The evening world., 1903-08-26
Head oi Queens Borouuh SAYS
Charges Made by Commis.
aoners n Accounts Are In.
sprsd BY Political snmtty
DOESN'T FEAR THE RESULT.
Claims ,Es, tNsy were rssmuistsd
500 ssis es,s Urut n was Ne
usvsd r,slr pasuesvor Would
o. Him Ass, Harm,

Borough rrssiis-' Csss'fv. - Qrssnt
f1ts~t f.tr fraf Dow nfeH a. 1s. Nrr
siss viii rcn,ye Hiu from trnrs IN no
basis n ths report made q, Msyot Low
h. the latte. HfruIasifuar ~ A.,
counts, allerina mtHy ''llri serious
srortc1mtrRs Nv the U,saIiy y ,uinisira
Ton. especially vi'h regard ~ Nb1f ire
~dssisrrisd as "idieta 1mons the punllc
empilye cs " tho borough
Tie snys ihat Coz. attack made upon
him i- oul, a piece ~ cheap politics
~ don't know whether I should dig
nift this at.ark upon ma nv replying
10 u. he said to a reporter u The
Evening World ~ is 20 p,lp,bly -
political document that m one could
just Opening and tho people behind the
so-called report ave been holding the
hin IN until this time.
An OId Trouble.
This report Of the COMMISSIONS OF
Accounts was written as far back as
July IS On july % a copy OF 1t was
sent TO me, Two weeks before that
Comptroller Grout had been furnished
with a o and was fully acquainted
with all the facts. ! was told that
the paper would he held up until the
opening of the campaign.
This rouble started a year ago.
had downed the old Croker facti,l in
queens. and naturally uhey have felt
revenseful. They had organizations in
NewtOwn and the other villages in the
borough and they started to 'investi-
gate me. Their idea was to hold up
appropriations for improvements in the
borough. They reported to the Mayor
taat l asked for too much money.
They succeeded in their purpose. and
the borough Of Queens can thank them.
Patrick White was the leauer OF the
Croker outht. He had a lot Of things
published in the newspapers at the
time and, one might say, went the
limit.
Only - Out u DOC
Now. as TO the payroll of Queens:
There are 100 people on it,, and II the
Mayors Commissioner can go through
1t and find only twenty-four idle en-
ployees, l don't thlnk it speaks badly
for my administration. Anyway, whea
the Commissioned OF Accounts reported
the mLtIer 10 the Ciyit serg.ce Commits
sIJn, with the intention mat the latter
body should m Upon his md
lngs, the report was passed on to me
wIInout a mara Tne Comptroller nat
ura.Iy held Up my claims, but an eX-
~p.anat.on from me set everything right
IN his eyes.
NOW. in the case Of Michael Tuite,
in, the Sewer Department. who. 1t IS
N~Greenpoint avenue, | want to say that
his wife owns that little place. Hell
money started II and maintains it, and
L. the husband wants to help her when
l. an ~ ~ 10 dome ~ Ia LNEHa
business. The facts are similar in the
case OF Theodore Wagonheimer, who is
alleged to be conducting a grocery
store in Academy street. The business
belongs to his wife.
Do as They Please After Hours.
1T is true that William McNulty. OF
the Department of Sewers. is employed
as a 'pressn.an on a paper in Manhat
tan. ] don't care wnat he does after
his hours that the CITY pays him for
are over. II he feels strong enough to
work all night to make more money
for II nest egg or keep mis- family bet
ter. / don't know whose business 1t is.
You say that IL is the policy OF the
should be resting when his work for the
city is done. Well, ] don't care any
thing about such a policy. It's not
There is the kick made about rggers
and gardeners. skilled workmen, being
engaged 1t common laborer's work.
When there Is nothing else Tor them TO
do, of course, they perform laborers'
work. They draw their pay, no matter
what comes or goes, and my foremen
see to 1t they do something for the
money. All OF these men complained
about were appointed by he Civil Ser
vtce Commission. ! had nothing to co
with giving them their places.
Comptroller Grout knows all that !
have old you and more. Inc when he
heard 1t he laughed, He's not the man
TO laugh at crookedness. and pretty
nearly every one knows that"