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Double Crossed
Bv Whitman, Is
L R. T. Charge
Ex-Governor Is Aeonse-tl at
Shish Fund Hearing of
Promising to Favor Extra
Fare Bill. Then Killing It
Quaekenbiish on Stand
Chief Counsel Says Whit?
man Was Retained 4 Days
Before He Saw Thompson
Formrr Governor Charles S. Whit?
man was accused yesterday of "double
crossing" the street railways during
his last year as Governor. The
charges wore made in the City Hall
before the Senate Judiciary Committee,
which is investigating the alleged
???Torts of Mr. Whitman and Richard
H. Burke to influence Senator George
F. Thompson, of Niagara, to work for
th? Carson-Martin increased fare bill.
The accusations were made by
James L. Quackenbush, chief counsel
to the Interborough; Harry B. Weath
erwax, president of the New York
State Electric Railways Association,
and Joseph K. Chonte, chairman of the
committee of increased fares, of the
association.
The three railway men told the com?
mittee early in 1918, when a bill identi?
cal with the Carson-Martin measure
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was about to he presented, Mr. Whit?
man told a delegation of street railway
nun that he would sign the bill if
passed. When the bill was introduced
it was testified, Mr. Whitman secretly
opposed the measure, thus killing it.
Other Testimony Recalled
While the testimony was being given
it was recalled by those who have fol?
lowed the investigation that when the
former Governor took the stand in the
early part of the investigation he testi?
fied that ho would vote for the in?
creased fare bill if he were a Senator.
Those three witnesses, together with
Brigadier General Cornelius Vander
bilt, furnished considerable material
in the course of their testimony, which
will be used by Frank Moss, counsel
to Senator Thompson, when he. cross
examines Mr. Whitman to-day. Ex
Govcrnor Whitman, in denying that he
had' told Senator Thompson that ho
could have the nomination for Gover?
nor in 1?120 if he supported the Car?
son-Martin bill, swore that Senator
Thompson visited him at the Hotel St.
Regis on his own initiative.
Retained Before Visit
Yesterday Mr. Quackenbush, to whom
Mr. Whitman is subordinate as an asso?
ciate counsel of the Interborough, testi?
fied that Mr. Whitman was formally re?
tained bv the Interborough through
Theodore P. Shonts, president, on
March 25. On March 28, he said, he had
an interview with the former Governor
at the latter's office. This was the day
before Senator Thompson charges Mr.
Whitman dangled the nomination for
Governor before him.
Concerning the interview between
him and Mr. Whitman on March 28, Mr.
Quackenbush said:
"The Governor (Whitman) stated to
me that he and Judge Ransom, his
partner, had had a talk the day be?
fore with Mr. Shouts. He said: 'Of
course I want you to understand that
I do not mean to go behind your back
in regard to employment with your
company.' 1 said: 'Governor, you need
not waste any time discussing that. Mr.
Shonts told me yesterday afternoon he
had arranged to retain your firm, and
? that, he had said that your firm would
work in conjunction with me, and that
is all satisfactory.'
Talk About Retainer
" 'Well,' he said, 'you know I also
talked with Mr. Shonts about the ques?
tion of a retainer,' and he said: 'I
rather .think it would be proper for me
to have a retainer without waiting to
render a bill for services actually per
I formed.' I said: 'That is satisfactory
| to me. I am further inclined to think
! that is good law procedure. In your
I particular case I think it is advisable
; because a man who has been in import
| ant public, office has an asset which has
! a diminishing value?it is more valu?
able in the beginning than it becomes
later on.'
"'Well,' he said, 'I said something to
Mr. Shonts about $10,000.' 1 said 'That
settles that part'of it/ He said, 'I also
told Mr. Shonts that, of course, I could
not do anything that would have to do
with legislation at Albany or anything
that might be regarded in the nature
of lobbying, but that Judge Ransom
had wide experience with rate ques?
tions in the Public Service Commis?
sion and I had considerable experience
with public matters. I have a great
many friends throughout the state, and
in any way that I could be ser?
viceable, I wanted to be, and Judge
Ransom wanted to be, and he wanted
to know what the situation was.'
