Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-04-29

Tammany Hall to expend on the water
front fund | understand there are $780,
600 which are provided for this WORK
To extend the sum to S12.00oOOo would
! simply be putting an unnecessary club
| in the hands of those people with when
| to knock our brains out. | advise That
no appropriation be made beyond the
| present figures; and guess am right
do you remember asked Mr. Bar
mum. Sending n bin to Mr.. Platt that
Mr. Grady had introduced. providing for
the expenditure of money In connection
| with the water front in New York city,
II do not, | have no doubt I did" re-
piled Colonel Roosevelt.
do you know whether or not that bill
was passed.
81 do not know anything about It, I
don't remember anything about it,
ROOSEVELT WROTE PLATT
| On May 10, 1899, Colonel Roosevelt
sent to Senator Platt a letter about the
franchise tax bill, which read in part
as follows:
Senator Ellsworth. Senator Higgins,
Mr.. Aids and possibly Speaker Nixon
will be with you when you receive this,
which will be handed to you by Senator
Ellsworth.
"I have gone over most carefully with
them the matters raised in your letter
to me and by Mr.. Odell in his con-
versation with me yesterday. en-
tirely agree with you that the assess
ment of the franchise tax should be
state matter. BY preference in the
comptrollers' office. This Will put the
bill in the shape in which I understand
Il I. &c
factory and substantially in the shape
suggested by Mr.. Odell to the speaker
and Mr. Aids in conformity as the
speaker and Mr.. Aids understood with
their understanding with you.
Now the only amendment to WHICH
there will be a bitter opposition is that
to put the power i'll the hanos OF 'ii3
state as agent against the localities Tam
many will undoubtedly fight this tooth
and nail and to my mind the controlling
reason for passing it Is to be found IN
the motives which would actuate TAM
many in it's attitude I will call. at once,
If YOU wish. special session so that a
bill can be acted upon before the 80 days
are up. ] suggest, however, that you
carefully go over the matter to be sure
We could hold our nten to pass The bill
Ellsworth will explain to you in detail
we all feel taht the only two changes
outlined above should be attempted at
this session.
"Of course it must he understood and
I must say in my message that ! will
sign the present bill if the proposed bill'
containing the changes outlined above
fails to pass
nttn NO n
transit bill?'
The letter in which Colonel Roosevelt
reported" his return to Senator Plat
was dated from oyster Bay, July l, 1879
1t read as follows
Just a line 60 repor. my return | nad
a great time N the West and was re-
lceived with wild enthusiasm. Toward
the last, for fear the people being delud-
ed into the belief that | attached too
much seriousness to my reception made
up my mind that had better make a lit
tie statement, saying of course heartily
favored the denomination of President
Mckinley.
You would be pleased, by the way,
if you could hear Kohlsaat describe
President McKnlev'4 realization Of how
} YOU have treated him kohlsaat happen
|
president had said that YOU had been
moro loyal, more considerate. more
3 straightforward and easier to get on with
than almost any other senator. even
among those who had professcd to be
his warmest friends.
TIE PHILIPPINES.
II wish the president would give Cen
eral Wood free hand in cuba and put
Frank Greene back into the army to do
= the Philippine business once for all
| Next winter we ought to make an end
of that wrote substantially this to
John Hay"
In one of his letters the colonel wrote
r II have one or two rather curious things
to tell you about the situation here"
In another written from Albany Colonel
Roosevelt wrote. in part, as follows
II told you this morning that various
prominent lawyers had spoken to me
against appointing Beckett on the ground
that he was a small man. This sur
, rogatc business is important. We should
get really first class men II we can
Let me again say my dear senator
what | know YOU are aware of that in
this business about the surrogate ] have
not the slightest purposes beyond getting
a thoroughly good man who will do the
work well; who is a republican but who
is also a man thoroughly satisfactory
to the bar and TO the people
In another letter the colonel mentioned
that he had talked to the senator ''abou,
the judges business" In reply to ques
tons the witness said that he had talked
to Senate Plat many times about mat
2 ties connected with the Judges
do you remember asked Mr.. Barnum
IAN occasion when you had the appoint
ment Of a Judge to any court that yol
r did not talk to Senator Plat about 4
prior to the time you made tho appoint
, ment?'
, II cannot tell you." replied Colone
, Roosevelt.
as it not a fact that You talked e
Senator Plat always prior to making
the appointment of an individual as {
, judge"
''No"
Did Senator Plat recommend any per
sons to you to be appointed as judge.
that you declined to appoint"
Yes. a Mr.. Smith,
| In another letter Colonel Roosevelt
wrote:
Henry d. Purroy wants to go on the
- charter commission. lie has been terri
bly, punished by Tammany and had stoot
up for us very straight. 1t seems to mi
+ that it might be a good thing to put hin
on. But | would like to go over it care
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