
Klral As to amploymenl
i; ,. neboio i 'orporatlon
-in the -losing daya of December, 19T>.
, . ,4, Mnabore Corporation, whleh was a
realt) company. eame to mv flrms law
offlce -'I 'b- recommendatloa of an ac*
rountant, Marvyn Bcudder, who had just
been employed b> that compaay. The
ompanj wlahed profeealonal aervlcei la
th<- preparation nf ? trual Indeni ira ta
?eeure ? propoaed issue <>f bonda. This
amploymenl wns accepted by m) ofti-e
Mv law partner. Mr. Mullan, gevtaed and
drea iius laatrument The work occu*
i i.-.i m.ii.> montha mvelrtng conatanl
iwnferencea witb tbe repreeentatlvea ol
? . ompany. caunael for banklni houaea
in tin- country, and tbe repreeentatlvea
..i the Irual oompany whbh ulttmately
eeted aa truatee The work uas pi
rall) rinlehed In the late aummci ?>( mi
Went Abroad to Sell Bondi.
after teatlag tbe Amerlcan market for
M.iiriti-s the company determined, be*
cauae of bad conditiona here. t,, ittempt
to plece us bond Im - flbroad it d-s!r.,i
my partner, Mr, Mullan, te ?o abroad,
but ultlmately it was decided that I
rbould ko Inatead i wenl abroad on
,|,,|, y, t'.i; .md returned in tbe laet
di .- ?,! geptember.
"Th? bond laaue waa preeented M vari?
ous Buropean bankera In London, Parla,
Herlin ind .insterd.ini. nnd WBfl tin.illy
tflntatlvH) accepted by a London houee,
uhni aenl Ita repreeentaetlvi to Nea
Vork ,n October, Itll, to cloaa the ar*
rangflmenti Due to the dleturbaace of
the London marhel follewiaa lhe Italian*
.. h ?;u, tbe London houai cabled
Ita repreeentattve here al tbe laet mo
ni. nt November, IMI, abandonlni the un*
dertaklni nnd the laaue fell through!
TtiHl brought to an . nd tb- legal M I -
vicee of ni) flrm tat th.- compan) la thi
matter of thli bond leaufl The com*
paaj bn remained ? .'lient of ihe offlce
down to th? preaeal tlme. The corpora?
tion was charged for eli of thli work,
covfliing fllmoal ? reai the aum of |?.*
imn ns H fee plui m'- n.iii.ii expenaai In
Kurope in eonnection wlth thi bufllneei
of ihe compaay, whbh amaunted to $-.
|g| Tb- eeevlcei readerad wen worth,
on lhe basls of lhe tisual ami ordiii.ii'?'
feee charged In such eaaea, conalderably
more than tha sum charged lhe cor*
poration was al thal tlme, however. In
?orloui flnancial itralta and tne chargi
irai mnde moderate ln rlee of its ...n.ii
tlon
"gecond Ai te thi baarlag of uli thlfl
,,,, thi rapul tiaiisit situation;
'1 As to coiitra-ts u.-nerally.
?Krom the beglnning of the preaenl clty
?dmlntotratiea la Jaauary, i9io, i con*
slstentlv urged th- construction of a new
and aeparate system of aubarayfl with
dty meney, eaclualvelj I argad con?
struction immedlately ef an leettonA er
ht.inches of such a subway svstem, nnd
rn fiotlntlons for an operator whlle con
itruethw wns under any.
Opposed Interborough Offer.
? ln accordance wlth that polley I op?
posed the inteibeieagh'a eaelualve eCer
of [iecemher.1. MM When Mr. MeAn?B/i
n*. chalrmnn Of ? conimlttee, of which 1
was not a m-mber. pr.-sented a report In
favor of a dual subway svstem on .June
IS, 1911. offering speclflc term". both to
the Interborough company and to the
Brooklya Knpld Transit I'ompanv. whleh
I eonatdered to be falr. I voted to adopt
th- report.
"The Interhorough reje-ted thnt off'-r.
blll proposed to undertake the operntion
of h rapid transit syhtein in an offer
mad- on July 19. IMI, Wlllch has com.- 10
I. known ns the 9 nnd 9 pei .ent offer.
Mi. McAneny*! committee, of whl.-h 1
was not a member. recommended the ac
ceptance of thls offer It extended rapld
transll to Queens. hoth on the Queens e.x
t-nsions and by way of the Htelnwav tun?
nel. but, in uiy opinion, did not sufl.ci.nt
ly safeguard the intereata of the clty ln
Its deallngs with the company.
