New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-06
INGALLS, MANY
RIDES PROBED
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back with emphasis and vigorous ges-
ticulation:
"The time I devoted to the practice
Of law did not mean to say this, for
il looks tawdry- at hours when
YOU were asleep. II was after dark,
and continued often until daylight. 1t
was all in the preparation Of cases for
trial"
"But you surely did not hold court
at night" asked Hayward.
mo, but | only spent enough time
in court to try the cases. If you will
permit me, ! will have Mr.. Wollman,
who had charge Of the United Con-
struction case, here to explain my con-
nection with It."
"You did not work at night on your
references when you were taking testi-
mony on them in the rooms of the
Public Service Commission, near where
the stated meetings of the commission
were going on in your absence
All the answer made TO this was that
the private references were heard in
his Offices as public official, because
he wanted 30 be near his public work.
In reply TO question from senator
Thompson as to whether the statute
should have a provision, which IT lacks
now, preventing any of the commits
sioners from doing any outside work,
Mccall thought a moment and then
said:
81 think il should. But, however,
there seems 10 be no need 70 put it
into the statute, because the work is
so heavy that it is impossible for
commissioner TO do anything else
Crhe witness rubbed the bridge of his
nose with his glasses and looked of
into space.) 81 found ! had to give up
my cases or break down in health
Governor Whitman called Hayward
I'D from Albany on the telephone while
the hearing was in progress, and
fve-minutes' adjournment was taken.
He asked how the inquiry was pro.
ceeding, and expressed the desire that
some preparation of the upstate inves-
tigation should be started. So Hay
ward will 60 to Albany tonight, with
some of his Investigators, and get them
started digging into the records of the
Cd District.
Robert Colgate Wood, who was APP
pointed commissioner by Governor
Glynn last year and who had some as
sociations with public service corpora
tons prior to that, will go on the stand
when the hearing is resumed IN the
Board of Estimate room at 10 o'clock
this morning. When they are done
with him, which will probably be some
what after noon, an adjournment Will
be taken until Wednesday. Just when
the hearings upstate will start has not
been decided.
Witness Denies Neglect.
Having received permission to clear
up, as he said, some false impressions
that might be deduced from what was
put into the record the day before as
TO his private law practice, Mccall
went into the matter at length. As he
warmed up to his subject he leaned
from the chair and used both hands
to emphasize his points.
In the first place, he asserted, the
record would indicate he had been alb
sent from the commission the days he
was recorded as being in court and on
which stated meetings were held.
"As matter of fact" the witness
added, "the calendars Of the commits
sion are made up the day before. We
meet as d committee of the whole be-
fore the public meeting, go over and
discuss everything on the calendar.
Then we go downstairs to the public
room, and tho putting through OF the
business there takes only about seven
minutes. | attended these meetings of
the committee Of the whole and was
familiar with everything that was to
be done"
The chairman explained that some Of
the things that looked of considerable
Importance, as read from the minutes
of the meeting he missed, were in fact
Of trivial nature, of merely perfume
tory routine.
~ wasn't in court a day." added the
witness, that | did not get TO the Of