The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-12
COULDN'T BROWBEAT HIM
Moss Found Witness Who Was
Bound to Talk.
TO HOUND TAMMANY HALL
The Evident Intention of the Mazet
Committee-Evidenc Purporting to
Show That Kennedy Had
an Itching Palm.

New YORK, Aug. 1.-THE MaZet leg
islative investigation committee to-day
adjourned until Sept. u. Attorney
Frank Moss will spend the next four
weeks preparing a statement of the
work of the committee and framing re-
ports of improvement, or supposed i'm
proVement, in matters pertaining to
municipal legislation which will be
presented to the next legislature. AS
semblyman Hoffman, the democratic
member of the committee in attend
ance, objected to adjournment. but
ne was outvoted four to one by the
republican members of the commit
tee.
The session during the day was not
productive of sensa tonal results SUI
perintendent William A. Butler, who
is in charge of the city records. was
called to the stand for the purpose of
showing, if possible, that contracts for
the city printing were let out through
favoritism, but the witness was firm
and convincing in his assertions that
all contracts were let out on bids
Henry 5. kearney commissioner of
building, lighting and supplies, testi-
ned regarding the issuance of permits
FOR allowing he Metropolitan line to
put up electric ducts along that road
Mr. kearney acknowledged that he
thought the company had secured
ABOUT 90 per cent. excess on ducts, but
said he had allowed ii because the
company had declared it was neces-
sary. Mr.. Moss attempted to show that
this extra power would be used by the
street railroad for outside contracts.
like furnishing power and light to cit
liens. The attorney of the committee
insisted that the extra ducts amounted
practically to a franchise This was
denied by the commissioner, who in
cidentally made the remark that his
department was paralyzed by the re-
fusal of the municipal assembly to con-
cur in permits granted by him for
stringing wires and carrying on other
work in his domain.
The Mazet committee of investigation
held an executive session this morning
prior to the regular session and de-
cided to adjourn from to-day until
Sept -.
William A. Butler. supervisor of the
city record, was the first witness to-
day. Special contracts for printing, he
said, were given to cover emergencies.
They were distributed fairly
During the last administration" he
said, 'one firm got 80 per cent of all
the printing contracts given out by the
city record office. This firm only gets
small portion of the emergency work
now. All the emergency work is done
at the same price as is paid for regular
work"
r. T. Rokeby, president of the Uvalde
Asphalt company, which is doing
large amount of work for the city de-
partment, was the first witness of the
afternoon. Witness said he could never
get an opportunity of laying pavpments
in New York while Mr.. Brookfeld or
Mr.. Collins were commissioners of pub
lie works.
Il would like to compare their atti-
tude with that of the present commits
sioner, Heating" began the witness,
when Mr.. Moss stopped him.
Il am going to talk shouted the
witness. You cannot put words into
my mouth. You would put me in a
wrong position in five minutes"
Hold on" shouted Mr. Moss
NO. I don't. You have the reputa-
ton Of browbeating witnesses. but you
cant broWbeat me worth a cent"
Mr.. Rokeby said, as the purpose of
the committee seemed to be ito hound
| Tammany hall" he wished to contrast
the manner in which independent con-
Germs We're treated by the Tammany
! administration as compared with the
republican administration. He said
that Mr.. Brookfield and General Collins
refused him permission to lay a sec
ton of his pavement free in this city,
in order that his company could get a
reputation for asphalt.
| Matthew H. Moore, deputy commits
! siOner of bridges for the borough of
Bronx, was questioned about the APP
pointment of Supt. Thomas F. Ken
nedy in his department. He said that
Kennedy, before his appointment, kept
liquor store Kennedy was a smart
! sort of fellow, who knew all about
| bridges. Witness said he had built
dams and bridges; some of the bridges
! We're across sewers in New York
Elias Luccie said he wanted to start
a fruit stand under the bridge and saw
| Superintendent Kennedy and a polite
| ian named Joseph Hays about the mat
| ter. Hays, according to the witness
| said he would fix it for $500. Witness
said he paid $50 to Hays and afterwards
| gave him check for 5000 in Kennedys
presence. He was told he could have
the stand as long as Tammany was in
| power.
Witness produced a paper signed
with an undecipherable name, giving
| Joseph Hays permission to sell fruit
under the bridge. He also produced a