The sun., 1910-05-05


iAs cOmple,s history. is then sent 10 Ella
b once ~ the Mayor. Tor the signature of the
Mayor or hA chief clerk u h. decides 20
authori'o the chief CIers - sign frnm the
Mayor once the warrant. with al tho
other paper. before rsisFred 10. u sent To
the amberlain orrr, 80 that he or hi-
deputy NAV sign tho cheek.
Bur y h iile 10 attempt 10 diierent ate
the cheek from ihr Warrant % Il never
detachcd. and every ono knows that the
CEe,k aud varpu' constitute practically
ore instrument Nfrr tho chamberlain
Or NJ, deputy b. signed tho cheek The
warrant and yhe,A vrn tho accompany.
ing pa pers. are transmitted fn the dishur-e-
meni ,lerk OF tho Comp ro,er', o1i'e Tor
delivery 10 the pavre aud uo considers ton
of the merits NJ the c'aiW Is siycn m tho
fnance peplrfncn ou the return OF the
warrant A. 10 passes through tho hands
Of no employee except rhr disbursement
clerk and 'he rerk who ascertain, ,f any
liens have heen filed against Do
The warrant and ,hcrA would be useless
20 any pivce unless tho ,lrrk bore the
siEnaturc of the CHAMBERLAIN ~ ht- deputy.
and IN order 20 rlkr p1vmrn' complete
and fns our Of 'hs-s signatures isahsoutely
essen'.qi IN r" the warrants read IN
this way Th' Variant i- io ba pa "a only
By che,h pn 'u" ...N treasury. signed hv
thr tha auu,'r.u .u the order II hs ptyer
above u,Wrl
The Du.- tpu i, U -I1pls one When vas
the '"h1lau rtrIu made effective for
payrueu us rH- tu1mherains o. vas
mide cfr jtv "a January g. 1910, during
the adTtI. ,7'iuu Of fhr present Mlyur.
through the On, lNl art of hts appomie"
Mr. Hyde Or % were usrf ~ he bu-ines,
administration of tho Finance Department
that warrant, ,hould br subject 20 review
after they have hrcn received from the
Chamhcria in In form TO h. Iulii The applica-
tiOn In Mr Hydrs 'ommantyation 10 tho
Mayor might 10 us'ih-d hat he and every
one else know that his - not the practice
nor the polbv ant never has been
In my statement given 10 the papers
Last Fridar ~ah distinctly that did not
consider Iny-elf cplled upon 10 take steps
tc interfere v I'M tho payment 81 th. tohal,n
claim unless .aci. -hor.d n- -i,ru me NtI,h
would nv such q course. as r.v prat.
scessor had pqsssd upon M" claim ana
audited b trd ha, per-onlIly lp' ~, -d ifs
payment ~ iar other haui ths uurs' ipu
was ss yet IN on-u ons before tho Nlyor
IRE cherl v.'h all tho g., ompau in papers
upon Nhbh tha 'lain has been .idirei
being before hiu Tor oN.1l action. aud 10
any event D. could not l1v- hacu made
compie's II if had MOI nren for irr onirial
action oi ht- own sp'ptn'ss. " Ilydr.
There ~ m attempt 20 dispute anywhere
- 10 when the ch".E we, IT met IN 90.
ChaN brrls,n IS o7irc. namely January .
1910
Further. n s only 'o-dav that l.avne3
that Nr Cohalan presented himself a. the
oHire OF the disbursement clerk in the Corll-
trollsrs of1rc Mr. inrham. within
on hovr alter the "hs, wa- received irorp
the ChauDerlain and personally received
Il. lie dh not raN rpnn me- Nho notified
him that the wirtanr was realy'
Il 10 on the tone ~ this letter on which
y hased the suTmiss of di-sensiun in the
Board ~ Estimate At the very hegin-
ming Of Mayor Gaynors administration
Comptroller PrenderRast. President
McAneny of Manhattan end President
Mitchell ~ tho Roe ri ~ Aldermen .et out
% lay the law down 20 Mr. Gaynur and 10
insist that as they could influence a ma
tority Of votes IN the hos nj the Maynr
would have 20 follow their wishes Mr.
Oayn0r didn't 49, u that way and he made
an issue az onCn by refusing 10 assent 20
the turning down u Joseph Haag the
secretary " the board The Mayor wa
- determined IN this attitude that the
scheme TO drop Haag was abandoned Tor
the time II - doubtful II either Mr.
Mitchell or Mr. Nc Aneny will avail them.
selves n present conditions 90 bring up
this matter again. II can be- stated that
Mr.. McAneny will do nothing which may
Tend 10 disrupt the Boand uf Estimate
nH- - l. .u-h.a 81
between Mr. Gaynor and Mr. Hearst was
entirely personal and that Il Mr. Prcnder- |
gast wss inclined ~ take position which !
might seem inimical 10 the Mayor that /
would not influence the rest q the mem I
hers of the boa I'd II u understood alsp ]
hat while the Niavor expects that hs will Z
loae the support ~ the Comptroller IN the !
board he has hs.en assured that b. will 7
continue 20 have With hlm Mr. MItch..i {
and Mr. MCAneuy
Alfred Epstein 1t 72O Broadway said /
Yesterday that a client ~ his Juha smith /
has brought HXplvsrs suit against .
Mayor Gaynor. Daniel = Cohahn and |
CITY Chamberlain Hyde un the Sgs.WD
heck matter Epstein says that Mr.
smith decided - bring suit against these .
ihree after he talked to her about Il lie I
ioeEn't give Mrs smiths address for fslr
hat she will he restored She charges .
through Epstein that Mayor Gavnur and I
Mr. Hyde knew that the city wasn't u=tty .
indebted o. Cohalan m the amount - .
~ on and realized that hiz claim was
sKoTbitant and excessive She asks the .
supreme Court to cause the restoration /
" t3s.OON ~ CohAlan = tee. and II CDhalanr
ioesn't pay hack that amount that Mayu- .
1aynor and Mr. Hyde ~ held p-rzonally ,
nesponslhls Papers were served on the .
lhree defendants yesterday