The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-12
OFFICIAL HEADS In DANGER.
cor. ROBINSON dSKED TO cut THEN
orr Ar ONE FELL SUOOP.
The Aeeusers of Mc.-r-. Reilly, Loew. nnd
Gumbieton Pushing their Work Whas
thc Charges aud why they Mad.

The Aeeu.e-s oF Mc----. Reiuy. Loew. nnd
Gumbieton Pushing their Work Whas
thc Charges are aud why they are Mnde.
cOninittccOf those gentlemen who have
drawn up charSes against Sheriff Reilly. Reg
! lister Loew. and County Clerk GlmblctOn Will
! 60 to Albany some day this week to lay them be-
fore Gov. Robinson. They deny that Gov Til
! den or Gov. Robinson hase had anything to do
| with the charges. either to instigate them or to
| aid in getting the evidence ON which they are
based. They also sny that the charges are in
no respect the result Of political feeling and are
not intended to have political bearing.
" The only relation they have to politics. OK
| planned one os the lawyers Yesterday. is That
il has been found that no movement directed
against the interests Of politicians can be made
successful unless IL is brought on Just beiorc an
election. For example these very charges are
hardly moro than copies of resolutions passed
| by the Bar Association in 1874. Those rosolu-
tions camc to the result usually attained by
lawyers resolutions. 1t is only by pressing our
| charges in Il time like this that We can get
proper attention paid to them'
" / want you to notice another thing" said
another informant. " Tho first publication OF
| this mnttcr WIS made by the other side. II ap-
| day, and was evidently intended TO kill our
| movement hv II premature exposure Of our in
| tcnti0ns. Our Intentions are very easily eX-
| planned. There is a general determination
| among all whose business brings them ia con-
ne,Tion with the three county officers. that tho
compensation and expenses Of those Offices
| shall be n matter OF public knowledge. We
! make warfare against the fee system. because
out u that system has grown ne9ry all the Pc
cuninry political abuses Of New York. The idea
| that. because nm officer Is responsible TO an in
| definite amount for property or persons com,
mitted 10 his charge. his compensation should
| not br fixed. but should be left matter Of mys-
| terry. T. wrong and very harmful. Incre IS no
ofilcc n New York that could not be liled by,an
| entirely rcsponsible man nj hNed salary, We
| claim that the long continued rcticenrc OF the
| county officers about their receipts arises from
| the necessity they are under 81 roncealing their
cNtortons. In the Register Office the rcceiuts
| Tor Three years are sal To have been S2S2,OlO.
convenient fiction. are supposed to receive one
| half. less the expenses. The expenses arc
| merely for stationery and sweeping. In the
! County Clerks Office the cxrenccs nre no
| greater. while the gross receipts are much
| lnrger as arc also the political assess ments. The
| expenses are pretty well understood to come
| from tina County Clerks oiiicp This is because
| his receipts are 50 much larger. and because il
| i 50 much more difficult. from the nature Of
gal exactons committed by him or his sub
| ordinates. II Is not unlikely that the thorough
| inquiry that will be- nude will develop proofs
that County Clerk Gumbeton Is himself 4 sub
ordinate as Tar Rs pecuninry affairs are con-
c.rncd. For example. his opponents make the
assertion. perhaps rashly that during the last
| year the receipts from the ofllec were not less
WIS permitted TO draw for his own use not more
" Tho charges against the County Clerk. al
ready drawn and signed for pres rntation TO the
| Governor. do not enter into discussion OF these
general questions but are confined 10 u relation
| ~ certain specific cases OF overrhnrging and
certain otl"r cases of remission Of those charges
| County Clerk. like the Register. has failed 10
| k"ep omen for inspection books which the law
! requires him So 70 keep. They vii further show
| That the County Clerk has charged for recording
| papers IN cases in which the law provides that
| no fee shall 10 eXasted. The strongest nccusa-
| tions against the Management If this Office are
! in relation 20 the charges for searches. lawyers
| being frequently compelled to pay n fee n hun
| drci times greater than the law allows In order
| e. get return Tor their requistion TOR searches
| within reas enable time after 1t Is made.
r. Adli,ional ailidav,is wore submitted 10 the
| Committee Yesterday Tint the Register and the
sheriff since the publication Of intention TO a.
cu-e them. had made gross oyercharGes. Yes
sherin that one OF his, deputies had charged
| sll5 iar servic@s, The legal charge Tor which
Guilty hy reducing tho bin ons;,hird. Tho COM
| p.anaut has the charge fixed 10y the courts.
A. . in , .ayt ,nrosg.red yGsJerday charges
| the rUse ot the Union Dino Savings Bank. the
charges were unlawful and very heavy, because
WHAT me immediate rcsult will ho when She
| charges are laid before Gov. Robinson It is hard
g. say. j. may not X into proof Of the charges
reports &C the business 81 their offices whioh
| ihcy nre Nv law bound o. furnish H. him They
because they have not Kept he books from
| which 10 make them out. The Governor may
! r'mov' them for this cause without even read
| ing our charges. NOu remember when Excise
/ Commissioner Morton WAS brought before the
/ Governor. the Governor took this course.
| Morton was very anxious 70 obtain spo'i "a
| tons 70 charges. but tue Governor held t. his
decision. and Morton was removed from oflice.
! Aii"rw4rd Morton sued IN the courts e. bee re-
ins,Hted, on the ground that he had held a city
g'll q" and not a county Office, md that with the
| former tho Governor had nothing 10 do. He
] mas y = Itf'n rllt'f--fl.. luTrf can. n fWrNur.
! be- no doubt that the Register. County Clerk. and
| Sheriff arr all county on a'r-. and subject 10
examination and removal Tor cause by the
I Governor.
"I,is useless for the Rcsisterto reply to us.
as he does, that he instructed his deputies 10
charge Just what his predecessors had charged
and no more In our charges we shall not COM
but with those pres ribed by the law. We object
l. tht Zee system rs bad in ltscf. because prac-
IarMeni 10 wink al the irregularities Of his
! In MeCool. Chairman Of the so-callcd
Cooper Anu-Tammany party denies that tho
Iro'."llngs against the County officers ema-
noted from this organization, No Committee
organization nor was the subject ever discussed
AZ any ri rs meetings or u any caueus Of itss
the parry helievc that tho cLnrgcs were made by
lawyers Hmt that the TnmmanY leaders have
cudtayured 10 weaken lac iur'e II the aeru-l.
Neson J. Wior6 S' and ' Other Ani' Fam.
many Democrats openly admit that the move
ucnt Is ~ political character. They call
and believe that ii Will succeed. II
the gentlemen said, We shall deprive Tam
many o. much oi lts shows Of war Tho Regis
tar'- oihcG pays into Taalmapy Hall cocoon a
y.ar AMI het County Clerks md sherns
| offices pay about t5u.uln each. II that money
j. taken from Tanmany twill damage It's pros
poets o' success IN the election and 4 course
The uarty that gets control II those OH es Will
reap the benefit OF their patronage
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