Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-25
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New York, Sept. 4.-It is reported that
members of the ring are transferring their
property to friends not involved in the public
frauds. Tweed transferred $4,000, on deposit
in the Union square bank, Thursday, to his son,
and has recently sold nearly s. 100000 worth Of
real estate.
The general committee of the democratic union
last evening passed resolutions declaring it is the
desire of the German democracy to make com
mon cause with all honest democrats against
the corrupt influences in the party, and that Ger
mans will send a separate delegation to the
Rochester convention if such union is not per-
feetcd.
A committee of fifty-two have been appointed
by Samuel }. Courtney, chairman of the anti
Iammany meeting recently held at Apollo hall
to propose plan of organization to be submit
ted at tue next meeting for approval that should
fully provide for full and fair representation
of all democrats in the general committee who
are opposed TO the present city government.
The clearing house association Yesterday
readily granted Acting Controller Green's re-
quest for loan OF S5OO,0O0, to meet the pay
ments now pressing.
The examination of Mrs. Haggerty, one of
the alleged voucher thieves, before Judge Led
with, was postponed. EX-Iudgc William c.
Barrett, counsel for the prosecution, stated TO
Judge Ledwith that he, Barrett, had not-as al
ieged IN some newSpaEcrS-cOnSeuted to release
Mrs. 1aggerty; nor had he any consultation with
1t was prearranged at the last meeting of the
board of supervisors that they should consider at
the next meeting the question whether the com
Ulttee of seventy would be vested with the
power Of summoning before them the public of
ticials to be examined on oath--men who have
had dealings with the city government, and
whose bills are charged as eXhorbitant, and of
demanding that the public documents should
be submitted for their inspection.
Ldter.-Ihe municipal situation remains I'M
changed and public attention is now directed to
the meeting of supervisors to morrow for the next
important movement. Mayor IL all still refuses
to recognize Deputy Controller Green, saying
that, if he should address him any cOmmunica-
ton, he would take no notice of it, and in
reply to those who urge his resignation, yesGer
day caused to be cOnspicuousy posted in city
hall placard, inscribed:
"Elected LIST of January, 1871, for two years end
ing the 31st of December, 1872
That is my answer"
A large meeting of builders, at Brevoort hall
was held last evening, to consider the frauds
and abuses in the administration of that depart
ment OF the city government, and arrangements
were made for mass meeting on the subject
at Cooper institute, Wednesday evening.
The Post says; "rhe city is in danger of vio-
lencc, and the sooner our citizens are deeply in
pressed with this fact the better for the public
safety. There are demagOgues who appear on
both sides of the political contest over reform,
control, useful III case of civil war or riot and
useful for nothing else except repeating at the
polls. There is little doubt that the arrest of
any one of the leading c0nspirators at this time
would result in riot on alarge scale. We hope
to see such arrests made very soon, but they
ought to be accompanied with ample Drepara-
tons for keeping the peace, The facts already
known concerning the robberieS of vouchers
throw strong suspicion upon Mr.. VIM NJ
Tweed, anu there is clam0r for his arrest under
charges. In answer to this his followers say
that no prison in New York can hold Mr.. Tweed,
and no court will dare commit him. Thousands
of men met in the streets last night to do him
honor, as the leader of the lawless classes, the
organizer of systematic corruption, the chief of
all bribers, ballot box suffers and repeaters, and
there is no doubt that many of these men would
fight for him in any conflict between HIM and
the law"
The Mail, whose editor is one of the commit
tee of seventy, has the following in answer to
the growlings which have been growing louder
daily throughout the city at the lack of results
of their labor: at is safe to say to impatient
spirits that the work is going bravely on. Pre-
cipitate action might spoil everything. There
is crafty foe to be attacked, and he is sup
piled with the best of all the munitions ofwar-
money. The ring is more extensive than is
generally believed, including not only the Uer-
sons who purpoSely dictate its operations, but
permcating with its influence the bench and the
nifty. All are interested in screening the recent
transactions, and will spare neither money nor
influence to cover their tracks. The committee
must of necessity proceed cautiously, taking
care to make no failure. A few days more and
they will be ready for as vigorous action as
even the most impatient can DESIRE"
The citizens committee of seventy have is
sued an appeal in the shape of an address to
the people of the state After recountng the
manner OF and reasons for the formation of
their body, they claim that as far as they have
acted as vet, they have done al for the good of
the whole public without the least partisan
bias and allege that they have proofs of the
of their course from both demo-
Gratis and republicans, who have given them
their earnest support, They say: ave appeal
to citizens of both parties to save us aud the
state from the possibility of another such deg
radiation as has fallen on all of us, from Mon
taull Point to the weSternmost and northern
most corners of New York 1t lies easily in
your power to so assert the honest manhood
that ought to prevail in both parties that no
such legislatures as those of the last few years
will be possible during the rest of this century.
No private business, no partisan end, can be as
important 10 any rightmnded citizen as the
plain duties that are thrown on him by the re- |
cent deplorable revelations"
The address then refers to the official cOrrup-
ton in both parties, engendered by the circunl-
stances attending the late war and continue as
follows: I'm this city, where one political party
has had unchecked rule for so many years, and
where millions could be stolen from its tax pay
ers without imposing extra burdens that were
ielt as onerous by so wealthy constituency, it
Is nor strange that the prevailing corruption
should have broken out in aggravated forms,
nor that all the evil elements in our community
should have finally been combined into an APP
parently irresistible phalanx. No such mass of
pad material was elsewhere to be found waiting
sneh mastery alliance OF corrupt leaders to