The New York herald., 1871-09-18
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Comptroller ConuoiIy-A strange Rumor.

COmptroiIcr COnuOily-A Strange RuDOr.
From the New York World.J
A rumor reaches US OF so groesqne and ridiculous
character That We should be constrained to dis
credit IL II 1t diI not come through such channels
and with such stamp or authenticity as 10 render
true, Mr.. Connolly has furnished the most notable
illustration that has come to our knowledge OF
drowning man catching at straw. The story Is
has appointed Andrew II. Green Deputy Comptro-
Ter, and that Mr. Green, after advising with q
1riend, wn0m he follows as shadow, has consented
to serve We learn that the thing was talked over
last night az the dinner table of TINS friend aud that
Mr; Green ana & ms adviser have concluded, oy lSlnt
best to shield him from the proper consequences
OF the Official malleasance OF wnlcn he has just
been adJudged guilty by judicial tribunal II IS
further ruinored that persons or whom the demOc-
racy certainly do not expect it have been holding
secret conclaves with republicans and acting
skulking part which they have not the moral or
political courage to avow. II this be so the TACT Is
pretty sure TO come to light, aud the concealed
allies O the republican party press must expect to
lace the music and bear The full responsibility OF
their SLY lnrlgues.
to come 10 the aid OF Mr.. Connolly IN his extremity
and act as his Deputy Comptroller he cannot COM
scrutiny. Why % Should w he ' wish to- to sc screen ie
Comptroller Connolly from the consequences
of q jndcial, CO., ,condemnaYqn' W9at ls tns
sudden friendship for Mr.. CONNOLLY Connolly Does
Mr.. Green believe that Connolly is an innocent
and injured man2 Does he believe that this injured
man's innocence has been unjus,ly aspersed Dy
Judge Barnard, by every member OF MIR Foey's
counsel III the IN uncuon suit. and by the unani-
nous press and public opinion or the city? Ii TINS
Is Mr. GREEN'S belief 1t is credable to his cnivalry
that he enters with such aacrlty into confidential
knght-errant makes himself the champion OF the
weak and falen. At any time within the last year,
and especially WITHIN the last week, Andrew Ii.
Green and Richard b. Connolly would have been
tho1ght queer pair OF YOKE fellows and the most
unlikely OF any Two men IN the Guy to be ioand
trlte proverb tnat politics makes strange bed
fellows. The public Interpretation put upon TINS
may perhaps be tnat Alr. Green hates MI.
Sweeny because he mas not got on comfortably with
him III the Central Park Commission, and fancying
that Connolly mas cause TO dislike Mr.. Sweeny too
he makes an alliance, offensive and defensive with
the man whom he has always professed TO regard as
the biggest knave In the Tammany pack. Is Y
alliance with Judcially branded man, aud become
his subordinate and factotum In order to spite Mr.:
Sweeny, because MIR. Sweeny has not recognized
Mr. Green'S preJensons as member 0l the Central
Park Commission?
singular manGuvre ? WIN his induction into the
Office OF Deputy Comptroller under CONNOLLY wipe
out and cancel the frauds with which tha5 ohlcer
stands charged? VIII not Green, on the contrary,
be regarded as an accomplice aterthe fact2 Having
always professed TO regard Connolly as thlef how
does he reconcile to his honor and his conscience
to become the associate, screen and chiei factotum
OF the same man, when he has Just been judlcaIly
branded as little better than "highway robber?n
And does Mr.. Green really suppose that his name
has any such potency as TO whtewash and acquit a
man whom court and an endorsing, unanimous
community have put in the pllory as the chief insl
gator and abettor OF gigantic frauds? why should
Andrew II. Green consent to screen Richard Is. Con-
molly In such crisis as this, when Connolly is sink
ing under the accumulated weight OF judicial con-
demnation and intense public odium? 1t is the
most marvellous prostitution OF pure reputation
that we ever heard OF.
II Connolly is guilty OF the malieasance with which
he stands charged, the saving grace OF Mr. Green's
su iden friendship cannot make hlm innocent. he
cannot dissolve the injunction by changing one
OF ms suDordlnatcs. And, what IS more
important, he cannot by any such shallow and
ridiculous device shield himself from the coming
impeachment. The Court OF Common Pleas,
before whom Ma Connolly Is TO be tried, VIII not ac-
cept so trivial q trick as the appointment OF u new
that deputy is Andrew II. Green. A thief might as
well expect to escape justice by assuming new
alias: And when Connolly is deposed from Office by
ine Cout Of Common Pleas, what Will become Ol his
new factOtum. Green2
The occupant OF the ofllce Of Deputy Comptr olier
stands or falls with the Comptroller who appoints
him. Mr. Green can Take this o.tce only by the
election OF Mr. StOrrs MIR. Storrs has always been
uoer. Why. then, does Mr.. Connolly turn him
\ sOutl He cannot take such step without
k,cOndemping himself; for II Mr.. Storrs be
NOT az proper person Tor Deputy Comptroller
him so long in the place. Mr.. Green, seduced 10y
bad advisers, has lent himself to skulking intrigue
to shield Connolly ana prevent the appointment o
thoroughly upright man like General Mcclellan VI
Mr.. Belmont to the COMPROMISING. This prepos
ferrous fetch Is not credltabe either TO Mr. Green OF
his sly advisers, and 1t cannot save Mr.. Connolly.
Ii Connolly Is innocent It Is idle TO make charges
against tie Tammany ring. II he Is guilty, Mr..
Green and his hidden prOmpters are acting u most
dlsrepnlabe part in their desperate attempt TO ss-
tain and screen him.
from the Times olice correspondence which, IN
all essentials, confirms the singular ruinOr on which
We have commented. THIS correspondence VIII be
found III other columns.