The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-25

pleted on the LIST OF last january. could PC nn-
the biz ntfcdues SI'6 81 senator SrSSS Davis
Iommissioners Of He"ords in ONES, at
that time. OF whom Mr.. Clarke says. These
gar9ed political claims and conducted their
work with the single view Of establishing a
sfSa' IRIS D S2Ha
by these Con,mssloners. provided for bond Is,
sue OF $223OoO all proceeds Of which were were TO TO
work then being done under the superlnten-
hency OF the Gommlssio1ers Of Rerords' name
and the compiling Of the records OF old county
which Mr. Rider was sitting Looking the
former Commissioners squarey in the eye ho
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the hands Of the enemies Of his party;
This man Rider who Furnished Mr. Clarke
| with Information on which he bases his arRu-
chance to say what ike in his hearing. He is
help pass the Davis bin Tor his relief,
Mr. Woodruff read letter signed by Mr.
| Commission in which they expressed their be.
lief in the Davis dill and their hope that 1t
| There was craning OF necks to see Mr.
RNidsr and wild outburst OF applause for Mr.
MIR Woodruff rdded the assertion that the
! Records law was So constructed as to provide
employment to an unllmte numher Of rolti-
#hts law sS to- sf aHp ,m sse W%odfu
b ssn DO sGaT . hS
| Atterbnry and himself and from all parts OF
the city. NATION ,o. .,,, Mr. woo,rrr
| Mr.. Atterbury secured the appointment Of
| inst two men opt Of the entire number that
were James Williamson and Gen. William C.
| kibbe. the latter at one time AdIutant-General
| OF the State OF California and the man VINO
|
prevented the State Of California from Sc e
SSs s var and 0ps f: SRohH Th S'9 main
SnS hss been in the pps .nsD, service os
| office conducted liz well as the Records Office ::
| that It was conducted on syatematic basis
Ike large well-regnlated business establish
SIR Woodruff said that he was satisfied that
made by Mr.. Clarke. and that he would 90 on
| TO prove lust the opposite OF everything Nj
S he sad did, ."a to s the n. s @
Of the audience. who kept interruptinG
him with applause. In answering some OF the
Mr., Woodruff said that he had Mr. Atterbury's
authority to gay that the Old Commissi,nn e..
Office IL he would support the Davis bill.
That much for Mr: A,terbury's alleged de- de-.
the primary isht. Mr. Atterbury. had no op-
n nSson to .n ns E.e tS: M ot
| dropped after the primary elections were not
the fifteen he spoke Of as being taken in, Just
course OF events Tor incomretency and various
rsasonssi some Of these men came to tell me
them to get their ailidayits. but apparently he
only got few Mr. Clarke said AID in his letter to
ne on the bin hs wns
| worthy their confidence, He did msrepressnt
the facts, and | have shown t. advise Mr.
| he says before he says 1t. Men in bis position
should not make statements about other men
Mr.. Clarke hurried to he head OF the stage
a1d began tslknT rapidiy as soon as he Vas no
m m '' isttsrs Of Mr. Woodrufr's that that
ha! Hnd which t he %tnated you'd be
they be read Mr.. Clarke refused TO it. but Mr..
Woodruff insisted and he finally did SCI but with
i. Woodruff. the Lientsnante Governor, cousin.
that there wers no potics in tho request
and that the appicant stood upon his
ss and Mr. NJ ooi. rf' aD to sss ss whole
quite SO cs 4Gs0 davosI ,en hi s
for places in the office under The Records
Albany in 1893 with a bill for the abolishing
| OF the Records Commission.
teers the information that he didn't go to Al
bany with bill in 1898. and must say that
although ] was IN Albany. ! never heard
That settles that. Now to my letters.
| tried to get my cousin Job and finally he
was appointed. He was one, OF the crowd Mr.
Clarke tolls YOU we're iaid of. Shouts e, Q,
was laid off because he wasn't competent to do
the work required under the systematic
administration of the ONCE as it now is, and
he's been out OF n Job since. Applause Mr.
Clarke asks why the Records bill did not call
for civil service examination. He saya
there ID no examination. There TO-
though. and very rigid one. which is
Just why my cousin. A. T. Woodruff
couldn't get Job. Applause In conclusion
me to say that he'll he glad to have any citizen
Of Brooklyn come into his office any day to see
how it is conducted Applause
This ended tho debate and the crowd left the
Academy with yells OF You win. TIM" You
didn t leave him leg to stand on" and Hoo
ray for our Jimmy"
Col. Michael j. Dady had this to say about the
debate late last night:
Facts beat theories. Lieut. Gov. Woodruff
meeting t,Gjnsh' that he is the m2s
Democrats that tho Lieutenant Gov,
ernor demonstrated that his argument
was by far the best OF tho two. We thought
that Mr. Clarke was great orator. but he was
beaten by n novice. Lieut.. Gov. Woodruff
never approved OF the Commissioner OF Rec
ords hill until he WAS thoroughly convinced i
was an homes. measure.