Under questioning by Mr. Moss, the
witness said he was not in favor of
Mr. Whitman's retention by the Inter
; borough. He told the story of the
| former Governor's alleged double deal
| ing with the street railway men, and
| told Mr. Moss lie could draw his own
: conclusions as to his attitude.
Two days after Mr. Quackenbush had
: the interview with Mr. Whitman, he
, said he received the following letter:
! "My Dear Mr. Quackenbush:
"I shall be glad if you will send
i check for retainer as per cur convorsa
! tion on Friday. Very sincerely vours,
' Charles S. Whitman."
To which he replied immediately:
j "My Hear Governor:
"In accordance with yours of to
day I inclose the company's check foi
?10,000 for retainer per inclosed bill.
which pleaso receipt and return."
Cancelled Check in Evidence
Mr. Quackenbush then offered in evi
I dence the cancelled check for $10,000
lie said that when the Pratt bil
! was being considered he and Mr
i Shonts visited Governor Whitman a
: the Hotel St. Regis and outlined thi
: condition of the street ?railways, tellinj
| him that some of them would go int<
1 the hands of receivers if relief wen
| not given. Mr. Ransom, who then wa
counsel to the Public Service Commis
? sion and now Mr. Whitman's partner
i was present at the time. He said th
| Governor had expressed sympathy witl
the proposed legislation, but when h
I was asked to send in an emergenc;
> message to the Legislature he refused
"He said it was unfortunate that i
was too late," said Mr. Quackenbush
"This was during the last week of th
1 Legislature. I told him that Speake
! Sweet and Senator Klon R. Brown wer
| in favor of the relief sought in th
\ bill, and he said to go ahead, that
j had every one with me. Then, a fc
? days later, -when I again had seen th
I Governor in his room in the Capitol,
i met Senator Thompson and told hh
I that the Governor was in favor of th
l bill.
Thompson Gives an Opinion
{: "Senator Thompson said he had jus
; visited Governor Whitman and that th
' Governor told him he did not want th
i Pratt bill to pass. Thompson said
| "You're too recent a fellow to I
double crossed like that.' And whi
Mr. VVeatherwax told me of his tal
I with Governor Whitman confirnu
; what Senator Thompson said."
Mr. Ghoate, who preceded Mr. Quad
| enbush, created considerable laughtc
; bv the manner in which he told of th
alleged "double crossing" of the stre?
railways. He said that, just prior 1
' the introduction of the Prat? bill
; identical with the G?rson-Martin bill
? in 1918, he, Mr. Shoni and nth
I railway men visited Governor Wnttm?
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on ?March 14, 1918, in the executive
chamber. He ?aid the Governor had
declared on previous occasions that he
would sign the bill if it came to him.
He said that on this particular day
the plight of the street railways, which
then were facing bankruptcy, was again
laid before him.
"Well, did the Governor express him?
self?" asked Mr. ?Moss.
'Wot very much," answered Mr.
Choate. "Ho nodded his head. It was
favorable."
"?Inder the Table"
"Up or down or sidewise?"
"As if he was in favor. I think he
was favorable to our face and pulling
under the table the other way,"
At this the entire room broke out
in a roar of laughter. Most of the men
present were familiar with Albany
affairs.
"What was that?" asked Mr. Moss.
"I think he was favorable to our
face and pulling under tho tablo the
other way. He did not make a strong
impression on me."
He said the railway men then visited
Speaker Sweet, who, he said, "did not
pull under the table the other way,"
and called his attention to "the dread?
ful financial condition of the street
railway." Speaker Sweet said he would
help.
GeneYal Vanderbilt testified that ho
had suggested that the firm of Whit?
man, Ottinger ?ft Ransom be retained,
following a talk he had with the for?
mer Governor at the Vanderbilt home
early in March.
