The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-09-24
Congressman Malby Received
$500
FROM G. TRACY ROGERS
Congressman's Letter Of Thanks to the
Giver Read--Says II Was Not
Tainted Money, but No Rea-
son for Gift.

new ANfk, sept AA,H~A nc lhuleN were
turned yesterday when, for few min.
utes Representative George X. Molby
took the reins Of the Merritt Legislative
inquiry into his own hands, and much
to the amusement OF the court room had
NJ. Lynn Bruce, counsel for the commit.
Tee, busy making answers.
Judge Bruce was questioning the wit
ness about his account with Elingwooa
and Cunningham, brokers in the days
when he was at Albany. Were you a
candidate for office in 1901 Z" he asked.
Il was"
did you receive contribution Of
$500 from G. Tracy Rogers, a special
partner in the irmi''
Rogers was at one time the president
OF the Street Railway association and
long the representative Of kindred inter
ests at Albany.
The witness thought he had.
Mr. Bruce produced a letter from Mr..
Malby, thanking Ellmgwood and Gun.
ningham and "our mutual friend" for
the contribution
q make no point Of this said Mr..
Malby, with the utmost frankness. Il
have no doubt received $500 from Filing.
wood and Cunningham aud Rogers
"Do you know Of any reason why
Rogers should have contributed to your
campaign fundi7
mo reason" replied the witness im-
pertmbably, "and may say right here
that in the matter OF political contribu-
tions there Is no such thing as tainted
money
"What do you mean By tainted mon
eyT
Money that is not traced to its
source
You mean that you never questioned
the source OF it,
Mr.. Malby laughed. You're as good
Judge Of that as | am, he retortcd,
remembering that Judge Bruce had once
been lieutenant governor and is no pri-
mary scholar in politics himself
u never RECEIVED a cent % campaign
contribution" affirmed Judes Bruce hot
", abandoning his questions.
Possibly some might have been ST.
curedw suggested Mr.. Malby.
II never received or secured any per-
sisted Mr. Bruce, and promptly excused
the witness.
Aside from this passage at arms, the
most notable development OF the day
was the failure Of lothian z. Aids, late
Of the state Senate, and other members
of the committee on railroads In both
House and Senate, TO explain how they
were able TO sell their holdings Of New
York Transportation stock at IA,
through Ellingwood and Cunningham,
when the market price lowered between
az and 4
A persistent grilling Of former sena
tor Aids, former Assemblyman james
7. Rogers and Colonel Archer E. Bax-
ter, former clerk OF the assembly, all
three OF whom had disposed Of New York
Transportation stock under the circum-
stances indicated, failed to bring out any
answer OF value
All three had been gratifed at the
sale of their securities under conditions
50 advantageous, but not one had been
surprised or perplexed at the variance
between the selling price and the market
price.
In the early testimony Of the other
important witness Of the day, Repre-
sentative Malby, he was able to explain
satisfactorily the payment to him OF
$500 by g. Tracy Rogers. He showed
that this money had been due him from
Ellingwood and Cunningham for over
charge of interest on a speculative &C.
count The fact that Rogers, who was
q special partner Of Ellingwood and
Cunningham, had obtained this $500
from the Metropolitan Street Railway
company had not been known to Mr.
Malby He had assumed that the money
was the FIRMS money and had accepted