The sun., 1870-03-24
THE DEMOCRATIC FIGHT.
0EoRGH M,LEAE sC4LPs TWEED,
,RMfrH, AND BARBER.

| Hr IL 70 be licked Out Of the Party-A
I nav of Excitement.
The upheaval at Albany on Tuesday, created great
excitement in the city yesterday. 1t became known
| early in the morning that Street Commissioner
| Mclean, Sheriff oBrien, and the Hon. John Fox,
had returned from Albany, bent on war Of rotaia-
ton. Everybody s~med certain that the great nght
was to be transferred 10 this city The smsll-frog
onlcials began to dread decapitauon. and many of
the big guns didn't know whether they were foot
or horseback. Everybody was at sea. Some OF the
leeches who had fattened in snug births under the
Administration Of Tweed and Swcouy, wore smiling
faces, but the vast majority of the hard sed Demo-
cracy condemned the traitors in the bittercst terms
nndswore renewed foay to the leaders oi the Young
Democracy The names Of Denis Burns and owen
Murphy were mentioned In terms Of cxecrition, and
the traitors of the country Democracy were accused
OF ofhavlng sold themselves TO the Tammany Rcpubi.
cans for sums ranging from 5000 to $1,000.
THE COUNTY COURT HOUSE.
Sheriff OBrien reached bis Office little after
A. NJ, lie was accompanied by John Fox and
George Mclean. The City Hall and the County
Court House were already filed with anxious politi.
clans As the Sheriff passed in,o his private oHico
the crowd surged about the doors Of the outer
rooms, and anxously awaited the news from within.
Only the most intimate friends Of the Young Demo-
The City Chamberlain's room, on the second naor
was empty Sweeny had gone TO Wcstchestcr to
attend wedding. Comptroller Connolly sat In his
apartment, listening to the remarks of few chosen
friends, and paying attention to his business. The
county Clerks room was empty. The gallant Loev
was in Albany throwing up barbados and strength.
ening the outposts of the Young Democracy. Sur.
rogate EutchinFs sat within his apartment, poring
over viii cases, and paying but little attention to
the furious political squan In the corridors. The
halls at noon were jammed. perfect sea OF stove.
pipe hats could be from the stairs leading to
the Chamberlan's room. The vast crowd were
eonEregated in knots Of eager takers and listeners.
The excitement ran very high.
CORRIDOR TALK.
"The man who would trust owen Murphy would
trust ticket swindler," said black .moustached
gentleman, with light blue scarf
:" And Denny Burns, too" shouted heavy man a,
the side OF the first speaker. "lles north nv Ire
iand man, anl would nv belonged 70 CromSell's
bloody robbers, 81 he'd NV been a.oiyei"
. " And tho nihn that would trusl Tweed" broke In
tao first speaker, "is damned fool. Tweed know
ail about H. lie was Ia! ing sharp ON the boys. He
At this point a seventh. .warder, with big mosaic
ring broke 10. " Oh, Tweedy's too much for the
boys,' said he. "Twecdy's heavy weight, and he
shnss his stamps whom he gets his back no. The
boys thought they had sure thing you see, and
they begun 70 bother Twoedy. Aud they thought
They'd ought TO have known better than to buck
against Brennan They ought TO have made friend
OF i'm, and then they would have been ali r. .ht."
What's become OF Dick Connolly" :" said the frat
speaker " Hes pretended to be In With tie boys
Why didn't he tell them what was coming; so they
would have known what was coming. He's been
pla iug between Swceny and O'Bricn long enough.
he drop ON tie wrong side OF the fence as sure as
such the drif Of conversation in the corr iors
OF the new Court House yesterday.
Caucus OF ruE BOARD OF ALnr;MEy
During. the morning, thig.een members Of the
Board OF Aldermen he'd council Of var. The
causes Of the defeat Of the Young Democracy at Al
bany were discussed. It was universally believed
that Tweed bad sold out the Young Democracy. II
was asserted that he had only entered their councils
Tor the purpose OF learning thor plans. and of play
ing judas. Proof Tositiye Of Tweed'- 'reachery Is
said to have bceu offered. resolution was unani.
mously passed demanding Of street Cnmn"s.i----
Mclean the instant removal ot william NJ. weed
and prsSaiH Ri @ % copy Sp SR0 o the rc.Oa S
tons.
