New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-17
OSBORNE WON'T BE
GOAT FOR GLYNN
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volved in the Hennessy charges have
been active in their interest and feared
that when Osborne finally began to DO
some real investigating they would he
hit
Delaney. who is looked upon as the
man Governor Glynn now has IN NINA
to supplant Osborne, has always been
p good organization man. one of his
engineers. William A. Treadwell, tired
TO save Bart Dunn, who is now an Eas'
Side Tammany leader from ten
months sentence on BlackwelTs Island
This hit Of missionary work on the
mart Of Delaney was revealed AT the
trial of Bart Dunn before Justice
Tompkins. in New City, month ago
Treadweu was the chief witness for
Dunn and the others on trial on Hen
nessy's charges for defrauding the state
in the construction of a state road, but
his efforts TO prove the road good teH
fat under cross-eXamination.
Mr.. Osborne does not intend to re-
tire gracefully from the investigation
now that he is ready 10 devote ms
whole time to it. He intends to reveal
all the rottenness in the Highways De-
partment and to prosecute the guilty
ones.
The fault that Governor Glynn might
have found with Osborne's investea-
ton was that ii was slow. This delay,
Mr. Osborne declared yesterday, would
be shown TO have been due TO no fault
of his own, but TO cases in court as the
records would show.
There are many who believe that one
big fault that Governor Glynn found
with Mr.. Osborne was that he would
not investigate graft under Republican
administrations. Mr. Osborne's refusal
10 do this was prompted by his knowl-
edge that the statute Of limitations
prevented any criminal prosecutions
for acts committed two years back.
IT have found that the difficulty with
the Highways Department said MI
Osborne, "s that the engineers are on
a civil service basis, and the executive
officers are political appointees, who are
selected first by the local political
committee and then must get the APP
proval of the general committee before
being appointed. In other words, the
appointee before getting the job must
he rubber stamped by some local DO
Utical organization and then by the
central organization. This condition
obtains in the Highways Department
to-day.
"The effect is that he is a creature of
political favoritsm. The road con-
tractors make very large contributions
to political organizations. / found that
where the inspector found fault with
the materials the contractors were
using the inspector was removed.
"In several instances specifications
were changed to favor the contractor.
In other words. the contractor was the
boss of the house instead OF being the
servant Of the State Highways Depart
ment. He is really the boss. That is
because the executive officers are not
independent and free from politics, and
the roads are going to be bad as long
as that system is in vogue.
Il want constructive legislation 20 be
effected as follows, and l will so rec
ommend TO the Governor:
First. that the executive officers in
the Highways Department, the labor
ers and every other person with the
exception Of the head and the private
secretaries. should be placed on the
civil service list. particularly deputy
commissioners That there should lie
a law passed TO the effect that IT woul1
be a misdemeanor for a contractor
while he holds contract from the
state. or in prospect Of getting con-
tract. to contribute 10 any political or
ganization, To any candidate. and that
the person who first tells OF such an oc-
currence should be granted immunity.
and that no one can claim the priv
ileee of not testifying on the ground
that il would tend 10 incrminate him.
II consider the political contributions
Of contractors as being brides, and
that. therefore. this law should come
under the principles or spirit of the
bribery law. =