The times., 1899-04-15
RICHARD CROkRk's
MAGNIFICENT NERVE
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| SU0ulu De deprived Oh the appointment oil
referees and appraisers and the exercise
of any political patronage whatsoever He
thought judges should be, paid higher sala-
ries and given life tenure2of office. He
believed the use of patronage had been
| abused by judges He mentioned as an
instance the appointment of appraisers by
| the surrogates office.
| Pressing the point as TO the corruption
of the judiciary by Tammany, Mr.. Moss
called former Justice Joseph +. DAILY after
Mr.. Peckham. Before he had been on the
stand five minutes Justice Daily said that
he had known of the attempted use of the
judiciary by Tammany.
Last fall | received notice that because
l would not make political appointment
would not receive nomination for Ie-
election
Who gave you that notice."
1T came from Mr.. Croker said JUS
tice Daily promptly, gazing squarely at
the Tammany leader, whom i see here
now, and as / do not suppose he VIII
deny it, / do not think it necessary TO
mention the medium through whom the
notice came"
| Justice DAILY said that the appoin tment
which he had refused to make was that
of Michael T. DAILY, as clerk of his court.
To make this appointment 1t would have
been necessary to remove Clerk Jones,
who was an efficient officer Justice DAILY
went on to tell of another matter in which
he had deeply offended by refusing to re-
move the court sales as the Tammany
leader wanted. He said If il were true
that the appointment of referees was die
tated by political party the system was
monstrous. He considered a referee a
| semi judicial officer. Politics should not
enter into such appointments,
| DR.. O'Sullivan attempted to destroy the
effect of Justice Daly's testimony by show
! ing that the witness was first nominated
for justice by Tammany Hall during Boss
| Tweed's reign.
A Purchased Justiceship.
Justice Roger A. Pryor was called 20 the
| stand. Mr.. Moss went at once to the
| point, and Justice Pryor cheerfully said
that he had paid $4,000 to Tammany Hall
| for his nomination TO his justiceship in
| the Court of Common Pleas. He said he
| had given his check for this amount TO
Mr.. Croker at the latters suggestion. The
| check was made out TO Richard Croker as
| chairman of the Tammany finance COM
mittee, and later 1t was brought back TO
! him by Michael T. Daily and he drew the
/ check TO bearer. He thought it would be
an infinite Improvement II justices were
relieved of these campaign assessments.
In answer to Mr.. Moss, he said that this
payment of campaign money amounted in
a sense TO paying for office. He said that
| he was Democrat, and that all things
being equal he gave the preference to
| Democrats in the matter OF appointing
referees. u
The committee was behind time again
| in the afternoon. and the room was packed
| before the session was startedi
| Contrary to general expectation. Mr..
| Croker was not recalled. Instead, Richard
v Harnett, the auctioneer, was put on
| the stand to tell something of the opera
| tions of Tammany Hall in the real estate
| business. Mr.. Harnett said that during
| the last two years the firm OF Peter f.
Meyer & Co., of which Richard Croker
| is a member, had received large proper
tion of the judicial sales. By dint of much
questioning by Mr.. Moss this state of af-
| fairs was shown to exist:
Peter F. Meyer & Co. are doing the
| lions share OF the judicial sales. through
the political influence exerted by Richard
Croker. The referees select the auc-
tioneers. Mr.. Croker had testified in the
| morning that ii was the expectation OF
| Tammany Hall that Tammany judges
would appoint only Democratic referees.
Mr.. Harnett's testimony showed one way
in which Richard Croker had p.ohted
financially by the use of his political
power 1t was shown that Peter F. Meyer
G. Co. had nearly succeeded in monopoliz-
ing the judicial sales during the last two
years.
Ice Business.
William A Ballentine. Secretary of the
Consolidated Ice Company, was then called.
Mr.. Ballentine said he did not know
| whether or not Richard Croker. Richard
Croker, Jr.. and Frank H. Croker were
stockholders Of the Consolidated Ice Com
pany; he was not familiar with the stock
holders list. He said his ice company
rented two piers in East River, one at
Forty-sxth Street and another at Nine
ty-first Street. He said his company sup
piled ice to the Department of Charities
and Correction at s3.15 ton. 1t is expect
ed that much interesting testimony will be
| brought out along this line later on. 1t
| is intimated that Mr.. Croker and his sons
were presented with large block of stock
| in the Consolidated Ice Company, and
that Mr.. Croker has, through the Tam
| many dock board, secured extraordinary
| privileges for the company. and that the
companys bid for supplying ice to the
| city was accepted over much lower bids.
John F. Carroll, described by Mr.. Moss
| as Mr. Croker's assistant in the job of
running the city, succeeded Mr.. Ballentine
on the witness stand. Mr.. Carroll. who is
affectionately known in Tammany circles
as johnnie" started off with the state
| ment that anything Mr.. Croker says goes
with me- Croker grinned.
| Mr.. Moss tried TO get something out of
Mr.. Carroll regarding the inner workings
of Tammany Hail. That Tammany Hall
| politics is a business Mr.. Carroll admitted.
And you make your living out of it?''
continued Mr.. Moss, blandly.
| Mr.. Carroll looked bit bothered.
You had salary of $500 and you gave
| it up to help run Tammany?" said Mr..
| Moss.
| Yes" said Carroll
| Then Mr.. Moss jumped into Carroll.
Where do you get your money!"
Il refuse to answer said Carroll after
| an instant's hesitation.
Are you ashamed of it?" asked Mr.
| Moss.
| Carroll blazed up and row seemed i'm
minent He demanded TO know what right
Moss had to ask him such questions and
| Moss told him to keep quiet.
| You can't shut me up shouted Car
| roll. Moss threatened TO have Carroll
| locked up for contempt of, court and AS
semblyman Hoffman protested Violently on
behalf of the minority of the committee
against Moss question.
| Where did you get it?'' cried Mr.. Moss.
| Since you left Office nearly a year ago
| you have had no incomc. Again | ask,
where did you get it?'' -
| 1t is personal mettersn was the reply.
| Dared to Tell.
Dare you tell?" cried Mr.. Moss, point
ing his finger squarely at the witness.
| Dare you tell?" IL
Mr.. Carroll made no reply
| Dare you tell us?" Mr.. Moss asked
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