New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-15

Carnations was that on one occasion he
advanced $4,000 to the Republican
State Committee for Tracy Rogers. and
that on others Rogers or the Street
Railways Association contributed to him
ard the Orange County Republican Com
! ulittee through the EIlingwood & Gun
bingham concern.
GoodseIl also told some additional de-
tails about the two thousand share pool
IN Trans in which he. Speaker Nixon.
''Jo' Aids, Archie Baxter, Clerk or
the Assembly; Assemblyman Bedeu and
County Clerk TagGart Of Orange Coun-
" participated He said that the pur-
chaser of the two thousand shares al IA
was George Edward Graham. who re-
fused to tell for whom he was acting
When the $4,000 was paid the stock
was worth IL: IT the market. Graham
now dead for years was a newspaper
correspondent at Albany. At that time
he represented The Associated Press
He was recognized among politicians as
being very close to Benjamin B. Odell,
GoodseII Mute on Railway Bill.
GoodseU still non-cOmmttal and eva
sive as ever in his answers, was the first
witness called. Judge Bruce asked him
many questions about a bill he intro
duced on January 20. 1903. relative TO
changes of route By street railways and
extensions of existing routes beyond the
powers then granted by the railroad law.
This bill was reported on February %,
Ll.t on motion Of Goodseu himself recon-
mitted on March 3. 1t died in the
Railroads Committee. Goodseu couldn't
or wouldn't give the information Judge
Bruce sought. about who was behind the
bill the source from which it came to
him and the reason for irs failure to be
come 4 law II it was q good measure
Then the inquisiror turned 70 Cioodselrs
account with Ellingwood & Cunningham.
Goodseu 4 2counted for a credit of $500
cash on April 19. 1900 oy saying it came
from Tracy Rogers in payment Of loan
made to him by the legislator. GoodseH
couldn't remember the details Of thar
loan. but said he was in the habit Of
lending m 0ney tn the traction lobbyist.
He couldn't remember whether this
money was lent to Rogers direct or
to some Senator or Assemblyman to
whom Rogers might have owed money.
He thought 1t was 70 a man whom Rog-
crs owed money, but the individual was
rot legislator
This money, Judge Bruce showed from
The EIlinCwood & Cunningham books.
2as part Of the H. H. Vreeland check.
GoodseIl said he didn't know that. and
never had business dealings either with
Vreeland or II A. Robinson general
solicitor for the Metropolitan.
Keeping on with the Goodsell account.
Judge Bruce elected the information
zhat Coodseu. in the autumn Of 1900,
paid $4,000 fDr Rogers to Colonel Reu
ben L. Fox. then secretary Of the Re
publican state Committee. Fox was
--erv close to Odell Fox is now dead.
This money, Coodsell said. was contrib
.,ted in two payments of 5000 each. 1t
sifnplv was advanced for Rogers. who
,oId the legislator he would repay it as
soon as he could collect from the rail-
Rad companies One payment of $1,000
WAS made in September
state Committee Needed Money"
rbat amount. Goodsell said, ne got 10y
Cling school bonds of Highland Falls,
ne could not remember where or
,t,rorpb whom he sold them. Goodsell
co,ld see nothing queer about this
,ranaaction. He could see nothing out
- me ordinary IN the state committee
liking money from the Street Railways
association
II occurred TO me that the commit
too needed all the money il could get"
ne said
NO state committeeman ever asked
NE to vote one way or another he