Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-09-20
TAMMANY.
correspondsnce---Letters from 0'6Ormah
and General Mcclellan.
On the Track Of the Thief who StOls the
Vouchers.
The "Tammany BannSr"---An Organ for the
Ring.

NEW YORK, September 10.-Rich
ard O'GOrman has written a lettel
TO Mayor Hall, In which he says:
at seems to me that in your future
course in the matter of the office o
comptroller, you should be governed
more by the consideration of eXpe-
diency and sound policy..ths by those
merely strictly legal rights or power
If it had been your desire to bring
| about the accession Of a new incumb
ent into the off1cs Of comptroller, you
seem to me to have entrusted every
legal expedient that could have sug-
gested itself to you for that
purpose. Even at the risk OF
some apparent inconsistency, /
1 now advise you not to make an
other appointment, but to Withdraw
your notice to the various depart
ments and to treat with Connolly as
comptroller. II you do not think
him entitled to fIl the Office de jIre,
by treating him as comptroller de
| fdctO YOU will adopt a course which
| is. in nv opinion, necessary to pre-
vent financial difficulties and com 5li-
cations, and thus give cOuntenance TO
| that public excitement and sense Of
insecurity which a prolonged legal
controversy in this case would in
tensify. It should be borne in mind,
also, that long before that controversy
could be determined a new legisla-
ture will have assembled, who will then
be able more calmly and deliberately
to consider any matters connected
with this case which may be properly
submitted to their consideration.
"Yours faithfully,
"RICHARD O'GORMAN f"
The following is General McClel-
Isn's letter declining the Office of
comptroller:
aHON. A. o. HALL-DenF Sir: I
have the honor 70 acknowledge the
recent of your letter Of the 18th inst,
conveying to me the very flattering
offer Of the compTollership Of this
city. While 1 should willingly rem
der service to the public, were it in
my power, in an emergency like this,
nevertheless due regard for my pub
lie and private duties at this time
compel me to decline the appointment.
With my sincere thanks for the COM
pliment you paid me, I am very truly
yours, GEO. B. MCCLELLAN.
Deputy Comptroller Greene this
morning gave directions for the i'm
mediate preparation Of a schedule OF
ali officers Of the different depart
ments, with the date OF their appoint
ment, their salaries and the nature OF
the duty performed by each.
A circular to the heads OF all depart
ments to be issued from the comp
troller's Office relative to their duties
is in preparation.
The person who is suspected of hav.
ing stolen the vouchers from the
cOmptrOller's Office Is said TO be a
political hanger-On about the City
Hall, The clerk Of the mayors Office
SAYS that a man came and told him
that he had seen another man on the
night of the burglary going through
the City Hall with large bundle of
papers in his possession. Dseming,
in the absence OF the mayor, the
mans information to be OF import
ance, the clerk had him arrested.
The first number Of a Democratic
campaign paper, to be named the
IdmnaG1gy BdSs5er, is to be published
on Wednesday. 1t is to be in the iu-
terest Of Tweed and Chandler. The
committee Of seventy to-day sent a
communication to Mayor Hall re-
questing him instanter to cause pro-
ceedings to be commenced by corpo-
ration counsel against all members Of
the Tammany ring, including him.
self, for the recovery Of the property
alleged to be stolen from the city.
They also agree and insist upon fur
nishing counsel 90 conduct the pro.
ceedings in connection with the cor
pOration counsel, and agree to pay all
expenses attending the same. Up to
tonight no response has been receiv-
ed to the letter.
O'GOrman has written another let
ter to Mayor Hall, in which he ex-
presses the opinion that legal steps
should be taken to recover the moneys
paid by the city on grossly extrava
CANT contracts, and asks for the
mayors instructions in the premises.
The mayor replies that O'GOrmsn
is the head of the law department,
and has full discretion to bring any
action at law that he may see at, for
promoting the good name of the city,
or benehtting its treasury, and leaves
the matter solely in his hands.