New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-19
POLITICIANS ARE AMUSED.
DEMOCRATS AS WELL AS REPUBLICANS SEE
THE HUMOR OF GARDENERS REPLY
WHAT THE REV. Mr.. SLICER SAYS.

Republican politicians were amused last evening
by District Attorney GARDENERS reply to the city
Clubs charges They said the implied appeal to
the Governors consideration by reciting his Army
record and Juggling in references 10 General Grant
General Sheridan and other commanders OF the civil
War were both pathetic and ludicrous AS TO his
mention Of his family as having been located IN
New-York since the administration OF Governor
Wouter Van Twiller. the politicians said they
couldn't see what that had to do with charges Of
inefHcency. Major Gardeners description Of the
City Clubs committee as individuals being wholly
unknown 10 me and unknown 10 Criminal Court
practice" was declared 10 be rather Watering 10
the men making the charges. although the District
ATTORNEY apparently had intended neither fattery
joke
When the Rev Thomas r. slicer. chairman Of the
City Clubs Committee Municipal Government
was seen last night at the City Club with refer
ence to Mr. Gardeners reflections on himself. he
said:
do not see what Mr. GARDENERS rhetoric has
TO do with the charges preferred against MN me
signers of those charges are prepared 10 prove
every one Of them and ;he District Attorney VIII
9 0 hays 10 t Ea oT Gn not and
the Attorney General are 70 take luncheon az ms
club on Tuesday at ! o'clock. They will have
chance to learn OF the exact situation. far as
the City Club can post them. The Governor VIII
sPBG. r a2dher aed his oed The eomm
sioner will report his findings 10 the Governor wno
peal pea ar from M the Governors decision hope the
VIII qPPS S charges s6d Evidence All
that We ask is that Gardiner he heard fully and
/ am free to say that believe he will be re-
moved. There is damaging enough proof OF the
District q f0Teed ba alone What has
become Of $4,000 not accounted for? Why Were
the bonds Ssfe Bonds Rh 2a RRa
TO be an enumeration Of the property or the BONDS,
Gardiner is mistaken when ne says that the signers
of the charges are not 9ualneo 40 man ma NOV,
Exactly what they are doing, Mr. Gardiner will
discover What at under 5he va Hn Twr Of
Amsterdam to do with the charges made against
him for Incompetence and unntnesS VA ny Sno b
was not well derived We never questioned these
things he says about himself Hu ts aI Ine noble
lineage he is all the more guilty for ne sno ,ba
have done better The s 'efeT r9 Was written
nnerev 70 connect the signeTs Of the charges WIN
the City Gin3 S S Charges as citizens My letter
said that under GARDENERS admnlstIdlo Il
tSeir enemies That is strictly true, as we shaH
nroVe 10 the Commissioner
mr. sIicer went into a number Of the phases OF
tho charges and showed a grasp OF the si'uatlo"
unusual in a man not a lawyer In closing ne salo'
"It is not a crime for a man to be foolish but II
% au,f1llv inconvenicnt 10 the public when thaI
man happens TO occupy high public once
James r. Burnett ore Of the trustees Of the CITY
Club but not OF the signers OF the ohd'seS'
said
II the published statements Of Colonel Ga1dlnted
are samples OF what he has said In answer 10 me
Cha rees against him then beyond question he MN,
SELF hears OUT the charges. and his answer shouId
he marked as an exhibit and Attached 70 'he
evidence OF his unttness 10 hOiu d
qua 81 judicial Office He seems to labor under era
ccomnlete rnisapprehension as 10 what mas peen
Sonn and said against him IT is not DR.. Slcer, or
Heydecker OF the city Club that is under sai5
cation II is Colonel Gardiner himself We sal1
Sothinr about Van Twiller or Sheridan or Grant or
rardiner's lineage II what we get from Albany
,n-nieht is a sample OF his answer. then can see
61lv one outcome Of the charges, and that Is the
District Attorneys removal
At the Democratic Club last night Colonel Gar
d,ners answer 70 the charges was the topic OF con-
,,ersation The thing that struck the Tammsny
49, as absurdly ridiculous the ColoneIs eHort
~ holster Up his case by dragging IN his ancestry
ord the fact that he once upon a time the
ao o,u for Generals Grant and Sheridan.