The sun., 1900-12-23

should have bean io .oe 10 w" "p'
~ tho law In tho county .-.,
suad tho other officials concerned n'sn'n'u
~. ,,...tyod a similar attitude. tho very
gfavrq, consequences fniRh' hRN'
a,I a.. District Attorney cannot b" allowed
"a, ty ,ro fact that tho action ~ o'h"rs
r,cvcr,ad the evil Consequence ~ 30 own
acts ,.., A,
"A. ~ tho charyes that the District ~
,,,,ev failcl In hI- duty IN usNst,nR the
ao,rI. of to Attorney Generals once
Uto Vcro concerned in prevented N"A-
lions of tc election laws. II appears 'h"
,bste was such failure IN a. any fa'" 'et'a'h
casr- prior g. 'lc election.
au,s drn- r,' u,rcar to have been e." c1s"
ar,er tie e'c,uon. II Is impossible hsnh 10
accent the IIal tlat uc'' lih" these nre 70 DC
.,c,,sed on tAr ground that they spring from
fouv rst.cr thrn from intent TO do WRONG.
rndsr Z ,., ctrcuunrtnuccs the District AZ
,o,uov of tie county n New York If removed
.rc,, orlc. ruFopoRE EoosrvELr"
At the hearing TODAY one OF the incidents
WAS tho D.etiict Attorneys Implied attack
upou the police oGciala Of New YORK city
and ~, statement thlt ,alef Of Police prvery
.hopld b. removed. Durag his term OF ON GO
Gov. Roosevelt has removed four public
or,ca!. three Rerublcans and one Demo-
cra;.
Thay are Chautauqu County Treasurer
Uut.on. Wnsliuston County Sherir Hew-
let, and President Wise OF the state Com
mission in lunacy. ana now Dstct httor-
nov Gardiner After the hearing on the
Gsrdine. charges tonight the District At
,orney and several OF his assistants tried a
little cuict pe e-ua . 'on with the Governor
and they were rpL,t uded OF Seth Bullock's
remark about the Governor, that when he
draws he shoots
GOV. Roosevelt spent seven hours in TAX
ing tie testimony In tho charges filed against
District Attorney Asa Bird Gardiner by Dep
uty Attorney-GenerA John II. Hammond
The charges were considered under these
i've heads.
First-District Attorney Gardluer's pub
lshed interview regarding the indictment OF
Chief OF Police Devery. which appeared In
tie pal err o. ect.on morning
Second-Tho refusal Of the District Attorney
to give Mr. Hammond. on oct 81. blank
Subpoena forms
Third-Ihe District Attorneys alleged re-
fpsal 20 render aid and assistance to Mr..
Hammond which the law required him TO
give.
Fourth-pld tn. District Attorney or his
assistants. IA alleged. Interfere with the
speed trial Of election cases by Mr. Ham
mond.
Flfth-were election case. stricken from
the court calendars with the knowledge
and through the aid and counyance OF the
Dis rlct Attorneys onlCe.
Seldom has so much interest been shown
In hearing before the Governor. over
q hundred interested spectators stood In the
Executive Chamber tor hours listening TO
the tcstimou~ Nearly the entire stan OF
the District Attorneys o.Acc was present
Col Gardiner was accompanied by his son.
Norman u. Gardner. Tho As siani Dis
trict ittorucs. present were John F.
NcIutyrc, James v osborne. James ID.
Mcelclant. Henry " Unger. James Lindsay
Gordon. Charles T.. +. McCaun. James j
Walsh. Forbes J. Hcnu-5 ", Daniel O Reilly.
John SchawtcG aud Stephen :. Blake. Mr..
Hammond alone appeared for the prose-
cutIHu.
The Governor went ahead and secured
testinor. upou each charge In It. order. and
then there was genera. roundup Of the
evidence b.. the Coy,ruor, the District Attor-
nev and Col. FraTslil BIrtl't;, who vas
present a. counsel Tor the District Attorney.
Mr. Hammond thought II uune eorssary TO sum
up The only two witnesses called by the
prosecution we're H"ury :. i.nsien. Tribune
reporter. and u. G.. BU'l. a reporter of HR
SlN. They hal interviews with the District
ATTORNEY regarding tn" indictment OF Chief
D.yar.. which were printed IN the papers
mentioned 10 Mr. Ensign the District
Attorr..y the in ictm,ut OF Do,cry t
n damned outrage and tnat b" knew nothing
ohnut
The District Attorney was more emph ,tic
4, Ms Z liz with Nr Euel.. s.yiug tie indict-
mont WIS an ol.,r.g re. tn the Chief had
n ri,h, :, issue the order. that the use OF
N. nist,i,, Attorney's name on the indict-
mont O,.- Unauthorized and a forgery and
that II would not hold water The District
ATTORNEY VS. reported in this interview
10 have 5 id ~ 7 the finding Of the ndict
mert w7s % piece Of intimidation; thgt the
Grand Jury winch found 1t WIS largely Re-
pub,ir7n and h." referred to Mr. Flure. tho
foreman of the Grand Jury. as q bastard
reformor
Col Bartlett brou ght out from the Dis
trct ATTORNEY. who was on the witness stand,
that he did not know he was talking TO
nevsparer man when he discussed the in
dictrert with Nr Ensign in private room
in Tammaur ilH |. ari that he had distinctly
told Mr. Rucll that their conversation was
private and was not to be published The
District ATTORNEY I'D he was not responsible
for the publication " the interview In ey-