Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-13
NO EVIDENCE OF
\ GRAFT ADDUCED
\ IN HOUSE PROBE
Moore SWears He Suspects No
cne of Taking Bribe to Push
osteopath Bill.
From a stan Correspondent.

From a stan Correspondent
TRENTON. April 18.-The graft rt-
, tnor, in connection with the passage
7 In the House of the osteopathy BILL
( filtered out today, after a few Wit
aesses had testified before the House
Investigating committee. None called
IN testimony could point a finger Of
suspicion at any member OF the lesls-
lature. and the so-called Carey Davis
trust fund. which, ii was asserted,
had been raised TO put through Ger
tain legislation, according TO wit
nesses. comprised little more than a
thousand dollars, most of which was
used for legitimate expenses for mat
q ters pending in the courts.
The bill. Senate 1873. to license the
graduates OF the New Jersey College
Of Osteopathy, a Pdssaic institution,
was recalled from Governor Fielder
today by the Senate. The five-day
limit on which Governor Fielder
would act on the bill expires tomor-
row. and evidently he wants more
time to consider the question oi
signing or vetoiug the measure. Ihe
bill undoubtedly will be returned to
the Governors office later
Moore the First Witness.
Hervey 5. Moore. q Trenton lawyer,
q. former assemblyman, and a stenog-
rapher in the employ O. the House
was the first witness called before the
committee today. It had been charged
that Mr.. Moore was responsible Tor
the graft rumor.
The witness asserted, first of all
that he had never made any specific
charge against any member OF the
legisiature, and said further that he
believed no such charge could be
proven.
Il do know this, said Mr.. Moore.
ssthat when the campaign was start
ed to put through the Legislature
certain bills, fund was raised and
various persons were asked 10 con
tribute sums upwards of $40 apiece"
Questions the Procedure.
Mr.. Moore commented on the fact
that when the osteopathy bill came
to the House it was referred to he
committee on revision of laws, rather
than to the committee on health,
which was the proper place for It.
'sYour inference is that the speaker,
who made the reference, did so for
an Interior motive?" asked Chairman
Runyon.
NO" replied the witness. But
think it's strange"
a discussion then arose as to the
nature of Mr.. Moore's testimony, it
being contended by some thar his
testimony was not legal evidence.
Assemblyman Agnew, of Hudson. q
member of the committee, was Under
the impression that the witness
should tell all he knew about the
graft rumors, whether the testimony
conformed to the laws of evidence
or not.
Engaged Private Detective.
MIR. Moore, continuing, said that
when the New Jersey Osteopathy
Society decided to line up against
certain legislation desired by So
called osteopaths in Passaic, he en-
gagged to act as a private detective
Charles Glori. of Newark. He testi-
fed that Mr.. Glori had talk with
several persons, and later DR.. Charles
r. Haverin, of Newark came to him
to discuss the legislation. The wit
ness said DIR. Hayerin declared It
would cost considerable money to get
through the Legislature certain bills
desired by the Passaic osteopaths
When the bill was up in the House,
the witness said, DIR. HaVerin as
SeTleur pointing To hepuDuCdIlS, tHdI
they were a lot of grafters.
As to the Carey Davis trust fund,
the witness said such fund was
on deposit in the City Trust Com
pany of Newark. 1t was so called,
he asserted, because United States
District Attorney j. Warren Davis
and former Judge Robert Carey were
counsel for the Passaic osteopaths
He didn't know how large the fund
was or that 1t was raised to bribe
legislators.
LObbies Opposed Each Other.
Under questioning, Mr.. Moore as
serted that the New Jersey Osteo-
pathic Society, of which DIR. r. NJ
Colborn, of Newark, is the head
maintained a lobby at Trenton in an
effort to defeat the bill that was al
most as large and equally as active
as the lobby maintained by the Pas
sale osteopaths to have the measure
passed.
rs there any one of the entire
sixty members of the House against
whom you have the slightest sus-
picion in this connection" asked Mr
Rulyon.
"Not single one" was the reply.
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