New-York tribune., 1886-05-06
THE BROADWAY BRIBERY.
NEW TESTIMONY FOR THE COMMITTEE.
ADDITIONAL TIME GRANTED BY THE SENATE fo"
THE INVESTIGATION.

,npyrcshL TIME GRANTED BY THE SENATE fo"
TIE INVESTIGATION.
rrnoM THE REGULAR coHRFSfoHphNl of i'"
ArPAsY. May 5.-Thc report was made TO
day By the Senate Railway Committee upon l'9 NV"
cation OF the charge that tho Board OF Aldermen VI vow
Work. wore bribcd to grant franchise to tho bro"'
surr,ce railway Company. Just before senator 10"
submittcd the report, he received letter rom ''
A,to,uev MARITIME OF NowYork. asking that Inc COM
rit,ee listen to further testimony In Now-fork neA'
SATURDAY. In his letter, which was read 10 the ecL'
Mr. MARITIME wrote; .,.
regret to hear That the time Of the Senate invesgae
,ns Committee expires tomorrow. In my ophioi ~" 80
Efforts to bring offenders against tho brlDciy % no
Justice and tho public Interests nsa have some
yery important witnesses whom desire the c9nltee
to examine SATURDAY OF ne preset% % siod ~ pro-
animation will throw great ileh on tio e'iU ia
nuri M the Broadway franchise. Inc nlosc r1
u ma cou,niotee cannot come SATURDAY, cannot
suh committee OF threc Mr Ncol OF my V,c ,,on no 81
wrtna this letter. Mr. Seward adds his indorsemens ~
ani says that this examination may De naa ~ us
on saturday at IL O'Clock. when he VIII nave s.on5
Tapher present Upon the general snblcot pe ~ 30
that in my judgment the pa't anots @ ,ss o, pnhc MI
sepa,or Pitts moved that the committee haVc "nui
Trcsdav next TO finish the Investigation senators
Fa.sett Coggeshal and Veddcr opposed the MOTION oi
An hour and half Senator fassctt criticse" 'H0 non
road Committee for not doing moro, ahh eApfeS9eu ~
opinon that the investigation had Oeeh i"'''io
There were rulnOfs Hc sau, '"''' - ~N''
had been examined, men high in position "ouu nave
been implicated" .
"souator Tassct been full OF fau1t-nnG!nS ABOUT
,bis investatlon over since il startel said seha-
,o, pi,,s and now he declares that 1t is failure But
ybeu ili an inveAtigaton more Justify ITSELF I -
Walt till the end Oi the matter, saIu oei"IoF faS
sett. ouo,.srv said Senator
ptta confident that have ione right IL IS uniar.
unjust ana mumanly the senator to say that II the
railroad Committee had folio" ed up certain cie"s they
woull convict ad men III III pootloh'
merely said IL was rumorei, sad senator fessct'
"Ycs YOU picked mp a run!or ont or street gutter,
said senator Pitts and aoat against your !olIoW
Senators Thirty Senators voted for thcse Ds anu onJ
| two against them. Was not that "A good test
l. senator Pitss motion 10 extend the tme OF tno cum
nittee did not receive sufficient number OF Vots ony
10 when II were needed. Senator Sloan moved 10 re-
consider the and earnestly appealed TO thc enao
hs senate should adop he attitude OF refusing 10 grant
Disfrrt- ic;Eey Marines requcs The Kallroau ,o-
rnitee bad brought great credit upon lhe q ~
Tho resou ion then adopted ny 'Uto oi 10 ~ o.
The negative those OF Senatots GaraeI
| qeShal Durham, Fassott Marvin, Murphy, haihcs anu
| Yedder.
Senator Sloan, OF the Finance Committed. to-niSht
submitted q bill appropriating soOooo 10 pay
,ho eypenses OF tho Gibbs Committee and
oh.r stigatng committees senator Low asoni hed
the senate by stating that the expenditures OF the '
road Committee in nvcstigatng tic nets OF Broadway
cd to $4,000. lhla amount no oo, moved
sbonld be added TO tho $4,000. making S10soOo IN all
senator Murphy exciledly asked il some OF this money
was not Tor tho spies II co. he & was mo. 10,
said that the committee had hrci somc detectives but
their bill amounted only TO 5000 IL was nhte' tn'
the bi of tho counsel Of committee. Rosc2e Conk
ling and Clarence a. seward. amounted t. S4ooVo.