Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-12-01
PUBLIC SERVICE
SCANDAL IN N. Y.
BEFORE WHITMAN
NEW YORK EXECUTIVE is ASKED TO
REMOVE CHAIRMAN MCCALL
OF THE COMMISSION.
CHARGED He HAD FINANCIAL INTER.
ESTS IN PUBLIC CORPORATIONS
UNDER HIS OFFICIAL CHARGE.

Albany. y. u. Dee 1. - The New
York Public Service Commission sean
dial, which was exposed 10y Il legislative
investigation committee. comes today be-
fore Governor Whitman, who is asked
To remove Edward l.. Mccall. chairman
Of the commission. II il charged that
he had financial interests in public ser
vice corporations over which he was
exercising official duties for the state.
that he has been guilty Of neglect
duty and that he exceeded his power and
used his Office for the particular advaI-
tagc and the benefit of certain stock in
t~crcsts.
Mccall is the first member Of the Pub
lie Service Commission to go ON the gri-
diron of Investigation. The other mcpl-
bers Of the commission will be taken up
in turn. and will be handled without
gloves. They will receive the same treat
ment aS Chairman Mccall. il is said.
and will have to show a clear record.
Chairman Mccall Of the Public Ser
vice Commission. Aho faces removal by
Governor Whitman. has been called n
political Jack Horncr. because Of the
many plumS he has received. Tammany
has ALWAYS been good To him. and has
stuck with him despite many diSnloS-
urcs regarding his activities IT is I'M
dcrstoul. however. that he is now for
saken by Tammanv. Mccall was con
nected with New York Life Insurance
Company. when his brother. the late
John 4. Mccall. VAS president If that
concern. An Investigation showed that
Mccall received handsome fees FROM the
insurance company which the Hughes IN
~veStigating committee declared were
without reason Mccall also figured
as Il LOBBYIST. with RI. II. Buckley. fcr
the insurance companies. In 19C2 Nc
Call went to the supreme court bench
through Tammanv power ana h. gave
rcccivcrShins and rcfercc>hipS To- Tam
many followers.
Much of the evidence placed before
Governor Whitman in the Mccall inveS-
tigation mas been published during the
hearings. RI j. claimed that 1T the time
of his appointment 10 office he was owner
and il still the owner NJ stock in \ cor
poration subject 10 his %ofici4l regulation
and supervision. end that he took part
i'm meetings &c the commissions whprr
matters were under consideration af
fecting corporations i'm which he had u
financial interest ~ 4 stakeholder Ann
Their serious charge is that unpn the ap
plicatron Of the Edison COMPANY To ~
nuire outstanding stock 'f the Nm~trr
dam company. he failed TO perform his
official duties ny failing 10 give arnlirn
ton propcr consideration. procured tho
approval Of the aprliclt'on a~1inSt The
interest ~ The citv NJ Nnv Work -
over its protest. and "a the irrrparablc
injury Of the ~itv of New Work and IL,
inhabitants. II il further alleged that
he failed aS a commissioner a. protnc,
and safeguard the interest of the city.
Of its inhabitants "nl III Stockholders
and corporate" S~hicct his official roo.
~nlaticn. TIL hr ms cvrccdcrl his OH
cial power and Influence fnr me part ~.
lar ADVANTAGE ana h"pefit pr |crrt1iu
stock Interests Hnd thai he hr~ f1ilrd 1
properly or aic' atcly supervise cor
poratiOns.