New-York tribune., 1871-09-27

concern. His books VIII doubtless balance, anu
there can be picked out Of tAeu only tho evi-
dences of the extravagant expenditure OF I'm
mense sums of public money. 1t viii De I'M
possible to tell where shis money went, how IL
Is to be recovered, or who IL to be psnisnea
for the apparent frauds. No proof OF tndlvid-
usl rasoality is obtainsble until Garyey ana
Ingersoll and Keyser and Davidson can be com
PEELED to point out the plastering laid, the fur-
niture supplied, the plumbing DONE ana .no
safes furnished, and shall have been forced W
supply duplicates from their ov" BOOKS OF 'ne
bills showing the amount, nature prices, anu
totals of the work claimed to have been DONE
BY this means the responsibility OF dealers
and officials too may be fixed, and the City put
in the way Of getting its own again; ana IL
cannot be done unless the Citizens Joint Com-
mittee has the authority asked for.
New it seems to be very clear, from Mon-
DAYS proceedings, that the Board OF SuperU-
sors has MT any idea of granting any such power
If it can help it. Some of the Board know inc
result TO be exposure of themselves. Ihey
know that Watsons almost unlimited forgeres
of vouchers and bills will be exposed, and their
own negligence or completely in approving them
will be displayed as part OF the corruption OF
the Ring The share of the Supervisors In tne
Armory Swindle has been limited at before IN
these columns, and the evidence against them
accumulates daily; that in the hands OF the SUD
Committee on Armories appointed by the Citi-
zens' Committee is already startling. These are
considerations which, if true, would naturally
lead the Supervisors to refuse the authority asked
for. Their refusal will unquestionably be ac-
eepted as an effort'to to conceal the truth because
it hurts them, and we submit to Messs. Hall,
Barnard, and the rest, that they cannot afford
at this juncture, when the ballot-box is about
to be appealed to, to labor under additional
suspicious of this damaging sort.
There are other reasons as grave why this
power, clearly legitimate, should be granted
to the Committee of Citizens. When the
Chamber of Commerce declined to enter
upon an examination of the accounts, Rlng
Aldermen and Ring Supervisors selected
fifteen citizens who were to make the In
vestigation. 1t was the Ring officials them
selves who determined that instead OF there
being a single Joint Committee of Supervisors,
Aldermen, and Citizens, the latter formed
distinct Committee and were authorized and
indeed expected to inquire into the matter for
themselves and independently of Aldermen
and Supervisors. There was distinct promise
that the investigation should be free and full,
and we understand it is claimed by Mr..
Booth, the Chairman of the Citizens Commit
tee, that there was promise that this power
now asked should be granted. 1t is
obligatory on the Supervisors to redeem this
promise; it is due not only to the people but
to themselves. The people demand 1t in the
interests of honest government and of hnan-
cial reforms; and its refusal On the recon-
mendation of the Committee appointed will
arouse a cry of indignation deeper than Tam
many has yet heard. The Citizens Committee
is in the Court House to investigate thoroughly
every corruption, and not to whitewash Tam
many. If refused the power to make this in
vestigation thorough, they owe it to the people
to decline any further inquiry, which must OF
necessity be partial