New-York tribune., 1919-10-31
Craig Twice.
Quits Estimate
Board Meeting
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this meeting without first consulting
his attending physicians"
AS soon as they learned of this
meeting they called at his residence
and nervous condition. The reaction
from the nerve strain is such that
they consider it unwise for him to
engage in any further conferences
until he has fully recovered his
strength, as the wound is not COM
pletely healed.
"Unless Mr.. Moran follows the ad-
vice and counsel Of his physicians,
they will not assume any further re-
sponsibility in the case. From present
indications he will be unable to re-
sumo the duties of president of the
Board Of Aldermen at City Hall until
the latter part of next month,
"DR. J. LEWIS AMSTER,
."DR. CORNELIUS E. O'GRADY."
Controller Craig, it is understood,
will protest against last nights action.
on the ground that the meeting was
held at place not previously adver-
tised.
Up to last night the budget had been
pruned down to $274,203,81S. This was
done largely by slashing the following
from the, estimate Of the Department
of Eduction: $28,3SS,49 for new
schools, s2,53s,316 for notes outstsnd-
ing, $l,320,000 for repairs, $5,036 600
for salaries to be provided for out Of
state funds.
The first time the Comptroller quit the
meeting of the board was when the
Mayor moved that the public hearing
on the budget be suspended and the
budpet makers go into executive ses-
sion.
The Mayors motion followed his in
effectual attempts to silence the Comp
troller when he began to call attention
to errors in the budget.
"Yes," said he Mayor, I'VE can do it
in executive session and make a full
report on it. Then the Comptroller
won't have chance to advertise him
self"
"I'm not going into any executive
session." said the Comptroller. "This
matter should be determined in pub
| lic."
$50 that the Comptroller can adver-
tise him SELF" repeated the Mayor.
THE budget was made up in a very
slipshod manner"
"If the Mayor had been here instead
Of in Atlantic City enjoying himself he
could have seen that it was not so
made up" retorted the Comptroller.
THE Mayor was working here all
summer when YOU were away" retorted
Mr.. Hylan.
"The budget was not made up then,
said the Comptroller.
Eyes, it was!' exclaimed the Mayor
Willing to Start Controversy
To this the Comptroller replied:
"lf you want to start personal
controversy you can start it this min
ute"
The Mayor remained silent a mo-
ment and evidently deciding that he
did not want any personal controversy
said:
What l want is to put on record
that the items the Comptroller has
taken half an hour to correct were
all in the tentative budget. l move
that we go into executive session.
81 don't know why we should dis
cuss privately the citys business
which is strictly public and in which
every taxpayer and rcntpayer is in
terested.
II am in favor of private meeting
because 1T won't give you so much
chance to advertise" replied the Mayor,
putting the motion to hold an execu-
tive session, which was voted for by
all the Tammany Board Of Estimate
except Comptroller Craig.
Comptroller on Outside
The Mayor and his followers then
went into the "private meeting" leav-
ing the public and Comptroller Craig
outside
81 refuse to sit in a locked-up session
where somebody can give a reason for
doing thing which he would not dare
give in public" said the Comptroller
to the newspaper men-who were also
locked out. II must refuse to do the
city's business in star chamber as
suggested by Mayor Hylan."
The star chamber session lasted for
nearly two hours.