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NASSAU COUNTY REVIEW HIGHWAY GRAFT Review Building, Freeport, N.Y. Proprietors' S. F. PEARSALL, Freeport, N. Y. Residence, 166 Pine Street H. E. PEARSALL, Freeport, N. Y. Residence, 62 South Msfii Street Published Every Friday a t rREEFOftT, LONG ISLA N D , N . V.- BOBS IIP AGAIN Telephone Call, Day and Night No. 8 Freeport Extensions to All Departments SI .60 P e r A n n u m In A d v a n ce We endeavor so far as possible to verify every item published in the Re view, but when an item is incorrect, we will be glad to correct it on receipt ef the correct information, or when our attention is called to the error. All news Items m u st be in by 10 o'clock Thursday to Insure publication; change of advertisements received up to W ednesday noon. FRIDAY, JULY 18. 1913 CmWl Sqs RMl WK Rigkl nd Governor Says Highway Graff Is AwfaL WHY WAS HEEL MADE GOAT •eye $26,000,000 Is Sufficient to Run the State, but Mae Approved Bills For Nearly Twice That. NAPOLEON’S FIRST VICTORY. He Outgeneraled Archduke Charles With Weeden Soldiers. It is a matter of history that at the battle of A'spern-Essling iu 1809 Archduke Charles of Austria, considered by many one of the greatest soldiers of his day, inliiet- ed upon Napoleon the first serious defeat that he hud ever sullercd. Not so well known is the story of an earlier battle between these itvo sol diers. One day in 1778 the Archduke Charles and his brother Ferdinand, aged seven and nine respectively, were playing with a box of wooden soldiers in an anteroom of the grand ducal palace at Florence. It happened that a gentleman, accom panied by his little son, called to pay his respects to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, the father of the two hrothers. After waiting for some minutes in the anteroom the stran ger was summoned to the grand duke’s study. The boy whom he left waiting in the room was a sallow, aggressive child, with fine gray eyes and a pre maturely serious expression. In his father’s absence he amused himself by joining the two small archdukes in their mimic warfare on the car pet. Gradually, to their displeasure, ™an of the gi he began to get the better of tljem. ! In<lu,r.v- which, His toy cannon, which he worked vigorously, mowed down their sol diers as fast as they could set them up. At last, when a quarrel was imminent and the little archdukes were on the point of pummeling their adversary, they were restrain ed by the return of his father, ac companied by the kindly grand duke,_ “Eh, but your youngster is be ginning well, M. do Bonaparte,” he said, laughing. “I see he has been outmaneuvering my sons while we have been talking. Well, good luck to him! 1 trust you will have no trouble in getting him into the es tablishment at Brienne.” # It was indeed young Napoleon who, with the wooden soldiers and a toy cannon, had given evidence of the great military genius within him. M. de Bonaparte had called with his son to ask for the grand duke’s personal recommendation! which he hoped would be of service to him in getting his son admitted to the military school at Brienne.— From “Reminiscences of a Diplo mat’s Wife,” by Mrs. Hugh Fraser. Animal Cleanliness, ( 'A zoologist thus writes upon a point in which he claims that the lower animals set an example to many men: “It has taken human beings many hundreds of years to acquire habits of neatness and cleanliness, Whereas the animals have always possessed them. From the tiitie When they first made their appear ance on earth animals have washed and combed and brushed them selves with tongue, claws and tail. Many of them grow wretched and lanppiish if deprived of any oppor tunity of taking a cold bath. As for the apes, they are such sticklers for cleanliness that they expel any member of the tribe who shows a disposition to shirk his duties in this respect. Even the insects show a scrupulous regard for neat ness, as anybody who has watched a fly brushing itself with its feet, for instance, will readily admit.” Buein.ee Ceutlon. “W’aitcr,” said the hungry min, ‘1 want you to bring me • thick porterhouse steak with mush rooms”— fT e sorry, boss,\ replied Mr. Eras- tus Finkley, “but you’ll have to take jek’ plain steak/* ’/ ' S,‘Whv ^ \ ‘Struotions fhun de hose. When de o th e r gues’ee sees a n o r d e r like d a t cornin’ in to de room day’s liable l a g i t so jealous day all I m e deir Albany, July 16.