New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-18

casflng suspicion on his own officers. and man
officers was acting an opposing coun,' ,. an,
subiecting them to crOss-examinauon ne -
consistent position that ne had right t. act AZ
the same time president Of the BQard o. ~. @
mat he thereby as president Of the Board terri
fed the police witnesses who appearrd @ffornIie
salary as president Of the Board and as coihSS.l S
for The deSndan S t2oced In sPe fee Of Of S @ and eSpense
amounting to s26s 6s In making tne ,nd 'Wbch
was never returned to the county The tllA'i,, tllA' 49,,
suited in disagreement. and the noy VIZ w, H.
and whore hc ought TO have been Sent " '' VIZ
acquitted.
REFERS TO his NERVE
The other day while on the stand CAV, to i1f ine
press copies of a statement as 10 how MI NOS iau
sworn TO the signature NJ a man without seeing
him. much less knowing him. Everybody viii ,i rcrsil
how also, Mr Moss while preriaTnt r} 9 ',1 and swill
milk dealers who were charged by ne boaiIi boai,isr, ~,
Health with having violated me ia". ~ ~ pv-off,clo
member of the Board OF Health which passel upon
these cases and yet so great %as ms tSaf he
insisted ON defending volators Of the law. lhouEl
20 all intents and purposes ne va W. S,ird ~ chi
ncso lawyer Frank Moss Is. And yet he nas , nern1
10 insult New -YOrk's best citizens ana Try Z"
the story broadcast that Now-fofk IS s'"N ~
corruption'
AS to Mr. Moses statement that he gave
Mayor Van wycl Hugh McLaughlin. MIR
Croker and other men Of inAuon'e n the Hiiy
administration a chance 10 denounce the Rama
po job, but that the7 had refused to 10 50, Nh
Croker says.
Nobody knows more about mat Ramapo deal Than
does Frank Moss himself. and his associate counsel
report Of the Mazet Committee doings to Platts
my report 10 that firm. firm which has oXtorted
Sac For various uurposee viii make IL to the
knows q
ali lcs.siative business at Albany FOR many years
passage OF hin unless ths firm were paid re-,
soul. by Patt and his law firm Everybody knows
that. ,,,,
through tho Legislature. II never could have
passed the Assembly and Senate Of 1875 had not
became It law General BENJAMIN F. Tracy. Plau's
candidate for Mayor in 1891 became president OF
tired silas y. butcher; another Of Platt's conf
dans. peT@e n eo,'Sh m ,o nn1b tba R@mano ~cheme
through The Board Of Public improvements ! have
ISpt Knew n5thing abon, the Ramap5 b until
7 came back 20 The city. DO not stand for H. and
the Tammany Hall organization does not stand
for 1t
WHAT HE SAYS AS TO MIR. CLARKE.
,o2 Soy M asct i9 h @h4 The obT a2 2rk
The Ramapo deal until August last. when he read
about il while in the Adirondacks in the ncwspa..
CORPORATION Counsel for the city OF New-Nork
stationed at Albany during the legislative session
that session. II was Clarke's duty 10 watch every
bit Of legislation affecting the city OF New-iork
II he knew nothing about the passage Of the bin he
heo. rcn"Tei rom once or Else he Deliberately
stuffed his cars With cotton so as not to hear what
was going on. II on the other hand. hc did Know
about the Ramapo bnl. and told the Mazct Com
mittoc that he did not we'll very severe punish
ment is fixed 10y statute for witnesses who give
testimony Of that character.
Mr. Croker then handed TO reporters what he
called "an official record u some ~ the refer
ence cases given 70 Mr.. Clar6e under Demo
cratic administration. copy Of he locum, mt
follows
Justice Francis NJ. Scott commenced sitting at
speca IeTm ;,In m r@r e has ' s in those 4 terms ,hiT
teen weeks. including the week ending September
49,, e.iarkc referee i'm twenty-eight matters as fol-
lows. Gardiner Grant. People " Madison
T4ga5e no5 T4a.9 Bs1N company Mater o Moyragb Mc6
I'll VS. Pntchard. DQanc vs. harlan. Mater "i
stateS trust Company Chanler Ghree cases'
Metropolitan Life lnsurance 'qmpany ~ Orr'Es
Congress club. Lake vs.. Ini9n Trust '"mpany
Terry i'1'" vs. Robinson. schmi, ", Coonis Thomson
" Knox. in re- + kroher locK ,9mpanN. kTr'n T
thai W Cornell Shaw vs. Floyd Manhattan trust
Company vs. American Publishers Corporation
The document went on to say that Robert
MaZct nhd betn hppolHN'n f'ltI't III '''' 'N'
William y. Cohen. eX-Repuucan Justice ~ the
Supreme Court. in another. Henry W TAFT Re-
publican. in another. and Thomas Allison eX-
Judge Of the Court OF General Sessions. had had
two references MI Croker continued
That shows how foolish IS the charge that Dem
ocratic administrations have been dWardlng f'l-
erence cases solely 10 supporters Of the admnsira-
tion II also shows that Mr. Clarke has been quite
ss greedy as has been Mr. Moss.
WANTS MAzET oN THE STAND
Now a few words more 10 Mr. Moss. II be Teally
is sincere and wants to aid legislation by maklht
an honest inquiry into the affairs OF thc cly pl
New York lei him put his dummy Mazei on tne
stand md under oath compel him 10 reveal VIM
u,os hohind the Astoria Gas steal At the last ses-
CON and what they expected 10 get out OF II Let
Moss oek Nazet who was behind the hili 10 Ifiuhu
cit. assessments last year-a bin which was passed
in Inc Assembly but was killed In the SENATE ana ana
which had II become law. would heFe cost tie
neople millions Of dollars. defy Mr.. MOSS 10
examine Mr. Mazet upon these points ,..s,-
Testimony Of that kind VIII Doe iar more 'l'cI''. ~
ING than Moss issuance OF daily puHeiliiS "0 w
what he proposes 10 DO ard then does not 40
As 10 rapid transit Mr. Croker's statement
said.
The pr.-enf administration is doing al u can TO
Give The CITY rapid transit. hut lihti hlu M lHM
1rm control the present Rapid TRANSIT y,
and are holding things up for th"r owl ,i. s''su.
purposes .I'ntil Platts hold on the hapid Ira"si'
,o.,nr~a nm .Iuhth