The sun., 1908-01-09
Mr. Twins at the Head O6 His Pro-
fesAion.

fessiOn.
The appointment several days ago Of
WILLIAM A. SUTHERLAND Of Rochester
TO be counsel TO the upstate Public
Service Commission at salary Of $4,000
a year impels the inquiry. Does the
Inquisition business pay; and, il so,
whom?" The first glimpse the people
Of the State had OF Mr.. SUTHERLAND
was in 1891 as the candidate for Attorney
General on the Republican ticket headed
by JACOB SLoAT FAssETT Of Elmira.
SIMON W. RosENDALE of Albany, Mr.
SUTHERLAND's Democratic opponent,
won handily by a plurality Of 44,SsO, and
ROSWELL p. FLOWER beat Mr.. FAssETT
for Governor by 47,957 This was the
campaign which Immediately followed
the work Of the FaSsett Inquisttion Com
mittee, Of which WILLIAM NJ WINS. now
counsel for the New York city Public
Service Commission. was chief counsel
The Fassett InQuisition Of 1890 was
expected TO furnish the Republicans
with ammunition in the shape of Tam
many corruption for the State campaign
Of 1891 The smashing defeat Of FAssETT
and SUTHERLAND and the entire Repub-
lican ticket proved the futility Of the
experiment.
Mr.. W. NJ. WINS however, suffered
no pecuniary loss. although perhaps his
dovelike gentleness and patience we're
tried for a time by hope deferred. He
made out his bill neatly and in detail in
the name Of the firm of which he was
then member for services as counsel
to the Fassett committee. The bill was
for So. .6S2, u, but while the services for
which il called for payment were per-
formed in 1890 il was not paid until June
13. 1895. The explanation for the delay
in presenting the bill is that Mr.. WINS
was too experienced a claimant to ask
a Democratic Legislature at Albany to
pass upon a bill for services performed
in attacking a Democratic community
like New York city. On June ~, 1895,
Mr.. FAssETT, as chairman Of the COM
mittee Of Ave years before, approved
Schedule B, for disbursements, for ST.
6S2.72. IL was in the name Of WINS Il
BoARDMAN, and enumerated the Incl
dental disbursements. Here are some
Of the items which made that total of
s., ,6s2.72:
CarfAre 70 Twenty third street 10 cents
Csrfare to Houston street. 10 cents
Two copies CGv Record. 10 cents.
Copies Chv Record. 10 cents
Carfare Ludlow Street Jail. two. .S cents.
Csrfare to Ludlow Street Jail. 10 cents.
Newspapers, IS cents
Cartare. Franklin street. cents
Carfsres. 10 cents.
Csrfsre. Is cents.
Carfare 10 Clinton place and Mayor GRANTS.
20 cents
Newspapers and postage. % cents
CaTfare, Il cents
Carfare, 10 cents
CArfare. - centG
Messenger to Court House. 2S cents
Messenger 10 Ninth street. Is cents
Daily newspapers. s. cents.
Two papers, cents.
Pour copies Herald - cents.
Newspapers. dsliy and evening. ~ cents
Carfare. 10 cents.
Messenger 70 Mayor GRANT, % cents.
EXpressags, Is cents.
EGpfssssEe 10 Albany, IS cents
Expressage. 35 cents.
Expenses once. evening work. 30 cents
EKpresss ge. Ss cents.
Stenogra pher letter. sS cents
Expenses. investigation Of Excise Board and
licensed places. 500
Csrfare Police Headquarters. n cents.
Carfare Police Headquarters. 10 cents.
Carfare. twenty second street station. 10 cents.
CArtars. Court House, 10 cents.
CarFare Police Headquarters. 20 cents.
CarfaTe, 20 cents.
Csrfare to Board Of E1cise, 10 cents.
Copies HsraId and caEfare. 20 cents.
stenoRYapher, letter 20 J. cHoArE. 10 cents.
stenographer letter and memo. Is cents.
Copies world. Tribune. Post. ~ cents.
CsrIares. 20 cents.
CarfAre, 10 cents.
CarfaFe, y cents.
Carfare 10 cents.
Carfare, 10 cents.
CArfaTe, 10 cents.
Telegram 70 Mayor OF jamestown. IS cents.
Twine 25 cents.
Telegram to Mr.. SELF. Is cents.
But why continue to wade through
scores on scores Of these personal dis
bursements, petty in detail, portentous
in the aggregate? The record Of Mr..
IvINss second and bigger bill Of t22,-
ss2. y is accessible: Chapter 932 OF the
Laws of 1895 (the Annual Supply bilD,
page No. Tss Of the volume Of printed
Session Laws, contains the following
appropriation:
For WILLIAM NJ WINS and Albert B. BOARD
MAN, for professional services 70 the Senate Cities
Committee IN the investigation Of the governments
Of cities authorized BY resolution OF the Senate In
eighteen hundred and ninety. twenty two thousand
slx hundred and eighty two dollars and seventy
two cents In full OF s claims agsinSt the State Of
every kind"
Mr.. FLOWERS = easy victory in 1891 was
followed by the Democratic triumph Of
1892, when CLEVELAND carried the State
by 45.Sis.
Later on, however. Mr.. WINS turns up
aRain cheerfully on the State payroll.
This time. June n, 1895. for S4,Ol0.e6
as counsel TO the Friday Republican
Assembly committee which investigated
the Brooklyn strike.
Meantime, in 1894, Mr.. SUTHERLAND
was appointed counsel to the Lexow In
uuisition, but retired tn second place as
associate counsel, JOHN W. GoFF becom-
ing Grand Inquisitor. Was It the honey