Asked to relate his conversation with
Mr. Shonts, he said:
"I said, as well as I can remember,
something like this: 'I have been away
been away for over a year and a half,
and I find the condition of affairs in
your company in very, very bad state,
so much so that we are threatened with
a receivership. I have thought it over
very carefully. I have roiio into the
reasons for this change from great
prosperity, which the company was in
when I left, to threatened Receivership
when I came back; 1 have got a large
investment of money in it myself; 1
represent, as a director, other security
holdrs, and it seems to me that it
would be a good thing to get in sorrib
new legal and technical advisers.'
"I also found that there seemed to
be considerable difference of opinion
betwen the city authorities and the
company, and there should be some
means of more close cooperation be?
tween the two in regard to an inter?
pretation of the contract.
Did Not Seem Just
"I said I have seen it stated in the
papers, I believe, that the city intends
to take the subways and to force them
into a receivership and then to in?
crease tho fares, and that docs not
seem to me fair or just'on what is my
interpretation of the spirit of the con?
tract. I further staled, 'if we have a
receivership there will be innumerable
lawsuits in regard to the interpreta?
tion of the contract, and other suits,
and I think it is my duty as a director
of this company to supgest that you
bring in new legal and technical ad?
visers.' "
General Vanderbilt said that Judge
Ransom's familiarity with rate cases
appealed to him as well as Mr. Whit?
man's experience.
Mr. Moss asked him if he did not
know that a year before Mr. Whitman
had killed the Pratt bill, and that Mr.
Ransom had been constantly quarrel?
ling with Mayor Hylan and the city
officials. General Vanderbilt replied
that he had been in France a year and
a half and never had heard of the
Pratt bill until to-day.
Other witnesses yesterday were
Charles M. G. Thomas, treasurer of
the Consolidated Gas Company, and
Anthony N. Brady, of the B. R. T.
Rotary Club Has Song Sing
At Their Weekly Lunelieon
Five hundred members of the Rotary
Club of New York sang songs at their
weekly luncheon yesterday at the Hotel
McAlpin.
George M. Cohan led them in a rous?
ing rendition of his two war songs,
"Over There" and "When You Come
Back." Gus Edwards started iwth his
Back." Gus Edwards started with his
the list to his latest song, "Welcome
Home, Laddie Boy, Welcome Home."
J. K. Brennan, Alonzo Elliott, B. C.
Hilliam, John W. Bratton and Will R.
Anderson, composers, also were pr?s
Smith Breaks
With Hearst
On Patronage
?Refusal of Governor to Ac?
cept Publisher's Dictation
on Supreme Court Justice
Final Cause of Rupture
Attacked in "American"
Refusal to Name De Ford
or Palliser to Bench Re?
sults in 2-Column Layout
Governor Smith's refusal to accept
the dictation ef William Randolph
Hearst's personal political machine in
the matter of appointments has led
to an open rupture with the editor
politician.
That the break was coming has been
gossip in political circles for weeks.
Nearly a month ago Hearst's "Ameri?
can" published ? two-column editorial
attacking the Governor for appointing
his personal counsel, Joseph A. Kellogg,
to the up-state Public Service Com?
mission. In that editorial, Governor
Smith had this fired at him:
"The people hate a trimmer and a
traitor, a backer and a filler, a tem?
porizer and a compromiser. No Demo?
crat has ever yet succeeded in that
way. Do not try to carry water on
both shoulders. Recall how Jack and
Jill went up the hill, and remember
what happen to Jack."
At the time the edrtorial was written,
according to statements made by
friends of Governor Smith yesterday,
the Governor let H-eargt's political
agents know that he would not appoint
an out and out Hearst man to head
the reorganized Public Service Com?
mission in this city.
A fresh attack was made on the
Governor in yesterday's "American."
This was prompted, according to well
informed persons, by his refusal to
name William A. De Ford, Hearst's
j personal counsel, to the vacancy on
the Supreme Court bench caused by the
resignation of Clarence J. Shearn. Mr.
