New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-11
TAMMAN OFFICIAL SUES'
P. F. Donohue Seeks to Recover
Commissions for Advertising.
BROKE PLEDGES. THE REPLY
Failed to Obtain Contracts for
Lawyers Advertising Com
pany, as Agreed, 1t Is Said.

suit brought 10y Philip T Donohue'
treasurer Of Tammany Hall, and John r.
DENIM against the Lawyers Advertising
Companv TO collect about 60 o0 reveals one
NJ the opportunities that come TO man
closely connected with the Tammany or
eanization like Donohue. He says the
money is due him by reason OF an agree
n1ent whereby he was 10 obtain advertising
for the concern and receive % per cent oi
the gross amount paid.
According 10 the defendant. Donohue rep
resented that by reason of his political at
flati6ns he could control much valuable
sdvertsing including all that OF the cor
porations controlled by Thomas F Ryan
end August Belmont. and besides that ne
could throw to the defendant the business
Of the Equitable Life ASSURANCE Society,
the Fourteenth Street Bank the Guaranty
Trust Company the Empire Trust Com
pany. the Morton Trust Company the
Mutual Life Insurance Company. Joseph
= Day and the Fiss. Doerr & Carroll Com
rany Donohue did not make good all oil
Ms promises. according TO the defendant.
DENIM. who Is a cO-plaintin. is said 70 be
q law clerk. put IN a party 10 the agree
rIent with the Tammany treasurer. but in
reality representing the interests Of Pau
J. Herman. lawyer. who for professional
reasons could not openly appear Herman,
g. is asserted, was 10 furnish clients for
tie Lawyers Advertising Company from
among the champagne. liquor and cigar
concerns. and promised that he could
obtain from "The New York Law Journal
the official paper Of the courts. more ad-
1antaeeous arrangements with regard 10
commissions paid TO the defendant by The
law Journal"
Everett y Banke. secretary Of the
LAWYERS Advertising Company. says in
the suit that on December 81. 1907, Herman
ard Donohue came TO him and that the
lawyer said that ne and Donohue. the lat
ter beins the treasurer Of Tammany Hall
could control and influence much lega.
political and financial advertising. As "a
result Of these representations a contract
va, entered into Herman. who. it Is said,
rad acted as counsel for the defendant, dit
rot wish 10 have his name in the contract.
substituting that Of DENIM. who was q
clerk I'm his Office The plaintiffs were TO
receive 81 per cent commission from the
gross amount Of an advertising they influ-
enced. The contract was for one year. At
IT, expiration II was extended to continue
Until either party cared TO have the agree
nent abroeatcd.
In February. 1910. when Donohue de
handed payment on business that he al
legged he and DENIM had got for the com
rany payment was refused. Donohue said
he had obtained advertising worth $1,000
and had received only $500
However. Blanke saws that new agree
1nent was made with Donohue i'm June.
1905 This was an oral agreement. under
which Donohue. who had acquired one
become its vice president. was to receive
S32S a month, and on this agreement says
Blanke. Donahue received $il92. The de-
PENDANT makes counter claim for sl.l65.
The defendant says that Herman promised
that he could induce THE Law Journal"
n give the company a larger commission
than n was receiving for advertising
Herman failed 10 make good ON this prom
ise. u also Rad been the custom 70 pay 20
referees appointed ny the court and some
lawyers q discount for cash payments on
advertising Dorohue and Herman said
they would have this practice ended This
latter phase II is said. has been called to
The attention Of tho Bar Association.
which 81 is understood. is nov making an
investigation When the new agreement
was made Vth Douohue. Herman and Den
jim withdrew from the arrangement
The defendant SAYS that Donohue con-
froned no firms. as no represented. and
that his PROMISE were not true lie had
teen PAID also for INC services ne rendered.