New-York tribune., 1873-02-03
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- ASPPi n % ssS ssS q ~ NJ ibe above table that Mr. Palmer
paid over all which were paid to nm t tp NO o
Nay The SOOo3 paid 70 hm on md n sbSn SS'9 nad
over over only $3.50 Of it. renRg $3.50 and from oIai n5i d
sGsle on in a little more than month As the state
snims 10 per cent interest moneys unpaid aiter Dec
retained by Mr. Palmer for several days should be
transmitted without delay. Why 1t may pc asked; ou
Mi Palmer send to Albany all the moneys received l.oM
me up 10 NAV H. without deduction and from ana aIer M
that date retain part OF themt Tue Following iac'S
The enormous charges and emoluments OF the Cnau NAM
berlan County Treasurer was the sp6Get & oT asy
pablo discussion and OF severe e9lnihTt III % inSdTesfs
ture Of 1872 around which body MI Palmer DeITs.s @
Were se'S MY nome Of the moneys but
ont first payment after the legislature
$1,000 above referred TO- and from that and subsequent
payments the sum OF SSOS6 o. 10 prevent h rhfsS d
only be got back BY lawsuit, arranged WIN
the State officials to pay these moneys thren 9reGtS
the state agency n this ciy-the Manhattan Bank nc
rordngy, warrant for Sl00OOOO was drawn on jan ~
ls72 10 the order the Manhattan Bank This warrant
sigued 10y the Mayor and Controller ana tue Clerk
S1 le bPIS v SsPS Of fhe State Controller After the
warrant delivered Mr. Palmer refused TO pay ~
DE claiming the should pass through MS hands
and il remained unpaid in the Manhattan Bank Tor
days when rather than disturb the credit OF
the city al that critical period, consented 10 transmit
the money through Mr.. Palmer on the distinct under
standing that he would make no deduction theIeIom
The state presents an account OF SSsi6 VI against
the city Oelng the amount retained 10y Mr. rer and ia
me pse tax 6syib been psd by me to the County
Treasurer, be Transmitted 20 the state, OF course
THIS money retained by Mr.. Palmer was paid TO him IN
order That he might pay money que by tne county 10 te
State, aud measures should De taken 10 compei lid 50
iopay IT, ~. a., 81, .,o ,,.oros, ~, +,,o ,i,
Il, Iaorl no agfs n Mr
cy and county Of moneys that properly belong TO them
and this deprivation nlres TO Mr. Palhers own own Pecuh UNI
AIRY advantage. No business man would think OF DIS
putting the proposition that the interest on these
deposits should he credited by the depository banks to
the city ana county accounts.
There Is only one legal method OF drawing money from
signed by the Mayor and the Clerk Of the Board Of
Supervisors, for county moneys, ana py malO5t9 oI
The Commissioners for those Of the sinking Fund No
moneys he legally drawn from the treasury Dy & Te
Chamberlain at a nor ny tue Controiet S,Oe % or me ne
rule IS the same whether Tue money nc tnCpSmt az VI VI III, III
teres and the qubbles and fetches that nave Oeen put
Of Their object they are the thin covering of purpose
That may. perhaps, crafy change, with more or less
ing these moneys from the puOllc treasury. .
Tue distinction between the position OF the controller
On the nbieet and that of the Chamberlain not merely
a matter OF form as these interest should
a. rsiG fo tlc cty; il is something II, the
1iimtrlain claims he can draw them from the bank
and thus get them his possession, he may or may
not pay them the city, In the case OF these
STATE faxes he cot moneys his hands which be has
not vet paid May he not again set mp some o0so-
late upon which 10 hang claim 10 Keep THESE
interest moneys, and put the city TO litigation TO ger
fhem laCkl The Controller, on the Otner niIu,
claims that neither he the Chamberlain can draw
the interest from the bank lhey DelOug 10 the
account To wnicn tney b nav oDevs %0 u are drawn
fhat by the warrants provided bY law OF the mayor
and the Controller suppose the controller 10 consent,
that the Chamberlain draw interest moneys from
the Lauk pay over 70 the CITY, ana suppose he Chaln
suit to eet them back would it be justly said thai
the Controller had wrOngiuy consented 10 such Nt
and keep to the law The is a very simple one.
Moneys are deposited in the banks belonging to the city
can only be by the one lawful method and that
no the warrant signed 9y t9e MayG hhq NV tS S Tse
of OC al and other relations With the banks IN Wheh
being passed the city credit, he does so against the
Interests of the city Of which he Is an Ocer and IN pro
motion Of his personal interests as bank president ana
I'm this matter as in that Of the state taxes. deem
r,eSe Of the tv aud bring the subject under your
especial notice the hope that efficient remedy may
tie Broadway Bank in which both sweeny and Bradley
kept tee asGqa9 @ he ana di.bSt ~ te
late municipal robberes We're paid BY natural transi
non and for reason, he was, ON the 6h DAY o.
SspS & q Mr. SToYS BaSey BY Mayor
Hall lie the city, by the neglect OF co nv nnbe %
moneys order that the Broadway Bank may Continue
and other sfockGoders 1t was through this bank that
fraudulent waTantswere paid TO the amount OF millions
Could President with his own relations 10 those Gty
fcias have been entirely ignorant OF what was going
On Ia lis own bank Ii from this bank, as appeared
mn
menary evidence 10 have been IN its keeping sud
denly disappeared after its importance TO the prOtectOh
interests Of the participants III the alt nciP
rohleres were discovered. The Tenth National Bank
also is still continued by the Chamberlain as depOsl
tory bank Of the city mOneys-a hank that numbered
among ITS directors, Jay Gould, Peter B sWeehy hie
ard b. Connolly ana John Bradley, and wnicn mas Ior
months endeavOrng TO compel the controller 70
nav $4,000 being balance OF A42OOO claned 10
haye been advanced Norton, Ingersoll ana others
Courthouse COmmisslOnerS-frOm when advances the
city received trifing II any value -,
fhe schedule that follows win show some OF Mr..
pslmers present intertangled and incompetence tea
tlOns-(1ty Chamberlain, County Treasurer, broadway
hank OcKhOder and President, landlord OF armory
buildings rented the county and patron and relative
Of President Of the Tenth National BANK WHO also
Stains 10 be Deputy Chamberlain
THE CONTROLLERS SCHEDULE. 49,
Of state returned by Mr. Palmer SJVoIo VI
Cty Chamberlain Tor which be has begun sn -, o ~
~ H. * contJol,rs 10000
Irtssst 90 and county the Broadway and
s oG is PROPER accounts. 200 COO
of premises Nnt1sve Snd r~sbty-seyenh-st
ITuofy al 40 annus rent Of ,0o, which
a. .mosat G NED from Aug l. ls 10 Nov, lssa..! zoOO
ssy heretofore W. b. Palmer, President o., Tenth Ma
pretended DepuiyCbamOesip 5000 o.
n the period has not yet come when public officers
will refuse uncomfortable and excessive emOluments.
ne time has certainly come when even men Of not
seDstlye honor in public positions Will be unwilling TO
fce the udium that must fall upon the official who, OBJ
hvions duty 10 the public nights for all be
Iy oousmraors against the interests Of the whole
asunity. VERY respectfully,
A THE CHAMBERLAINS STATEMENT
'rba folfou;n, ie City Chamberlain palmpris