Shearn until his appointment to the
bench by Governor Glynn was Hearst's
personal attorney.
"Hearst," said one of Governor
Smith's advisers yesterday, "wanted
?the Governor to name either De Ford
i or Melvin G. Tallister, one of the orig
j inal Hearst men. The Governor told
I the Hearst people he would not appoint
| either. Hearst will attack any one who
I will not jump through hoops for him
? as Mayor Hylan does."
The attack in yesterday's "Ameri
| can" consisted largely of an attempt,
j through a photographic layout, to con?
nect the Governor and Robert Lee
; Luce, whom he appointed to the bench
; to succeed Justice Shearn, with the
I New York Central Railroad. A two
! column photographic reproduction of a
! New York Central train was placed
I between larger pictures of the Gov
i ernor and Supreme Court Justice
I Luce. The heading, n three-column
j streamer, read :
"N. Y. Central Attorney Is Named
to the Supreme Court Bench."
The article went on to say that Jus
| tice Luce had been legal adviser to
? Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany
leader. Mr. Luce was counsel to |the
Executive Committee of Tammany
\ I fall and legal partner of Charles D.
i Doruohne, minority leader of the
Assembly.
Col. Roosevelt
Declines Honor
Of Legion Head
Willing to Become Chair?
man at November Conven?
tion if All Veterans Favor
Him, Greenway Asserts
Scenes of Turbulance
Dallas Major Chosen After
.Cries of 'We Want Teddy!'
Recall Other Meetings
Staff Correspondence
ST. LOUIS, May 8.?Lieutenant Colo?
nel Theodore Roosevelt declined the
honor of being chosen permanent
chairman of the American Legion at
the national caucus in St. Louis to?
day. Major Lindsley, of Dallas, Tex.,
was finally chosen.
Colonel Roosevelt's refusal to accept
the honor caused a good-natured near
riot in the convention, and the dele?
gates pleaded with him for nearly an
hour before he prevailed. Captain Jack
Greenway, of Arizona, finally quieted
the convention by assuring the audi?
ence that if the delegates at the na?
tional convention in. Chicago next No?
vember, when aii the boys from over?
seas will be home, seem to want Roose?
velt he will then consider the matter.
A motion was introduced at the ses?
sion, to be brought up again to-mor?
row, condemning Bolshevism and call?
ing on Congress to deport radical agi?
tators and suppress their newspapers
and other publications.
Roy C. Haines, of Maine, in the war
a member of a tank corps, took Colonel
Roosevelt seriously and nominated
Major Lindsley, former Mayor of Dal?
las, who as a major won the Distin?
guished Service Cross. Majo? Art C.
Allen, of Texas, seconded the nomina?
tion of Colonel Roosevelt, but he said
I that in view of Colonel Roosevelt's
statement he indorsed the nomination
I of Major Lindsley.
Captain Greenway, a man with iron
gray hair, worked his way to the plat?
form and said:
"Gentlemen, Colonel Roosevelt has
i said that he is not going to take the
nomination for chairman, and you can
take it from me he is not going to. I
know this Roosevelt outfit, and when
they say something they mean it. I
followed his daddy through Cuba, and
I know. I have just talked with Colo?
nel Roosevelt, and he says that if after
all the boys are home and they are
represented at the convention in No?
vember it is still the desire of this
body that he be a candidate, he will
give tho matter reconsideration."
Seattle Man Nominated
This seemed to strike favorably, and
as soon as Colonel Roosevelt resumed
the gavel some one nominated Sergeant
Jack Sullivan, of Seattle, in opposition
to Major Lindsley.
The issue now, in the minds of some,
was between an enlisted man and offi?
cer. On tho request of the chairman
the two candidates came to the plat?
form.
Major Lindsley Named
Brigadier General Harvey Moss with?
drew tho name of Mr. Sullivan and
moved the election of Major Lindsley
bemade unanimous. This was done.
Colonel Roosevelt then put Jack Sul
! livan in nomination for vice-chairman
' and he was elected by acclamation.
