Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-27
OLD LETTERS TO EASY
BOSS RISE TO PLAGUE
THE GREAT REF0RMER

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appointed to investigate the cana
frauds
"Everythng seems to be gettin
along smoothly here the cul0ne
wrote
Were you consulting Senator Plat
with reference to these appointment
THAT / could not say" replied tn
colonel after pause.
lie also discussed the office of ta
commissioner He said he had no
urged the appointment Of Mr. vii
liams as tax commissioner and tina
Il was Senator Root who was inter
csted, senator Plat said the col0nc
! liad made a mistake
In the next letter Colonel RooscVel
! told senator Plat he would can lat,
i'm the afternoon at New York CITY
"Did you go there 10 consult Sen
iatGr Plat as leader or boss OF III,
party about affairs in Albany"
~ did, replied the colonel.
In the next letter Colonel Roosevelt
asked senator PLAT to endorse am en-.
closed letter and hand 1t in so thai
young Trowbridge will be allowed
To bid
What did that mean?' asked Mr.
Rurnum,
Trowbrldgc Gets Roost.
"TroWbiidge was an architect.
think il was about some work at West
Point"
Witness said Trowbridge was an
excellent architect. re wanted the
government To have the advantage of
his SERVICES, he said.
Mr. Barnum moved that the an
sWer be stricken out II was.
In another letter Colonel Roose-
welt invited Senator Platt to break
fast at the home Of Douglas Robinson,
his brothcr-in-l The colonel said
he wanted to tax about a candidate
~ state architect and that he had a
bully letter from Ambassador White
about Priest "
The next letter was from Senator
Platt he said he had endorsed the
TrowbridPe letter and handed It TO
the secretary of the treasury.
The next letter WAS from Colonel
Roosevelt to Senator Platt The col
Oncl wrote he had Just received a
telegram, about Smith ana Clark and
that he mad consulted with the mem
hers Of the bar and they agreed the
men were not Just suited for the place
in the state government. The colonel
suggested the names Of several men.
shall ! try Cohen and see if he'll
take the place" the colonel wrote.
Asks About TAFT.
The colonel also wrote:
what do you think about TAFT"
ana then went on to discuss at some
length men who had been suggested
for various places A Clark was
who was Clark
ooh" said Colonel Roosevelt, II
think that's John Proctor Clark
whom appointed Judge"
Were Mr.. Priest and Mr. J. Edgar
Leaycraft appointed as special fran
'hise tax commissioners after Sena
or Platt recommended them -
NO. ! appointed them after SEN
itor Plat said he would not oppose
hem
In a letter from Colonel Roosevelt !
20 Senator Plat, dated 1899, various |
persons were suggested for surrogate, (
imong them a Mr.. Beckett being dis |
'ussed. postscript read as fol- !
oWS:
IAN right; TN change the whole /
BOARD of tax commissioners
who" asked Mr. Barnum, "is the
nan named O'Bren you mention in !
his letter.
II think ne is the man ! later APP /
pointed minister to Uruguay. I'm /
not certain Witness said at the time |
)'3rieh was candidate for port war
len of New York. lie appointed Mr. /
Marsh Of New York
frllr
More About appointments.
When the afternoon session OPEN |
ID MIR Barnum read letter from |
'olonel Roosevelt to Senator Plat in I
which there was more discussion of /
appointments.
The witness said he could not an I
wer questions about each specific /
There were 10000 Of them, be /
ieVc,' he added.
Were there times when YOU relied 1
ntirely upon Mr.. platt?" asked Mr.. /
}arnum
Il relied upon him unless there was
eason not to-
Mr.. Barnum read a letter dated /
Iarch rs, 1899, in which Mr.. Plat +
wrote that man under discussion
would be as acceptable" as anyone
lse, Senator Plat also wrote that /
lie would advise the appointment of
New YORK ieweler named Stern, as
ie had been a generous contributor
lst fam
ON April /, 1899, Colonel Roosevelt
wrote to Senator Plat, "All right, | +
viii appoint Stern"
Big Appropriations Common.
The same day Senator Platt wrote !
hat he had received Colonel Ropse
clts letter enclosing bill introduced /
" Senator Grady providing for the
Expenditure of money on the New
ork water front
do you remember about that" the !
olonel was asked
The bin carried with it an appro-
Driation Of $4,000, 600 and Senator
'latt didn't approve of it?'
II don't remember about it."
what! You don't remember about |
$l2,000000 appropriation?
Why of course not | have been
oncerned with appropriations of bill
ions of dollars
In reply to another question, Col
mel Roosevelt then said
The senate alone had the power
o make appointments although it
vas my duty to nominate. | had to
onfer with the controlling factor of
he senate in order to get my nomi-
atiOns confirmed"
Was senator Plat in the state
enate?"
No, but he controlled it,"
Plat Was All Right
In another letter Colonel Roosevelt
md he had heard that Marsh, whom
al Ina, Al, :
ad named port warden of New York
was convicted padrone'
In letter read to the jury Sena-
or pint referrnd IN Mnrsh nnd enid