The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-25


Wants Executive Meeting.
Alderman bowling. leader OF tn" minor
ity. started off the morning So sion nv re-
marking thai the committee hdi never
had a meeting III executive srs-lCn and
the members did not hnOw roali' wnat
was going on ouj.'i lie OF what tn", hna "a
on the witness stand. Inc only meeting I , "
committee had. ne said. was tn" In",.ti ing
at which IN" names OF counsel an stonOy-
raphers We're passed on. Mr. pownng
thought the minority ought To II. Cun-id %
cred and that there ought To he an exec
utive meeting OF tn" committee.
we should know. h" continued how
much help IL engaged 10y this committee.
and where the sI5.pU i going to, as saw
III the pape- the other day that they were
worrying about my going TO refuse 10 vote
Tor some other appropriation. ! want
TO know where III" money n going"
Alderman Smith. another minority
member, said that he understood that
there was an executive meeting Of the
committee every day. although the Dem
ocratic members are barred from that
executive meeting.
He said he understood that these meet
ings of the majority were held every day
after tn. sessions closed ana also late
at night" The minority members he
raid. had never been invited TO ihesa
meetings. Alderman Kenny, the third
OF the minority members sad th.r" was
no question about this information be-
ing correct. hs said that there We're
star chamber proceedings" going on
and had been ever since ia" Investigation
begun. Sucn treatment Of tho minority.
he said, was to the discredit of the ma
Jority.
Alderman Folks remarked that il was
ridiculous to bring up such matters
instead of taking testimony.
This gem leInan here j. ~ ridiculous
that do not pay much attention to him.
MIR. lowing tossed back To MIR. Folks
Later in the day Mr.. Curran said:
The s'ateme ntS of the Iann9ny meuA.
bers Of the police investigating committee
about star chamber sessions and res.
taurant conference" deserve notice ONLY
because they have been published These
statements ara entirely untrue. SomcctInl
or executive session of the committee Ia,
been held without ample notice being giycr
70 the lammany members IA chairman
have been particularly careful of 'niS
using telephone. telegraph and messenger
as well as tho mail.
Furthermore. although thu Tammany
leader in the board opposed the whole in.
vestigation when first asked his coopcra
ton. | have offered TO inform him and hi.
colleagues of all plans within nv kaoN
ledge at any time. They have not nvailcC
themselves OF this offer and have not sough
TO aid in the inquiry. but the offer still hold
good. This investigation Is and will b,
non partisan and impartial.
Nor are We worrying about more money.
We have not yet spent 5000 OF the SIS. .Oot
appropriation. II our efforts for the
strtctest economy are successful we need
not worry about money" for many a day.
When the debate among the Aldermen
had sirnmered down Mr.. Buckner was
allowed to proceed with the first witness
Of the morning, who was Civil Service
Commissioner Richard Yelling. Mr.
Yelling had been on the stand for a few
minutes on Monday, He was recalled in
connection with statements made by
Commissioner Creelman TO the effect
tnat MIR. Yelling had investigated the
case of George A. Hammond one of the
forty policemen rejected by Commissioner
Cropsey and appointed by Commissioner
Waldo after they had been recertiticd
by the commission Yelling told of goin @
Hammond and not finding out anything
against him
My Judgment the Commissioner
said, was that he was good man"
He said that he also had taken up an
allegation that Hammond had voted
from Sweeney's In West Thirty first
street. but as he recalled had been unable
TO get any facts that led along that trail.
He said he had not looked up the Board Of
Elections records.
Backs Up Creelman Testimony.
Commissioner yelling supported Com
missioner Creelman' e testimony regarding
the commissions attitude toward an
plicants who had sworn falsely ON their
affidavits and later said they had not
understood the question about arrests
lie SAID that N" commission excluded
these applicants in n large number of
cases where they seemed TO be "prcyari-
Gators by nature" He did nor r.rp II
loolingupa challenged statement mad. hy
hammond as to his employment Mr..
Buckn"r called attention 10 "A record
showing that Hammond had resigned
from the department in December. jlll'
Mr N"lhng's recollection backoa nm
Iomnisslon"r tro"lman in the latter !
statefnent that many Of the cases we're
returned to MIR Waldo ~ Mr. Waldo =
request without examination He said
that ne did not know why records Of ,hn
commission oo. Investigations in these
cases were not kept and thought very
llHely such records ought 10 have been
Kept Nor did he know why a record