New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-23
HONESTY is THE ISSUE.
TO DOWN THE JERSEY RING.
MR.. GRIGGs STANDS FOR GOOD GOVERN
MENT.
THE REPUDIATED DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS ARE
narTrING NOR ..vrNDIcATIoN'-IF THEY
WIN BARNEY" FORD MAY RETURN
TO THE STAT

TO THE STATE.
Jerseymen are called upon this year to determine
whether or not they want honesty and decency In
the management OF public affairs. That Is the
single issue OF the campaign which ends the week
after next The people are asked TO pass judgment
upon the gang responsible for the coal combine ana
racetrack scandals and the State House thievery'
The gang was repudiated last year and the year
before Since then the Senate Investigating COM
mlttee has laid bare the wholesale and continuous
frauds by which the State Treasury was robbed OF
many thousands OF dollars. The exposures BEFORE
that committee rank to draw from Sena-
tor DAILY Democrat. the exclamation that he never
or heard anything so rotten.
With the single exception Of Barney Ford every
man indicted as a result of the Senate Committees
work has been tried and acquitted Democratic
Prosecutor and a Democratic Judge made acquittals
possible where the guilt clear as to convince
every intelligent man who read or heard the testi-
mony given before the committee While the court
ioyously grinding out certificates or character
to the accused men the Democratic State Conven-
ton was held The chairman OF that convention
the principal counsel for the men accused OF
robbing the State. and no surprise was manifested
when he personally. and the convention through us
platform. assaed the investigating Committee Inc
finishing touch TO this copartnershp was gwen Iast
Monday when T. f. c. Young. chairman Of the
Democratic State Committee testified that John
Mullins. who accused Of "livvying" with Bar
ney" Ford. had a pure and spotiess reputation
FORD WAS KEPT AWAY FROM JERSEY.
Barney Ford was sent ont Of New-Jersey by the
gang" and they supplied the funds TO keep him
away. His health broke down and he wanted to re-
turn tell the truth and see his wife and family be-
fore he died.
Have patience" he told. Keep away
while longer. We're going to have all the rest OF
the BOYS acquitted Then well elect Governor.
and you can come home not penitent and
wrong-d but as who has been previously
wronged. II the newspapers don't do the square
thing by you there should be no trouble in getting
big damages in civil suits for libel on the strict
q T. we propose have you thoroughly vindicated'
Wen restore all your od-time prestige. Maybe
we can't put you back in the State House. but We
hnd something for YOU.
That gang-"the same old gang'-were the hene-
fciaries Of the roguery charged up against poor
Barney" He was merely the collecting agent ana
as he has been loyal to them they are bound 10
,rd b,- him They arc the men who to-day are
roo,tng Heaven and eartn to elect McGin HIS cleo
ton Will strengthen their hands ana MAKE Nhpos-
stble further exposure Of their rascatles Inc! are
irving 10 shield themselves behind the respectable
figure OF McGill. just as Sheehan ana MS ulss'"oeu
Tammany associates doing in a similar manner
~ Neu-York There Is indeed great resemblance
hetveen the Democratic organizations in the TWO
states and this editorial from The Ne"-forA
World" fits very neatly the case in New-Jersey'
METHODS LIKE THOSE OF TAMMANY.
A samp.> OF Tammanys method OF conducting 'ne
city government Ia furnished in the report Oh MAYOR
strong's Commissioned OF Accounts printer III
The World" to-day.
From an examination OF the accounts OF the
,reas,rer OF the old Police Board 1t appears that
sunnies were purchased without competition and
i'm excess OF appropriations, bCth contrary 70 'a"I
an ma, boTSct for s163i In some instances the
price paid favOrel dea.ers was 'oV per eei.. ..,s
the iarke-. ana the average on Ins pI r CalaS'
noted was over 200 per cent ABOVE current prices,
Commissioner Sheehan. VINO Vas Responsible lot
befor. the Lexow Committee and was inilcteI
therefor, but never tried lie Is no" suo'DosS VI
AMMAN ann st many persons VINO cal themselves good
citizens are only supporting OF indirectly a'dlHs
the return Of Tammany to power.
