New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-06
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TAMMANY TIGERS AT ODDS
A QUARREL OVER THE CITY RECORD.
w. MN. sPEER MAKES CHARGES AGAINST w. j.
X. KENNY WHICH THE LATTER
SAYS ARE FALSE

w. MN sPEER MAKES CHARGES AGAINST W. j.
X. KENNY WHICH THE LATTER
SAYS ARE FALSE.
The Injunction which Judge Patterson. In the
Supreme Court has been asked to grant restraining
the Board OF City Record, composed Of the Mayor.
the Counsel to the Corporation and the Commissioners
of Public Works, from executing their last contrast
with Martin B. Brown for the printing and publlca-
ton of The City Record during 1892, bids fair to
prove an entertaining squabble for juicy plum inside
of Tammany Hall. The nominal plaintih Is John ~
Emra who brings the suit as a property holder OF
the city. lie occupies the same position ostensiby
that william Aeger did IN the suit against Mayor
Chapn and the Brooklyn officials to prevent the con-
summation of the watcrwOrhs fraud in "our sister
city, But the lawyer in the case is William Nc
Nurtre speer formerly private secretary TO Mayor
Grant and while he appears as counsel Tor the painful
he IS said to the real insgator OF the proceedhs
Emra's complaint, drawn by Mr.. speer, alleges 1raud
in the awarding OF the $4,000 contract which was
given TO MARIN Il. Brown on November H. ana accuses
sunervisor W. j. X Kenny Of making false representa-
tons 10 the Board the purpose of preventing other
nIntcrs from putting IN a bid. Samuel j. Brown,
nrnter makes an affidavit saying that lie has plant
which will do the work AZ well As NJ H. Browhs, anu
that he was willing and anxious to bid for the CONTRAST
Int got no opportunity Mr. speer adds an alhdavlt Oh
nj wn IN which he AYERS that he called supervisor
and requested to be Informed when The Recorder spe
cIdcations would be ready but owing to Mr.. Kenny's
falure and neglect, his client was prevented hom
bidding.
The case will be heard by Judge Patterson to-mor-
row Corporation Counsel Clark yesterday assigned
Assistant Corporation Counsel Charles Blandy to ap
near for Mr. Kenny and the Board Of City Record
Mr. BIandy and Mr.. Kenny were buSily at work on
theIr side Of the case yesterday afternoon. Mr. Kenny
said that Mr. speers charge Of fraud in connection
with the contract was absurd and contemplate.
NJ B. Brown he said had had the contract for seven
teen years and during all this time only four times
had tho Board ordered bids Nobody had ever Da
against Mr.. Brown but once, and that was IN ioo-'
In 1890 and 1891 bids called for but there "eFs
no bidders For 1892 the Board had decided that
advertising for bids was a useless formality and the
contract was given TO N. i. Brown on his hguics o.
the previous year. Thirty of the bestequpped p1ht
ers i'm the city had before the contract was a"aued
declared I'm response 10 request for their opinion tha'
Browns prices were lower than they would do me
work for and that it was to the citys interest that
he given 10 him again. Mr.. Kenny added that the
statement referred 10 in Mr. speer's affidavit was posi-
lively false.
The sudden fallins-out between these two young
Tammany tigers surprised many =, people who
heard Of the suit yest;Iday ,o Unlu .p %een1y
loved their last vacation together at the White
sulphur springs of West virginia; "h ha.n mas
woy ne brought out before the case is ended. said
n weilknown politician YESTERDAY II think speer
hos had his eve upon The City Record contract
since he went to the City Hall secretary 70 tho
Mayor lie IS something Of an expert In printers
snnnlcs himself aud did deal Of figuring last fall
Ills client did not get the contract and he must be In
n grievous Of disappointment 20 accuse so many
ITO Tamuany chiefs and his friend Kenny beside with
fraud and eouson for the complaint means nothing
less Perhaps we find out now why he 50 sud
denly resigned his 1000 place IN the Mayors ofhce
la September within month OF the election
Counsel Blandy said yesterday that he would have
| Mr. enaQr tor M
not ask an hours adjournment upon the argument Of
the motion Us made