New-York tribune., 1910-09-04
NEW GRAFT TRAIL FOUND.
Legislative Committee Acts on
Beet Sugar Disclosures.
FIRST HEARING WEDNESDAY
Aids Case Developments and
Hotchkiss Revelations to Get
Attention.

The legislative graft hunting corhfli''ee
toolr stems Yesterday to 1nVesusato ~.
roonv recently given by Harry T. Aiii'l
-. -. &c ranresentative of certain pee'
- t,,+.rss4s at LYONS, Wayne county
:. ,,.,,o &c oN, TO the late Senator john
p.,,es and q 200 to Assemblyman Jean L.
p,,r,e++ also dead His testimony, gwen
:; ha,1,runtcv proceedings affecune the
T,.o,,s Rect Sugar Refining Company, lnoi-
- +ba+ This money was paid to help
.1org the beet sugar interests in their
,a,;sIa+iop n obtain bounties from the
state. -
A1frad T Hurrer assistant counsei -
tho legislative committee. was in ALBANY
Yesterday. NJ Linn Bruce, counsel anu
Isidor KreseI, assistant counSel'
graphed to him after consultation fesei uiiie
tb;s testimony. TO go to Lyons imnledlalels
IN ,,sLe an investigation. Mr.. Hurreh lel'
A1banv before noon. He has full power 70
subpcepa any person deemed desirable as
a witness or to take any other step neces-
ssry 10 hiring out the truth regarding tlls
proposition. -,.
The first hearing in the committee "crh
will he held Oh Wednesday IN the aIuei
manic chamber, which was the scene OF the
hig insurance investigation OF 1910 "ili'H
made Charles z. Hughes Governor Juuse
Rruce and Chairman Merritt OF the com
roittee were out of town last evening MI
Kresel said he didn't consider 1t adF1sa oie
10 Indicate the line Of inquiry OF 1he III
day. The committee may take up Ihen
the DEVELOPMENTS of the Aids case OF II
NAV follow up the work of insurance gu
perintendent HotChkiss in dragging feEeio
tions of politicians stock market ueol'
fro,,, tho hooks of FIlingwood & Cunning
ham Mr.. kresel and q, corps OF account
have heen at work for a consdera bic
time on those books, which are understood
to contain much interesting and important
material.
This testimony regarding the money paid
ia Senator Raines and Assemblyman Bur
nett was extracted with some difficulty
Raines was majority leader of the upper
house of the Legislature at the time OF
his death last year. He was head and
front of the "old guard" and on many
things was bitterly opposed to Governor
Hughes. Burnett, from his home town, was
his protegt. almost his son. Burnett was
named in the Aids bribery investigation
as having received $4,000 bribe money, the
implication being that he was to distribute
some of it to other persons not named.
Senator Raines during his legislative ca
reer fought valiantly for bounties for the
beet growers of his district. This PROPOSE
ton was that farmers, to encourage the
growing of sugar beets, should receive
bounty money from the state. For sew
eral years appropriations varying from
$1,000 to 100000 were made, most of the
money being paid to men in the Raine:
Senate district Finally Governor Hughes
in 1907, vetoed an item for this purpose IT
the appropriations bill, declaring his be
lief that payment of such bounty money
was unconstitutional.
Zimmeriin, from his testimony al Lyons
represented the beet sugar interests at Al
bany He put up at the Ten Eyck durine
the session, he said, and had a liberal ex
pense allowance. Testifying regarding
lump sum Of 5000 once given to him b,
the Lyons Beet Sugar Refining Company
he said that it was used to promote The
company S interest in certain bills that were
before the Legislature He also said tha
he gave $1,000 TO Senator Raines at one
time and 5000 a subsequent time. He
handed $500 to Assemblyman Burnett, he
said.