New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-17
JACKSON'S IRE AROUSED.
attorney General Sends 1cr1mom-
0n$ Letter to armstrong.
my Telegraph t. o til, Tribune, J

Albany. March lg-Acrmonious ard filled with
charges and suggestions insinuating wrongdoiDg
is the character OF the letter Attorney General
Jackson sent to-day 10 Senator Armstrong. chair
man Of the Senate Finance Committee IN renIv
to the latters letter of yesterday. crticising the
Attorney General
In this letter the Attorney General charges
Senator Armstrong with trying 10 hammer his da-
partment lie nslnuatngly suggested that tho
Capitol and State House payroll be investigated TO
see II they were asyIums for Albany County noIit-
zeal henchmen. lie charged the Legislature with
authorizing the appointment Of special counsel 70
furnish special fat fees for favorite party lawyers
II cannot afford 10 waste time IN a prolonged
wrange over the financIa! necessities OF this de-
partment.' is the way the Attorney General began
his reply. He added: You do not appear 10 have
approached this subject with a disposition to deal
fairly with this department"
little later he said, significantly If YOU Sen
ator Armstrong intend 10 make Il your purpose
the Senate TO hamper me, and limit the activities
and usefulness OF my department. I can under
stand your obstructive attitude"
Toward the close of his letter the Attorney Gen
erai seized the opportunity to strike back at sena-
tor Armstrong:
You express surprise because I have asked ro-
slo,'0oq Tor the law department. of the state Yet
poses alone for care Of t 49, sn i9r p9yI9h Put
House IN Albany. IN this connection might also
suggest the proprety OF a egisIativa invasiiSa|i,,
Tor the purT ose of ascertaining what percentaga
or those Oh the payrolls of that department actI-
any are rendering daily service and whether fha
state Capitol has been made an ASYLUM for Al
orally. ' ''''1'' eSt'-
The letter continues:
Your attitude in this matter can hardly Ia ey
pldIltd en- the theory that your sole ohfect is -
StoAoIihze IN the finances of the state IScas -,
~ no aPPeaf 10 be at all impressed bv the tact
t $o4SoVg was spent last year for special rouneaI
ei!lpoytd by departments other than tbet cF ~
H. 1thel5u and that the greater part Of
mat was expended in plain violation ~ ~. Prarti
tullon ana statutes Of thi STATE '
IN your Communication to me Won shy. .,Tro ra,.
" Jul Ter feiefS to certain unpaId hills gnr So
Ia ouhsel ana matters OF opinion ana crjticis,,
VI 80 tt "a" hoI seem 10 me TO be pertinent
-. IN" - tt!sit the parts OF my letter which ala
ttot appeal 10 you as pertinent ~,
mat desired additional IDENTITIES H. ie
HIieAI not % forced TO the tmplaymant ~ "a,
Jus expensive special counsel and my rofara,,d-
"lat tie records in the Controllerfs odica -.
81. last zen Years. would show in tb.. mailer -
speNieI st'uISel Tees drawn from ,rIons d.
PAL li4eIits or the state By faYorite mart,
10 me these matters seem both ne-tiyn.S, % -.
.4sy important, and / sgcest IN a. erl.''
hlittee can upon the Controller for LII.
when am informed he has prepared bo--;,,.s
ltte amounts spent by various deD9rtrnent5 rs S
bpeclal counsel in the last years ard also ~
copy or the statement the same s,,b 80 ot
by former Controller to the late S;ysaIJ set
a. Ile Iatters request / have no dnnbt ti,is IN
AotIhaIloh would be interesting and heinz, - IL
members OF your committee. P'' ~ tue
The Attorney General also gave IN bic 1o.4.-
'aoes TO prove his contention that he wantal ,,,1
with which. he said. he expected ~ o. Iec'lved
AuCt greater amount ~-'' "H q