The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-09-19

book and the cancelled checks have shared The the
proving truth o. fasy Of Mr. s,orrs statement But his
!. not all. Mr.. sorrs Is accountant. holds a most
@
the Of reduced per
S mias The $ IL % per cent
uon this principle will no, be difficult to understand
% % truth ssd he with
persons IN authority put forward statements that can be
;.s-r q the men who are now on trial. nor terrible
sess: a. 80 ~iiing to run 10 their efforts to sh'"
iu yours. &C., 'as TxlitM WI eiRe'
Late of the comp'rolers once
A reporter OF the HERALD yesterday tried ~ find
out at the Comptroller's Office whethey Mr. Storrs
had intentionally deceived the committee or made
simply a mistake in his statement. A prominent
official OF the Uomptroller's office was the first per-
the reporter able TO get hold Of and the fol.
"Did You notice the other day." said he. "the
statement of MIR. storrs concerning the salaries
usually paid TO auditorsT'
"Yes sir.n
~. WAS ,s.s !. correct"
.Are You sure of that"
"Mr Siorrs stated that the Auditor used to get
5000, but now only gets s4,soo"
"Yei understand that they used to get In fact
did get up to The ist OF June, $780,"
lyon are sure OF that ~
''Yes sir.r
Auditor was reduced, with other salaries above
5000, by me Board o. Apporfionment ~
Correct; but what do you mean wnen you say
the salary OF the Auditorf"
"well, Watson was Auditor. wasn't he"
"He was County Auditor"
what do you mean9'
II mean to say that Mr. Storrs' statement had
nothing to do with the salaries OF County Auditors"
"Why be simply referred TO the salaries paid In
former years TO City Auditors"
County Auditorsf''
mot tue slightest"
"Do you speak by authorityT'
81 do, thought saw q discrepancy in his state
ment when 1t was published and spoke 10 him
about il, and he at once dscaimed any idea of
having made reference to the County Auditor"
"Well, he told me that when the question as to
THE AUDITORS SALARY
was propounded TO HIM he was under the impres.
sion that referred to the City Auditor, because Of
Se Wa az ne the city
at is stated that up to the LIST Of June the County
AUDITORS salary was ST. 5ooa year. or sel5 month
that being no reduction from the old fixed sum-
''What OF that The Beard OF Apportonment re-
duced the salaries twenty. per cent after certain
time, which reduction did not take place TIL after
the ls OF June, you easily see by reference to
| your file. You should understand that man under
examination as Mr. storrs was may have misstated
few facts OF no great Importance
"Ah see; the reduction made in the salary Of
the CITY Andtor BY the Board Of Apportlonmeut was
EXACTLY; you see Mr. storrs may have stated the
reduction to have been twenty-five per cent, but |
don't think he did, and he has no recoiecon Of
| having sad so. He said twenty per cent"
'Tne question has been asked IN view Of his state.
ment whether what he stated to be the present
salary of the Auditor (city, suppose he meant,
$4,000. was seventy-fve per cent Of S8OOO?''
"Why, no: OF course not You can easily see the
mistake. The reduction was twenty per cent
instead OF twenty-five, and 1850 Is certainly eighty
per cent OF IS 00o.n
81 see plainy.n
THIS ended the conversation between the reporter
and the Official, the latter being satisfied that he
had explained everything satisfactorily, and the
former equally So