New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-23

TO PROSECUTE ELECTION CASES
SENT TO GOVERNOR FLowER-
VIEWS on THE GOOD
GOVERNMENT CLUE
PEOPLES ACTION
District-AttornayF Fellows. against whom Messrs'
Tucker. Mcmahon. yelling. Taber and GoadoY'
of Good Government Club -, XIth Assembly DIS
tr;ct preferred charges for neglect Of duty on
Wednesday to Governor Flower, received the o.
fetal documents from the Governor yesterday
They were correctly given In The Tribune yes'-r-
Aay Colonel Fellows maintained the atutuHe
Of ret!cence on the subject If he charges when
he had assumed on the day previous. lie refused
10 say whether there was any truth in the re-
ports that his resignation imminent; but.
referring 10 the eight days grace given MN by
the Governor t. prepare for the hearing a; Al
banv on the charges of the Good Government
Club men said that he should not require that
length of time to get ready.
While none Of Mr.. Followss assistants were
willing yesterday to corroborate the statement
that he had directed all Of them who We're in
structed with the prosecution Of cases awaiting
trial TO report list of such cases with the dates
Of commitment and with the causes If any, Tor
their delay 1t was said on good authority mat
such instructions had been issued.
THE LETTER TO GOVERNOR FLOWER
The letter addressed to Governor Flower signed
by Joseph I.arocque. Charles {. Beaman ana
General Horace Porter. the subcommittee OF the
Committee of Seventy. and concurred in by DIS
trici-Attorncy Fellows. asking that the Attorney
General be requested in person or by deputy 10
manage and conduct the election and police cases.
was sent to the Governor on "Wednesday nlgh'.
The text Of the document is as follows:
I of
sir. ON Friday. 10Th inst We had the honor Of
WAITING upon Won at the Windsor Hotel in the city
Of New-York and presenting TO You copy OF Ger
tain resolutions a9oIted pS yng at tbejr meeting
Those resolutions requested you to require the
Attornev General in person or 10y deputy. 20 at
tend a Court of oyer and Terminer appointed to he
on the frs, Monday # December next and to appear
in person or by deputy before the Grand Jury there
of. for the purpose of manasing ana c4nuuon5 ,
Your Excellency that time declined our request
S WSicb snh reauet was mae was very drastic in
its provisions. and that without the request OF
the Dis,rct-Attorney YOU were not disposed TO give
the necessary ieQusiton. unless cAarGeS were pre-
scented which would justify his removal .
structed to present any charles and ursSd the
grannG OF our peG~e g" 5s Of Inc Office of
the Disirict-Attorney and local complications which
cas"s when We're the suijec; Of our request should
he in the charge Of counsel In 10 way co:n Geo. ny
against some of the members of which proceedings
Your fxceenc1 Sin adhered to your opinion pre-.
yogsy sxpresse iha Tih2% Ghrsgs TnSh y" woh hi
uniting in our request. you were disposed TO act
As soon possible after that interview we
waited upon the District-Auorncy advised him OF
what had occurred ana views in the premises,
and subsequently, at his SUGGESTION ad4rezsed him
ceived reply bearing date the 10Th inst
with the approval Of the Distr.ct-Attorney Of the
city and county of NewYork We now, respectfully
requisition upon the Attorney General in accord
ance with the terms Of the resolutions Of ne Execn
which we had the honor Of presenting TO you on
cHARIEs F {. BEAMAx.
concur in the f0res2 2dsiJ request g Ft,,1ows
New-York Nov. 81, 1894. District-Attorney.
II was apparent yesterday that the action Of
Prehle Tucker. Fulton Mcmahon. Charles Taber
r. w. G. yelling and Clarence Goadby. in pre-
senting to Governor Flower the charges against
Dis;rict-AttOrney Fellows had not been pleasing
10 the Committee Of Seventy. and that certain
members Of the committee regarded the action
as an unintentiOna but unfortunate interfer
with the committees plans. Several men,
bers of the committee said they had no doubt
of the good intentions of the five men who had
made the charges against Colonel Fellows. but
effect to prevent for a time the investigation Of
election frauds and Of offences by public Of
fcials in this city which the Governor had been
requested to direct the AttOrney-Gencra TO
make Charles Stewart Smith said he had no
doubt that the five men thought they were doing
the right thing In presenting the charges but
he also thought they had made a mistake and
If he had been consulted he would have advised
delay. The time for such proceeding had not
arrived. he thought.
Charles c. Beainan also expressed the opinion
that the five men should have waited Il little
longer in which case. he thought the Governor
would have acted favorably upon the renewed
application to have the Attorney-General d.
rected 10 begin the desired investigations HOW
ever, he expressed the hope that the Committee
of Seventy would be able to smooth over the
difficulty.
MR.. LAROCQUES VIEW.
Joseph Larocque was inclined to take more
complacent view Of the situation. He said:
son why the Governor should direct the Attorney
10 aSy ' Feows Xii have to devote
some time to defending himself against The
Of Tf.GP tr9pq have Then s X xhSn
were told by the Governor that We should nave
made charges against him. AS the case now
stands have got the approval Of the District.
Attorney to the applicauon ana charges against
the District-Arorney have been made Without our
sanction.
Mr. Larocque. however. made no secret
of his belief that the charges against Colone,
Fellows should have been delayed Tor
time. Other members Of the commit
tee said that while the charges against
the Dstrlct-Attorney might not prevent an In
vestgaton in this city by a competent lawyer
to be selected by the Auorney-General as ms
deputy IL was possible that change IN me man
agement Of the District-AttOrneys office. result
ing from the charges at this time, might not be
satisfactory TO the community 1t was not I'M
likely they said. that Governor Flower would
h., ~ q
h.,.. a MHte1 untl.