New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-01
$50, 900 FOR COUNSEL FEES
Senators May Receive $40 a
Day-Disgust of Many AS
semblymen Imperils APP
preparation Bills.

| Is. of course. purely matter OF specula-
! ton, but there is no reasonable proba-
| blity that 1t will last less than month.
/ Majority Leader Wagner. on the floor OF
the Senate at its most recent session. ex-
pressed the opinion that it might run for
six weeks And there are many who
figure out from former notable trials be-
/ fore the Senate, including the Aids
| bribery case, that there need be no sur
| prise If the court is in session for two
months
Color is given TO this surinise by taking
into consideration the time spent by the
Frawley committee in accommodating evil
dtnce which forms the basis of the inn
parchment. and allowing for cross-ex-
animation and testimony in rebuttal
| Then members of the Frawley commit
tee have told their friends that they are
on the track Of additional evidence
which il is their expectation to gather in
time to submit for the trial
Court Expenses May Be 100000.
LAWYERS who have followed the inn
parchment matter closely. including some
of the most prominent Senators. are d.
| vided in opinion as to what will be the
compensation OF the Senators sitting with
the Court of Appeals as judges at the
trial. They point out two sections Of the
! laws that apparently are In conflict one
| OF them seems to indicate that the Sen
| ators will be entitled to the same pay as
| the Judges Of the Court Of Appeals. which
is approximately $40 day. The other
! section fixes the compensation at SO a
/ day. At the lower basis the item OF eK-
pense TO the state for the compensation
of the fortynne Senators would amount
| TO $500 a day, and at the higher rate 81 600
| day. The latter figure would make the
| Senatorial expense item alone for a
| thirty-day session nearly 5000. The
| compensation for the nine members Of
the Assembly steering committee" at the
same rate would add approximately
$4,000, and the expenses of attendants
witnesses, stcnographers and other neces-
sary adjuncts 10 the court arc likely to
bring the total up above the 10000 mark
This makes no allowance for the for
midsble array OF counsel engaged on both
sides. The steering committee" declines
TO furnish any details of its arrange
! ments for compensating counsel for the
state. but on the basis OF what has been
allowed In the Aids case this Is not likely
10 fall below 5000 While counsel for
the accused Governor have been particu-
! lar to announce that they will accept no
payment from him. lawyers say that this
does not affect the legality OF their claim
, against the state for compensation.
IL is only few months since the Legis-
lature appropriated $3.50 for the trial
expenses OF ex-Stdte Engineer Skene. VINO
defended successfully an indictment for
felony based on alleged maladministra-
ton. and Il is said I'm Governor Sulzer' 4
case that his counsel would have an
equally valid claim for compensation
against the state however the court may
find From this point Of view the state
| is liable 10 be saddled with another $4,000
Long Array Of Counsel
The attorneys so far designated TO rep
resent the Assembly, which stands In the
| relation of prosecutor, are ex-senator
| Edgar r. Bracket, Alton Il. Parker, ex-
Chief Judge OF the Court OF Appeals, Eu-
gene Lamb Richards, Isadore Kressel and
Hiram c. Todd. It is probable that one
| or two other counsel will be employed.
those most named in that connection be
ing John h. Stsnchfeld and William
| Travers Jerome.
Thos, who have volunteered to serve as
counsel for Governor Sulzer include ex-
| Judges D. Cady Herrick and Irving q.
Vann, ex-senator Harvey ID. Human.
Louis Marshall and ex-Judge James Gay
Gordon, OF Philadelphia. who is acting
as Governor Suffers counsel In other pro-
ceedings There are likely also to be
additions to this imposing legal battery.
In addition TO this the expenses OF the
| Frawley committee are closely involved
with the impeachment proceedings and
largely chargeable 10 this account Those
expenses are expected to be met from a
special appropriation Of $4,000, TO pro-
| vide which a bill II pending In the Leg
| islature Summed up. II now seems that
IL will cost the state at least s250,0OO
to find out II William Sulzer has been
guilty Of acts that disqualify him from
continuing 10 hold the office OF Chief
Executive, to which he was elected less
than a year ago. For every week over
mOntn, NnlCH IOI liit bdcio VI 'hi'
estimate, $4,000 maybe added.
Many AssembIymen Disguised.
The only remaining interest In the
legislators. who have been hailed from
| their homes at their own expense four
or FIVE times since the regular session
adjourned, centres in the appropriation
bills introduced in response TO special
messages by Acting Governor Glynn. To
pass these measures, which are the only
| barriers between the state and actual de-
fault of it's obligations. three-hfths of
the members OF each house must be in
attendance when the Legislature recon
yenes. There will be no trouble about
the Senate. as the full attendance Is re-
ouired at the Impeachment trial. which
begins the next day. II is a very differ
ent proposition in the Assembly. The
minimum attendance there must be nine
ty-one. and the task of getting them
here at their own expense is likely TO
prove formidable
In spite of the almost frantic appeals
of the leaders they were able to muster
only eighty at last weeks session. with
the result that their plans for winding
up the legislative business at once were
blocked.
refused "A denomination and are in no
mood 10 make further sacrifices OF time
and money. Others have eschewed fur