J Lieutenant Colonel ?ric Fisher Wood,
? of Pennsylvania, the temporary secre
' tary, was elected permanent secretary
? by acclamation. On motion, the chair
? appointed Captain A. L. Boice, of New
?York, and Major N. S. Talbot, of Ohio,
? sergeant-ati-arms. After a spirited bat
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?tie, F. B. Humphreys, of New Mexico,
i who said he was just a "plain, ordinary
i gob," was elected second vice-chairman
| over Chief Petty Officer J. F. Goerke,
i of New York. The election of a third
! vice-president was put over.
Major Wickersham, chairman of the
? New York delegation, announced the
New York members on the various
?committees as follows: Executive com
1 mittee, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and
| Chief Yeoman Louis Birrell; creden
! tials, Chief Petty Officer J. F. Goerke;
| name, First Sergeant Edward Bunn;
organization. Major Parton Swift; res
I olutions, Major Robert MacMarsh;
? constitution, Major Hamilton Fish;
next meeting, Sergeant Fred Galla
j gher; publication, Lieutenant F. W
?Baldwin; permanent headquarters, Ser
j geant John Conway; finance, Lieu?
tenant Colonel Grayson M. P. Murphy.
Color Line Brought Up
Lieutenants O. C. McKaine and D
Lincoln Reid, negroes, of tho 367th
the old New York 15th, were the un?
intentional cause of bringing the coloi
line issue to the front both in the cau?
cus of the Southern delegates and the
New York delegation. They appliot
for accommodations at a local hotel
the headquarters of the New York del
egation, and although at first refus?e
they were finally admitted.
It was finally decided that if the is
| sue is brought, in the convention the
New York delegation will stand by th<
j negro lieutenants.
The caucus will reassemble to-mor
? row at 2 o'clock.
Baker Calls Clark's
Criticism of Army
Only Peersonal Vieu
New "> ork Tribune,
IVashii-.ijUni Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 8.?Lieutenan
Colonel Bennett Clark's outspoken crit
icism of the regular army at the meet
ing of the American Legion i:i St. Loui
was characterized to-day by Secretar;
of War Baker as representing onlj
Colonel Clark's individual view.
"I think it is wholly impossible," Mr
Baker said, "to imagine any lack of co
operative feeling between tho men o
I tho National Guard and the regula
, army. It is quite impossible that ther
I should be any widespread feeling of an
tagonism one way or the other. The co
; operation between the two has beei
S splendid throughout the war, and an;
j such expression as the one attributed to
| Colonel Clark must be personal."
Cruiser Chester Home
War Vessel, Back From Service.
Brings Soldiers
After twenty-two months of duty in
foreign waters, most of it in tho wai
zone, tho U. S. S. Chester has re?
turned to home shores. While abroad
the vessel, which is in command o?
Captain A. G. Howe', did duty as flag?
ship of Patrol Squadron No. 3, also
acting as acting ocean escort to con?
voys.
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I Takes Poison, Makes
Her Will and Dies
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YONKERS, N. Y., May 8.?Fifteen
minutes after she and her husband had
returned from a New York theatre this
mowiing Mrs. Frederick Corrigan, of
Sunnybrook Road, called her maid and
the cook to her room. She was writing
when they entered but soon finshed
and road to them what she had writ?
ten. It was a will, leaving her estate
to her mother, Mrs. John McClellan,
of Tebain Avenue, near 182d Strt?.
New York. Wl>
"I'm tired of it all," she said wh,??
the servarts had affixed their si~,"
tures as witnesses, "and have tir 4
poison." ?-??sea
Mr. Corrigan, who was in the ?m?!
parlor, was notified and called a nhv T
c?an. It was found impossible tn *? J
Mrs. Corrigan, who had taken a S*
ture of atrophine, strychnine and ?or
phine. She died in less than an ho?J
The couple came here recently * '
Puttsburgh Penn., where Mr r ^
gan was a broker. ' orr?*
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