New-York tribune., 1921-10-09
City Probers
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On Connolly
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conversation with me anywhere. Anc
his political career during the admin.
istrations preceding the overturn OF
Queens affairs that brought me into
onice was one l spared no oppor-
publish for the benefit of all decent
citizens.
lie is not member of any organ
ization, political or otherwise, with me
and for all your efforts TO yoke him
up as my political conhdant and friend
he has actively worked for my op-
ponents in every election since | be-
came Borough President.
Ear from giving him space in Bor-
ough Hall and desk, my engineer in
charge of the sewer department has
had orders to put him out of the hall
at any time he might be seen lettering
about or trying to show himself as n
person of any influence whatever; and
charge, will testify that he has acted
in conformity with these orders
|. Data brought out in Investigations
made me fully aware of combinations
in which both Phillips and the con-
tractor, Joseph Sigretto, had been
prominent; for the contractor whose
testimony you seemed to rely on so
strongly had great power in this bor-
ough under previous regimes, and this
power came to an end with my election
Tells of Help to City
Zone of my first duties on taking
office was to appoint men of high
standing who would watch every con-
tract for the notorious "tin horses" of
former days, and the notorious skimp-
ing of specifications that had been go
ing on. For highways / chose G. How.
land Leavitt, who certainly did not
need the money the city paid him, but
who unselfshly gave his time to pub
lie service.
Under his directions and under the
directions Of associates equally de-
voted to unselfish public service the
cost of contracts was cut down and the
quality Of work pushed upward until
public work in Queens costs less to-
day than in any other borough. This
street cleaning. We have built q
physical and chemical laboratory to
test materials used in all kinds of
public work. This was purely to bring
to an end the era of favoritism and
fraud And, of course, man such as
Phillips had no place in a regime car
rying out such a policy of enforcing
honest public service"
Mr.. Connolly here referred 20 Che
committees refusal to hear him at
once, insisting that it was at variance
with its action in permitting Senator
Charles c. Lockwood and former Sena-
tor Charles F. Murphy to go on the
stand to refute charges Of Inspector
Dwyer. He then went on to say:
II was present in the Aldcrmanic
by scores of leading and insinuatine
questions, seek to lead witnesses into
picturing Phillips as my friend and
conhdant and political collector of cam
paign funds.
knowing that I had never received
cent of funds with which Phillip:
had had anything to do, and knowing
that | never used him in any way, di-
rectly or indirectly, or through third
parties, you can measure the spirit OF
q desire to see the truth brought OUT
in which l vainly asked for an imme.
date hearing.
II don't know whether you are aware
that Mr.. Thomas Purcell, whose testi-
mony you featured, participated in the
management of my opponents cam
paign at the primaries and is now asso-
ciatcd with the management of the
campaign OF my OPPOlcHI 1OI cieN-iO'l
II am also uncertain as to whether
you know that secret testimony taker
by your sub b-committees has been fur
nishcd to my political foes, with the
connivancc of employees of your com.
mittce. and has become the heart and
center of a general whispering cam
paign in this borough.
Zone incident of this kind is where
the testimony of my brother and my
father-in-law, eighty years of age, was
placed in the possession of my op-
ponent at the last Democratic primary
"Two gentlemen proposed to the old
gentleman plan to raise money to aid
my campaign for Justice of the Su-
preme Court, the facts to be kept from
me and the donation to be credited to
my brother and accounted for as his
contribution. The money was raised
on a note, contributed and accounted
for agreed.
knowledge of the note was kept
from me until after election, although
the contribution was legally and prop
erly accounted for, and have since
upon request, paid back as much as
possible of it. The facts, however
were handed to my political opponent
as | have said, and distorted by him."
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