New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-25

"' VIC" ." appear as attacking the characters
OF any man or men. II a system he was
attacking. he said. and continued
, me Hall Of Records over across tho square is
". We strong box OF the people The highest degree
or skill is needed there. There IS the greatest
wh"ee NAME m,n l9r ne work IN NAT ono
Wlth9mt reference to their fitness for tho place In
the ming Of tho Offices under this new bin there
has been an absolute lack Of caution that's the
way we lawyers who have been watching the
situation to-day Messrs Dady and Atterhury
VIII pardon me for referring 70 them iu this con-
necton II Is an occasion when perhaps In would
be easy 10 extol the mon but denounce their
practices II ! say things that blister a little q
dNaual out rather toward tho vicious political
methods which they represent
ger these Records Commissioners When the
ron mem When they were again refused Mr.
Alterp4nhTy Iolq MI Ryder j be didn't accede TO
have the office OF Records commissioners aboi-
ished The Lieutenant Governor charged me with
that right with reference 10 Mr Ryder
S"uen' our mat gentleman; and with great r..
pubiicans leaders wished his once would he ahol.
ished ! have put this part OF the record In The
so that if Mr Woodrur Wishes 10 say Il h al make
mlssiatement, he will necessarily charge mo
with perjury Applause
WORK OF ATTERBURY AND DADy
an %hn s 5 was 9e Tssq Of ne Tqs Of AeT0qX
FOR the boon of % See 20 OF me- Rco % COM
mssoners III al NOT al once present il because
pointing power an he tirS bnt The 1eolns Vas
there that he would turn ont the old Commission
their ground and waited IN February 1900 the
present bin was presented. with The District A.
have the Endorsement Of the bench or bar Judge
eSnl1,l re1n 6 10 supFoF H. ana oppose II
protests against H. They REGARDED IL iniqut-
10 we eNpenqhure ~ money when y was nrsi n
troduced HE BIZ vests the Commissioner with
the Offices It avoids the civil Service laws alb
souely. Tho high priests in the party which has
and tore out ~ this bill every vestige Of Civil
Service The Lieutenant Governor SAYS that the
need TWO wears 70 complete It in. The bill gives
The Leutenan GoTrnoT E E presn %
Will have nothing 20 do but draw his salary for
Dady combination contempiates spending 500 90
for work that should cost not more than $4,000.
political power OF Messrs Woodruff Dady ana A..
Nh Waldo was appointed Commissioner and the
old C9mmissiq1ners were remoyed This was an
over the division OF patronage sprung mp all over
the city between the friends and opponents o. the
the practical results II the operation oS the new
bill. Under Il the Commissioner can pack In
political caucuses. If he wants 70 The incum-
beats Of these places do not need 70 have the abl-
after the bill was signed. i22 men were packed
away in that office Pppause and laughter Just
placed the payrolls Ten days after the
primaries these mon were all discharged ZAP
plause)
The speaker here. much 10 the amusement Of
the audience read anldavits from Mr.. BURNER
and others setting forth that Michael J. Dady
had approached the friends Of ex-sherlf But
Ting and promised them places in the Records
Office If they would become Dady men. Similar
afidavts with reference 10 the manipulation by
Mt Dady Of patronage in the Sixth Ward be-
tween the Laimbeer and Hatton factions were
read and again the audience was greatly
amused One Of these men. Carney by name.
had deserted Laimbeer for Hatton. secured a
place IN the Records Commissioners Office and
directly after the primaries were over he was
turned adrift This reminded the speaker Of
the epitaph on the tombstone Of the three-year-
old baby who wondered why II he 10 be so
early done for he should have been born at all.
Mr.. Clarke said that the work OF the alleged
incompetent clerks in the Commissioner OF Rec
ords office had caused untold trouble In the
courts and he cited the case Of OF his
clients. Ryan by name who had found a defect
in his lease and had gone 10 law about IL. Mr..
Clarke said that IL looked If long after he
were dead and gone ~ heirs Of RYAN and his
own heirs would be fighting over this lease. and
he blamed IL all 20 the incompetence Of the men
in the Office Of Commissioner Waldo
MP WOODRT-FFS SPEECH