New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-01-21
MUNICIPAL TRICKSTERS.
CONTROLLER CoNNoLLY's REPoRT-TAMMANY
DOUBLE-DEALING.


DOUBLE-DEALING.
The anxiety which has been manifested by
the actual Taxpayers Of this city TO obtain access 10
Controller Richard H. Connolys report for 1882 and also
TO his quarterly reports from September &c. 1863 10 the
present time, has caused the adoption of notable sub
terfuge by the leaders OF TaInmany Hail. few days
age Mr. Connolly applied to for copy Of his report
for 1862 which suppressed previous to the last eiec
ton that 1t might not be used in exposing the exaVa-
CANT expenditures incident TO enriehing the Tamhiy
leaders and running their machine. He replied that
was the hands Of the printer. and that II wouid
be ready for distribution in few days.
Yesterday, having again been applied to Tor
n COPY of the report he said: "Under the new charter
the annual reports are be completed on the LIST oil
May beginning with the LIST Of next May. hope aitr
that to be able TO render my quarterly reports regularly
to the Common Council and to the Board OF Supervisors
They will order them le and to be printed Aier
that shall have no control over them. Now they nave
the of the annual report for 1862 ana OF part
of the report Ny report for the quarter endg
the s1st OF December 1870 will be sent in very soon We
are preparing it now and Oh the LIST OF next May am
going TO publish a complete report mp TO that time. III
will contain detailed statements, ana VIII pe 'crS
youminous. Everything will be in that report
Another inquirer after the desired document was III
rcced to apply for access to them 10 INC |ieh Vi VII"
Common Council.
81 have been here only since July last said inc la'-
ter "When the Board receives the reports from the De
partmrnts orders them file and 10 be printed anu
the official documents are the City Printer for that
purpose" 49,,
ITO the New-York Printing Company's establish
mentp
eyes"
"Then the original documents to which access ~
wanted now are In the New-York Printing Companys
pOssessioni"
ayes"
AT this inncture m attache Of the Office unguardedy
said that "there had been Of the Controllers
Quarterly Reports in that Office for over year past that
he knew Of" - -.
What information could he gathered from the Newfork
Printing Company may be inferred from TINS CONVERSE
ton with Its Manager: -, r..
nollys report for 1869 will he finished 50 that printed
COPY " il can he ohtanedi"
Manager" You must ask the Controller
Reporter" You are setting II up now T.
Manager-"I do MT know" .
Yesterday the same reporter inquired OF the Clerk OF
the Common Council: When win the Controllers re-
port for be printed that the public get copies
Of itf $50 ~
Clerk OF the Common Council" expect that II will be
issued in days" He evidently had not been in
formed Of the last desperate resolve of the Tamman
principals. Under the old Charter separate warrant
was drawn each item Of expense. BY this means 1t
would be discovered in the Controllers quarterly re-
ports into whose hands the money paid and what
The respective amounts were Now however one war
only is drawn ~ cover the expense for stated
period OF each department, and unless The depatlne,
respectively will make detailed aud honest reports. the
tax payers will he left in the dark than ever rs to
receives their money, for what 1t is paid, ana the
| amounts in detail that are expended