The ukeress between the methods Of Tammany
and the New-Jersey ring s remarkable out
careful contrast shows TamHany "a much the
n,ide- ana less harmful OF the two TAKE Tor IN
stance the refurnishing of the State House at
Tran,o, Tina. toD began in 1899 and lasted three
,.aa-s Massive and elegan. furniture and good
carnsts were thrown out 10 make way for new and
cheap goods-that IS. for goods cheap to anybody
a,se but very expensive 10 the State OF New
! Jersey. 49, 80
The bills of John Mullins for furniture and car
| pets amounted TO siS5l7. Desks chairs and tables
were maid for al double the usual retail rates. often
AZ even greater prices carpets and office furniture
we're sent 70 the private apartments OF state Of
| aoers in Newark Jersey City, Hoboken, New-Yo
| and elsewhere and we're paid for By the sta,e
| Prssents o., furniture and goods made by Mullins
G. Co to public officers were paid for Dy me 1lA,s
Sponges charged TO the state through A'endiIas
| Reilly at sl2l %. were present from Mt Mullins
The sponTes cost Mullins SIS Mulllns's books were
| produced in mutlated CONDITION. Inc aCc ,r
with the state ~, na day IyS1 containing charss to
the state also cut out As Wen as phsrs ~
! he State mat 1000 pages had been cut out Of s.X
| books In the effort 10 conceal the account. NJ
| m,fjetions OF obviously recent date This was
particularly true OF the checkDooks. Two 81 'ns
November 1893, that Is, within few hours a i,
Il was known tina: the Republicans haH CARRIE 49,.
| aSter Notwithstanding their mutilations II was
practically demonstrated from tho books ihat u ~
| iins x 90 paid 10 some a commission OF ~
ner cent on all the furniture placed In the new par
OF the Capitol doe ana wa BALD By Cheeks drawn to
ash or 70 Muliins's own order. the funds being
allowed to disappear from Gnn mt Shasoeve In the
| stubs OF some Of these checks appeared foIa .
| were erasures and mutlatlons
| THE STATE PAID PRIVATE BILLS.
| Mullins q Co.'S account against the state con-
| tains many Items OF interest. Eignt hundred dol
lars FOR desk president Of Senate, worth ABOUT
500: desk ss4 and chair SIS. 10 Leon Albeit IT,
| 10 900 Broadway New-York: one chair SIS. one
desk slOo 10 Leon Albeit jr, Jersey-ave. and Mer-
| cer-st Jersey City Vienna chairs 70 Leon ADo-tt
| ir second National Bank. Hoooken several items
| ~ carnefs desks and chairs for Leon Albeit Jr,
n~ivqf secretary OF the Governor, $50 .; leather
lounge for Controller Heppenheimer $50 on Janqary
iss another lounge to Colonel dependence, jan
az 10, II $50. two desks. $40, marked In book not
delivered" paid for by the state. nevertheless. IL
| Illustrations could be multiplied ihdshmlrY, III, -.
| In March 1890 the State paid Mullins a Dill OF
$. 1901 & for furniture on July 10 Mullins drew ms
~beck for 500 TO cash placing FORD IN me
! s,rb :. The rheckbook The check cashed. The
| amount disappears out Of Munss casn. not bens
| Po4gain when the bills up to s207i, check FOR
600 cash" with F. IN the stub. disappears III
| like manner. Again. when the bills are Si.'.o 81, u
! heck for SIS with IF" Is drawn, and the money
| vnnjshes with no entry IN the books one OF these
,,ys+srious checks is for $3.50. another Tor Sliv
| on one occasion the bills summed up Ns-l"' ana
| the vanishing check was 81, 80,
| sons who cal themselves good citizens are openly
sunnorting or indirectly aiding the return OF the