, 1876-07-09

All Lnat HIS Decn zone aralHst tHe ".1o's
Of cauacontractors by Gov. Ti|dcn since he rs.
sumed the role Of tzlnaI-refortncr, ana is tnc
only visible return he makes for .o o,o
THE EXPENDITURE or SOME Sluo,vuo
In expenses Of his Canal Investigating CommlS-
sion, and in hiring lawyers to do the work Eincts u
rtdicuously incapable Of performing. The only
ease IN which this young gentleman figured "aa
the first trial Of George D. Lord, and then ne
failed. The second trial was conducted by
special counsel, aud then conviction WAS
obtained. Special counsel we're ilso em-
p]oyed for the first suit against the SyTi-
cuse contracting firm. Whether Mr. Fur
child will have anything to do with the trial OF
the second, is not known. III his last annual
message, tho Governor asked for s30, COO special
apr! briatton to pay for hiring legal assistance
for the Attornev-Eenera1 The Legislature was
unwilling to give the Governor the opportunity
MAKE POLITICAL CAPITAL OUT OF REY1sa-,
which it reasonably concluded h wol.l CO.
tatnly have done; but Attorney-sicnc. Al air
tute Z comparison, that he has dune d: ;:2uch
work in the preparation and prt.:;~.atlon ot
suits against canal-ruutrHctcss as Lid Attorney
General Barlow, whu hai no extf@ assistance
and no appropriation, and asked tor none. 1t
WAS this message, In vh;cl, the Governor asked
for more money, more laH,yers, more laws, more
officers, aud more everything, which suggested
Nast'6 humorous cartoon, wherein Gov. ~Hden
WIS depicted ae coming before the frightened
guardian OF the State Treasury with his mouth
ne,.,r-thc " "saoro u being required "to
b-:og :hcsc suits tthrce] to tf1al.n It should,
bcv-1cr. be stated that the Commission saved
the State 5000 by stopping payment OF two
&C, tlt1catcs for that amount.
,, .,But lo9k at TIC sganttc system = Of fraua
partisans, tie fraudulent contracts stopped.
the saving to the State which will b., effected IN
the future." There Is something In this, but
not so much as Mr. Tildon would have people
believe. The root Of the abuses IN canal
management wus the system OF extraordinary
repairs; and
Il DEATH-nLow WAS GIVEN TO THIS
by the Constitutional Amendment adopted the
year befnre Gov. 1ilden ea.nc into otlirc. as to
the fraudulent contracts stopped, that PARTICLE
lar piece Of reform seems to have been knocked
to pieces There was quite 4 list Of these COLI
tracts published In the spring Of last year, and
the announcement was ,n:tle that no further
payments would be made upon them. 4 month
Or so ago, one jacob sctlaub, the holder Of q
Ell 70 s eat hea m s z 5' 5. Pneas Was s
fused. schaub applied to the Courts, presented
his Case, recovered S13, 00,-cXtra costs being
allowed By the Court,-u;ld sued out
man1a1nus OH the Canal Auditor to COM
graplled to Attorney General Fatrctild, who
was dischargtng his duty to the State at
st Louis, to know what to do. The Attorney
General replied that It was all right, and tho
contractor might be paid; which was done &C
cordingly. As the other holders Of the pub
1ishcd list OF fraudulent contracts are follow
ing the example OF Schaub as fast as thcfr mon
ey becomes due, It does not scetn that the PROM
ises nude last year will be carried out. OF
course, the management OF the canals IN the tu-
ture may he honest. Tint depends, however,
US in the past, Oh the honesty OF the officials
who have Charge OF them. It IS perfectly well
known In this city that the qualification demand
cd VI the candidates, when the complete list Of
new appointments was made out last winter,
was that
1ugY SHOULD DE GOOD "T1LDEN MEN"
Some were found, after their appointment, to
be doubtful on the main question. They were
speedily removed, and others appointed It'll
den nun :" in Albany Is another word for hon
to hold office under the present Administration
Can any one point to single appointment
made by the Governor to any Office in this State,
where The appo'ntee was not friend and partf-
For convenience OF reference, 1t NAV be well
to furnish here a brief rccal,itulation Of the
visible work Of caua}-rcforn', so that when
"these SUITS. the 'scanalsutts," the 'sprosecu-
t1on OF fraudulent contractors, y and "stoppassc
of fraudulent contructs,' are talked OF, it may
It the statement be questioned, one has nnly to
20 to tlte Attorney Generals Office. The rec
ords are free to any one who chooses to examine
them:
RECORD or GOV. T1LuESs CASAL-KEFoRN sE1Ts,
ETC, FROM THE PUBLICATION or TIE CANAL
MESSAGE. MARCH, 1877, TO DATE: >.
Number of e'atts brought. -
Number brought to trial. a1......-.......-.. .
Number Of convictions obtained.
Number Of suits dismissed by Court. l
Number Of suits now pending. .......... |
Amount OF money recovered. ......-.. None
Expenses Of Commission and counsel to
assist Attorney General about. 81 90, 900
Payment Of two certificates stopped by
COflnai:elDn 10, VuU
Number Of existing fraudulent contracts
stopped. d.......-........ ........ ....... None |
1T cannot l,c eatd that these quits were COM
nencc1l, as one Of these three the old suit |
by Acknowledgement Barlow, and |
lnally abandoned by him hopcless. This is the
11e which the Court dismissed.