—New development* In the highway eyetem empbaslxe the wisdom of Assemblyman Ltlnman's de mand Mr a bipartisan highway com mission of three members. Early In tbe session of the legisla ture of 1913 Mr. Hlnman Introduced s bill providing for a highway commis sion of three members, one of whom should represent tbe minority party In the state. In Support of his bill be pointed out th a t the scandals which disgraced the Dlx adm inistration conld have been avoided had there been mi nority representation on tbe commis sion and some progress made In giving the state good roads and referred to the Hughes highway commission, which consisted of two Republicans and one Democrat and which did good work w ithout n hint o f scandal. The people of the state, he said, had voted for the expenditure of $100,000,- 000 for a system of good roads. They wanted the best roads th a t the money would pay for, and they wanted them as promptly aa It was possible to build them. During the preceding two years enormous sums had been spent on road work, a n d the revelations of waste and graft were appalling. He cited spe cific Instances of graft on twenty-nine contracts, aggregating over $200,000. and said that the total graft on the 260 odd contracts for m aintenance conld only he determined by a thorough In vestigation. The Hlnman highway bill was killed hy the Democratic legislature, and the M urtaugh bill creating a single headed departm e n t of highways was passed. John N. Carlisle being named as Its The Removal of Reel. Carlisle prior to his appointment to the highway departm ent was chair- governor's committee of after Mr rilnrann be gan his agitation for honest highway work. Investigated the highway de partm e n t. and on March 8. two weeks after the Hlnman exposure* C Cor don Reel was removed ns highway commissioner Now comes Commissioner C.irilslo with a statem e n t that In justice to Reel It should be stated that Real had opposed the modification of specifica tions, but had been overruled by the ! o ther members of tbe commission The other members of the commission were ' John A. Rensel. state engineer, and Duncan W. Peck, superintendent of pilbllc works, both of whom are still In office. Governor on Highway Graft. On the subject of graft on tbe state roads, Governor Sulzer In a copyright ed newspaper article says: “In the secoifd a rticle 1 shall take up the grafting on the highways of New York state, where millions of dollars of the people’s money have been stolen Already we know that $10,000,600 has been criminally misspent. Of one place we know where the graft amounted to $6,000 a mile. Think of the posslhtlt ties when thousands of miles of road are covered by the good roads plans of the state. Contractors who were paid $10,000 a mile did almost, nothing but throw gravel on the road, and In some places roads that cost as much as tbe Appian way of the Romans, which has lasted since It was bol.lt, before tbe Christian era, to the present day. have not lasted a single winter. “In the history of g raft the roads of New York state are easily entitled to first place.” The first thought that naturally arises In the mind of the reader la that,- with such complete Information as the governor appears to have, crim inal prosecution of the grafters should be commenced without delay. Carlisle Supports Reel. No criminal prosecutions have been Instituted, and of the old highway com mission, under which ^he g raft refer red to by the governor occurred, only one of the three has been removed from office. Reel was removed, but tbe governor never has made tbe slightest move In the direction of Messrs. Ben- eel and Peck. In this connection tin* statem e n t Issued by Commissioner Carlisle Is significant. In announcing th a t in tbe future highway contractors would have to live up to the spedfica- tiona and not uae fluxed a sphalt where natural asphalt waa called for Com missioner Carlisle says: “In Justice to O. Gordon Reel, former superintendent of highways, it should be said th a t he a t all tim es opposed this change and the substitution of the fluxed asphalt In place of the nit- oral product In this m a tter, however, he w a a overruled hy the other mem- b e e of tb e commission, who approved the c h ange '' I t seem s-strange to the o rdinary man th a t the one member of the d d blah w a y aommtsainw who tied to entorw he removed, while hi* Who prevented hin the stats t h e th e m a tter wi upon the atrentfoo of the com m ittee of Inquiry, and the testim ony before that committee, together with tbe discov erlee made by John A. Henne«sy. the •recetlve auditor, was such tout ll-v far waa removed the last week In 5 ->h nm ry. A t th a t tim e It waa announced that week on the capttol would be stopped Work W es Net Stepped. The let of Ju n e when tbe new ap proprlations became a reliable, the com ptroller paid to the capltol coo tractors $369,809.96 on bills which had accumulated since the middle of Feb ruary, when tbe form er appropriation was exhausted. This Indicated pretty cleariy that tbe work had not been stopped, as promised. Tbe “previous state architect*’ re ferred to In tbe paragraph quoted above was Franklin B. Ware, who wa.