The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-07


Tn" witness could not recall the date
he day of tho week or the time Of the
day when he mad" this transfer az cash IN
III" COMMITTEES. room. hat he insisted that
the hlll in which he was Interested had
already h.en passed. The payment %
Burnett was made at abou, the same
time "" had given Burnett 81 SEQ
THIS accounted for only $3.50 OF the
'6.0oO In question and then the witness
Explained that h" had paid over TO Mr.
Burnett S.WD az this 81 SnO was for
Burnett personally and 81. SO was for
hun TO Use as he saw At
BrRNErr MAY HAVE PAssEn o. So ALoNo
q what did you tell him to do With H.
| \ Nothing
. What was In your mind whom YOU gave
him ~" additional 81 son Mas some one
else 10 receive the rest. = That was INV
Eiea M giving ~ 20 him
- Vas o. not rho fact that whom YOU
made hos" pavmen'S the bounty hill Was
m the committee on RIle~ and something
had to he don" 70 accelerate ~ 4 No
this va~ after the bin had been pa,-~d
e. ' ou have testified that YOU tooa only
e ~n 1t the sGonp Ia Albany I'D YOU
rrturn 'o LYONS Tor an" other o. oOn' 4 |
NAV have don" 80. am not SURE
- We're these paym-n'- made m larEe
bill' \ Not specially large
y Then each must have been quite "A
large "a, sage What dld senator RaIne-
FOR instance. do with that pAo kage Of money.
H ~" pat It IN hl- %. sc'
y DID Mr. Burnett suggest ?" YOU that
there we're other persons VINO had to he
pad' ~" DID not
. Dd Won have IA mind that the hlll had
he~n reported from the COMMITTEES on Rules
and that Mr. Burnett WAS To- receive o. .JOo
and tbai the iommitt~- an Rules - some
other m-inhrr~ we're - receive 81 yos
handed IN the money a. | stated NIth the
remark that / stated
. bat l want 90 know what VaS YOUR
pIrTo~" and object m giving tins additional
81 Sci" ia MIR burnett 4 Nothing only
that I asked him 'o Use tina II he saw NJ
"a" MAY not have used ~ az alt
EuRNFTr vAs Ala NLoNF
. Dd you have 10 do u hastily for fear
some one would enter, I waited until
he NAs alone IN the Assembly parlorl AMI
handed n To- him
- What other members or employees Of
the LEGISLATURE II any. did you awe money
20 IA appr-, alton OF the passage OF the
buI' \ Mr.. I. "A Bett- | pali him some
tang
q How much' 500
~ Mr. Bei's wAs the chief CLERK 81 the
revision room was he not' 4 Yes he was
y When did YOU paw him the Ssno'
After ~" al Iou-nmeut Of 'ue Legislature
. Where did rou pay ~ \ A. Lyons
'ali"d a. hi- o-i,a and handed him the
money ana told him 'har the company ap-
pr~'iA'-t n,s -"r,.-- very much
y huN ~as 900. psd In currency
. Prom vra' source dd vou receive
hat So" \ Prom the ,"mpanv
utIr- S'~ ~. ,r">t
y Vas DO" alone. Ne wa- Alun.
. Whar hat M. don. 10 help --rIr. the
pa--a ." - the btu felt that he had
given -om" a''-ur On 20 that bal. rot %
usrk aud forth
. ttar wa~ his business wasn't ~
Ihai VA what 't- state 49, payinR him
for ur"-um- ~ Na~
Witness testified that some ~ the cash
pad 20 Dlm ty IN" company he mad Used
~ "Np-nS"- attending a meeting 81 the
stat" Graug" m IN" winter 0f 1913
. VINO ,usr--r.-,l that YOU should attend
o.. STATE Grange. senator RaInes
g lu -.- q Eov could not invoke the al
prov al 81 the state TRANCE of me bil max
ing IN. additional bounty and making o.
PAYABLE 10 me farmer, ,un'in.ng the
bounty
. l. IT. not True tha, in nearly every in
stan'. the farmer assigned hi- bounty to }
tho MANUFACTURER. 4 That - 80 a. far a.
70 app-ars.
The examination 81 Mr. 2immerlin will
morning
LYoSs. y T. oct o-The testimony .
81 Harry Zimm-rIin was shown 10 Mr. ,
Belts hv a SIS reporter this evening.
\ knew said Mr. Belts. that Zim-
merlin hai given perjured Testimony
~ ~" Bankruptcy proceedings. but I
tu paving ~" anything. Now look az
tho proposition THIS sugar company
wa~ a hoer-" proposition Every business
man h"r'. AMI ia" GrsngsIs II central and
legislators with p@titIons asking their
support In" bIli a. drawn allowed lots
Of patronage ~ ~" way 81 appointments.
Any help n-'-drd =" get such "A hill through
du~- il look plausible
NO money WAS ever paid to me di-
r.Ctiy Or indirectly 10y Mr. Zimmerlin
or auvbOdy else for what assistance I
rendered. The late Supr.m" Court jus
tlc. James ". Dunw-ii requested me to
do what I could for tn. measure and did
A. NV expenses were not even paid
President Orlando =. Thomas ~ IN.
Empir. state Sugar Company testified
only Recently in bankruptcy proceedings
herr. that the business men went Of their
own .volition and paid their own expenses
< lady.
i don't believe Zimmerln ever paid
"A cent 70 n legislator N he did he should
bs punished II he DID not he ~ per
jurer. OBTAINING the memory 81 the dead.
y hp can u reply He ~ certainly an I'M
desirable citizen 10y his own test imony
and should b- IN that famous Ananias
lub
while at Albany a. legislative agent
Iimmerlin borrOwed money 81 me and
dld not repay or pner TO repay u until
b" wanted second term a. postmaster
after soi.Wnly agreeing at the start to
boz content with On. term. He came
10 fue when the delegates were being
selected repaid th" loan With interest
and asked 10 20 "a the district delega-
ton W" put no ppstuast erHhip can
d'dltes On tho di-trict delegation This
Ia. sugar Company didn't like. Again
v hen Gov Hughes vetoed the sugar
bounty bIil ! defended the action ~ IN.
Governor IA my paper The Lyons Re
. ubhtdR. The sugar company charged
me With being opposed 10 a local industry
and from that day 10 this has opposed
M. ~ every turn and upon every possible
occasion This may not 10 relative at
hrs time hat lust look al this.
~ " b. true as Zimmeriln testified.
hat n. raid the late Senator John Raines
and the late Assemblyman Jean L. Bur
nett - CD in bribes Why did he not use
his a. a club To- Get them 90 indorss him
Tor a second term a. postmaster Their
you'd have landed him
IN that Office senator Rainer knew
ifnrnerltn and opposed him the last