Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-08-04
The Tammany Exposures.

nome 10 lncm uN inc ~ l. A"'tS' AN 49,
response appeared as an editorial in the n.
Y. leader, and was a simple reiteration oil
the old allegation that the Times was mad
and malicious because it lost the corporation
printing, and that its figures were surrepti-
tiously obtained To this the Times replies
that 1t voluntarily relinquished the printing;
and that the question at issre,is not whether
the city owes George Jones a bill, nor yet
whether the Times obtained the damaging
figures from dishonest ex-employe of the
controller. The question is whether the fg-
ures are accurate; whether the public money
has been stolen as alleged.
The World also comes to the rescue, but it
makes even a poorer fist of it than the Leader.
1t deyotes half column TO the sins Of Mr..
George Jones on the old lawyer rule, "when
you have no case, abuse the attorney on the
other side" 1t admits that - Questionable
claims have been paid, but tries to defend
its friends by the declaration that these ez-
posures only touch the ." old regime " in the
city government and DO not affect the new.
This subterfuge is intended for those who are
not well enough posted to know that the
ruling spirits f the old regime were the same
as the new The new is old, the old is
new only, under the new regime, Tweed,
Sweeny, Hall y Co. have, if possible, more
unrestricted power than before.
But Mayor Hall also essays a reply over
his own signature; and what Of this is not
crawfshing is a distinct confession Of judg-
ment. The nub of it is in the following SEN
tence:
The claims alluded to by the Times sre large
and they may have been exOrbitsnt, but no res
possibility for them really rests with either the
comptroller or myself They were all sudited by
the late land what 10 known as the old board
of supervisors, abolished when the new city gov
eminent Was insugursted, and most Of the audit
ing occurred nearly two years ago.
To this the Times most pertinently replies
that Hall and Connolly were not obliged to
sign warrants for claims, which they knew to
be swindles, merely because they once passed
the board of supervisors. 1t adds
1t is well known that the leading spirit of the
old board of supervisors was " Boss - Tweed,
and whatever stealing was done in that board
Tweed got the Lions share Yet when Mayor
Hall made his appointments of heads Of depart
ments under the new charter, who did he ap-
point as heal of the department Of public works
the department which, above all others, sf-
l. for m1ula ont
expenditure of the public money None other
than Boss Tweed. But the old board Of su-
persisors has been out Of existence for nearly a
year and half The present board is composed
of the aldermen and the mayor the mayor is
president of the board, and his single vote can
defeat any measure that comes before it, On
Hall, therefore, rests the tole responsibility for
any ard all acts Of the present board. Now, we
desire TO Ark Mayor Hall two questions which We
have already asked twice before, and which have
not been answered Did OF did not the board of
supervisors, st their meeting on the first or sec
ond week in June last, approve and pass bill
Of one Kenney, carpenter, Of the Twenty-hTst
ward. for twenty-eight thousand dollars, pur-
porting to be for carpenter work done in the
marine court ROOM If yea, then We desire to
ark what is the fair value of the work donel We
stand ready TO furnish twenty respectable car
penters, who understand their business. and who
would lie glad to do the work for six hundred
dollars.
Now that the mayor and his confeierates are
driven to bay, they ssy-"All the Controllers
accounts will be shortly published" By that
statement the mayor hopes to belittle the damn
ing figures we are now placing before the public.
We have had the same promise from the mayor
many times and instead of the Controllers &C
counts, statement Wnlch was PsipaDly uOc-
toTei was made puohc rev weeks ago. lie
cannot put US on the scent now uy Inc same
transparent dodge-
-...- - -.
MeAh1ilne the i"''tS ooii'iiiu'9 III io'eia-
tons. We copy from its columns, as
foIlows.
We publish to-day the account Oh Andre~ j.
Carney, for plastering ana repairs done cnieny
to the new eour,-nouse-lor is SUI Prsing
TACT inst atnougn tne new cour'-nouse Is nut ye,
finished, ana large sums Oh moLey are soteu
every now snu 'nen ior us conipieuon' nunuieus
OF thoussnds nave alrea,y Deeh spent IN repair
ing It, when man Is oulldings mouse ne uoes
not ususly expect 70 nave long oil Iro "a 'ie
architect for repairs but Messrs- nan ana
Connolly had no hesitation IN signing tne war
rants ior the WORK uohe' or supposei 10 oe uone,
by AndIeW ), harvey II Will DC observer 'nA'
the same cSreiessness WIN regAru 70 uS'es snoHh
IN these wonderful accounts extends even 10 tne |
persons IN whore names the cheeks were sup
posed to be made out mus on December %
1869, check was drawn Tor 500 10 favor
Of one rhnppo D o. r. ms was IN
dorsed oy fn'liip DummeS -proosoy
transaction thsn that Of " Donsrumma Three |
another
wss made de out for ponsrumms and this time !.
-. ;naors,d 90 Film n,mnip Tho confusion |
in the minds Of Connolly and Hall with regard |
T,,ie consaousnce seeing that the checks were
,Iso ;ndor,ed bg ] Garyev. 80 that We NAV |
corclu3e th., the money found lis wsv into the |
hsnds for which II Wa, intended
d, -, =, -.
as u o 'i,'ei . NV -PeIse' =.
the ~oiiS' ~ nuue" "a H. "a ,ne
snything recorded 6 IN 'he ArselAl Nlgn 1 On
and rensirs no less than s45, 966 S9-thst is to |
say. warrants were made out in his name for
that amount h' '9Ia1 recelp's ,nS' tane InOn,n
a had month, return for a plssterer. He beat
that, however, in May, 1870, when he was lucky |
enough to receive Sooi;ol4 an lor NSrk
again in the following month Gunel when his |
work for part Of two months appears to have
oeen ~or1n 80, loii :, u, June oeing 'aus
warrants deemed it best to jump back to April