< appointed by Governor Hughes and removed by Governor Dlx to tmtke room for Hoefer, and It now appears, according to the governor’s own state ment, th a t capltol repairs were Honest ly supervised during his Incumbency. Im p o rtant Reform Lost. The im p o rtant reform aimed at by the Adler bill was lost to the state by the defeat of the bill, and the bulk if the work Is still bdlng done under the percentage system, as it was during the period cited by the governor lu his reference to g r a f t $17,000,000 W aste and Theft. Touching upon the cost of govern m e n t the governor says In his article. “Jam e s Bryce says th a t in 1882 there were only seven states In the Union where there was raised for state pur poses more than $2,000,000. In that year the revenue raised by the stale of New York was $7,690,416 Today the state governm ent Is costing the people from $58,000,000 to $60.000.(xx^ and the most careful Investigators <lt- clare that It should not cost more than $26,000,000. Of the difference there Is, as we have established by our Investigations up to date, uud 1 say It with regret that I (par we have only scratched the surface, $17.000,00h that we know Is w a ste and theft.\ Change For Worse Inetead of Better. The above statem e n t, rem arkable a* It Is when considered by Itself, be comes absolutely Incomprehensible when considered In conjunction with w h a t has actually occurred under the Sulzer adm inistration. On Jan. 6 Governor Sulzer appoint ed John N. Carlisle, John H. Delaney and H. Gordon Lynn a committee of Inquiry to Investigate nil s t a t e ' de partm ents “to ascertain where expen ditures can be checked and the money of ttie taxpayers eared.’’ A fter making Investigations and con ducting hearings for over two months th a t committee filed Its report with the governor. In Its report the committee rec ommended appropriations aggregating $41,110,334.51 for all purposes of gov ernment. And yet Governor Sulzer signed bills appropriating $48,108,890.49. T h a t Goveruor Sulzer regarded the members of his committee of inquiry as competent has been evidenced by his appointm ent of Carlisle as high way Commissioner at a salary of $12. 000 a year, of Delaney as commission er of efficiency and economy at n sal ary of $12,000 a year and of Lynn as deputy commissioner of efficiency and economy. Why Did Governor Boost the Limit? t If, as he says in his article, the gov ernor has established by Investigation.- th a t $17,000,000 la w aste and theft, bow does It happen that no mention Is made of the fact In the report of his committee of Inquiry, which spent $50. 000 of the state’s money investigating state expenditures? And how does the governor In the face of bis astounding discoveries pre tend to explain to the thinking people of this state his action in approving appropriations aggregating over $7. 000,000 in excess of the recommend:! tions of bis committee and nearly double the am o u n t he s..ys Is neves- sary? ______ _______ STATE PRESS. MOST BEMARIABLE - STATE OF AFFAIRS Gmner Mires flat SMi of Hit York a Honeycombed With Grift. $17,000,000 DISAPPEARED. Present Conditions Could Have Boon Avoided Had Hinmsn Highway Bill Boon Passed. Forgotten. [Jam e stow n Journal.] The Dem o c r a tic party's econom y pledgr In this state has surely been forgotten. W h e n ? [W a terto w n S tandard.) W h e n la th e g o v e rnor to give th e nam e s of th e 100 D e m o c rats who an n o a lly loot the s t a t e of SIT.OOO.TOO? “A Plague on Both Your Houses.\ [N e w b u rg .News. 1 The people arc losing patience over th - mees things a r e g.-itlng Into under Sulze, and Tammany. » n l when th e y are heard from It will be w ith a cry of. \A plague on both houses!’\ An O b ject L e s s o n [R o c h e tier Pnet-K xpress.) W h a t citizen who keeps him self Inform ed o f affaire\ st A lbany l* not ashomed and elck at heart? Hus there ever befo-e within living memory been a more mnl- odorcue etat* of things, more Intrigue bm e tPese. frantic pulling and hauling howling and claw ing or greater evidence Of political putridity? It eeeme Incredible that the people will not scourge the of fenders out of the temple at the earliest opportunity. Deplorable. [Sullivan County Republican.] The Democratic party Is presenting a Osa spectacle In this state. With one member of the party, a state senator, eewtseoed to serve s long term In state prise* and the balance of the party <* 11 - his each other ooaree names and the gov ernor e< the state presuming to constitute the three breaches of the state government the greet Kmplrs S u n New York sswest he othsmW s thee to# g totsdspt and toeghtog stock e f the sees Albany. July 15. — “ H oneycombed with graft, the state of New York, a* my Investigators are today revealing the Inside workings. Is a lesson to her sister s tates In the Union.