New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-31
For GARDENERS REMOVAL
u,,r CITY CLUB SENDS CHARGES TO
GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT
.,srp,cT ATTORNEY ACCUSED OF GEN
,.p,1, 1,MA1ADMINIsTRATIoN OF HIS OF
rlcE-Hr MAKES AN ENTRAoRDl-
NARY REPLY. ATTACKING THE
NAzET COMMITTEE.
NfA2ET COMMITTEE.

,-,. ci+- Club fled charges yesterday Win
,,,,ee,olt AGAINST Asa Bird Gardiner
0.t.,.- hin, Of maladmnistraton OF ana mai
g., the office Of District Attorney ana
. his removal \ special messenger
..~ Albany with the papers at o'clock
..n, They were drawn up by counsel
'D. ,-,., hv the Municipal Government Com
'-' ,,o city club which has been hard
"'' sroo last April gathering arranging
d. -.....,s.irc The evidence upon which the
@'' .-o founded The Rev. Thomas R.
.ho chairman Of this committee and
80 .,a,,,hors are Arthur +. Cosby. Wal
tlmoras. John r. Faure. w. c. l.
" r. Macy. John \. Mckim Fulton
.,.A., Henry Opdyke, Adolph Openhym'
~ pat. 7 w Pryor. James p. Reynolds
~. ~-~,,, Vcr Pianck. Oswald Garrison Vii
,,.l Frederick De Witt Wells.
- ....-,,t.ee was materially assisted in It's
Investigating the hidden ways Of the
.-... Attorneys Office by the detective and
.,~.osl force of the Mazet Committee ana IL
,.. ,ho assurance Of some Of the most able
,.-ol evnerts in this city that the mountain OF
,roof which il has piled up against Mr.
cora,ner is imprcgnable and also that the CON
,,,,rionality Of the action which II asks tNe
Governor 10 take is unassailable.
TIE GOVERNORS POSITION.
Although no member of the committee would
.....h ~, This roint last night. there is author
,., fo- tho report that the Governor has prom
,.,4 is tbov can prove their charges beyond
a.h. that he will remove Gardiner ana ap-
ot-+ an INDEPENDENT Democrat in his STEAD
',,o NAV redeem the Office ~ District Attorney
.-o., the slough into which it has recently
e,..l. fo- IT can be said without fear Of CON
,r,7ir-ion that Asa Bird Gardiner has brought
5.,.o rnon himself more adverse criticism from
cha t,,oruront and respectable part or 'h'7
community than any other DISTRICT A''oi"''
who has filled that Office since the county 0l
Nev.-York was formed
The procedure I'm such cases Is lor ''l'
,-rr If ne entertains the charge 10 app''r
sneoial commissioner TO hear boih s'o''
....saa r,ietrict Attorney must be supplied WIKI
.-s.s Of the charges and of the specihc"uohS
s,s .,;donce AGAINST him. lie has twenty 'a'7
e., which TO prepare his answer
Whom Mr.. Gardiner was informed yeS'e'0"'
.+.. tho CITY Club was about 10 take thls az
NV, he at first declined TO discuss it, saying '"'ie
,.,,,,d he time enough for that when the oha'ses
gro actually fled with the Governor. Ai'e'
.roodinq IN the subject for few hours no"
'... ,o changed his mind and consented 10 '"'N
4 list Of his accusers was shown 10 A''''' anu
,-oi,,re at II quizzcally he said; ,
,,t1 ~Iyhv Dr Thomas r sncer on yes: i@us", ~,
"He was the Parkhurst Of Buffalo and he
cs~,s down here 20 reform us'
psssine TO Fulton McMahon, he said j. Hl'o"
him He appeared here in number OF 7''-
,,.s breaking cases and his statements 10 ne
,,.~a sucb mat addressed his committee an"
,,,a hen that had concluded to have no'n,ns
more 70 do with him. He was their counsel
Running through the rest of the na''.gS' 80
remarked 40. don't know any OF 'he 'e'' '-
them