New-York tribune., 1900-07-16
GREENE GOES OVER BOOKS
SEEMING J SHORTAGE OF $4,000 IN
COUNTY. COMMITTEE ACCOUNTS.
EXAMINATION UNDERTAKEN BY NEW PREsI-
DENT-DIsPUTE OVER APPOINTMENT
OF CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

OF CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
It was learned yesterday that since General
Francis V Greene was elected president of the
Republican County Committee, under his super
vision a cursory examination of the books had
been made and that this examination had
vealed an apparent deficit of about $21 900 in
the accounts This caused widespread surprise
when it became known. Those members Of the
County Committee who aware of the seem
ing result Of the examination, have been pledged
to secrecy and none Of them would talk about
. the matter for publication yesterday Aside
from this apparent shortage or error in the ac-
counts of the committee. it became known yes
! terday that certain salaries Of employees and
| certain other obligations of the County Commit
tea have not been paid for the last two weeks
The books of the County Committee, so it was
said last night, not in desirable shape,
and it will take some time to straighten them
out 1t pointed out that the system Of
bookkeeping in vogue in the County Committee
has not been what experts would recommend.
According to certain members of the commit
tee, the books have not been audited for three
or four years. and no one aside from L. z.
Ouigg the ex-president of the County Commit
tee, and John Sabine Smith, has any
herent idea of how the money handled
The failure to pay certain salaries and oblt
cations of the County Committee for the last
two weeks is said to be due to the fact that
John Sabine Smith, who has been nominally
treasurer of the County Committee, has de-
clined to advance any more money.
Despite the silence of the members of the Ex-
ecutive Committee seen last evening, there was
| great deal of gossip about the financial affairs
Of the County Committee. Quigg is in the Adj
rondacks and will not be back until Thursday
so it was said last night
MEETING TO-DAY.
The Executive Committee of the Republican
County Committee, of which William H. Ten
| Eyck is chairman. will hold meeting at head
| quarters No. l Madison-ave., at + o'clock this
afternoon 1t is expected there will be inter
esting session, as several matters aside from the
financial affairs Of the committee will come up
| for discussion. This meeting is adjourned
meeting 1t was learned yesterday that the ad-
| tournment was taken in order to decide ques-
| ton in dispute between General Francis V.
! Greene president of the County Committee, and
Mr.. Ten Eyck, chairman of the Executive Com
mittee. According to the stories yesterday, Mr.
| Ten Eyck asserts that Quigg told him he
| to have the appointment of the eleven members
! of the proposed campaign committee. General
| Greene it is understood. insists that he has the
| right to appoint the committee
There is therefore difference of opinion be
tween General Greene and Mr.. Ten Eyck over
this point, and so far could be learned last
night, although Senator Platt. State Chairman
| OdeH Collector Bidwell and others have been
trying hard all week to adjust the trouble no
settlement has been effected yet. 1t was said
| last night that probably decision would be
| reached to-day.
The feeling over this matter is reported TO be
intense 1t is said that General Greene de-
sires to name five or six more than the pro
posed eleven members of the Campaign Com
mttee, and to bring in strong capable and
| responsible men. This is objected to by ma
| chine men, who fear they will lose their power.
They desire TO have this Campaign Committee
made up of Quigg men entirely, so that when
ever an issue arises the Campaign Committee
would side with Qugg Friends of General
Greene last night said this was nothing less than
| a scheme on the part of machine to make
General Greene figurehead. and that he would
not tolerate 1t.
| ANOTHER POINT TO BE DISCUSSED
Deep down under the surface there is another
wheel 1t became known yesterday that Quigg
not only wants this Campaign Committee to be
made up as he may decide. but he wants TO
| have Finance Committee named. This com
mittee he wishes modelled upon the lines of the
one in the Tammany organization. He wants
to have deputed TO it all power of receiving anc
disbursing money and incidentally to be chair
| man of it himself General Greene so IL is said
| opposes this plan. General Greene a friend
of his said last night, wishes TO have the
| finances of the County Committee handled in
somewhat different manner from the way they
have been handled for some time. In other
words it is declared that he wants TO have a
bank account kept in the name of the County
Committee and checks drawn in regular order
ali checks to be signed by the president of the
County Committee and the treasurer. Ouigg Is
said TO oppose this plan. All these questions
will come up to-day.