\ The above quotation comprises the first paragraph of a three column copy righted article by William Sulzer, gov ernor of New York, now running In the newspapers. Its author announces It as tbe first of a series and says: “I have w ritten this series of a rticles on tbe graft In a great state because I believe th a t there Is a great leeeon not only for the people of New York, bat for tbe people o f the United States. In the exposures that we are making.\ Tbe governor's declared Intention to expose grafters and stop graft Is alto gether commendable. The demand of the times Is for hon esty and efficiency In the public serv ice, and If Governor Sulzer will make good the promise contained In his In augural message to give the people an honest and economical adm inistration he will receive great credit. It Is, however, difficult to reconcile some of the statem e n ts made by the governor In his newspaper article with some of his official acts. For example: Auditing Capitol Accounts. • In the third paragraph of his article the governor says: “On the second day that I was In office a messenger presented to me bills am ounting to hundreds of thou sands of dollars, pointing out to me where I was to sign my name. If I had attached my name to those bills they would have been Immediately paid, and yet the messenger thought he was doing nothing unusual when he said that other governors hud signed bills th a t way and that one governor had left a rubber stam p out side his office w ith tbe messenger so that he would not be bothered. ‘Leave those bills there,’ I said, ’and I’ll look them over. The rubber stam p period le a v e r ’ ” The January Version. On Jan. 62 Governor Sulzer announc ed to the newspaper correspondents th a t Henry W. Garfield, the auditor of the trustees of public buildings, of w h o m .the governor Is one, placed be fore him for approval bills amounting to about $125,(XX) for work on the cap! tol. The governor refused to sign them and appointed John A. Henuessy us executive auditor at a salary of $4,000. announcing th a t the executive auditor would succeed the auditor of the trus tees off public buildings In comment ing upon the situation the governor said, \The people would stand aghast If they knew w h a t I know of the way things have been going on for years here.” It Is im p o rtant to note In this con nection that the office of executive am. dltor has not been abolished, nor un its functions any different today from what they were at the time the gover nor made his astounding discovery One new office has been created—that of executive auditor at an addition of $4,000 to the state’s payroll. Some Fancy Bills For Labor. Referring again to the subject of graft In the capltol reconstruction work, the governor says In his article: “The reckless indifference to out ward appearances was shown in the bills put in. Under a previous state architect, who undoubtedly supervised the work, the percentage of labor was $1.89 to $1 of material. Under the grafting system the percentage of la bor was $10.94 to $1 o f m aterial. From the middle of October to the 27th ef November there was absolutely no at tem p t to pay attention to the conven tions, the bills claiming th a t It took $3,002 w o rth of labor to put $138 worth of m aterial In place.” Some Historical Facts. There are a num b er of facts in con- nection w ith this capltol work th a t are very Interesting In connection with tin- above statem e n t In the governor’s ar tid e The scandals referred to occurred during the Incumbency of H erm an W. Hoefer, state architect Hoefer waa appointed by Governor Snlser Jan. 1. and the attem p t to con firm his nomination by tbe senate !m- medl. tely was blocked only by the ob jection of Senator Brown, the minority leader. A t the tim e a protest had been re ceived from the American Institute of Architects, which waa not transm itted to the senate. As a result e f the alleged g r a f t on th e capltol repair work Assemblyman Adler, Republican, introduced a bill providing for the completion at the capltol repairs by contract a f ter open com petitive bidding. T U s bill w a s In troduced the first week In February, ho t died In nnmmtttss, wh ere It was held by Democratic vote*. The discussion at tb s Adler bit Grand Opening THE ORPHEUM Cor. Merrick Rd. and Main St. This Saturday, July 19 at 8 o'clock P. M. Extra Program of Vocalists and Musical Artists and Up-to-Date Moving Pictures ADM ISSION Adults, 10 Cents Children, 5 Cents Gassified Advertising. RATE:—1 cent pier word first inser tion, minimum 25c; one-half cent for each subsequent insertion; minimum 10c. Messenger service to New York City. —I have changed my headquarters to Smith & Bedell’s Pharmacy, where all orders will be promptly attended to. Bert Fan's. tf FOB SALE Myers’ Messenger Service will save you time and money. Daily trips to Brooklyn and New York. Low rates and quick service. Leave your orders at Plump’s Arcade Drug Store, 41 R. R. Ave., telephone 269 or 32 Freeport. Alonzo W. Myers, Messenger. tf OPPORTUNITY.