New-York tribune., 1904-10-13

70 elected Lieutenant Governor Mr.. Harrison said
that he would take stand with Attorney GeDe
C4lnneen and that the $10l 100000 would noS 80
20 pay salaries Of officers undesired and undes"
able. He long and loudly cheered
MR.. CUNNEENS SPEECH.
Mr. Cunneen devoted great part of his aduIesS
to the allowance made TO the F'urraceviIe IRON
Company IN connection with canal work lie sdiu
in part:
The Governor did not deny that the item OF
pany. Later Judge Miller entered the diSeus5om; i
was claimed and allowed but really on account OF OF
pf9n @ fsnd5 ana Ie sod get together and
compare notes The item. it is true. was Iot st%S NJ
decIar3tion fied by the Furnaceville Iron Com
pany with the Canal Board but the conSider3a;Gn @ ;
which they made. and distinctly passed upon by
the Canal Board
Referring to the supplemental contract and re-
classification OF earth as rock Mr.. cunneen de-
clared:
They were a deliberate fraud upon the State and
violated the spirit OF Article VII OF sectlOhr : oI
Board had made it appear that what CLASSIFIED
rock and that which was ciassiheu @ +b ~ canai
was raised at the same time by the steam sho'e'
:rbat the board informed the attorneys for the
claimant that unless this matIgi matIpiai1ed the board
would deduct from the amounts que STca the re-
had been Heretofore paid the c4alilsi'' 9 ~
suit of such reclaSsihcatlon
the attorneys advised would 3e pc asa{sfy the
less they % de 6esiTeG eipt9 an GPPettddS
The Query in the minds Of the board being as 10 70
how alter the materials had been thrown I0 1S
oetber on the spoil bank. accurate InedSul i1 ,s
uoon which to base the reclassihcation coulu Oe
6 iudee might have added: particularly as the
cnySyted material was ali OF the same character
quality it E Sul% ID Ragray Was Earth and %ch part
TAKES ISSUE ON THE FACTS.
At the conclusion of the proofs December ar l. i, l2 G
the board went into en etTensped but be-
Ieve that the facts differ from the statement made
by JTdgs os findings to witch he refers which
is explicit and dehse ana pa tba FrSaceve Iron
Company on it's five contracts. and which includes
TIT II Is evdent tha; Controller Miller regarded the
having been closed and decidel on DeSen ea1
Boayd az 1903 and on January g. as the records OF
rHo1ened as to the right Of the State to deduct or
onset the sum Of $34t So found by the board 70
of rsciassiacatio9 Of material II the case had not
definitely liked. why was motion TO reopen neces-
SaTE b,os oled b~ counsel for the claimants after
the case was reopened. in its second paragraph
s'aSS aTsc evidence was taken, and on December 81
1907 the Canal Board made it's award. whereby Il
determined" etc.
;'The total Of this award. exclusive Of interest
stated by the chairman OF the ooaTo 10 DC a'
Thus II distinctly appears unaIiected ny any ieet E
ING OF gratitude for honOrS or faVorS received OF
afS, hone OF promotion or advancement that at the
time OF the transa ction both Justice Miller ana the
cIded hy rejecting the amounts aloWed oy re-
classification including the item OF SlsoIs. anu .
motion TO reopen It necessary What had nap
pened between December 81. 1902 when the C1nai
BOARD made it's award and the total or this claim
was stated by the chairman of the board, ana the
hoard adjourned without any motion TO reopen tne
case or any application 20 do so BY counsel lor the
claimant which induced Controller Miller soon
afterward Judge Miller. on January - 10 move %
reopen the case? And what induced every one ot
his Republican associates who sat in the board OF
ls5 and participated in the decision of the claim
then made. vote with him 20 reopen tire case on
January % 1893? And what induced these geiue-
had previously voted 20 reject. when every faCt on
which their first Judgment depended remained es-
tabIiShcd"
Mr.. Cuuneen was frequently interrupted with
applause. Edward NJ. Grout the last speaker
He touched on national affairs.