New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-17
A WARRANT OUT FOR MR.. PECK.
HE Is ACCUSED OF BURNING THE REPLIES
ON WHICH HIS TARIFF REPORT
WAS BASED.

THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEES
SPECIAL COMMITTEE. WHICH DE-
PARTS DISSATISFIED.
LEY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUNEt
Albany, Sept l6.-Another attack was maze to'u"y
On Charles F. Peck Commissioner OF LABOR S'auSucs'
! by the Democratic Mugwump Free Traders. But Mr.
| Peck only smiles and promises that next week MS
trn will come While the committee OF the National
democratic Literary Bureau, f. Ellery Anderson. Mel
son smith, J. Schoenhof and f. F. Mcsweehey' were
endeavoring 10 gain access 10 the replies OF manu-
facturers secured under promise OF secrecy Nor,on
Chase was with Dlstrct-Atorney Eaton before romeo
| Justice Cutman, securing evidence upon M"'oI, ~
base warrant for the arrest OF Mr.. PECK Hr' Nn"sc
had found the witness he desired In the person VI
william / Dennlson. the jantor Of No. p HawKs'''
In which building Mr. Peck has apartments; and an
! omc,o, I'm District Attorney Eaton. who was Wiling
! IN stretch point and instead OF awaiting the u.s.
sombinr OF the Grand jury take the matter oeio'o
| the police magistrate. .
Dennison made affidavit that Everett Rogers a
clerk in Mr. Peck's Office had brought lou OIL p,pe''
over from the Office and In the name OF ComnisS,one
Peel, had requested that they be burned. Part OF he
| lot had bcen burned. Mr.. DcnnisOn produced the
! CHARGED remnants which were decareo u"
T.. rnlle, OF manufacturing firms % q"es-
tons sort out by Commissioner PECK @'
70 the effect Of the Mckinley law on mahuic'u'''
and wages. In his defence MT Den"i9oh o" y
Mr. Rogers had given him the papers to burn, sauhs
that Mr. Peck had no further use for them a scr,
can't who overheard the conversation, told ABOUT IL
10 friend OF Norton Chase and In that way lhe p''
cc,dne, against Mr.. Peck were set on 1901.
Tho clerks from Mr. Pecl's Office were subpoenaed
! 70 appear before Justice Gutman. ana the HNeS'S"
uon n discover whether or not mlsdemeanor had
| boen committed was carried behind closed doofS
| Finally Justice Gutman decided that lhere was
sufficient ground for warrant, and then on Vhe
| affidavit Of Mr. Denuis0n the warrant WIS i'o"u
and placed I'm the hands OF Court Ohcer Brennan W
| serve The officer proceeded to the 'apltoi anu -"
tered Mr.. Pccks room, willie the Commissioners vac
! still engaged with the Democratic comhn'''. ou' w.
no, serve the warrant. Mr. Eaton gathered up 'ne
cborrod napers and placed them in his safe Mr. PECK
! and his counsel Edward j. Mceean, had consuia'ion
| this evening ana the former said he pFeie'r'u " ''
nothing by advice Of his counsel. .
The meeting of the special committee OF the VA
uonal Committee with Mr. Peek was exceedingly
spIrit,d AT the outset the Commissioner announced
tia: he would have nothing to say to or 90 WIN
| cIthcr Mr. Anderson or Mr.. Schoenhof. and mat u"
doomed IL an insult TO him that these men, who had IN
the public prins d credied his ignrc' were present.
Mr. smith aa ID chairman ard maze sever" ~
| oi..ts TO see the original returns to he ''F'ul'r
sent or, upon which Mr.. Peck based his s"caHeu
| tariff ropor' Mr. Peck replied emphailcaly mat the
rtnrus could not be sccn but he added that transcripts
| -, .h,, ,or,. accessible az any time. But the commit
]
c did not want 10 see tho transcripts II wanted 10
got o tho names Of the firms from which the replies
gathered. A.
Al umc, there were lively TITS between Mr.
Anderson and MIR. Peck. When the former tried TO
question Mr.. Peck thc latter said. Il Will not
answer you." This followed
MFR. Andcrson-lou appear to have been well brought
! up. ~ ,.o ,A,
| Mr. Pccl-l WIS brought up not TO stoop m'o oth'r
| peoples business.
Mr. Smith had o long list OF questions which he
| asked Mr. Peck 10 The Commissioner gave
| him TO satisfaction. and simply referred MN I" uo
report and transcripts. Mr.; Ander'on Mt one u"e
Mr. Peck asAcd what had cie1tSd y mnyt h ln'crc9
~, ncrl,y OF The state that the Democratic papers
Wished b. dccry his figures. Mr. smith an'~ecu 'n" M
II tic wasc, II the wo'kngmen had been iho'ea'en,
a. Mr. Pcci's report indicated that fact was the ''u
II the Ingenuity Of the sopic ara "as 10, G
| ,n gy, the lie T. 5000 manufacturers In uh' STATE
who had fl 20 answer ms cirulA'. vi i,, IN
said that 10 had charged anybody Win Fih5 III
W. Int your principal orans have ejonea W MT;
don't YOU attack the report Of Comm 'Iocr iya VI
Indiana which is made up IN thr tam,' ,, nt" thr ,n
mine and shows tue same result except una, te nv
| formation comes from the worhmen instead Oh "o
/, ont Of r" F S,ee Ff N F S one
your cGmmirtrc belongs IN Massachusetts, question ne no,
cla figures II an officer OF this STATE ,.. only .
| The committee left Mr.. Pcck's ohce after Only II
co.,al L0L nt t, transcripts. Mr. Peck does not con
sidnr tlc,, answers Official records rs the Code spcr
fr, that an official record "a document whsh n M.
-, q, ~ lV law Those r, plies never filed They
ver, collected simply for the purpose OF calming III
| formation. ,,. -. a., ,o,
see Mr. Peek at all that Mr.. Rogers transacted nl
IN. hI.lnr,, with him. The papers consisted oil SeN
ral lor, ,acages and had been I'm Mr.. Prchs library
| for about three w"ol,s. Dcnnlson saw number OF
L Kin. returns t. the circulars, but did not read any
| ~ t1n uapers lie also saw many bills aud letters
| II ,nnk from g O'Clock sunday night until , o'clock
| Monday morning 10 burn up oil me papers.
him ,ad that this another slap by the Clcveiana
| forces at Mr.. Hi and his fHeids. ana thar II tns
r,,, y, nroeccntinn were adhered 10 Mr. Clevennd's
v"t" woud be- materially diminished MI Peck added that
ga had ncvcr voted ANYTHING but the Democratic ticket.
iut tha, ~ te cleveland kept up their attack he
| would not give Mr.. Cleveland his vote