New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-26
THOMPSON WINS;
INQUIRY TO GO ON
Assembly Will Vote Him
Extra $4,000 To-day and
Extension of Time.
FORMER COMMITTEES
WILL ESCAPE PROBE
Senator Brown ConfeSses He
Was Villain Who Tried to
Halt Investigation.

Albany. Jan. 25.-Thc defeat q
Speaker Sweet and his cohorts in theil
efforts to put crimp in the investlga
ton Of the Thompson committee WAS
made complete to-day, when the Ways
and Means Committee Of the Assembl!
reported the resolutions continuing The
investigation and giving the invest
gators $4,000 additional. The Assem-
bly, will pass these two resolutions TO
morrow with hardly dissenting vote.
Senator Thompson will now have un
I'll the first Monday in March 20 fil'
his report. He will also have an op
portunity in the meantime TO give th'
upstate commission looking over &
find out whether certain suspicious h'
has regarding one or two of its mem
bers are well founded. The Thomp
son resolutions passed the Senate
unanimously a week ago. and woul'
have passed the Assembly also had no
Speaker Sweet, with the alleged back
ing of Governor Whitman, hell
them up.
The Assembly, also, Is IN favor o
the bipartisan plan TO shut of an.
further inquiry into the way the state
funds have been used in investiga
tons in the past. The Ways AM
Means Committee held a star chambe
session this afternoon for the purpos'
of getting together on some plan 4
hush up the hue and cry which III.
committee expenditures and the Gov
errors trip TO the Psnams Exposition
have raised. There were two witnesses
before the committee, one Of whom
was Assemblyman McQuistion, wh'
pleaded for his resolution for an inves
tigation committee. II was quickly ap
parent. however, that the committee
didn't like the Brooklyn Assembly
mans resolution at all.
Thompson Elated.
Senator Thompson also was wit
ness. He told the committeeman that
while he did not favor an investiga
ton Of former legislative committees
he had asked the Controller TO sen'
one Of his assistants to the Biltmor'
70 audit oil of the Thompson commit
tees bills there.
When the committee concluded 1T
labors about O'Clock 1t practicall!
had been determined TO ask the Con
troller to frame a bill providing 10
closer scrutiny of the accounts of leg
jslative investigating committees. Ina
the committee may lose none OF 1t
power. it was agreed that in case o
d;spute over expenditures the brancl
of the Legislature involved should hay
final say.
Senator Thompson was congratulate
on all sides because Of his victory owe
the Speaker and his colleagues. Short.
after leaving the meeting of the way
and Means Committee he declared tina
he would put renewed vigor into HI
Investigation when he went 10 New
York on Thursday for another three
day session.
Brown, the Hush Culprit.
1t developed to-day that it was Sen
ator Brown. the Republican leader o
the Senate, who had approached Sena
tor Thompson last night with the prop
osition to give him the additiona
money asked and an extension Of tim
provided he let up in his investigation
and held no more hearings.
Sheriff Al Smith, Of New York, fol
mer Democratic leader Of the Assem-
bly,, was here to-day, and IT soon be
cane gossiped about that the threat
ened investigation Of former legislativ
committees had resulted in hurT
cal! for the Sheriff. who as a Law
maker gained reputation for diplC
macy. The Sheriff declared that hi
visit had nothing 10 90 WIN the Pr
posed Investigations either Of legi'
lative committees or the Panama FL
position Commission.
Lemge' Eiy Quigg was again accuse
of Icing responsible, for the mIx-u
and the attempted hold up of III
Thompson committee. Ii happens tina
Colonel Mike Dady. the Brooklyn cor
tractor, who has done considerabl
business wit he Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit is responsible for Assembiyma
MeCuiston "tng in the Legislature
Hence, Quigg got 10" Dady and Dad
"go' to" Mc,. uiston. II was Learned
however, tina Senator Bennett was tn
one who frs. called the Brooklyn A:
semLlyman's attention 10 the Biltmor
bill. McQuiston. who is opposed polit
callv by Controller Travis. got to think
ing II over. 50 the story goes. and cam
to the conclusion tina: unless some
thing was C.ae the Controller woul
J have plenty 0: material to put him GU
e business. Hence his kick.
There was also considerable gossl
as &c whether Mr.. Quigg had entirel
lost his well known and boosted II
fuence arou Vi the Executive office.