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under that system indictments were lost It's
q fact that indictments were found under desks
There was horror depleted in the Recorders
face. And" he said, there's Ambrose Pnrdy
dhsTs ' "s4s sss sssn HI; So
Mr.. Purdy. who had. on one OF hi. joyful days,
table. The effect on the Senators was immense.
Senator Cantor drew from the Recorder the
of little Importance, that record of All indict-
ments had always been kept in tho Clerks
said have newer sought to to convey S any
reflection on any Judge Of this court ! have
Your remarks are directed to the SYSTEM"
said Senator O'Connor.
:" Entirely SO. Senator. entirely 60" said the
Judges.
THE PATRONAGE aoFr DIDN'T WANT.
"I invited the Judges" he said. ITO meeting.
which invitation they accepted. had COM
and one subject came up after another want
forms. Woli. one subject came up. 1t was APP
pointments. Now, want to say that i don't
s @ns I'd delicate If matter for @ me. % Explained to
the Judges that IL was very distasteful sub
jcct. But II was to be dealt with, and my one
idea las to appoint better men than then held
tho places-that is, the places allotted to me-"
Mr.. tioff digressed enough to tell how he got
The lists contained the names Of the Judges who
appointed a. well as the .aappointes On the
i've Of Recorder smyth's men had been credited
to Cowing, but let that go. On this list were
yh0 To haS
Thn Recorder craned his neck and looked
around tho erf he said suddenly
years he was head porter Of the Manhattan
Beach Hotel in the summer, and when he was
here he was around the Recorders Office. He
never did DAYS work in COURT
DAILY was Recorder Smyths personal attend
pMSsS sss
pointing to another court attendant. Now.
Msxnirs has got too much business; That's my
49, That's no. 5,rqe,.,, said Mr: Mcguire. "rvo
Whats his businessr" asked Senator oCon-
Tho is busy At his hotel at TO Rockaway KAY Beach.
Here New " sa Gss sefSsr
boarding houses. He works for the city only
Maguire is Grand Jury attendant. and when
f Hsy h ssss sst to ho
meeting, and said:
DIDN'T wANT-No. DID DwANT-CARRoLL'sP PLACE.
This amended list ! showed to the Judges
ana ass'H those
ny judicial business: The Judges asreed 70 ali
agree to let me have That man M was @ John F. Car. ar
roll, the clerk. l respect him, had nothing
@ and him sncs
But ! think a clerk should be a man Of
had ps shsn M GsI.S
With mission Now. first Mr.. Carroll was n
Tammsny Hall leader in one Of the Districts
that clerk Of this court shouldn't be an active.
energetic. politician. Second, knew the clerk
pointment belonged to me. | had only the idea
Of improving the service. wanted to minimize
Son had %S Nothing IN pi assinse Mr. Carroll ?" asked
Senator Cantor.
Nothing personal" repeated the Recorder.
SENATOR M'MAHoN STICKS IN KNIFE.
when Recorder Smyth succeeded Recorder
Senator McMahon innocently. The Recorder
hastened to confess:
.nd Clerk never a thsn
Sparks" ~
49,. Tell me who should have been appointed to
s Ma Ga RsPss
Here. just give me that paper" he said to one
OF the % repoftsrs tn The paper was banded to him
Ths he rssS to
There.S said the Recorder, with a convicted
man Who should have BEEN ] appointed, IL Z long sn
H. lso1, + one of the best officials i have ever
d astyyG SeSssoa S SSs M M ns ts.
We. "Well.weIlaI-s.I didn't have chance to
appointment. They knew and knew that that
was not tho case"
WILD STATEMENTS CoNTRADICTED.
Nov. what system would you propose 2"
asked Senator O'Connor.
rata hnrttv ~
"Concentrate authority in some responsible
person; person Don't mistake me. don't want these
them to Judge Cowing. to Judge Fitzgerald to
Judge Martins t. anybody; but concentrate the
et c3rt es.ae.1s .snd S hours
same as any other man.. AS it is now we cannot
maintain p, tho proper decorum in our courts.
=" do not know that" Interrupted Judge
Everybody knows that" said the Recorder.
Il do not know 1t and you mustn't use my
name n said Judge Cowing.
again. There was no response.
Gentlemen, gentlemen, said Senator O'Con-
n., nor; II g, thought we Senators were pretty bad
He must not use my name." said Judge Cow
why" said tho Recorder. getting excited.
II know that Judge Cowing the year he
was elected by Tammany Hall had the under
standing stand that he WAS to retain John Carroll as
That is false. too; unqualihedly false" said
Judge CowlnR
How do you know that ?" demanded Senator
Cantor OF the Recorder.
lust q, | know that you are Senator.
though haven't seen your certificate of cleo
attendant in this court named Curry,-is Curry
here i,nnna Curry Curry There he Is las Curry
There's man with G rand Army button. See
itI He had to join Tammany Hall to keep his
appointment, and he was appointed by Judge
COwing."
That's not So" declared Curry. getting red
IN the face and clencning his fists. 1--we
been Democrat all my life"
you MUST NOT LIE ABOUT ME-" SAYS JUDGE
CowING TO THE RECORDER.
There was a round OF applause from tho roar
OF the room. Senator OCOnnor raped with his
gavel SO hard that he made fresh dents in the
desk. He declared that the room would be
cleared Judge Cowing was on his feet Sen
ator O'Connor appealed for peace again. Judge
Cowing sat down and said to the Recorder:
me-"
u resigned from Tammany Hall in 1873 to
work for Judge Cowing." declared Curry "He
was my friend I did work for MIN, though
was Democrat, and ! joined Tammany Hall
again after he was elected. was a Democrat
always"