"Every Queens Interest waa strongly in
favor of Ita acceptanee. The Queensboro
Corporation employed special counsel tO
lapiuonnl ii? Ittteraata la this roapoet, it*
lopiaoenlallra Mr. MacDougall, tteejueat*
ly represented to me that a rejection of
this offer minht mean bankruptcy to
many Queens realty tnterests, incluillng
the Queensboro (ompany. lf ever there
was a time when a vote on rapld transit
<*eemed vital fr> the Queensboro Coinpany
it was on thls 9 and 9 per cent offer of
the Interborough. As I have stated, I
believed \.at offer to be bad from the
cl'v's point of view. I voted against It.
and it araa defeated by my opposition and
my vote.
"Thls was just at tlie time when the
Queenabore ('orporation's trust Indenture
had been practlcally completed. and when
lt was ntiout to undertake Its bond lss'.e
"There followed at the same meetini; of
th.' Board **f Fstiniate, on July 21. ISU, an
BWard for whlch l voted of a jreneral new
auhway svstem, Includlng the Queens aml
Brona rOUtea, to the Brooklyn Rapld
Tranall Company. This left out the sicin
v.'.-iy tunnel an*l was unsatlsfactory to the
Queenobore corporatlon.
?'Followlng that VOta 1 went to Kurope,
and was absent tlll th** end of Septem?
ber.
"As is nenernily known. deapite the
\ote to award tho jreneral ayatem to the
Brooklyn Rapid Translt Company, nego
tlations were reopened wlth the Inter
borOUgb company at the Instance Of
Samuei Rea, then vl.e-presldcnt rrf the
Pennoylvaata Rallroad Company, in late
November, MU. lmmedlatel> followlnK
the resumption of these neuotiattons f
was taken slek wlth typhoid. an*l was
absent from the Board of Kstlmate tlll
Aprll H. 1912. By that time the negotla
Jlons had matured into an understaniling
betweea the Interb*>rou*;h company and
the dty'a representattves.
"On May 24. HU. Mr. McAneny pre
senteal his report recoruniendlmr an award
to tb" Interborough of those subways
oriRlnally offered It Ofl term-* stated In
that report. Th.s Included the Queens ex
tensions and the Stelnway Tunnel.
"Agaln the yueetisl.nro Corporatlon. in
common with all Queens realty niterests.
was a petltloner befora the Board of h>ti
ntate for the adoptlon of this report.
"1 believed the terms proposed to be
Inadi itiate to protect the citv. i roted
Bgalnat the acr-eptance of the offer. In
doing so [ eaat 8 rota against the Inter
?f the Queensboro Corporation.
Opposed Operat.'ng Contracta
' 1 ,lrr fn Operatlng contracts.
"The Operatlng contracts with the Inter?
borough Company and the Brooklvn
Bapld Transit Companv' were finally p.e
i r'-ii ,ir.i preeented for debate la Keb
ruary, ir*tn. Every yueens interest was
ii. favor of them. i oppooed ami voted
?-t them when llnally up for acUOB
in th.- Board rrf Kstimate on March Ua
1818, fn. the aame reasons thal led ma to
* p;ir ae thr McAneny report In the ptre-ced
Ing Ilay. Bul th. contracta arera adopted
that day againat my vote.
tl to ? onstructlon contracta
"\t the rneettng '>t luly tt, MU, the
Board of Katimate, by a vote of '- ta J.
tdopted the cotistriiction contrar'ts fOT
aeveral Bectlon*- of the I.exinuton avenu.
miIumc deapite the fa. i tbat operatlng
?< arere far from being ready for
adr.r Uon I vote 1 for 'ho*,e construrlirui
i ontl ar ts
.in Oetober it. MS, ihe conatruetlon
contract for tb.' Bronx Borough, Soutn
? rn Boulevard extension. came heff.re tlie
Boanl of Eatlmate. Queena, through Its
BorouRh Preeident, eppoaod its gdoption.
The oporata?g eontractfl recomm?nded by
Mr. McAnenv s committee were far from
ready.
"I had OPPOOed theae operatlng eon?
tra* ls. aml it vv.is generally known tnat
I proposed tO rote Bgalnat them. But I
roted for the Bronx COlnstruction COBtl-Ct,
in Bcoordanca arlth mj general declared
polley ot constructlon lirst anrl BegOtia*
tloii during con'struition. thus followlng
the precedenl eatebttahed by the v.-t.- of
ti;.' Board ol Datlmate in July, I9ii. in
,i,? caaa Of the LaaSlngtOn avenue exten
BlOfl
? in Pebruary. IMIa arhlle dehata arag
llng eonca rning tha dual ?; ?
contracta. the Publlc Bervlce Cotnmleaion
approved and aenl to the Board of Batl
raote the conatruetlon contracta for the
Queena extenalona to Corona and Astorla.
