The morning call., 1892-01-26
SAM RAINEY'S PULL.
He Was the Sole Ruler of the
Corporation Yard.
Ex-Clerk Broad Tells How He Was Frozen
Out Of Ofice-Kaurice S,hmitt's Ambi-
ton to Wear Buckley's Mantle.

Judge Wallace's court was thronEed yesterday
afternoon with Taiu-sOaked politicians who gath
cred there 10 hear what eX Clerk Broad OF the
CORPORATION Yard was going 10 tell about sam
Raney, tie ire Commissioners and the way the
department IS run In The Interest Of the bosses.
lie came before the court as an Applicant for
a writ OF mandate TO eOWpel the Fire Commits
sioners to Ienstate him Ia the position from
which he claims 10 have been summarlY ana ua-
lawfully fred when Raiuey mad found another
man that would just III bis place.
A }. Cuule appeared for the board ana Gar
ret NcEueruey for tile Fire Commissioners, Of
whom Nessrs. Parsons aud Martin were present.
In opening bis case Mr. Clunie stated thd, IN al
dltOn 10 Tie other reasons for Br0ads removal
he would show that II was In pursuance Of an
agreement between Martin Kelly ana sam
Rainey TWO local bosses, 20 control the Fire De
parImeaJ M the interest Of tie machine" OF
both political parties. These two men had made
a bargain o defeat bill before the legislature
which IeOTgauiZed lie department, and IN order
10 get the vote Of John l. SteItz member Of
The Assembly, they promised BIN Broads plac.
lu tie corporation. In order 10 cary out this
bargain they had 10 have BrOads place, and so
lad IemUEeGhim.
SAM RAINEY's MACHINE.
Charles T. Broad. tie eX-clrrs, was placed
upon Tie wiuess-syand and positively declared
that the Fire Department IS now Iun uy sam
E.tury some time before his removal he
learned that Eaiuey was wheeling The gUliOUue
i0r us unwilling neck aud began 10 prepare
-H0% was RaIney running tie depart
@N6luag could he done without bis orders
Tie Commissioners had apparently 30 authority
iu Tie yId. Eauey decided what brands % hose
should be used, and those WHO bad anything 20
sell O The department went 10 him.
Witness was ASKED low lie knew that Ra!uey
had such comp leie cOutiOI over the ard.
whenever men were dismissed from The yard
and went 10 tie Commissioners 10 be Ie.Hstdted
hey o. their friends speedily learned that
Raluey would have 30 be seen before tie aupll-
caut cOUld regain his place
"How did you prepare yourself for your le
mOYai2'
Maxwell was working against him and he there
fore set a trap tor bis enemy. When a young
man named simpson, VINO deals 10 willow" ware
ana bIOums, came 10 the yard one day, Broad
asked him what he would give i0r The contract
II 70 were obtained Tor hlm.
"Tu give You 10 per cent was tie reply,
"jusI as / 0ld with Maxwell"
USED As TOOL.
Broad further asserted that Assistant Engineer
Dennis sullivan was used as tool 10 Oust him.
sullivan issued orders That all employees should
be promptly al their posts at times appointed by
him Others cane aud went as they pleased,
Raiuey setting them an eXaWpl-, but Whenever
| Broad was tardy he was roughly reprmanded.
! on one of these occasions sullivan SwOre at him
/ aud said, Get out Of here, nave no use for
81 told sullivan" continued the witness, who
D =
! how he fell toward Inc, and linen ordered him
out OF my Office"
/ Commissioner Ames stated to the Court that
be was anxious 70 have a luu investigation OF
the workings Of The department and OF his rela-
! lions with Buckley and Rdney.
! Mt. ClWuie tOOS advantage Of AmeS' request
! by placing Attorney Robert Mitchell on the
/ stand. Mitchell testified that when Broad was
! removed lie advised him not o give up the keys,
! as lie WAS under bonds. He wrote letter 10
That effect 10 Chief Scam IL, but tt was ignored.
| Shortly after this Mitchell was al a theater aud
| went out between The acts 10 a saloon, where he
! met Jurice Schmltt.
| What have you got against BrOad?" he In
/ CURED Of the Commissioner.
SCHMITT As A BOSS.
'WeU, he has got 10 60"
That's lille abrupt, isn't It? You remem
/ Der that Broad is BuCkley's nephew Buckley
/ take the responsibility OF throwing out a man
/ that was appointed 10y him."
"Oh, TO with Buckley Pmrunnng polite.
| 10 this city now, ana | say Broad's got To GO"
| Afterward Mitchell met Ames, and put TO him
I the questions he had put 10 Schmitt. Ames re
! piled that certain parties had been 10 see MIN
| about Broad, and he supposed the club would
! have to 90. When ask ed for the names OF these
! certain parlies," Ames replied that they were
! Raiuey and Schmitt
| Mitchell said he spoke 10 Ames about Buck.
/ lev, and Ames replied that Raiuey aud SChmitt
| had received a cablegram from Buckey, who
said that bis hands were OIL, and that lie was out
OF politics.
The trial of the case will be resumed thi
| morning.