During the caueus It was said that $4,000 had
been sent TO Albany within two weeks to defeat the
Charter and the SUPERVISOR and Police bills or
this amount, S5ODl was said TO have been raised In
Jaues Mac tIegoI DeDartment for The Inspection OF
Buildings, 10000 In the Fire Department. ana
s2OOOJO in the Police Department.
The Democrats who accepted this money!" said
Alderman Croker "yoted to keep hundreds OF Re.
lublicans Ia o1cc In this city. and every one of
those Offices belong 10 the Democratic psrty Eyerv
Democrat out " work In tbis cl.y "u'lt 10 Er";;
That Denis Burns Owen Murphy, and william "
long 10 the working Democracy
TWEED sCALPEp.
TIE Committee found Mr. Mclean in his or,ce
They pIcECntei their resolutions Mr. Mclean
said that lac TAD already removed Mr.. TWeet nom
Office The Committee lot In perfect delight
Within Eve minutes the news spread around the
County Court House, creating new buzz OF excite.
mont Many were skcpticl. They could rot be.
icve that any man would dare TO knock Twcedr
over The news. however, was soon confirmed
The Young Democracy We're JOYFUL. They smcit
blood, and wanted more soaps. They crowded
about the sheriu'- rooms closer than ever, md do
mhndcd thlt Tweed should he showed out OF the
eager for war. The general feeling was that the Old
buffers OF the party must be cleaned ont
"lf OBrien and Genet had only rnt head on
TNeed at the same unc with swecny this tLing
would never nave happened shouted a clerk in the
Tax oiice.
o'BRIEN's MIDNIGHT INTERVIEW Win TWEED
The news was true. Tweed lad been removed
A ter the battle In the legislature the Young ne.
mocracy held caucus, at which proof OF TweeI's
treachery was addueed. At / O'clock yesterday
morning sheriff O'Bren entered Tweed's parlor NJ
the Delayan House. The great Big Six was alone
The young chieitan told him that he had conclusive
evidence OF his treason, and sail that he Lad been
sent to demand his Instant resignation as Deputy
Street Commissioner. Tweed denied the chnrro Of
treason, lie declared that lie lad acted viii his
young friends IN good faith, and that no one had
worked harder for the OF their bills tlan he
had lie offered to pnt M $4,000 10 be used Sy the
Young Democracy 10 showing new charter thr9u rb
the LEGISLATURE. O'Brien replied that The vons~
Democrats were satisfied Of TweeJ's treason. TheS
The Young Democracy to 10 10 hell He wouiI moi
resign, and lac dehed them II they wanted war
they should have IT, lie had million OF dollar
and lac be dam ned II he wouldn't sIeLd thai nincI
before lie would knocS under. The sheriff then
returned to his companions,
OFF FoR NEW YORK
Here he learned that Mclean had Just left for New
YORK.. II was deemed advisable that O'pricn anI
John Fox should follow him. 4 carriage was caIioG
ana the chieilans entered II. They rclchcd the de-
got Just in time ior the 1853 TRAIN. Thc met Me
Lean and came down to New Norl, together In
druwingr car. ."
Before noon Mclean removed Tweed. a,J m.
pointed John Rodgers Deputy Street Commits
sloner. MI Rodgers Is man If good reuu'ntinn
and has been for long time confidential cicrt to
Mclean, The salary OF the ofIice Is s7501 n Ncar
With pckings estimated between $5OO and
$4,000 N~'V'0 "Nu
HENRY smrH sCALPEp.
While The blood was yet dripping from Tyeed's
scalp ana ms irends were thundersruck al tne nm.
daclty OF the Young democracy, Mclean sharncned
his knife and went for Henry smith. smith helI n
coilectorsip IN the Street Opening Department val
ued ut S3O,OUO year lie was removed Whcn tpis
news reacIed the County COurt House the ioy ot the
honest Democrats knew no bounds Illts Ucro
tossed N the air, and q gloIiOus time was
had. No appointment viii be made in
Smiths place until the first of next month
smith is now acting Ne.a,ly as Police Com,
missioner and as member Of the Bnnrn Of sn
Teivisors, Though prominent Republican, he tnd
ueen KEPT IN an ONCE worth $4,000 a wear throuyh