The New York herald., 1878-09-11
Malfeasance Alleged Against Sheriff,
County Clerk and Register.
DETAILS OF THE CHARGES.
What Tammany, Anti Tammany and the
General Public Have to Say.
A POLITICAL STORM IMPENDING.

The runners which scs tho politicians all agog on
Monday and which detailed In the HERALD Of
yesterday concerning the charges to be preferred to
the Governor against the Sheriff, County Clerk and
Register were the chief topics of conversation in
political circles yesterday. 1t appears thai tho
charges regarded with very different eyes by hs
various political parties tn,s CITY, Tne Tammany
men claim Is the 'old dodge" OF last winter,
when dreadful fcrebodings Of charges and i'm.
peachments had aireadys been promulgated from
tho riiden camp. They say that even If Governor
Robinson In the interest of "Unce Sam, should re-
move County Clerk Gumblaton, Register Loew and
Bherin Reilly and I'LL their places with Tilden men
rammany would still bo powerful as ever in the
syracuse Convention, and the riden and an1i-rau-
many would not be benefited at all
rbs charges 1t may stated. not yet iualy pro-
pared In any of the cases concerned. Tho sigma
lures re not yet affixed to the charges and there are
yet some small links Of proof TO be supplied in ono OF
the CHAINS OF testimony. The lawyers whp have moved
In these have preferred, they say, TO wait
until their statements ceased to DO mere allegations
In this Wow large number Of a davits conGrmatory
pf the charges been procured with tho purpose
or placing Governor Robinson full possession of all
the facts The expose OF the HERALD OF yesterday
has accelerated the progress OF the accusers of tue
rounty officials, and there is now no doubt Of the
yormal of tho charges and accompanying
proofs to tho Governor or before Saturday
next. The action, of the Executive will be
In accordance with the precsdent In tho
Ease Of ex.Exc,se Commissioner Morton. That
Official was called upon 10 explain tho administrator
pf his office upon the summons of tho Governor
citing satisfactory reasons only exhibited to
him such explanation was necessary. The Executive
upon presentation of such prima fase proof against
any county officer the court of last resort,
as has been very frequently shown As
rule eight days allowed to tho incol-
pated Official to present and explain all rec
ores called for by his constitutional cnisf Under
this CUSTOM il the charges presented this week.
Tho hearing and adjudication will take place almost
simultaneously with tho State lions OF the two
political parties ut Saratoga and Syracuse. The de-
cs,on In any OF tho scarcely bo announce cd
in time to influence the control OF tho Democratic
Convention. and must rest on the strength or
weakness OF the cases sent TO Albany
The friends OF the county officers ert that there
,s nothing yet published OF natureao cast odium
upon them, but their opponents decluue that there
could be conclusive proof presented than
that which Is about being placed In Governor Robin
sons hands.
REGISTER LoEw's CASE
The case against Register Loew the parties maEiuE
Tho charge CONTEND is The most simple and complete
IL is tree from all complications indirect respon
sibintes for the OF subordiuates. The laws Of
1910 and lS44 embodied in the sixth edition OF tho
Revised Statutes OF New York, vol L p. o07 sec. lob.
and Ill., p. 9os, Is, and sccs and s. p o2a.aro
singulariy precise and explicit. They require tho
Register OF the city aud county OF New York, and
county clerks elsewhere, to keep public book open ut
All times, exhibiting in detail all transactions on roc
prd oil charges them and all olce expenses They
also provide that charge made Tor recording any
paper shall ten cents for each folio OF 100
words They make ovcrchargcs misdemeanor, and
require the Grand Jury to present under indTtment
any register or county clerk whose charge
imperative duty OF tna Governor OF the State TO
any Official who is proven guilty oi oxtorton,
visions extend also to overchargcs the case OF
searches OF titles ana other business proper tothe
once OF Register County Clerk.
CHARGES AGAINST THE REGISTER
Tho charges az gainst Register Loew aege--
FrSt-That ho has no public book, as the statute
Second-That he has habitualiy wiiiuly ana frauau-
lentiy charged and received fees greater than those
Ti,-d-Tha, while SO charging excessive fees to tho
public systematically injured tho employees OF
his Office By cutting down their compensation.
Fonrth-Thal he has failed to make the reports re-
CURED by law, and has thereby concealed from hrs
superior ofcer, tho Governor the true condition OF
his Office aud The fact That he was constantly COM
THE saRAyrEE BooKn
The gravamen OF these charges, as far as concerns
the alleged iiisgitimste profits OF the Register rests
open the condition of the ''Grnntco Book" Before
the agitation subject mouths ago. all in-
dentures recorded were charged for in tho 'Granee
I,ooK ;, in accordance with the following schedule
when was furnished for the direction Of employees on
,tbe assumption OF Office by Register Loew:-
From 2 to ioos. 81 20 70 iolos.-. ....-.S2 20
IL fol'os. 90 "a iolios-. 25
70 ioios...."..... 20 20 io,.os .'''........ 90
These rates have, II is alleged In nflldav,ts, boon
charged constantly. Schedules are presented with
the charges for dates during each month Of
che oil Judge Loew, which, II is alleged IN these
pf1davts, would amount TO an annual cxtortion OF
over $4,000 Besides TINS illcetimate profit 1t 10
Also charged in the nfidavils that Judge Locw
peived large through sheer imposition upon cus-
tomers OF hts olnce WheDevor papers are wanted la
haste the charges are greatly extended, this 1t Is
Alleged s especially true n cases where the persons
Ere also othor cited In which nnucntia CUSTOM
FRS bribe the Register by excessive fees In order
10 secure instan. rscord-ior example, the Ere
Road, Messrs. Shipman, Barlow. Larocquc and Nc
Tarlond, then offered three convcyanccs Tor record.
one OF these marked by the Deputy Register ~
containing thirty folios another forty third
also at forty ioios. Tho legal charges IN this case
were Sl1 Instead OF that sum $50 were charged aud
gsceiveJ II Is claimed, by the Register paid by the
lawyers under protest in order TO avoiu delay.
OTHER CHARGES
The charges against the county Clerk and Sheriff
upon similar grounds and are also supported by
anhdavits. The statement rs, however mado that the
sxtortons In the Registers office, large they are,
are petty In comparison with those committed under
the authority of the Sheriff ana County Clerk
Among the legal Arms who have been consulted
nbout the exactions 10 the Registers Office and who
will probably sustain the charges before the Governor
MANN PARSONS
TRACY, OLMsrEAD n TRACY.
FULLERTON, KNOX n CROSBY.
sBIPNAN, JARocQUEs, BARLOW McPAR-
LAND
GEORGE T. STRONG.
COUDERT BROTHERS.
CHARLES H. TRUAX.
JOHN II. RIKEk,
WILLIAM J. KANE,
COLEMAN SHAW,
CUDLIPP GRAFf.
j. o BROWN.
C. W. VAN VOORHEES,,
MORRISON, LAUrERBACH l. sPRINGARN,
DE WITT, LACkMAN & KfPR
A woes rAMsAvY.
fhc following opinion, given Yesterday by An in'-
uate friend OF Mr.. Keily-wbo as will be scen further
below prefers reserve his views for the future
NAV 30 regarded as fair cptomc OF Tammany's sem
timents on the question OF the charges.
az think n Governor Robinson removes these
officials said he sou thoee charges that tue scheme
will react against anti-Tammanv. The motive Is 100
to deceive nByoody, and the people VIII
Irown down such attcmp, TO remove faithful oncils
In the interest any particular democracy
n u had been one official people might have oeen
indnned 10 haiiexn That the charges Mero honestly