The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-24


bumped over ia" tail end 81 ThlrC
avenue trolley car.
Mr. Col. had coniidod before his exam
nation to an lnquiring reporter that h
was subjected Ia heavy loss IN hls pro
fesSionaI earnings through his fre1u"n
attendance upon the committee Thu
'rchng was reflected IN the manner a
the witness when h" was testifying agar
rrgardinE he hospital check His genera
explanation ~ that Was tht' AZ that tIiu'
h" was connected officially with severe
public service corporations ~ one h.
was president. "f another vice pres dent
IT another secretary. vt another treasurer
and checks and vouchers w"r" dailv
presented Ia him wh.r-on hrs name and
some on. Of hts official titles appeared
Therefore. when among the DAYS grts,
IT checks and Vouchers there appeared
one Of each Of ihu-. papers with the
word attorney following hs merely
endorsed the ch-ck and signed the voucher
with his name and the word attorney
thereafter without his curiosity C"noerni n {
them hs'ing aroused
Mr.. MALBT rXTAIVs
A. 20 donation suggested to accelerate
a franchis. to high tension pow-r line.
he said that Will" h" remembered that
the question of a donation was considered
no such donation was ever made lie
was then excused and Representative IN
Congress George X Malbv from IN"
New York district mad" up of Clinton.
Essex. st. Lawrence and jefferson coun-
ties was called to the witness chair
Mr.. Malby testified first about his years
% service as a State Azsemblyman and
senator. He knew q. Tracy Rogers and
saw him IN Albany -infreuuently- lie
also knew ia" hrm ~ Elllngwood 4 Cum
bingham and on MAY H. isII opened an
account with them at the solicitation Of
Assembly Clerk Baxter. whose -on was
employed by the brokers "" had, IA"
aid. other stock trading accounts and
mentioned four other firms with which
az various times he carried speculative
accounts His first operation with Filing
wood Cunningham consisted 81 IN"
purchase 81 iOO Union Pacific. Inn AtChISnn.
100 southern Railway and 100 Gr"a,
Northern rights He had deposited
against those purchases a check drawn
on his private hank account with Harvey
Fisk A Co.
o You were = pretty heavy operator,
we're you not? 4 Heavier than I wish
Y. Heavy 4 That - comparative
term. Governor You will have tn test "
20 that
Then counsel drew the attention Of the
witness to "A credit on his account on
July - 1872. Of SSOO. transferred from
the Hackley special account and loing
a part Of the credit Oh HaCkl"y special
account created by "A deposit therato
81 81 SO 10y the New ' ORR Street Railway
Association
"A young man in ElllnRwood Cunning
hams Office whom he now believed to I.
be named Hackley He had never had
any business conversation with him or
business operations with him
so the Hackley special u eliminated .
from my operations. he added
That $500 credit had heen made as a
rebate on an excess interest charge .
When he opened his account Mr. Malhy .
aid, u was with an understanding that
he should he charged what he termed
a yearly rate ~ interest rather than the [
quoted and changeabla price - money
In the Street He had written 20 VIZ 4
birmingham calling attention 10 the fact
hat he was belnR charged on MS dol ~
balance sspsr cent and ~ J@r cent and ~
an offset that tjOO credit had hs..n mad.
In spite ~ his remOnstranCe hiS state
nents showed that he VAS still bSing /
thar Red a high rate ~ interest. and hc
read 20 the committee COPY II letter
le had sent 10 the brokers threatening
10 close his account unless IN. interest
natter was arranged IN "A satisfactory
Sav
CLosEp WITH SsGH loss
The matter Was not arranged S,tlS-
aCtorily. and Congressman Nalhy said
hA' he made further prote-ts which
esult"d IN a further credit as rebate
" S.OD That was. as he figured ~ !
rebate nf per cent on the entire ac-
sount Having secured this settlement
\ the matter NJ rebate the witness SaId
hat although u was really no time Ia
lose Their" icing = falling market stall
10 ! lea rned that IA" firm might H. m. /
'olved felt obliged To- clos" N" account
md did - with not ash loss To- rr"
n more than tStsn
MIR Mslby SAID h." yaid the loss and
that covers nv thu"rv II that account
illness and counsel then went into
maze II figures trying 20 determine
IN fact III" account had "ft"n r""n
m Tged with a higher r.,'. than q psr cont
Their figures disagreed. uut th"v did
rriN" AT an agreement ;hat n" Two
ehat~s made resulted ~ r-duorlun
4 IN" interest on IN" whoi" account
- Tser cent.
Mr Nalby vas then evan med r"gard-
NC check ~ SsD sent 10 him - 10 uz..,
nr ~" h"pubhcan uuv-" m Lis county
rom our mutual friend ~ Elughautpu
H. freelv aCknowl"Sigat that h" had
"C"iv"d IN" confirmation
q DO Nou kuoN aDy reason why VI /
,ogers our mutual friend vas 'onrrrng'- (
~ ." your campaign fund ~ that : m"
Thor" Wa- no reason under heaven I 2
was don" entirely unsolicited and with 81
~ nv know ledge Hut I am very free 10 '
ouis-s that people who are charged With 7
InninR campaigns and providing funds
D do u with do not know very much about =
There - no tainted money for that .
urpose
Y What do YOU mean by 'Ain'ed'
lean that the sources from which tho cash a
received are not questioned ?
Y The Managers % csmpA gns are m v
10 habit ~ taking money from whatever
PURGE y comes Prom any source u
rom wherever ~ comes q
q Making no inquiries Making no
iquir1es whatever
Y ANA no' caring Well YOU are a. d,
ood q Judge ~ that az I am. Governor n
Judge Bruce modes'ly denied that be &
ad ever needed received Or procured
arm "a On funds and excused the witne-. =
The next Witness was John X Yale. the. a
lerntS~r ~ the Assembly from Rr.w-tsr =
had appeared through the EIIuvW,ld