New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-25

Master, "a Republican, that Mr.. Tabor aeolareo
such payment illegal
On February Is the Assembly on monoh o,
Hamilton Fish, by a unanimous vote, rqueS'e'
the Capitol trustees TO suspend Andrews Oh az
count of the disclosures that had been ma"e Wy
the report of the committee OF experts pu' ."o
Acknowledgement came 20 his rescue by FURNISHING
an official opinion, which is one OF tle mos, "i,'~
ING ON record. that the Capitol trustees, who hao
Tho rouer of removal of this holdover oihclai-
no having been appointed in ss3 for two year,
conh not suspend him, and, NOTWITHSTANDING 'ho
constant daily disclosures, the Captol trustees
held him in office until the latter part OF May
Possibly the leniency may have been OWING 70
Andrews liberal contribution TO the funds OF the
Democratic State Committee, for he testihed th2t
he contributed $500 last year. and that he raised
\ similar amount from his employees.
THE CONTROLLER NO WATCHDOG.
Controller Wemple another Democratic official
who is seeking reelection made sad spectacle
of himself when before the Investigating Com
mittee displaying his utter ncapaclty for MS
Office. and an objectionable indifference 10 t'e
requirements of it. Generally the Controllers oil
the State have been the watch-dogs oil the treas
ury. Not so in the case of the present incun-
bent according to his cwn testimony. beiore the
Investig eating Committee he certified that unuer
contract between Snaith and the State whlch
provided for the retention of 20 per cent DS tHe
State from the monthly estimates until the hlal
completion OF the work. Yet, despite lhis' 'le
Controller paid Snaith nearly sl4.OoO mort '"'i
was warranted under the provisions OF tle "si'e
ment All this Mr.. Wemple was opngeu W 0o''-
fess on the witncssstand. His conducS was con-
demned by all the members of the hrse ASScn'oS
committee which investigated the map'er' '"o '
I.,lr
who signed the report were Judge ueorse W.
Greene. of Orange County. one OF tie most con-
spicuous Democrats in the Assembly ana MS V"o
associates ON the committee. Messrs Martin ana
ONeiu Here is an extract from their report:
We are of The opinion that the CONTROLLER Oh INC
state Is guilty of negligence in paying 10 sG be was
entitled by the terms Of this contract unI Ge "vin
should have been finally accepted on he pat OF ie
STATE: and while under the method under when ulis
work was done he not required 70 determine a.
caratey the value Of the work performed o ne ~S az
The State 70 know the amounts of money pa1 unoets
the contract and IS clearly cHarsed Ti srcen f 20
per- cent Of the contract price This he has failed to
stead Of s54 o50, as required by the contract
During Mr.. Wemple's examination Mr. Seward
one of the counsel of the committee, put tins queS
ton:
And you paid attention whatever to the iequIe o
ments OF the contract that the committee sh9un mar"
an approximate estimate and report that ana 'es yo n
should pay that approximate estimate Us ~ pa
unIeservedly "NO, did not.'
HE WAS SHEEHAN'S MAN.
Mr.. Wempe further testified that he advanced
Andrews 1880, the first payment oil which was
made in July, for which he had no voucher, ana
for which he had asked none until after the As
scmbly Investigating Committee had been aP-
pointed. Part of this money was the $500 llle-
galy paid 10 Andrews additional compensation !
Is it any wonder that the entire newborn DELE
CATION to the late Democratic State Convention
protested against the denomination oil an oinclaI
so careless and negligent Mr.. Wemple
Andrews, at the suggestion OF Mr.. Sheehan, en-
ployed q Buffalo Democrat, one J0hn Barry, as
inspector OF the work at s. day. Barrys pre-
vious occupation had been that OF horsc-cnr re-
porter or tallyman. At the time OF ms appoint (
mcnt he was engaged in what is famlnary KNOWN
as the " wet grocery trade. lie was utterly WIN
ont qualification for the position. On the WIZ /
ncss-stand he testified that, though drawing ms /
salary from the State, his principal duty was TO /
act hs timekceper for the contractors men. ne /
frankly admitted that he never reported to An /
drews anything about the work The idea that
he was under any obligation to the State never
gems to have entered his brain. Yet this man
was recommended for the place by that alCgeo
embodiment of official integrity. William F. Shee,
han. who has Just been renomnateu iof meh'oer VI
the Assembly.
hill STOOD BY THE GANG
striking evidence of Governor Hills SYM
paihes with the contractors. despite their wrong
doing. is shown by the way he visited his dis
Measure upon the committee Of experts named
bv the Assembly to inquire into the construction
of the ceiling These gentlemen are OF the highest
professional standing and attachments. namely,
Stanford White OF this city Archimedes Russell
of Syracuse both leading architects; Sharles ID.
Rrtsb a well known civil engineer, and Professor
Albert II. Chester a prominent chemist these
men in the performance of their duty denounced
the manner in which the ceiling had been con-
siructed and those who had permitted the work
TO be done in such an outrageous manner no, f0r
This the Governor vetoed the bill to pay them
for their services I'm helping the State 70 discover
The fraud ami its perretratCrs. Not only this. but
he continued to shield Andrews for three months
after these experts had made their report con-
dpmnine him. And yet David T. Hill, with an
impudence worthy of his early associate. William
NJ Tweed cOOlly comes before the Intelligent
voters of the State and attempts to pose rs the
prosecutor OF the rascally Contractors