Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-20
TUNNEL CELEBRATION.
Our New York Dispatches.
The Tammany Fight, etc.

New YORK, Sept. 19--Gen. Mcclellan, in an
interview last night at bis residence near Or
ange, N. D., declared that soon after he received
| the letter from Mayor Hail. offering him the DO
stion of con troler, he ldeclined the office verb
| ally and emphatically to the mayor and yester-
day afternoon sent to the mayors office q writ
| ten refusal TO accept the unenViable place. Nc
| Clellan said he could see little hope of any ex-
PLANTATION being made that will restore confidence
| in the integrity of any one who has been in any
way connected with the city finances. He
| thought the appointment Of Green should salts
| fly ALL except those influenced by the most rep
| rehensible party motives. Gen. Mcclellan said
| if the position had been offered him a week ago
| he might have accepted it, if advised to do so
| by the most prominent men of both parties.
George Aufibe, said TO be hanger-on about
| the mayors office, was arrested last Wednesday
afternoon, and is still in jail, and no person is
allowed to communicate with him. Connolly
| said yesterday that he believed Auibe to be the
man who stole the vouchers, and to have been
put up job by the "ring" as desperate resource
| to force him TO resign.
A secret meeting of democrats opposed to the
Tammany rule was held at Apollo hall last
night About one hundred and fifty prominent
| democrats were present. 1t was the general i'm
preston that a trap had been laid by Tammany
TO catch the refOrmerS, and when Mooney moved
that committee of one from each ward be APP
pointed as a committee organization by the
chairman, Samuel G. Courtney, L. b. Roose-
welt said that there were four great democratic
organizations to be consolidated-the demo-
cratic union TO which he belonged, the Mozart
union, the Ledwith party and the young democ-
racy, and he suggested rs an amendment TO
Moneys motion to have committee of twelve,
three members to be appointed by leading men,
bers of each of the parties named. He proposed
that Andrew H. Green should appoint three,
Judge Ledwith three, O'Brien three and three
should be appointed by himself as leader Of the
rt.,iDy III
| and Borse all objected strenuousy to this ar
| rangement. A long discussion followed, and
| upon the chairman declaring that Moneys mo-
ton was carried, Roosevelt and his friends with
| drew from the hall. Courtney Immediately adj
| journed the meeting.
| EvENING.-The municipal situation is decid-
| edly more peaceful this afternoon, and pros
| poets of an adjustment, at least temporary, of
| the quarrel between Hall and Connolly is en-
| couraging. Mayor Hall received to-day a let
| trr from Gen. Mcclellan, formally declining the
office of controller, and an opinion from Rich
ard O'Gorman, advising him, from considera-
| tons of eXpediency and sound policy, to give
up his opposition to Connolly, waving what
ever legal and technical powers he may have in
the matter; and it is reported this evening, on
good authority, that he will accept the situation
withdraw his notice to the heads of departments,
and recognize Green as deputy and acting con-
troller OGorman, nihiS opinion, says: Lii
cation, if once begun, would be protracted,
tedious,and damaging the credit the city. He
IelliGs me may tiaI ne mas alreauy exhausted
oyrely IeSa eApeulent " PIocule tue accession OF
tue he" controlieI' even al tle FISK oi some APP
paIeut lnJ9nslstevy, anu lnut, Iols oeIore the
matter might be settled by the legislature. Hall
a i! oMeeny, win lilenus, were III consultation
tnis atterIoon' anu tl f eurIent OF opinion was
T U,gy strong III lavor Oh accepting OConoTs and
u9rniall ; 9pinlons ald McCiellanS letters as
coaeuSlve ~ IL iepotteu Ihat Connolly resig-
haJs "a % an1 MAYOR Is now IN the