New-York tribune., 1892-03-31
order of judge NIayham's has absolutely

been omitted: whcreupOn Mr.. Rd2way looked
around and smiled and shook his head, as though
lie had made great point But, as the order
was not omitted, and is 10 be found on page Il l
Of the Bar Associations transcript. Rldgway ;
point died a-bornlng.
O-You knew the stpulaton entered ihto oS COusoi
Oh December - A.-Ycs.
Q.-You knew that stipulation had beol maze
the Republicans attempted to get new "tufh Ho"
Dutchess County, A.-No knew nothing oi tne soi''
nor + il true that they dd Their proceeding Tor c
corrected return was begun Oh November o. WV" w
fore the stipulation was made .
u-You knew that that stipulation concerned thc Nylou
ce tincae committed both sides to accept tne 'uuE"
Of the Appeals on that lfIurn ana On Vn'V ~
lid you notl A.-No, did not The stipulation uoe 'o
mint OF any such Interpretation. IL simply PROVIDED
O. didn't ask you that ~
senator O'Connor-Oh cone now, that won't CO. You
must let him answer. -. =,
General Husted-YOu may not have asked hm ou' l
No. What did the stipulation provide, Mr. Coudeftl
Mr. Ridswsy-ls ii proper to interrupt counSc''
General Huscd-Yes If counsel in errupts the witness
70 prevent his giving a full and iair answer u '''
question. .. 81,
Chairman Rocsch-It Is quite proper for members OF
the committee to ask any questions hcy desire 10 ASK S
any time. ..,u,., 81 this
General Husted- always said that the chairman OF 'n'
committee had level head Now 70 o"' -i''
What did the stipulation provide! M 49,.
Mr Coudert-The stipulation undertook 10 eNIeu'Ve "'
ansl adjudication Of a. the cases Ioc'teu III H r
to restrain the action of the state Board o,
untu the Court Of Appeals had rendered It's dec'oh "
In require the state Board 70 conform theF "0"
tho decison OF the court; but it did not prevent "'e
counsel who made IL, or any Othcr p,'9' .h,
seekng remedy any wrong V"' ~ ,. =,
had been pesrctrated upon him by he "o''o""
co,r Co,yasse,s anywhere. Both the Republicans ana
tho Democrats took action secure tolfe''eu i'''
from Dutchess County. The Republican action was "o
an November 30 one week before the suphu"on w.
made The Democratic action was begun Oh DcVe"oeI
the fVtat
democratic action the corrected return ei"s '
IN the Republicans ordered III o.h'r "'i'' s,
barnard denied the application oi inc pemooI"N0 80
date Mr. Osborne and directed the Board oil 'ouhN
Canyassers To send up corrected le'u'h' s"O"e w.
election Of Mr. Dcanc, Republican; ana nc uiu 'hS NV
tryng all the issues presented TO him by 'he
candidate , ..orad rudcc
Q-Dd you know that Jtdge fursn al h"N '''' ~
Harnard's orderl Ayes. ~
O-And that Judge Cullen vacated that sHy 40 A'-
n hid YOU know that Judge Cullcn7 order was orousht
IN pourhkeepsie by the Republican lawyers ana 0."ue'
in at the office the County Ccrk on the hsh' Vi IT,
ceubcr 2l after > o'clockG A-ies'
Mp coupERr THINKS MAYNARD's LAW IN
SOUND.
n The County Clerks office is. by law, clio ed after
o'clock Is it not! A.-Nes ., 49,.
oso thai. in law that order was not filed until 'he
next morning at o'clock, vas it' A-No 'ha' Is hO'
tho law Judge Maynard has said it was III MS 'c''er
but it is not. s ala M, oro,,te
Al
It'll q was filed did it, A.-CeItainly ii did II oper'
aAd as soon as it made. 1t operated the instant ne
wrote his name at the bottom Of IT,
o-It was not a legal oider was it! A'-Ihst pS' VI
Il, ,bat assumed to stay action Of the State Boao'
in the light of the Court Of Appeals recent u'0H' was
hot legal; but that is not of importance here.
o-I diner with you. A-Sull the fact remains as
stat. it, -, ,a
o-pid YOU know that Judge IngIaham had granted
an order staying Judge CuAen's order, ana mat ule
clerk sent forward tho returns after Judge lnsraham
had made his orderl AYES; knew that.
ODD you know the clerk trcked by the l'e'
publican lawyers mailing the returns, they well Know
ing that Judge Ingraham had made such an order A.
No didn't and dou't believe 1T to be true
bat it it would make no difference Inc SUi'ute>
Of the state OF NewIOrk command the c'erk 10 mai o
returns and had sht 20 do otherwise III the lie
publican lawyers tcked him, they merely cked him into
doing his statutory duty.
o-It was after the had been VIC claim, thus
tcked into sending returns that he went to Albany
to recover them was it notl Ale certainly went !"
recover them he had let them 60
o-And Judge MAYNARD back to the clerk the re.
turns had been sent t. the Controller did nc not
Ale did.
Chat is what you complain Of, isn't it, A.-P1rty.
o-Do you know Judge Maynard A-Ao, never
net him.
oweu now Mr. Coudert YOU don't think Judge
Maynard did wrong in giving back that return DO YOU
A.-What? Not wrong think IL was shocking crime
O-When did YOU first think thatl A.-So Us
examined the record foud what the facts were
At this point Mr. Ridgway picked up news
. paper 1t was a copy of The New-Yoril World"
4 Mr.. Coudert smiled as he saw 1t. ." suspect
no said that | talked loosely before had given
personal attention 10 an examination OF the
record" While the lawyers were looking over
the paper to get at the article they wanted,
Senator McCleand thought he would do some
QUESTIONING Docs it occur TO you,' he asked,
that motives have anything 10 10 "lVh 'ho
moral quality Of acts ?'
A-wbv certainly 1 do and up to the moment Of my
reading Of Judge Maynads letter addressed T. the Court
OF Appeals, / had hoped that he would leave me some
chance him. In any event his act "oulu
have been @ crime m gated by negligence or eAciFnebt
I had formulated I'm my own mind Kind Of defence for
hin. 1t wasn't much OF defehce; Dut /
think II ne had made IL, the Bar Association "onn Ao
nave taken proceedings against him. II ne had sau'
"Yes | took that return; II was wrong
am sorry for it, but did it in the heat Of trying
political situation when very much excited and
without thinking Of the gravity of the act III he had aid
something Ike this. would have excused him. We are
all human.
Senator o'Connor-But he said nothing like this. On
the contrary he said had done II after consultation with
mis- clients the state Board OF CanSasser did he not
A-Yes he said had It deliberately. and thst
he would again If similarly situated. lie said
he had consulted with the State Board. and that it had
been agreed that the returns should be receive
These statements utterly condemn him, and connot
conceive how any honest and Intelligent think
otherwise
SENATOR McCLELLAND TRIES HIS HAND.
Senator McClelland-were you not Of opinion that
Judge Maynard's wrong on March 6. when YOU
,ecame a member of committee investigate him ?
At my decided impression then that his act
wrong.
Q.-Then do you think You fair and impartial
jurori A.-Yes.
o-Do you think that with that decided mpre sion You
would have be, admlttd inside Of jurybN trial Of
a in court A.-Wel. now, sir, don't know
read the papers and claim have Intelligence; and
whether that being the am lit for jury duty or
not, can't say.
Amid the laughter that this reply excited, Mr..
Ridgway arose with The World in his hand,
and the article he was seeking before him.
Q.-You attended reception at the Manhattan Club.
given 70 David b. Hl. last January, did you
MOTT A.-Ye-. l presided.