New-York tribune., 1871-09-14

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or cc coanty g make % Or Incur liability 70.
printing stationery advertising during 1883 and 1870
but in defiance Of these provisions Of the law,
tempt Of these provisions Of the law in utter disregard
hs officials q the city ana County these SfcIss
claims 70 the amount, Of near 100000. and
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front am aware that an affidavit has been read by the
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bur- President Of the Printing Company and President den,
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That Sir covers the period which is embraced In our
aS1 'ss
during ths period in GonneGton WITH these asso
Ss aHd the saasf en ASpa
He states that he assigned his interest in 1870,
have no information and all the information which the
President now gave that Of these officials
appear upon the stock books Of the Company. That
might be but Sir there is very ssntfdnt mt n%an fact ad
connection with this transfer Of the defendant Tweed,
Is nSt %e e ae np % the printing
the City and County and the Stationery Company TOR the
and purposes tho City and County Government
and it is rather strange thing how NcwJersey manli
d"ns influence as to cos into the City Of and
be able secure all the manufacturing of stationery
derived and enjoy the monopoly Of supplying oil the de-
psrmcnts with such articles at the expense Of the public
% ton that the Mayor d the City connected with I5e
%GSher he Is or no In his aav he
that he has not much connection or any But whether
not 9fSn gwen US any We Scrc a cher are
others OF the city officials connected with that paper.
set forth that the Treasurer Of the Association tho
Chamberlain Of the city for that fact notorious; hui
think that. In so far as that allegation s concerned.
and the statement Of the Mayor That he hs- not nut
S na1S hs temS"y y'h n % o in
far as That Association ,o i c"ncInca @ np:ii
connection up to bo date o became Ma, or and IS not
very how hs stands since tha period In so far as
the statements which affect tOs" officials in connection
with those Associations are contonrd is an exceed
ngly unsatisfactory uattcr to nave them tried upon
into consideration OF that ubIoct. leaving it, think
am entitled to leave IT, upon tire admitted fact OF the
connection 0, to defendant Tweed with these AssOCia.
tions cn5ilc nave the matter continued that at
the suhseGuent age of the 1t might he gone
fully into ami investigated and tniry and Sluarely dis
closed.
Well, Sir 10 state IN complaint that not
only were tue printing and siatoncry contracted for to
large extent i'll excess Of the appropriations, but that
S 5 Ssn na set % the the c &
guards of the Legislature protecting the Treasury were
sd si a%S't c Of hG Go C
of ~ ws we vet I forth % in the sT at 'S @d
TGps r to Hsy @ End G"spss @ eT snd % S M the FT @
So sn,1s ,SS, ,d 6s sx5issa that va,
this purpose during either OF those years and make
the allie cation that the paid in 1869 and $50 to the
10 done county buildings and Offices was sl725glo 49,
to repairs in 1869, 81 i5793 8-toccther o. The
Inv auhOIizca and allowed an expenditure o s7c,o}'
The city officials contracted and pad the above excss
sys ys ST rp"rs that We're upon IN"
Of this city, and part of which nas been included in
| Now it may be that these defendants here may come
into Court in face Of that fact ana upon their bare a
the SAT guards which the Legislature had placed around
ana set against the admission the bare declaration in
their respective adavits that thy had no hand in doing
statement their hand that it could Io done without
the aid Or connivance of some or all OF thtn
TIE ENDORSEMENT OF MYSTERIOUS cHNRNAS'
We 10 ou Sir to state that during 1895 and 1869 claims
were made against ;he City and County Government Tor
mnttprs in which appropriations had been made y the
Legislature, and OF those appropriations TO
the amount of s2oo0OO, and that sssl26 81 OF those
claims paid. 1t is duo to the Controller here to
state that his affidavit that subject Is the most candid
statement that has been made , IN AZ ni t1 papSS @ M
ajmsa %ts nT and has sn@ Been @ % ina inns in @ IN
appropriations had been made, and that the claims are
iature lad made tor those purposes. His
answer in RESPECT 10 the manner in which
He states that, having been appohdrd TO andit c'a;:'
against the City and County, he found that chairman
(whose he does not cOndosccnd to give u+ OF
committee of which he does not niorn though this
chairman and cOmmi;ee point very Directly 10 the &c,
that when they came before Linn with 'hS is SIGNATURE
| "BlccCS>ul
TONER" he choosys TO PM himself iI up, upon " ,h"
claims which, because of the certificate tlr city and
county bound pay. II won't! have added consd-
seconded TO inform who thi 'rhir1nan" was, OF what
committee he was cialrinan' AM WHO ms learned
We come Into court your Homer and we make this ale
that the City or County authorized to act on their
ped H,d'' in an" such I instances the The W Ciiy and c'ufy
could not be held responsible legally for
Of tier authority. wAcevcr they " go further.
Sir. and state that those c!als MAD" in
names If firms and parties WHO never existed: made for
work never done that they were false and fraudulent
tle,nen whose experience has been far greater than
| that these documents were fraudulent upon their
wSch SSui be i% ssn was eII' the pToduc"n % iH iS
court. before your Honor, OF those vouchers.
,encnty, i publicly stated, dl.api.arcd Iley have
disappeared al the very moment when called
! fOi. wien tie trutli-Or fasty-:hat has been fynv
around Tor many weeks and months in connection with
this Dlattcr could he juicaily determined It v IL not
do for the Mayor to come in and presume that hc public
will accept his bare, naked ailidavt that they are
fraudulent upon q cir face 1t u matter indifference
Ia who Is Responsible for the disappearance of tbUs
/ pa.cTS. II is evident that there necessity Tor
thc,r Gisap caIance Ohc. wise they never would have
! 50 suddenly been missing.
FICTITIOUS AND EAorBTAxT q AIMS
Nov SiY, there no dcIal here Of :Lc spcc1c acoo
Gpi> We make ia suh-diNls!on8 of our CON, ain that
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