New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-24

famlIy moved out Of the house we had been occupy.
ing in Cy dm ,nd hey pc teT y ndeTsandng Gysa
being that my family should move our on Nay M,aay !;
1 so s desrad coq had s'y no resenc in SewYork City
and did not vote and could not vote there at me me
any Ggon domc or TPSs residence in city, and
have MOI and do not now own or ease any .1 lmeI,
the house in which am now residing with my
family at No. $50 N-st.. Washington; D G In
BAY Long Island. and since then I have been and
now am resident Of WashIngtoR poosrvr1r
Sworn to before me this 2lst day Of March. 1873
EDWIN p. HANNA, Notary Public.
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION SAYS
The Constitution Of the State Of NewYork
Article ". Section .. thus defines the Qualih-
cations Of the Governor:
No person shall be eligible 10 the ONCE OF Gov:
.rn@r or Governor exceS, S,inGn tb,ry 9r
years and who shall have been lye years next pre-
cedns his election resident Of this State.
Mr. Payn and Mr.. I.autsrbach. II is under
stood. learned recently from some Tammany
friends in this city that Colonel Roosevelt had
tried 10 swear on personal taxes In New-York
County by declaring that he resident Of
Washington. and copies of the nfiidavt on file
in the Tax Depart nent were procured in the ex-
recitation that they could he used at the Sara
toga Contention to prevent the nomination OF
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ton of Governor Black So sure were the sup
porters II Governor BLACK and some Demo
crafts who were In the secret that the plan to
defeat Colonel Roosevelts nomination would
succeed that they began 10 make bets II they
! had kept still their plan might have succeeded
better. Mr. Odell got wind Of their scheme on
! Thursday evening on account Of an offer sent 10
him nv Mr. Pawn to bet $4,000 that Colonel
Roosevelt could not he nominated.
REGARDED 1T AS A BLUFF
When Mr Oden heard of Mr. Payn's offer TO
bet. n regarded II blun. and his first i'm
pulse was 20 take the bet and capture Mr.
Pavn's money. He even vert far az 10 con
suit with some ~ his friends about raising the
| cash Mr. Ode does OF bet on sentiment
however and before deciding 10 accept the bet
| he proceeded 10 make a quiet investigation He
had To 60 10 Newburg Thursday evening
| and II had been mis- intention 10 proceed 70
Saratoga Yesterday. but he obtained some in
| formation about Mr. Payn's plan for a surprise
| The result vas that Mr. Odell came back 10 this
| city by an early train yesterday morning. and
| proceeded 10 DO some hard work He got into
| communication with Senator Platt and with
CONGRESSMAN QuigG, chairman Of the Republl-
| can County Committee. who had been stopped
by a telegram from goirg on 10 Saratoga on
! Thursday evening and they managed TO get
COPY Of colonel Roosevelts affidavit Of March p
Mr. Quigg got into communication with Colo
reI Roosevelt who decided to come to this city
from oyster Ray in the afternoon for consuIta-
ton with the leaders at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
The leaders also took the procaution to have the
advice Of the best legal authorities obtanable In
the city. including the advice OF Justices Of the
Supreme Court. Colonel Roosevelt did not ar
rive I'm the city until late in the afternoon. He
brought with him papers 10 show that he was a
resident of oyster Bay and paid personal taxes
there After seeing tho papers and examining
tho atHdavit which had been made in Washing
ton the eminent lawyers decided that there
no ground for allegation that Colonel Roosevelt
had not been legal resident OF the State OF
>=,vv-TorIo years They decided that ne
was eligible for election to tho office OF Gov
erncr.
MR. ODELI.S STATEMENT.
The consultation AT the Fifth Avenue Hotel
vas held in the rooms Of Senator Plat. Late
last evening spcakng for himself. for Senator
Plat and the other leaders. Mr. Odell said:
Now that we know exactly what the plans
of Mr. Pawn and his friends To stampede the
Saratoga Convention away from Colonel Roose
welt and for Governor Black. can say that
Colonel Roosevelt will he nominated for Governor
m \ certainty He has decided 10 accept the
nomination and stand for election and he will
be elected
The Tammany leaders are circulating copies
Of the Roosevelt affidavit tonight in the ex-
pectation Of being able to raise the cry that
Colonel Roosevelt is A taX-dodger and thus
prevent his nomination. but that plan Will not
work either. Colonel Roosevelt did not try to
dodge a lust payment of taxes any more than
he tried to dodge Spanish bullets at Santiago.
He was resident OF oyster Bay and was as
sessed for personal property there. The law
saws that man shall pay his personal taxes
in the place where ne resides. 1t is not just
that he should he compelled to pay personal
taxes also In New-York County when he is not
a resident Of this county. Colonel Roosevelt Is
not a man Of great wealth. anyhow
'There Is abundant evidence to the effect that
Colonel Roosevelts real residence was at Oys-
for Raw Long Island We have many. letters
and documents to show that Mr.. Roosevelt re-
earded Oyster Bay as his real home And the
courts have decided that mans intent gov
erns in the matter Of residence. Mr.. Roose-
ve,t paid taxes at oyster Bay, his house was
there his servants were there his family was
there a considerable part OF the time.
.I-ndcr the laws " the State OF New-York
assessments cannot be levied on personal prop
ertv except where n man actually lives. The
Abreast OF the times are Rockwood's always ns ar