Mi. McAnenv. t't hla commHtoo, eoa
tended that pending ai tion on the operat?
lng ? ontrai ta. theae w*e_?u_ctlon contracts
ahould ba held up. This was eontrary to
tha precedenl eatabllahed ... tiie i ase of
the Lexington avenue and tba Bronx con*
Btruction contracta. it waa eontrary t.i
mv de,'lared ann known rapld transit
policy. i propoeed to vote for them, uiti
mately, Just as i propoeed to vote, and
dld votea againat the operatlng contracts
b hen flubmltted,
"Therefore, aa ln ihe caaa <>f the Lea*
IngtOB avenue and Tlie Bronx constiuc
lion contracta, i roted, as did thr- Pred
denl of Queena, for th*a Queena cenatrui -
tion contracta They were lald over.
however, a couple of w.cks until a"
?lueatlonfl relatlag to the operatlng eon
t BCtfl bad (een BOttled to Mr McAnenv s
-itlsfactlon. and they were th.n adopted
by unanimous rote
"From Jhis it must be plain tbat no
rota by me on operatlng contracta was
it, md of the interest of the Queenabore
Corporatlon, aa ll than aaa Ita Ihteraat
it must i>e equall. plain thal ao dealre
t., .issist tbe Queensboro Corporatlon ln
flucl.ced mv vote for the Queens COn*
Btruction contracts. iu* that vote not only
w.ut hgad in hand wlth my adverse
rotea on the operatlng contracts. bul "
was ln BCeard with my known nnd I'.i.i
^lstent rapld transit policy, i epeatedlv
and publld] d.'ilaie.l. before tbe (Jueens
boro Co-rporatlon ever retalned my Brm.
"I may also add that ev'irv on.- n( them
v,,!..**. includlng that for tbe Bnmx South?
ern Bouleverd extension. araa Btrongt]
.icaiust mv own peraonal intereata Pree
tnallv tbe onlv property of wlibl. I am
uuaaaaafld conetata of some vacant lots
nnd three -.tnall prlvate hntises along
Webster avenue. in The Bronx, bOtWoea
l/ordham and <;.in Hlll Roarl. of a value
,? ., p| roximalely ?J",.?*f>. a* quired through
Inherltance.
"BBCb Interborough offer. aijalnst whlch
i roted, contalned provision for the ea*
tonalOfl "1 elevate.l rap.rl transit to this
,H,trir t by a line along Webster avenue
to Qun MUI Road The real estate men
tteetfld haa hou dead fo. yeara. Nothing
COUld K.ve it llle or rei?B but this line.
Bvery rote nsalnst an Interborough offer
was a vote Bgalnat doobl?*g the value of
mv own property.
"The voies for ihe Queens constructlon
contra<Ms and for The Bronx Southern
Boulevard subway were also advoraa to
my own peraonal intaroata gg each wouid
hava rBrtended rapld transit to a a-ompet
Ing district while denylng it ta my own
propert v.
\i\ peraonal Interata bave not a_ected
,?? judgment ar acta m roapoet to transit
matters.
"Mv tth ial acti'T. is matter of publlc
reeord II cannot be altered nor can it
b*. mistonstrued. M) votes are open in
reepoet Of every proposition. Every one
nt them was clearlv ln the public Interest
nnd ohviouMy untoUlueneed b> any prtvat?
interest. whether my own or that of any
cllent."
I
NOT TAMMANY BRAND
Fusion Candidate Declares That
if Elected He'll Be Mayor
of No Party.
CHALLENGES M'CALL AGAIN
Calls Upon Tammany Candidate
to Give Definite Plan for Im
proving Port Facilities?
Littleton Raps Sulzer.
"If Tammany Hall and its 'boss rep?
resent Democracy, th-n I am not a Dem?
ocrat." said John Purroy Mitchel at a
large DaaaflCtatifl mass meeting at
Cooper Unlon last night The candldate
decided. iad the audience soemed to
agree with him. that Tammany did not
represent the party Mr. Mitchel's asser
tion was In answer to the recent attH'k
Whleh Representatlve Fitzgerald made
upon him In the lower house at Washing?
ton.
"I greei you to-night as a Democrat, *;
said the fuslon candidate for Mayor.
"and 1 am not an Irregular Democrat
either. j
"You have heard of Mr. Fitzgerald. a
rongressman from Hrookl>n, one of tho
'DflUnonleo Kight.' You have also heard.
no do Ibt, ahal he has said about m.
Democracy. i say to you to-ntght that
1 am a betler Democrat than he la or
anv of his Delmonleo associates.'
That y<?u are here to-night ls proofi
enough tbat you protest against the aoA
called Democracy flf Tammany Hall and
the Democracy of Us leader. Charles F.j
Murpby.
"Tammany Hall has always held itseir
out as representing D. mo, ra, y ln thls
clty and state I say to you that Itl
prlnoiples, Its thoortflfl <>f government, Its
belief ln the government of thls dty and
of this Btata, by contract, by graft, by
political poll nnd by debauchery at the,
polls is onpose.J to every dOCtltBfl andj
t.net of Democracy and the Deeaoeretiol
party."
