CORRUPTION IN NEW YORK.
EXTRAORDINARY ADMISSIONS. By Telegraph—Press Assoeiation.-Copyriglit, New York, April 17. Mr. Choker, in (riving evidence beforo the Commission to inquire as to the corrupt Government of New York, admitted that Tammany controlled all the appointments made by the Mayor, and settled the fate of the laws proposed for the city and State Legislatures. He stated that candidates for positions on the judiciary must contribute to Tammany's funds and were expected to appoint partisan referees who would award a lion's share of the proceeds of the sales of estates to Croker's firm. Mr. Croker has declared that Senator Pratt and his sons were responsible for all the corruption in New York. i 1 ; —i
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11040, 18 April 1899, Page 5
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