New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-29

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-t'"s : f5o - go .CoxrB1nlr ROADS,
witch is in the STATE S & zsaa'i r. H.
am y the sere and yeller Lest, and he
seen muehuv politics, but never in my lif
dAd aver go . convenshuh % BEAUTIFUL,
!, managed Nx the late Democretic CONVEX
shun ct Rochester, Moo York. wAz Their
" speshel iuvitashen nv my old ffienl
1eeonls 06hsughnessy, nv the isaxth ward
Noe York, who, since ! left the Harp u,
worldly pint Nv view. He WIZ then hod
carrier By profession and . repeater b.
practice. He attracted the fstSentioH "
NJ. Twe9d. by his zeal in votin and hi
bravery IN knockil down opposishen voters
au9 wuz NV course rewarded. He Is nov
'aesietaueiAsp6etor nv musket triggers nv tn,
2mth. feStuental armOry,G at . alary ~
YSv per month, sk00l inspector in the sixth
ward ct salary Of el0O per month, . NJ
tnhty.socond assistant law adviser to thu
c00m!esson for cOndemning private prop
erty, for streets and SIGH, at . salary 1306l
per year, besides which he hez . tenth in
tefeet in the contract for keepin the glass il
repair Nv the two back winders nv two ar
| m0Etes, Ontuv which he made &l0, 900 in the
hrst sig months. He waz tn hev he'd the
contrack for the two. front winders in addi
ton, but the raid the people made ON the
ring busted that. He hez, however, invest
ed largely in city lots, and wears kid gloves
end diamond ez big as peachstone.
and Gerna9s kin be beat down and the con-
troll Of Noe York left with the Irish, where
it belongs, be will be tolerably well off in q
year or two. tl@c
Dennis, bein nv consequence in the party,
wuA OF course, in the private counsels Nv
the managers Nv the StxtN convenshun. He
and Tweed, Sweeney, Mayor Han, Keyser,
Garwln and the entire cOnvocashen wuz at
kochester, though nobody knowed It. They
vent in speshel private car, and he'd pr.
vate rooms ct the Osborne Hotel, with Q
private wire runnin directly to the hall into
witch the convenshun wuz held. It wuz the
most impressive scene ever Witnessed
one wich these old eyes will probably never
LOOK onto agin. Their in an esq chair sOt
one iaan directing the deliberashens NV
convenahun nv the great State Of Moo York,
one brain thinkip for thousand, one hand
guidtn a thousand. He directed the con-
venrhuh to cheer when Seymour name wuz
announst ez delegate, and they cheered;
ne directed EN- to reject the Tammany dele
CATION from the city, and they wuz rejected;
d 1e an sS9 EN- to DO everything that WIZ
my great Sir" sed l, in establishment at
the power be welded. why don't you 90
over TO the hall and direct the convenshunl"
my gentle cir, I" retorted he, with bland
smile, es he dictated Q message directin NV
the conYenshun to cheer when the rejection
OF the Tammany delegates was announced,
my dear sir, ] am there! There's hun
dred nv my threats shoutin this mint
there's twe hundred nv MY hands clappin
vociferously at this mint. There's great
many Of me in that hail. -. -
After the adjournment Nv the convenshun
LOT dinner, the chairman of the committee
on ressloOshens come into the room to submit
the reeo!oeshens they he'd prepared, that
they might be shOor they wood meet Mr..
Tweed's idees. The great man read EN- at.
and handed Nv en- back.
They wont do" sed he, sententiously.
I'm what respeck are they faulty T. asked
the chairman, Obsequiously.
with . smile still more bland than the first,
,..woodent it be well enough to put in reso
iooshen denOuncin cOrrupshep, in general
terms. nv course, apecifyin partikerlerly,
however, the especial corrupshen Nv the
nashnel government, aud that Nv States
which is under radikal controlf'
The sublimity Nv sieh a sejestion comm
from Tweed struck the chairman all Nv q
heap.
Certainly / will, eff 700 wish it, sed he,
but sposed-that is, my idee wuz-in
general way, 700 know, that the least sed
about corrupehen, in view uv-weu, am
list now holding place wich pays some
hin like ten thOu-but never mind, it shell |
10 DONE" ..tl
Then agin," said Tweed, smilin still |
1lander and with the famtest sejestion ov a |
wink in his left eye, Il would sejest that |
ron pledge the Democratic party to hon.
'st and economical expendit0Or nv the pub |
ic funds!' -
The chairman turned pale with surprise,
.ut he conceded. Every body comedies with
Tweed. 90 tGs
'.And while 700 are at it, continued The
'reat chieftain with smile, the blandnis
" witch can't be deskribed, '.yoo he'd better
nut in . rel0eooshen denouncin the pro-
Sa0a1aDsEementu ~ Mattess N
700 York city, but maxim it, mind 700, ez
he legitimate result NV Radical legislashen
our yeern ago. Draw up this resOl00shen
o es to make it plain that it's me yoor driv-
D ct. without exactly namin me-"
why, what she'll we"
Don't 60 on, my friend,'' sed Tweed,
milin . smile which for blandnis excelled
be most delishus Joon morning, '.it's much
etter to hey the corrupshen denounst by
than BY the enemy, partikelerly ez we
now more definitely about it, And !
ould sejest that yoo hev resolOoshen,
Oddly challengin comparison between
re Repubhkin and Democratic administra-
tins Nv the State and city governments,
nd there he smiled with a blandnis which
as heyenly, ez he fingered most gigantic
amOnd on the little finger of his left hand,
nd slipped glass of champagne1 any little
ling witch 700 kin throw in ez to the neces-
ty NV . return to the simplicity Nv our
critan fathers wood be we'll"
The chairman wuz too effected to saw q ,
ord, but he made the necessary notes,
I'd cestin one lock Nv astonishment ct the
'eatness of his cheef, who sat there smilin !
andy, retired from the presence.
But the great mans work wuz not vet
me. He promptly TELEGRAPH every promi- ]
mt Democratic editor and politishn in the I
ate to denOunce him in the bitterest j
rms, and then tellin the convention who i
Z nominate and what else to do, went !
Jme.
There Is agreatness and grandeur in this l
an wich can't sufficiently admire. Some
en- wood be 80 pulled up with the possession
Z the twenty-five millions wich he hex made {
to insist uDOn an endorsement nv tho nartv |