Mr Mitchel toM bis audience that Tam*
many had b.en blMed and booed bv Dem-1
OCratfl from all patis of the country at |
thi conventlon in Haltimore
Thp candldate, In ending his speech, de-j
Bled that tie had an> Intentlon of !ead-j
Ing ? tight far I new Democracy !n thlal
clty tf hfl Wflre elected Mayor. "I shall I
go into offlce, if i am elected." be said.
??with no partlaan purpose. 1 should hk.
to Ml I aelf reipectlng Democracy grow
lip here. hut II must he done by other
handfl, for If I ara Mected I shall be the
Mayor of no group or party."
Mr. Mitcbei'a apeecti at Cooper t'nion
nai the third in a alde, sweeplng tour,
ahlch induded tbe lower end bf Manhat?
tan and a dash into Queens. His flrat
Bppearance was at ? labor meeting tn the
Murra) HUI Lyeeam. Tfcnothy Heaiy.
fualon candldate for Coroner, assured the
audience thr-- Umci thal " ?Oovernor'
Sulzer was the be*t 'lovernor thfl State
Of New Vork ever had."
From the labor meeting the speaker
rared to i*;tH street and T'nion Sqmre
West. where he spoke to a large audience
at the N'ew York Toung Republican i'luh.
He sal.l here that Murphv and Mc'..'!
had BB constructive programme. "Eeon?
omy and retrenchment" maaat nathlng,
he said. Ullleafl backed with details He
challeng-d McCBll to give a dennite plan
for thfl improvement of port fa-ilities.
As he was spe.iking fl Tammanv parade
bnomed down the street behind the blare
of "Tammanv." The BMUrChfltfl nnd their'
band halted dlre, tl> b-for- the door of
the meting an.l pttl ,\ deal of fervor at d '
vatume In their MeCall musi. and -heers.
"That band " said Mr. Mit-hel. "Is
probably paid for by Tammanv pbmder." 1
MBrtin W, I.ittleton. who was one of
he speakers at the < "ooper t'nion meetina. !
had little use for Sulzer. although he d*
fended the r.volt against Tammanv.
"Sulzer. | Mlected agent of Murphv un?
der ? syst-m of prtvatel) run gavflrr.*
ment." he said. "got the slmple big head
and wanted more pow-r as Murphv 'fl
agent. nol in onler to HIBlM Ihfl govern-'
ment better, but to make hims-ir more >
powerful In it.
"Murphv put hlm "Ut. not bOTflUBfl ho
wa- nnffl fee Governor baoauaa MuraugrJ
knew be was 'inti' arhen he put him in -[
OUl because Sulzer'* hlg head Interfered
aith Murphy*! uadlaputed leadership."
Mr. Mitchel then contlnued on ta Pub?
lic School ITT. in Rldge wood; to Kx.mpt'
Ftremea'i Ball, tn Oaom Park, and to flt.,
Mary'i Lyceum, Jamalca, Al aach place;
kfl aal Cheered Bor manv minutes The
... ,. rariation in his earlier bpeeeh was
0u thi lubjeel of rapM tranett, and Mr.
Mitchel said that Mr McCBll was respon
sibb- for the delay In the Steinway tun?
nel artery
"He hfl* ' i it tip f'T nine month'. "
said thfl fualon candldate, and lt seema
atranae to me that In view of thls he ia
conetantl) harping oa what he mt. nd*
to do for the betterment of transit ..mdl
tloni here it hl is elected. Doflfltt't he
r-.ili/.e thal in his present position he
haa the reall) big opportunlty to give you
the kind of servic- vou want and fleodf
Doesn't h- know that th- Public Servic*
Commiaaeoa oaa erder ani haaM oa thes*
improvements and thal lfl M.ivor hs
would BOt have tbe same fr?-ed"m and
power?
??1 would stiggest to Mr M.i'all that he
take h ride through tbl> bOTOUgh on vour
cars and bring hls dlstlngulsbed "<-hlef
wlth him. so that ln whatever he doe.- he
.an have the approvai ot that BBgBBt
persotiage "
M-ntlon of the niimes of McCall and
Murpby provoked ? chorus of TflBOB"
each time.
Time Your Relief
rlrom Constipation
?v r OU are conitlpated. Toa
Y waat quick reUef. Dont
go around all day wlth a
headeche, heavy dragglag feel?
ing, had atomach, ato
A bu_i_.fl.fl man wlth lots of
dutlea needa a healthy mind and
body. Dont waete a day ofjour
Ufe. Tak* .j glais of
HU-CTADI JAH0B WATEI
the natural -.axatlv* ln the
morning or at any tlme on an
empty etomach?watch tha
clock, arlthln one hour or ao
your bowela wlll move gen
tly and your* relloved.
Oet a bottle at any
Drug atore today.