The record-union., 1897-01-27
THE PROBING BEGUN.
Chairman BreiIing of the Mileage
Committee on the Rack.

Chairman Waymire called the Investi-
eating Committee to order in room a
of the Capitol something after 3 p. m.
yesterday. All were present but Stan
sell, who appeared later. Messrs Chy-
noweth, attorney for the committee,
and Brusie, counsel for Chief Clerk
Duckworth, We're present, also Clerk
Cummings, a young lady stenographer
and a pretty full representation from
Newspaper Row"
There had been intinlations that some
members of the committee favored
making the meetings executive sessions,
no the exclusion of reporters and cor
respondents, but nothing was said
about it at yesterdays session, and it
fs probable that a wise judgment will
sway all future sessions as we'll, and
that the public will be allowed to know
that the committee is indeed probing
the whole matter to the bottom
Chynoweth offered in evidence the orr
ginal roll of temporary attaches pre-
pared in committee and the one finally
adopted by the Assembly. These lists
and the letter of Doud were all the
points that he had time to examine
The lists were marked ''Exhiibit L.
The Chairman asked Chynoweth what
was the result of his examination. He
had found some discrepancies.
Emmons moved that Chief Clerk
Duckworth be subpenaed to appear
before the committee with all papers
in his possession bearing on the matter
in hand. Brusie stated that, by advice
of his physicians, Assemblyman Kea-
11ec Dr4T Pol Ia Ia
not venture to appear before Friday.
DIR. Keables confirmed this. This was
agreed to.
1t was stated that Hart North was in
possession of a list of the employees and
also of a list of Assemblyunen who had
requested their appointment, Assem-
blyman North was summoned and, being
sworn, testified that he had, in a safe
dn town, the papers reported back to the
caucus by the committee appointed by
that body to investigate the attaches
affair. Among those, so he had been
told, but could not swear, was list In
Duclworth's writing. Being desired to
produce the papers before the commit
tee North requested to be subpenaed
in due form, which was done and he is
TO present them at to-day's meeting.
Assennblyman Belshaw, being sworn
was requested to tell what he knew
about the letter signed Thomas Doud
presented to the committee by him
This letter was offered in evidence by
Chynoweth and marked Exhibit q"
The letter was read and Balshaw was
asked to state all the facts with regard
10 III. Said he did not remember date Of
its receipt but, supposing this matter
would go into the hands of the Re-
trenchment Committee, ne had handed
1t to Chairman Melick. When this spe-
cial committee was appointed to inves-
tigate he had thought 1t might be of use
to them and had brought it for that
purpose.
Questioned by Brusie, Belshaw stated
that he did not know Doud, did not
know GunZendorfer, Rodriguez or
kearny, the men claimed to have been
fraudulently on the roll. and did not
know that they were on the roll, though
he thought he had read them in the
journal.
Assemblyman Breiling, Chairman Of
the Committee on Mileage which report
ed back the list of temporary attaches
with their per diem and mileage was
sworn.
Breiling gave a somewhat disjointed
account Of how the list of attaches was
gotten together. Said he asked Duck
worth how to get at the matter and, by
his advice, took them from the list,
printed in the Assembly journal of jan
uary 4th, headed thus:
Chief Clerk Duclworth appointed
the following attaches. not included in
the list Of statutory officers, which were
necessary 70 transact the business Of
the temporary organization
Breiling stated that this was accord
ingly done though he did not personally
do 1t. He asked Duckworth still fur
ther how he should get along and Duck
worth recommended his brother. Y. C.
Duckworth. and Ed. J. Smith, as as
sistants. Accordingly they assisted
Breiling, one reading from the printed
list and the other writing down the
names.
This list with the various sums set
opposite the names constituted the first
report handed in by the Mileage Com
znittee, but on account of complaints of
error by members. in the list of mileage
Assemblymen also included in that re-
port, WdS IENOiiAuiAtLGi, WIKI ADSlTuc-
tions to report the following day.
When the final report was handed In,
more than dozen names, with per diem
attached, had been added to the list Of
attaches. The two lists Were read in
committee and the discrepancies"
checked off They are as follows:
r. A White, gatekeeper, S2S; w. S.
Reyner. gatel1eeper, Sd; w. Howard
W. c. Dorsey, C. Mclean, pages. each
S21; Delos Curtis and S. F. King. door
keepers, each S2S; Miss NJ. Bertola,
assistant history clerk, $50; G. W. Ash
ley, porter, S2S: J. c. Williams, file
clerk, $50: w Hopkins, page, S21; NJ
A. Kearney, assistant engrossing clerk,
$50.
NJ. j. Flynn, whose name appeared on
the first list as porter. with per diem
which would have been S2S, appears
ON the finally accepted List as an as
sistant journal clerk, with a per diem
of 500; Ella Babeman, no occupation,
500. This last name was not on the type
written copy, it is claimed, and 1t is
written between the lines with no posi-
ton attached
Breiling was asked how these addi-
tional names came to be added. His
memory was faulty but he said that