—$1.00 procures the Genuine Vacuum Clothes Washer, balance, $2.50, payable fifty cents weekly. Washes a tub of clothes from three to five minutes without rubbing, boiling, or wetting the hands. Saves labor, time, strength, fuel and more than pays for itself in one month by preserving your clothes. Demonstrat ed Tuesday mornings and Thursday af ternoons by first-class laundress, who uses nothing else. Exceptionally fine for lace curtains, blankets, comforta bles and for cleaning anything with gasoline. Mrs. Griffith, Milburn Ave nue, 5 doors South Clifton Place, Bald win, L. I . ; Trolley Stop 81 [Telephone 381 Freeport 41 PIANO TUNING SEE ME before you have your piano tuned and have it done right. I ’ve been in the business over 10 years. William L. Clark, Freeport, L. I. tf BEAL ESTATE 50 ft. waterfront, Sportsman Ave., or will divide, reasonable; lots. Miller Ave., 80x110; $16.00 per ft., easy terms. Dan DaSilva, 5 and 10c store, Freeport. tf AUTOS TO H IBE Cadillac touring cars to hire. $2.60 per hour. Special day rates. Day and night service. Fred C. VanNostrand, 266 So. Ocean Ave., Telephone 93R Freeport. tf FUBNLSHED BOOMS Furnished rooms to let. with or with out board; near station. 45 N. Ocean Ave. 39 TO LET—Furnished room with heat and electric light, near station and trolley, 17 N. Ocean Ave., Freeport, L. I. tf Furnished room, with or without board; private family ; all improve ments; near station and trolley; reas onable to right party ; barn to let. 98 North Bergen Place. 46 EMPLOYMENT WANTED Reliable man wishes employment of any description; also garden work through the summer; terms, $1.50 day. J. Giraud, Merrick, L. I 40 H E L P WANTED Girl wanted for general housework. 21 N, Ocean Ave., Freeport, I. 38 WANTED—Good] pianist evenings for the Orpheum; inquire 6 p. m. Or- pheum, comer Main St. and Merrick Road, Freeport. H R 38 LOST AN DfFOU ND LOST—Lady’s gold watch on Grand A v e.; monogram E. S. F . ; reward; Reiss, Rutland Road and Grand Ave., Freeport. 39 LOST—A bunch of^key* on Main St. or Railroad Ave., return to Truben- back, 88 So. Main SL ; $1 reward. 88 FOR SALE—Glass cabin launch, 27 ft. long, 7 ft. beam, mahogany and birdseye maple finish, drop sash, 10 h. p. 2 cly. Fulton engine, 1910 model; boat good as new. F. C. Van Noe- trand, Tel. 93-R, Freeport, N. Y. 40 FOR SALE—200 pigeons; beauties; 20c each. H. B. Raymore, 69 No. Bayview Ave., Freeport. 38 FOR SALE—Fine launch, nearly new; big bargain. For full particu lars address P. 0. Box 175, Baldwin. tf Palmer Cabin Motor Boat for sale; 22x6 f t . ; specially built; 5 h. p . ; fully equipped; pric6 $250; Box 10, Bell- more. 38 Motor Boat for Sale; glass cabin, 24x8; 7 h. p. Mianus; new weedless wheel. W. R. V, 35 Bedell St , Free- port. Q 38 FOR SALE—2 good work horses, 1 second hand top delivery wagon. H. B. Hagen & Co. 38 FOR SALE—30 ft. mahogany speed boat, 5 ft. 6 in. beam, 60 h. p., 6 cyl inder; speed 26 miles per hour; a sac- rifide. Mrs. Cbas. Winston, 225 Rand all Ave. 38 MOTOR BOAT BARGAIN—18 ft 31 h. p. with all appurtenances, for $75. Apply 120 N. Bergen Place. Freeport. 38 FOR SALE—Pope-Waverley elec tric automobile, (Stanhope); in A No. 1 order in every respect; Westing- house charging outfit for alternating current; whole outfit cheap. A. C. Miller, P. O. Box 212, Rockville Cen tre, L. I. * 39 FOR SALE—6 lots on Messerole Ave., either separately or all togeth er; reasonable price; payment to suit buyer. Inquire Review office, Box S. 41 TO LET New house to let, 6 rooms and bath ; all improvements; half block from trolley at 97 Bedell St., Freeport; rent $15 38 TO LET—House of 8 rooms and bath, all improvements, hot water heat. 216 Randall Ave. tf TO RENT—Barn or garage, large enough for two automobiles or three carriages and horse. Only half block from the railroad station at Freeport. Apply John J. Randall Co., 6 Brook lyn Ave., Freeport, N. Y. 40 TO LET—2 or 3 unfurnished rooms, heat and light; 207 Randall Ave. tf C S it at a table of 13 persons on Friday the 13th of the month. C.Let a black cat cross your path Break a mirror. XL Walk under a ladder. XL And bad luck won't loach voar bosinew if y ea advortbe In this paper. X[ Trade ads. know no super stition. XL If you hare goods to aeH, let the ad. do it mm
