New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-28
DELAY IN PREFARLNG CASES
GOVERNOR COULD WORK ON THEM
NOW, BUT THE ATTORNEY-GEN-
FRAL IS OVERWHELMED

Oyster Bay Long Island. June 27.-There will be
decisions announced by Governor Roosevelt in
any of the interesting cases now before him until
he returns from the West. The only case that is
In anything like shape is that against Dstrct-At-
torney Gardiner. BY the time the Governor re-
turns Referee Wilcox will probably have filed his
report
The case against Mayor Van Wyck in connection
the Ice Trust only in the formulative stage
The is true with the Coler case man who
is close to the Governor said to-day that the doc
uments in these three cases and in that Of the
Sheriff of Washington County who has been
charged with improper conduct in office, would fill
a small trunk. They were gone over last night
and most of the night spent by the Governor
Acknowledgement Davies and Private Secretary
Youngs in mastering their details and putting them
in order to time and relation Their fine points
are yet to be considered and studied.
If the decision in the Van Wyck case is adverse
to the Mayor the matter will be referred to a
referee to take testimony unless ii be decided that
the evidence which will be taken by Referee Nuss-
baum under Justice Chesters decision may be
used. 1t is for future determination whether
special Grand Jury and Deputy Acknowledgement
shall investigate the Ice Trust scandal from start
to finish.
William J. Youngs, the Governors private sec
rotary said this afternoon that the Governor would
not act hastily, but when the time came would
act properly and make mistke in what he did,
The Governor said this morning to the reporters
who called on him that he had spent three hours
last night IN consultation Win the Attorney
eraI about the four cases He refused to give the
details of the conversation, but said they had
the cases carefully. He doubted very much
whether they would be able reach decision be-
fore the return from oklahoma
In relation to the Coer case, it is said the Gov
ernOr does not consider any of the specifications
serious, except the that alleges that u member
of the Controllers family benefited by the bond
transaction complained of.
In the afternoon the Governor said the papers in
all the had been taken back to Albany by the
AttOney-General. He said he would dispose OF the
four cases in this order The Gardner case nrSl
a : the Attorney General has completed il
and turned ii to him for action. The Wash
ington County Sheriff case next; the Commisslon-
erS' report this is expected daily. The Van
Wyck will be taken up after these two have
been disposed Of This will include not only the
Mayors connection with the Ice Trust but the con-
nectiOn of other city officials. The Mayors veto
of the Dock bill will receive most serious attention
1t is desired to get all the facts that may con-
meet any official with the Trust in a way that VIII
call for action
Personally the Governor said he could go ahead
with the at, once This was the time when
he has practically nnthuS TO do except possibly
about houriS official business each day, and he
could give almost his entire attention TO these
cases but Attorney General at present
overwhelmed with work, and he must wait for his
actions
The Coler case being the last filed will be the last
to be investigated.
The Governor to-day received letter of
graduation from Ramon Reyes Lala, Filipino,
now in this country, congratuating him on his re-
cent nomination.
The Governor will tomorrow entertain number
Of personal friends at luncheon. He will leave here
on Friday morning, and will depart from New-YOrk
on the $50 O'Clock train the Lake Shore Rail
road, reaching Chicago on Saturday. He Will leave
that CITY for Oklahoma arriving there the
ing Of July 2. At Oklahoma he will attend the re-
union of the Rough Riders" He will leave Okla
homa on July to return to New-York.