New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-27
GOVERNMENT or NEw.YORK CITY
Proceedings Of tho Investigas'
ing Committee Of tho State seuate-Mr.
BeoIe Before tho Observation-Disclosures
of Counsel.

The State Senate Committee, consisting OF
Senators Munger White and Humphrey. appointed TO
investigate tho affairs Of tho Tax Commissioners. Csy
Inspector, Street Commissioners. and other depart
mens Of tns city, held their initial meeting yesterday
s, noou in TIE room Of tho Grand jury No. Il Cham
bersst number OF gentlemen mostly lawyers. were
Juige Mnprer. Chairman Of the Committee. asked il
there was any ono present to represent the lax 'o
ni.siOncrs No answer was received.
Judge Whiting said that BIO represented tho CiiNens
Association
The Mayor appeared, in response to the summons
given him yesterday and gave the Compittee the
papers snsponding Inspector Boole. He said he had
sus pended that officer 10y tho advice OF counsel The
Committee took the pagers.
Mayor On oath In reference to Mr.. BODIES suspension
and he requested the Committee TO order mo CIty
Inspector to produce has OF the Fifteenth ana
Tweniy-sccoud Wards. on which the ash eartmeh re-
The coa.mlt,ee then took recess till O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Committee convened again at o'clock. City
Inspector Booir Supervisor Tweed, Judge McKeon.
Street Commissioner Cornell. Surrogate Tucker, and
others being present
Judge Whiting said that he was prepared 10 proceed
With the investigation Of the City Inspectors Depart
mert.
Mr. Boole said that 10 present to answer for him
self II there any specific charges made against
hm lie would like have copies OF them, Az rs 10 oon
suit his counsc Heretofore at oil examinations before
the Governor and othcrs. he bad been furnished with
copies VI the charges held against him.
Senator hnBger said the Committee was raised by
the Senate 10 Investigate certain departments In this
city. NO specific charges had been made, and in such
cases II not usual 10 lille charges.
Mr.. Boole asked " he would be- allowed 10 procure a
counsel This vas granted. and Afr Boolc len the
room. returning. shortly afterward. with Mr. John
Graham. The latter gentleman asked Judge Whning
whether the investigation as 10 BIO pursued by the
production Of evidence. Judge Whiting replied that IL
vas.
Mr.. Graham asked then II there wcrc any charges to
be madei
Judge Whiting said they had charges 10 make; hut
they wanted TO investigate statements that had been
made with regard to certain matters In tho City In.
spectos Department for which they wanted the City
Inspector to produce the pny rolls already referred 10.
Mr.. Graham said that II seemed - him important
that the committee should decide whether the nyesti
gaton to BE- protracted trial whether 1t was
10 be conducted In "a summary way by the committee
for the purpose ~ satisfying themselves. From what
Judge ny had said, 1t appeared To him that the
parties wanted 10 gci mp regular trial which would
last over month. II did not strike him by the terms
OF tho resolution TINT the committee were sent down 10
enter upon any such trial; not such trial would re-
quire counsel TO get mp those charges against Mr.,
Boole and require tho Ingenuity " counsel o. me other
side 10 cxcupnte him He understood that they came
10 inves'igate abnses as Hlgrant plain the sun
that shines. II seemed 20 him that the committee
merely invested with personal powers II such trJ
wqs gotten up then II wonld defeat the objects for
which the committee appointed they could not
make their report until after the Legislature had ad-
journed at Albany
Mr. McKeon said that he appeared In behalf Of Ger.
tain citizens. The inquiry ~ he understood II,
legislative. not Judicial inquiry and TO ascertain u
there anything wrong and to report IT, lilo did
not come there however to make charges against any
body But he sent there 10 ascertain how the city
departments conducted At tie present time the
tify charged with from orrteen Ia fifteen millions
Of dollars Of taxation. and he remembered time
when the city taxation not moro than four or five
hugdred !hSqsand dollars
Judge Whiting explained why he was present. Tie
was tax payer and ~ those WHO had an interest
We ' accumulated debt u ky ttv10j today the
city owes over Sc 10000 and II things 30 IN this
way Ia ten years NO win be ruined. There are hund.
reds OF thousands 81 dollars going Ia the vie and profit
gate "a the rumseers and not for the support of the
poor. Instead OF this money being in the hands Of the
responsible and respectable 1t IL Ia the hands OF the
ripacious lie was there 10 speak Of abuses In the City
Inspectors Department. Ile wanted 10 show that Mr..
Guniher suspended tho City inspector and made his
communication TO the Board VI Aldermen. This WINS
known 10 Mr.. Graham. II they were 10 90 ON in
the manner lie Judgo Whiting) proposed, they
could get over tho investigation IN very
short time; but IL Mr.. Graham desires to
DO ~ technical DO was before the Com.
mittee Of the Common Connoil, IL would take a week.
lie next referred 10 the fact that Mr. Bodies friends
move Mr.. Booe. A Committee Proceeded 20 Albany
and the Last Governor to NewYork for tho pur.
pose Of inyestgotns tie charges August tho City In
eVel unto death, and hc could not do anything lest no
might be guilty u tia death VI Mr.. Bocie Tho Cover
nor went back and partioncd Cancemi. Now there 10
nobody her. TO make any charges sLd Judge Whiting
Our object II 20 furnish you with such facts viii,
we think. enable the senate lcgsaie properly In re-
gard 10 The City Of New York. We may ogislatc ill
are blind, and never touch This be body polite.
When We ascertain the nature Of the disease then
can know what medicine TO apply. Now, am told
aud an sure that II is true for haze II from good
auihory-that Judgments have been recovered, within
very few months by Mr.. Francis A. Palmer, for
seyen or eight hundred thousand dollars and within n
few days oge hundred and fifty or two hundred thous
and dollars more VIII be taken out u the Treasury for
certain expenses, What we want 10 show Is tint a
large amolnt Of this money has gone TO pay who
have never done any work. or for work that are
expected 10 perform Tor nothing etc Then propose
show that large amounts OF moneys paid out OF tho
Ii In ILia