New-York tribune., 1900-06-15

charges the Mayor would appoint the Controllers
successor.
W. N. Coler, head Of tho irm OF W. N Coer
& Co.. and father Of the Controller, told Tribune
reporter yesterday that his firm had not been
member OF the syndicate to which the bonds were
awarded although 1t took an active part IN organ
izing that syndicate Our motive was ADDED
Mr.. Coler. ito make my sons first bond sale sue
cess; that and not money was our sole thought Ii
Is barely possible that one or both Of my other two
sons may have been personally Interested In the
syndicate If so, neither nor Bird knew anything
about it. William is now on his way TO EUROPE
and Frank is in the West, 80 that neither can
Since Bird has been Controller this firm
has been unable to do business as formerly with
the city. Bird will not permit It. When MS term
expirH he must get out of politics and attend TO
the Business OF this firm. of which he Is a men,
bey now just he before his election"
Jacob H. Schif OF the firm Of Kuhn, Loeb 81
90. said Our firm was one Of the aggrieved par
tes and we carried the case into the courts Inc
courts decided that Mr.. Coler had acted pro properly
sion. The firm of Kuhn Loeb Co acceptea the
l1 member nan of the firm of Blake Brothers Co;
said I'VE are not Interested in this charge against
the Controller II amounts to nothing ne 2Sd dis
cras As Me- Me- osnee Maes 81 eharees sa,ss 20 NO O'
J. E swanstrom. Mr., Mack's counsel. was quoted
evidence Of 9aRsers @ o4 that wen Whe so the the
constitutional limit, thereby thShi w
their bids low and condition them
STATEMENT BY MR.. MACK.
II never had any personal quarrel with the
Controller" said Mr.. Mack yesterday, at the Of
fees of the Nathan Manufacturing Company. No.
go Liberty-st of which he Is secretary. Il was
a member OF the Board of Education in 1898, and as
chairman of the Finance Committee I frequently
met Mr. Coer. I was in the Board when he
sprung that debt limit fake and prevented
us from securing appropriation for needed
school buildings I make the charges as a tax
payer and a citizen If the Controller can dis
prove them will be among the first TO congratu-
late him l have talked with any one about
the action with the exception Of my counsel, Mr.
gested that L was really acting for financial
house which at the time had been disappointed
in not getting of the bonds. To-day the
paper retracted its statement There is no
truth in such a statement. If 1 had been in
terested in the award of the bonds either one way
the other, l would have raised how! TWO
years ago l am a Mugwump In politics, voted
for Roosevelt and for Grover Cleveland. and
spent money to defeat Mazet in the XIXth Dis
What made you wait two years before De-
ginning this action%' Mr.. Mack was asked.
1.-THE gravity of the case was not presented TO
me until Mr.. Swanstrom brought it to my at
tention, about two months ago"
The fact that Mr.. Swanstrom is counsel for
Mr. Cook auditor of the Board of Education, who
suing the Controller for $50 600 damages for al
legged libel, and also for Mr.. Mack, was brought
out yesterday, and there were many who SAID
that there could be little doubt that Mr.; Cook
the suit When this brought to Mr.. Macks
attention he asserted that he had not seen Mr..
Cook for a month and that the suit had been
brought at his own nstigation