New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-12
MORE TROUBLES HOVER
OVER SUFFERS HEAD
Tammany Hall Shows Its Pur-
pose to Defy and Defeat
Him in the Gibbs Case.
TO HEAR CHARGES TODAY
Reel Insists Governor Had No
Right TO Fire" Him, and Still
we'll Renews His Attack
on the Executive.

! .By Telegraph 70 Tho Tribune
! Albany. March ll-Troublcs are cluster
4 in- thickly around Governors sulzer's
head those DAYS. Fresh evidence came to
lich, to-right OF Tammany Hairs in,cn-
ton to dciy and defeat the Governor on
/ the Gibhs ca,c-his ono anti-Tammany
/ nomination 10 office 50 far In his admin
! istraton. Al tho same time G. Gordon
? Red. formerly superintendent of high
way. the man on whom the Governor
, and the organization" had united a. a
/ scdpe-oat. returned to plague the Gov
] crnor by a demand that this executive.
vino processes ( II publicity a. 10 his
/ doinss. make public q letter sent TO him
last month containing various charges
which Nj Reel demanded he iuvestiga ed
To these causes for executive worry
was added to-day p. bitter attack on the
/ Governor in the Senate for having an
uounccd that he had Withdrawn" the bill
/ doubling tho stock transfer tax. which is
pending in committee Of both houses.
d Moreover. the secretary 10 Mr. Rec, whom
/ the Governor sent out into the cold world
+ along with his -ischarged chief has an
nounced To every BODY concerned that the
+ Governor had no right TO lire him. and
/ has served formal notice on the secretary
4 OF the Highway Commission that he will
rcpor, for duty each day and Wi. expect
10 be- paid for his services dnti the High
way Commission and not the Governor
/ discharges him
! one OF the employees ~ the Senate has
! been sent 10 Rochester 10 Subpoena va
rious persons desired by Tn" Senate FL
nance Committee "a witnesses 90 charges
pending against Milton T.. Gibbs. of that
/ cts. whom the Governor named as a
member OF the State Hospital Commits
sion Gibbs j. more OF less OF an anti
Tammany man. wherefore his conhrma-
+ ton mas been held up FOR several weeas.
/ The Finance committee is 10 gfye a
4 public hearing tomorrow on the Gibbs
Gaze It has before it afidavits from sew
+ ersl Italians in Rochester that 100 certain
damage cases against a railroad. boo which
Mr. Gibbs acted a. counsel for certain
/ Italians he effected a compromise with
b the company. but did not give the plain
tlns the ful. amount obtained until they
/ learned OF The SUM agreed on and &C
cused MIN OF holding Olt part Of II.
Senator stuwell following his heated
protest ~ last night against the Gov
.ruot's action boo connection with the
stock transfer tax bill made an even
hotter speech attacking the Governor to-
lday lie said that not the Governor. nor
any state officer not even his own father
OF brother. had any right 10 announce the
withdrawal Of bills bcaring his name. He
DECLARED he considered the honor OF the
| Senate was a. stake. and 1t was time the
. LEGISLATURE took some action 70 SHOW That
/ IL was an independent body and not sub
/ jecf 10 such ENecItil" Interference.
/ Senator St!lwell said hc had introduced
,h. bill al the Governor request. though
oproscd 90 it Tho least the Governor
could have done .n deceucy. he added.
rs 10 have asked him {, withdraw II or
+ l.t II dc and not announced that the
Executive had withdrawn 30.
Ait.r an uis fireworks IN, Senate Com
mitt,e ON Taxation mot this afternoon
, and voted to cal of the hearing set for
/ tomorrow ON this bin
The Governor seemed angry when told
! OF StllWells attack.
We'll. they can do what they like" he
said. but that bill H. dead. The Governor
! has the veto power ! think
Both Georg. =. MclUck. chairman Of
tho special Stock Exchange committee.
which has hr n Investigating the Subject.
and Bryan f.. Kennedy. who mas repre-
scented the real estate interests. stated
Yesterday they had received word that To
all intents and purposes the stock transfer
bin was dead and there vas no necessity
for any hearing
Mr. Melick said the efforts OF the OK
change from now on would be devoted
TO the defeat Of the bills on Incorporation
and the Limitation OF the interest rate on
call money.