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ssventy-Five thousand Dollars for Man
The last exploit of the New York Tam
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seventy-Five Thousand Dollars for n Man
The last exploit Of the New York Tam
many Democracy is more worthy of attention
ganization. 1t is only necessary to premise
that the leader of Tammany, and consequent
ly the absolute owner in fee simple VI 'no
Democrats in the Legislature, is aiunctionary
of immense. ill.gotten wealth, but OF notorl-
GUS moral character and great distinctlon as
an illiterate boor, known as "Boss Tweed
This Tweed, who is perhaps the most noto-
rious scoundrel in political life in the United
States, except his not less illustrious COM
peers, Fisk and Gould, has before the Legis-
lature numoer Of bills fra med for the pur-
pose ofputting money into his own pockets
which are already plethoric beyond all reason
able limits This being the situation at Al
bany, the New York Times describes the
manner in which the present crisis arose as
follows: ti am5
A member of the Assembly known as Jim
irving man very much like Tweed hlm'
self in general character, and, consequently,
great favorite with the "Boss"-took 1t INTO
his head to make violent personal assault on
II
fair was 10 have been hushed up, but the de-
spised country Democrats plucked up little
spirit, and gave Tweed TO understand that
ii he attempted to protect Irving, five or six
of them would resign, and so bring all his ior-
rays upon the public purse to a sudden end,
This scared Tweed, and as the least of two
evils be made Irving resign. What was the con
sequence? The Democrats had only sixty four
votes left to them and sixty-fve are necessity to
pass bill. Therefore, unless Republican
could be bought, Tweed's devices for filling
his own pockets out Of those Of the people
must come to sudden end. Now, among
other good results which have already been
accomplished by our incessant exposures Of
Tweed's rascaity, we have light to mention
this one-namely, that Republicans are a
good deal more shy of selling themselves than
they used to be. On this particular occasion
they acted in way which entities them to ap-
plause. They agreed, in body, to vote
against all TweedS pet bills, including the
bill to hand over the revenues of this City to
four notorious tricksters-and then left the
"Boss" to exchange oaths with Tom Fields,
over bowl of the famous Sunday punch
brewed specially for the occasion.
This man Fields is one of the Commission
ers of the Central Park-a vulgar, illiterate
man, who recently wanted to install the bless
ed St Patrick as patron saint of New ork,
and whose fingers are in every mess of dirt
which the Tweedtes mix up. On Thursday,
this enlightened representative of an intelli-
gent constituency, made what he doubtless
calls speech" on the course pursued by
Republicans. They had refused to be bribed
that was an objectionable offense in Fields
eye. They resolved to defend the interests of
the public-that was another. The gist of
the wretched stuff was this-Republicans had
no right to combine against the movements
of Dictator Tweed. They had pledged them
selves to vote for Tweed's' bills if Irving
were exp, He'd In saying this Mr.. Fields
initiated Young Winding, in play of Foote'S,
called The Liar. But that is trife. SRepub-
licans we've somehow to be "cornered,' and
SO an election law was introduced ordering an
immediate reelection in Irvipg's district
This law was defeated Friday, the Republi
cans standing 6rin-all honor TO them-and
now Tweed finds that the money bags upon
which he had put his hand are suddenly
placed under lock and key.
But alas the Times and all the other Re-
publican papers were premature in their re-
joicings over the integrity of the Republicans
OF New York Legislature. 1t was feared
that the magnifcence Of Tweed's brides
would prove too much for the virtue of some
one of the sixtyfour Radical members of the
Assembly who had signed the pledge repudi-
atng Tammany and its works But it was
joyfully proclaimed Friday that the $4,000
oderedb y the great corruptionist had found as
yet no taFers. On Saturday, however, all was
changed. Tweed and Gould, Tammany and
Erie, acting in concert, were able to convince
one Winans, member of the Assembly from
Chatauqua, the one by the offer of SIS 600.
and the other by pledge of continuing him
in the position he holds as an Erie employee,
that it was his duty to vote with the Democ-
racy. So that the world is denied for the
present the astonishing spectacle of class of
lncorruptible legislators at Albany, and all OF
Tweed's schemes will now be enacted into
laws without difficulty.