The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-11-16
NASRY AT ROCHESTER,.
What the Confederate x Roads Ex.
Postmaster Saw at the Tammany
State Convention.

What the Confederate x Roads Ex-
Postmaster Saw at the Tammany
State Convention.
| From the Toledo Blade,
/ CONFEDERIT x ROADS
(wich is in the State of Kentucky,
| Oct 14th, 1871.
| am IN the sere and yeIler leaf, and
hev seen much of politics, but never In
my life did ever see venshun so
beautifully managed ez the late Demo
cratic Conveeshun at Rochester, Moo
York. | wuz there by speshel invitation
Nv nv old friend Dennis y 'Shoughnessy
Nv the Sixth Ward, Moo York, who,
since left the Harp Nv Erin Sloon, has
improved wonderfully in worldly pint
Nv view. He was then bod carrier by
profession and repeater by practice.
He attracted the attention Wv MIR. Tweed
by his zeal in votin and his bravery in
knochin down opposishen voters, and was
Nv course rewarded. He is now Assis-
tant Inspector Nv Musket Triggers Nv
the Niush regimcntal Armory, at sa-
larry of three hundred dollars per month,
Skool Inspector ia the Sixth ward, at a
salary of $40O per month, and Thirty
second Assistant Law Advisor to the
commission for condemning private prop
erty, for streets and SIGH Eat salary O.
Sd, QUO per year besides which he hazf
tenth interest in the contract for keep
in the glass in repair of the two back
winders Nv two Armories, out Of which
he made $4,000 in the first six months.
He was tn hev the contrack for the two
front winders in addition, but the raid
the people made on the Ring busted that
He hez, however, invested largely in city
lots, ane wears kid gloves and diamond
ez big ez peachstone. Dennis said that
eff the Internal Amerikens and Germans
York left with the Irish, where it belongs
he will be tolerbly we'll off in a year or
two.
Dennis. being NV consequence in the
party wnz of course, In the private coun-
sells NV the managers Nv the State Con-
venshun. He and Tweed, Sweeny, Ma
yer Hail.; Keyser, Garvin, and the entire
convocashun was at Rochester though
nobody knowcd it. They went in a spe-
shel private car, and had private rooms
at the Osborne House, with a private
wire runnin directly to the hall into
which the convenshun was held. 1t wuz
the most impressive scene L ever witnest
one which these old eyes will probably
meyer look onto agin. There in an esy
chair sot one man directing the dellbera-
shun Nv convenshun Nv the great State
Nv Moo York-one brain thinkin for
thousand-one hand guidin a thousand
He directed the Convenshun to cheer
when Seymour's name wuz announst ez
delcgat, and they cheered-he directed
them to reject the Tammany delegashun
from the city, and they wuz rejected--he
directed EN- to do everything that Wuz
done aud they did it.
MY great sir, sed [, in astonishmen
at the power he welded, why don'tyou
go over to the hall and direct the Con-
venshun?"
My gentle Sir" retorted he, with
bland smile, ez BIC dictated message dl-
recting of the Convenshun to cheer when
the rejection of the Tammany delegates
was announced. my dear Sir, L AN THERE
There a hundred of my throats a shout
in this minit-there' $ a hundred Of nag
hats goin up the ceilin this mint
there is two hundred Of my hands clap
in vociterously at this mint. There's a
great many Of me in that hall. y
After the adjournment OF the Conven-
shun for dinuer, the chairman Nv the
Committee on Resolooshens came into
the room to submit the resoloeshens they
had prepared, that they mite be shoor
they wood meet Mr.. Tweed idees. The
great man read em attentIvely and hand
ed some NV em back.
They won't do," sed he sentatious-
ly. a,,
"Iu what respect are they faulty 2''
asked the Chairman obsequiously.
"Woodent it be we'll enough" sed
Tweed with smile still more bland than
.ne nrst, "wouldent it be well enough to
uut Ill a resoiushun denouncln cOrrup-
shen, in general terms, Nv coorse. specl-
flying partickerlerly, however the espec-
| ,al corrupshen of the National Govern
ment, and that Nv States wich is under
| Radical control
| The sublimity Nv sich sejestion COM
in from Tweed struck the Chairman all
Nv heap. :,
s.Certrinly l will, eff you wish it, sed
he, but | sposed-that is my ldee wuz,
in general way, yeo know, that the least
sed about corrupshen, In view uv-well
| am jist now hoitin IA place which pays
somethin like ten thou-but never mind
it shell be don."
Then agin, said Tweed, smilin still
bIander, and with taintest sejestion OF a
| wink In his lett eye, Il would .ejest that
you pledge the Democratic parry to be
honest and economical expeniitoor Nv
the public funds u
The Chairman turned pale with sur
prise, but he coiucided, Every body
comedies with Tweed.
And while you are at 1t, continued
the great chieitain with smile, the bland
ness NV which can be described, "yoo
| he'd better put in resolooshen denounc-
| in the profieacy Nv the management Nv
matters in Moo York city, but maxim 1t,
mind VOC, ez the legitimate result OF Ra-
dical legislaShun four years ago. Draw
up this resolooshen so as to make 1t pla IN
that's me you drivin at, without exactly
namin me.
why, what shell we
Don't 20 on, my friend" sed Tweed
smilin a smile WEIGH for blandnis ex-
celled the most delishus JoGn morning.
it's much better to have the corrupshun
denounst by US than by the enemy, par
tikerleriy ez we know more definitely
about it. And | would sejest that yoo
hev res, looshen, boldly challenging a
comparison between the Republican and
Democratic administration OF the State
and City Governments, and (here she
smiled with blandis which was heaven
", ez he fingered most gigantic dla-
mond on the little finger of his lett hand
and slipped a glass of champagne) any
little thing Witch you kin throw In ez to
the necessity Nv a return to the slmpllsl
ty NV our Puritan fathers wood be we'll.
The Chairman wuz too affected to say
a word, but he made the necessary notes
aud castin one look Nv astOnlshment at
the greatness of his cheet, smiiin blandly
retired from the presence.
:. But the great man's work wuz not yet
done. He promptly telegrafs every
prominent Democratic editor and politish
en- in the State to denounce him 10 the
bitterest terms, and then tells the Con.