Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-09-22
THE TAMMANY WAR.
The Thieves to be Prosecuted.

From special kilograms to the Louisville
Commercial, we gather the following in
teresting items concerning the Tammany
war;
A death-like stiffness hangs over the DO
| litical arena, where yesterday the champi-
on gladiators of Tammany were engaged
in the death-struggle for supremacy. The
brilliant coup d'etdt of Connolly has put
the triumvirate of Hall, Tweed and Swee-
ny borS du combat. The two latter fell
early in the fight, and the former has been
finally crushed to the earth, never to rise
again. The people of this city have been
robbed of millions by this City Hall clique,
but it is an i'll wind that blows no good.
The citizens gave the authorities the rope
behold the result!
THE SUFFERERS.
The class of people who will suffer most
by these robberies is not the taxpayers,
but the poor laboring classes. In cOnse-
quence of the bull-headed stubbornness of
Mayor Hall in refusing to recognize the
authority of Connolly or Green, over four
thousand laborers have been thrown out
of employment. Such conduct might be
expected from a man who makes affidavit
to the fact that he might have, in the rush
of business, signed certificates that were
| fraudulent, and in the same testimony say
that he wrote for newspapers as matter
of recreation.
The announcement that the leaders of
! the citizens committee had made arrange
ments to honor the certificates signed by
| the deputy controller shows the confidence
of the people in Mr.. Green. During the
day the vestibule of the court house has
been crowded with city laborers who are
receiving their certificates for their money.
BY the close of this week these men will
all have been paid.
It is said to-day that several members of
the ring are endeavoring to sell their prop
erty before the investigation is completed.
If these men had as much honor as Judas
possessed no person would be astonished
to hear that they had followed his example
of making amends for misdeeds.
IMPORTANT PROCEEDING OF THE CITI-
ZENS' COMMITTEE.
In compliance with the call issued last
night, there was q full meeting of the COM
mittee on the investigation of the frauds,
to-day, at the Chamber of Commerce
rooms. The subcommittee made areport,
and it is thought that it must have been
very full and important, from the fact that
the committee Immediately requested Ma
yor Hall to begin legal proceedings against
| the members of the ring, including him.
self, for the recovery of the money stolen
! from the city. The committee will, in a
short time, give publicity to some startling
facts in their possession.
THE VOUCHER THEFT. t
| By degrees the history of the voucher
theft comes to light. There is one remark
able circumstance connected with this
robbery that has just come to light, viz !:
| The only vouchers stolen are those which
would implicate Mr.. Tweed in the dirty
transactions of the ring; hence Sweet
William can manifest indifference, as he
does, to the RESULT of the investigation
The vouchers which implicate Sweeney
and Hall remain in the Controllers office
and now that Connolly has turned States
evidedce against these men, we may soor
expect some startling developments. Is il
any wonder that Hall & Co. refuse to re-
cognize even so good a Democrat as An
drew H Green?