New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-29
THE BRIBERY CT RGES.
SENATOR RAlNEs SAYS THE BOOT IS on
THE OTHER LEG.
,,a. srr,,s To THIN; THE iRrsrNr INvE'T1GA-
TON Is "AIr. OVER DEH!A1s FROM SEN

HE SEEMS To THINE THE iRESENr INVE'IldA-
TON Is "AII. OVER -DEHlA1s TRoM SEN
AroR AncARH AND MR.. MMANrS.
Senator John Ralnes called at the Ffih Avenue
Hotel Yesterday. lie asked at the desk ior .l''
Plat in theatrical whisper ThiS Whisper Is
Characteristic OF almost AL politicians who call to
see Mr. Platt at his hotel. They glance ner'orSy
nj the clerk and make their wish Known WIN
comcal attempt at secrecy that would lead the I'M
initiated TO believe that they were AFRAID o. Dc'ns
sandbageed. The clerks have become accuS 'o'''e"
70 this and when they see maa stea''h'ly "p
proach the desk they at once size HIM up as want
ing 10 see the Hogan.
senator Ra,nes seemed TO be In a genia! humor'
and when Tribune reporter asked HIN ABOUT inc
investigations now under way IN relation 20 an
alleged corruption fund raised by The Fire Depart
ment TO influence legislation. he sad: on mat
irvestgat Is al over.
When Mr. Raines asked when TINS ABRUPT
termination OF the proceedings occurred. he SAID
slowly:
well. 7 mean that the investigation Is al over
as far AZ We are concerned. By that ! mean that
the whole matter has veered around. those "no
were busy prosecuting US. VIII no" nave 'hcF
hands fun to explain few things themselves
"Then YOU mean that you have been pracuca"y
acquitted OF the charges that were madeF
yves l guess that IL just about H. There IS noun
that can reflect in the sightes. manner upon the
original defendants in this investigations.
"Or,glnal defendants? What DO you mean by
that? Have there been supplemental charges pre-
ferred against any one else?
yes that is about It. The boot IS on the other
foot. They started in 70 investigate US. ana no" IL
has switched around that the real culpri;s nave
been found and they are the dcsenIantS.
When asked to whom be referred az the real
cuprits" Senator Kaines said:
81 mean the men whom General LA Grange char-
acterized as the defer lan,s in his remarks. |
mean the men who are to blame FOR the prescn;
investigation. refer to the men who mnde mo
original charges and who now sincerely wish th'y
had not The fight can be as relentless on ore sue
as another and the end Is not yet In sgh'. Inc
| end will come wAen we have had iui ana NOR
! ough investigation | don't know when that VIII
be- and l don't care, II It takes untH the polcs'ir
| pales."
! The charees made against Senator John 7.
| Ahearn before the Senate committce on SATURDAY
| have caused considerable comment IN the senator
district and he had many callers yesterday he
said the charges had annoyed his family consG-
! erably but otherwise he did not care anything
| about them. When seen by a reporter Tor The
Tribune in the afternoon, Senator Ahcarn sa.d. !
am going to Albany in the morning, ana to-morro"
night will rise TO question OF privilege in Inc
Senate and ask that the statements which came
out In the investigation OF the Fire Department II
| reference to me be thoroughly lH4uIti lltp
| In relation TO the testimony which General Ia
! Grange gave that ex-Assistant Fire Chief Johr
McCabe before his death had told him that he had
heard that TO Senator Ahearn had been paid $500
| raised by the officers OF the Fire Department L
pass the Increase IN Salaries bill and also In rela
| ton to the testimony which Samuel q. French,
| coal dealer, had given concerning what Assstan
Foreman Patrick H. O'Rellly who is also dead
! had told him. Senator Ahearn spoke as follows
1T is very hard to answer statements made b,
the alive could confront them. Frenc!
said on the stand that O'Reilly had told him tina
| l was a member OF a committee ~ three-the O;hc
| members being Foreman Burns and Lou" Payn-
had met in The Of E Eag Of %
| Company No. was. viii ask that the Senat
TSa p my nua a4d on on is
| ment. In answer 70 the other dead mans state
ment In Sg2 9ili was introduced INTO ne lowe
twelve battalion chiefs of the Fire Department. Tn
bin passed the Assembly in that shape, ana was sen
amended i b. including in IS LroYisions az n
amendments passed he senate. and was then r.
turned to the Assembly. and The Assembly cor
there wasn't officers IN tho city % NewYori
connected with the Fire Department, VINO kne
anything OF the amendment increasing their %
aries until they read OF 1t in ;he 'ewspapers III
next day Now THIS dead mar, McG ,. SAD az
January isS$ Foreman Eradley; OF Hook and La,
Zoo Mow' am going 10 demaad that ant the sena
Committee subpoena Foreman Bradley and p'
Ex-Assembyman Thomas McManus who 70
| merry represented the XVIIIth District OF tn
city. denied Yesterday that any noney had bee
paid 20 him 10 help the passage OF the Flromcn
! bin, Or any other measure nj Albany. 81 nev'
| 10 my knowledge spoke word 70 McCabe IL m
| He. Commissioner La Grange sal
II strange that he would use the unsupportt
assertions OF man who was coward enough
| commit suicide to injure my reputation"
| The ex-Assembyman denied also that he ev
| had any transactions with Mr. Qu!gg or any vii
either Clifford or Reagan, except such as relate
10 presenting the bill in the Legislature and DOH
his best TO advance 1t.