New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-04

and see Case.' .,. u,,.o nm -.
lease for your benefit A;-No' ~.
9-NOr for your friends AoNG circumstances that
led to te G eSnte hnSv % 9n Es ns
oyou had 6 or ha wi purp p Oh your
on Your theory q cause there was d MATING st TO
disturb you in the sghteT exnosed To- all this talk
and everything. ~
Mr. Grant looked exceedingly uncomiortane
when Senator Fassctt pr4ducea DIG a,nra ~
ten document and SAID Is t'ia' Soui ''S
Yes, sir" said Mr. Grant.
Is that your letter? ,,r.
Well that shall decline 10 say 11ucn auo snn,
We'll did YOU read the letter before you sent
IL did. sir" was the reply: 80,
Are you familiar Win JUS coh'ch's'
The letter was, as Mr. Fassett then said
and as Mr.. Grant admitted, the one which MIR.
Grant sent TO the President oil 'ie 0eh""' GULL
pi@Wtr,i Gesett then started out to take up the
Io,,ar hit Inv bit He first asked Mr.. Grant what
charges in McCann's testimony lie regarued as re-
meeting ing p "taInmcSt that gave $500 to in
arcnce The Board of Aldermen. was the reply.
Then Senator Fassett asked nm II ne had ever
received any notices of the meetings of the com,
roittce eycept when he was subpocnaed, ana
whether there was any particular reason why at
any time he entitled to notice OF meeting.
We'll Mr. Grant remarked, looking little
sboenish. when you say entitled. have nothing
70 say about being entitled, except that In justice
10 myself" ..
~ senator Fassett went on to press the Mayor as
70 tho newspaDer notices he had seen of the meeting
of last Saturday. and AS to what he mad Deeh uoiis
when it was going on The Mayor said thao Tic
had been ot the Riverside Park Drive. ne APP
,oalcd 70 the reporters who do the City Hall WORK
for the papers to support him in the statement
that on Friday he was under TIE prcsuinp'io
that there was to be no session on Sa'uIaaA' .o,
Tho Nayor was getting into deep water Wnch
Mr. Choatn interfered on his behalf SAID ne .
Il do not think that the letter the Mayor wrote
70 the Senate is a part of the suplect OF 1nis III
vcstirotion." Loud applause followed TINS re,
n,orF and Senator Fassett raped Tor order, ana
said sternly that the letter was referred 10 ''iS
committee with power to inquire about IT,
Wr (boate held that the committee was lak-
ing an unfair advantage ol ,hc "''' " ~
aiming him about this ictter. -, ,,.or.h,, Of
ON the ground that the letter is not worthy o.
consideration ?" said Mr. Fassctt and te TRENDS oi
the committee-eAcept MT. OooNi""'
ioe nXo don't say that" said Mr.. Choate; Then
Mr. Cochran came to the rescue WIN a J LJHs
nIanation wordcd in fluent rhetoric ana ocii'ereu
lei tbe persuasive graces at Mr.. CockranS com
mand Mr.. Cochran substantially owned .n 1i..
bn was respohsbc for the letter, ana ne lornniS
ni any charge of conspiracy or lntlmaton
~ IL made against the committee IN the iet'er
lie wound up by saving that now this afalr was
over there ought TO be restoration OF soou
feeling all around o., ,ho
coso :" I am not going" said he, ito have the
committee put in any position wnere, y VIC IN
hottest ingenuity. they can ne accuseu W UI u
fairness by the warmest friends OF the Mayor,
Neither. however" he added will we be put
in an attitude Of fear. ;..;or
Mr.. Boardman resumed the cross-eXamina, ION
,,or %Sat We're the relations Of Croker and Conng
at the time OF the g,aneYns o, 'he "o""' ~
Mr.. Choate-How far back were you on terms VI
intimacy with Crokeri Al DO not h.ng Sheriff
and nTo TO you %o s Being Mayor for the time when
YOU loaned him a considerable sum OF money ."
on oyN ey wa was the amount of the loani Al
Think II was So. 900 or $4,000.
9Was if at thai time. April 1851 that you were
on sufficiently friendly terms TO loan MN money
o.NIiow many were on the Board Of Aldermen az
that time Al do not know, but THINK thirteen
majority.
De Lancey Nicol then stepped up 70 the stand
and was examined by Mr.. Cochran.
o.-You were Assistant DistrictAttorney in 1857
4" THAT was the year in which the Broadway cor
rupjlons exposed and indictments fonndi A
O-Tbc senate Committee on Railroad. had sat here
and pursued the investigation which led up 10 'he'c
You investigated the proceedings Of the Board
of Aldermen pretty closely ~ .. -. ,,.,,,r
well informed. were YOU not A.-fe,. ,....
Q.-Did you have necessity to investigate iacts
about squire Ayes, there was an indictment
found against Squire for conspiracy to obstrdct the
administration OF the Law.
O-Durng your examination I'm that transaction
you examined pretty closely everything brought TO
youi Ayes, j did.
Odd you ever hear AT any time a rumor. story or
assertion thai $4,000 any sum had been received
bv the adhcrcns Of Tammany Hall. In or out Of that
c4nizaiion secure the nomination Of Mr. Grant rs
Commissioner OF Public Works Al never heard Of
any such sum a. mony being raised
Mr. Ivins-It Is a fact. is II not. that VI. Grants
name was suggested for the Commssicner,p Of Pub
lie Works. A.-NOt seriously.
O.-It is fact that his name was talked about ana
ne mentioned IN The press as candidate Al
understand 50. -
10 Investigate the newspaper reports at that ilin"'
which were mn ter Of general pull lty A.! yer
heard Of anv such thing in nv ne i,harpNl Among
all my Investigations for the appointment Of Tie Com.
missioner Of Public Works, or for the ut' o. money
Of that or THIS Board, or for any purpose. never
heard of this story.
4 consultation then took place among the conn
sci in regard 10 the progress Of the inNes'gatioh'
and the hearing was adjourned.