New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-01

last ferv:d appeal Buckley abandoned
the matter as hopeless.
William J. Cirifsn's examination. after
ne had established the fact that the
National Surety Company hal In fact
paid their share. and more. directly to
Hamilton. vas mainly taken Up with
the a2nare-. revival % Buckley's lesis-
tat4ve activities in 1905. he knew very
little about Z: directly. but from letters
ar. Hotchkiss read into the record II
VAS shown thai Buckley had CORE
spcnded with William r. joyce, presi-
dece % the National during The legis-
iative session o. 1905.
on March l. Of THAI year Mr.. Jcyce
wrote Buckley that he wanted To in
terest some influential member OF the
LEGISLATURE in introducing 2 bill 10
amend the motor vehicle Law. and that
his. Buckley's. assistance would be APP
preciated.
should YOU want any assistance i
shall be glad If you Will call upon SEN
ator Thomas J. McManus," wrote Joyce.
with whom l am well acquainted. I
am sure he will do all he can 10 aid
in having this measure put through
The purpose of the amendment. il sp-
peared. was to arrange for convenient
method Of bonding ChauffeUrs. and as
Mr.. Joyce frankly wrote, another mo-
tive is to eliminate competitors
Mr. Hotchkiss was doubly interested
in this joyce letter to Buckley. In the
first place it disclosed an apparent fact
which Buckley in his last minutes on
the stand in the present inquiry vehe-
rrently denied. and that was that he
Was working in any way for any legis-
lation since 1907. when he law was
passed requiring the registration with
the Secretary of state of any lawyer ap-
nearing for or against any legislation.
Hotchkss Drafted the Bill.
In addition. Mr.. Hotehkiss himself had
drafted the motor vehicle law which Mr..
Joyce planned TO amend. and had discov-
cred the little joker in the amendment
which would have shut off competition
Mr.. Griffin, however, knew very little
about the bill or about the letters ex-
changed between Buckley and the presi-
dent OF the National.
One of the last Of these, dated April
IL 1905. from Joyce to Buckley, closed
With the words: Next year we will in
trnduce il earlier. l shall be glad to
have YOU send me your bill for your ser
vices.
The next year. however. in the 1909
Iegislat ure. it appeared that in spite OF
several letters from Buckley limiting for
Z retainer. the National accomplished its
Albany work through the medium OF it's
regular counsel
Griffin informed Mr. Hotchkiss that
MIR. joyce was now returning from Cali
fornia. and would reach this city early
in April, and the Superintendent init
mated that he intended to learn from Mr..
Jovc= as to the employment of Buckley.
and if he found that Buckley had indeed
been at work on legislative matters after
the registration law was passed he would
place the facts in the hands of the At
tOrney General.
Elijah r. Kenredy's testimony of yes
terday carried quite few corrections
of his previous statements. on the first
CAY he put the fee he paid Commodore
2. Vedder At $500. but yesterday, after
confessing that he had been very much
excited and surprised on that first day
OF the inquiry. he testified that he had
paid Vedder $500 Vedder did not tell
him what the charge would be before
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