New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-28
MR.. FISH GAINS HIS POINT.
HE GETS TIE TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AT
LAST.
I'm GOOD TIME" HE WILL MAKE A REPORT
A NEW CAUSE FOR uIcKE

I'm GOOD TINE" HE WILL MAKE REPORT
4 NEW CAUSE FOR BIcKERlNG
Ever since the recent Centennial Inauguration
Celebration In this city Stuyvesant Fish. chairman
OF the Entertainment Committee. has persstently
refused 10 make report Of the finances OF his
committee TO the chairman OF the Finance Con-
mittee on the ground that other subcommittee
owed his committee 10000 for ball tickets, which
had been delivered on the order OF Elbridge L.
Gerry chairman OF the Executive Committee, and
he has repeatedly declared that he would not make
o report until tins money was paid. His stand
positive that the united efforts Of the other
committeeman failed TO move him. Even the Com
mttce on Compromise, appointed for the special
purpose Of " perSuadng' Mr.. Fish to make n report
without the $4,000 he claimed, could do nothing.
| want the money they owe. and they vii!
get no report until they pay up Mr.. Fish has said
repeatedly. Recently many trsdcsmen to whom
money was owed by the Entertainment Committee
for materials furnished have been annoying Cen
tenn al committeeman, after finding that Mr.. Fish
would pay them nothing until the money due his
committee was forthcoming. Mr. Fish came back
from Chicago yesterday morning, and received u
call from Clarence W. Bowen the secretary II the
General Committee. After Mr.. Bowen had gone
Mr. Fish madc the following statement to q Tribune
ne porter VINO oalied to see him.
The payment tbs day m~ie TO the Entertainment
signed by E.brdgo T. Gerry. chairman OF the Exccu
i've Committee on April :" i5So for r. loo ts6StT & no TO
COLLECTION by the Entertainment Committee OF other
SUMS duo II Oh account OF uckct, sold 10 this Plan
anh scope COMMITTEE, put the entertainment Ioni'
uittco In funds 10 pay It's Just dohs.
The fact that al! Of th, money Appropriated bY the
city ha' bc"n drawn frvm Its treasury. will onablo
the Entcrta ainment Committee to submit With It's ac
counis rcCcipcd voucher. or all dlsburSN mcnts with
the NH assurance that none OF such yonc hrrs can be
used for the purOsr Of drawing public moneys
Mr.. Fish considers that he has won q signal
victory over the committeeman who have insisted
that Mr.. Fish had a surplus without the 81 10000
ne claimed 10 be due, and that he should report
on the funds handled 10 date. IL Is an Interesting
fact that the money Mr. Fish S'ceivcd yesterday
did not come through the hands Of Brnyton Ives
chairman OF the Finance Committee, Of those
Of the treasurer, General LOUIS Fitzgerald. The
amount OF 81 0O0O was collected By Mr.. Bowen
partially from tue members Of committees among
whom the bail tickets had been distributed, but
the larger part OF 1t was given by Mr. Gerry, who,
as chairman OF the executive committee, signed
the order upon which Alr. Fish claimed payment
for the tickets IL has been a subject OF talk
among committeeman ever since the deadlock
wa. created, that MIR. Gerry has betn seriously
offended because Mr.. Fish has often referred u
the amount Of $4,000 as being due from him,
and II vas understood last night that IL was 20
stop that kind Of talk that MIR. Gerry and his
friends ruis'd the money.
MIR Ives knew nothing Of the payment Of the
money To Mr.. Fish until told OF 1t last night
He app.u rei disappointed, n II H. feared that the
payment might be considered surr' nicr 70 Mr.
Fish lie could reason now, how
ever, he said. why Mr.. Fish should not mako
u detniel report. The Conmittc' on Conpromise
uas ady a. report wrck ago that they could
do nothing with Mr.. Fish, but owing 70 quorum
OF the Committee on Plan and Scope not being
presens at the meeting, an adjournment was had
until next Tuesday.
u was reported last night that some OF the
members Of the ConrDIttrclon Cnmpromlsc were
effected n settlement with Mr.. Fish without CON
shifting them. The struggle between Mr.. Fish
and tho other committeeman has been stubborn
on both sides. Mr Fish has gained the point for
which he held OUT 80 long, and he il generally
credited with victory. but the other comm tCcmcn
will now in,ist on getting the long delayed r..
port promptly. Mr. Fish sad yesterday that he
would make a report in good time