The New York herald., 1871-09-19

all sorts OF speculations.
These loiterers patient walters aud excited indi-
viduas represented the three great classes od @ hc
GheYG 1liS business men OF course only paid
FLYING VISITS TO THE PARK
when 1t lay in their way, feeling, probably, that
5issfe was ~ use in ''throwlng good money after
bad," and time of course Is money. The politicians
were the principal material OF the Crowds, though
the bummers were well represented, and lazly held
possession OF all the seats In the Park during the
day. The politicians were IN various moods or
mind, judging from their appearance. Some were
ludicrOusly melancholy, stoIidly silent and In
state OF most classic pensiveness Others were In
jabberng mood, utterng sententious opinions as TO
the course events were to take, and sticking by
their men with characteristic tenacity. Others,
again, had
FEAR IN THEIR FACES,
and evidently were in doubts the safety Of the
Ginecure roll But all were very serious and evil
IDENTITY felt that there was great job to be fixed
up, and that some one should get the worst Of it.
Though Comptroller Connolly Is in most unen.
vIable position, and may be safely said to be IN q
tight place, yet 1t was evident he has many friends
left him still. His hackers don't 60 quite so lar
as to make him out immaculate, but they don't
want him TO be scapegOat, and In the Park yester
day ne was defended by his friends warmly enough:
The political conversations were, OF course, al
centred on the one great pOlnt-Wneiner or not
Connolly wOuld 60. TINS was
THE MOMENTOUS QUESTION
everywhere, and was put 80 often during the day
known that Connolly would hold on bnt then there
were 30 many hypothesis consequent upon bis STAY
ing that no social question was ever propOunded
upon which speculation mad SO much ample scope
to revel H. Ihe groups OF people IN the Park made
@ state OF conjecture over 1t that was perfectly
amazing.
HERALD reporter early in the afternoon ap-
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and salutel him with the general interrogation.
the answer was quick sharp and decisyew.i !
terrogation, put, however, in the mildest form, as
WORKED UP THE "INrERv1EwED,
to wrathful state, and the reporter was AZ once
torewarned by being asked Ii he had ''anytning TO
having got out OF the way quickly another "wnite
hat" wa encountered. The usual salutatiOn being
SLIPPERY AS AN EEL,
you know. The only chance Is Oakey Is as smart as
,n,nen steel trap Oakley Is TOO damned smart IN my
'.How about the Boss?'
"oh he's hunky. They better let the Boss be- that's
all, or tneyl get sweled heads, some OF 'em.n
"!I0w do you think 1t Will gof"
"What the end OF 1t Will be, Is ?"
''Why, of course they'll fix it up, and then every.
thing goes straight as before See here; these
fellows have heads on lem up to everything Wait
an see Ii there anybody gon TO be hurL Connolly
molly. THAT'S how 1t Is"
porter thought 1t was time to move, and, looking
out Tor q more solid-looking man. saluled gentle
THE LARGEST SIZED HEAD
he could see The reply was ''Connolly won't stir,
1t seems. Charles O'COnor says he needn't. think
he's right. They wanted To get him out because
they were afraid themselves to let hlm stay IN. 1t
Will be right to pinch the whole of them, tort they're
all In the one boat-Sweeny and all. II Connolly
beats them on this point you viii see some lun.
hope Connolly will hold on,'
''Are you IN politics, sirY"
"NO sir: but I'd like know where the money
went ana how they divided 1t. I'm curious Oh that
pOlnt.h
The next individual selected by the reporter was
genuine Simon Pure Eighteenth warder, and as
soon as this gentleman discovered that he was be-
"cOme over the way.o
The combined product OF half dozen other con-
versations revealed few startling solutions OF the
great difficulty. For the most part, however they
partOOk Of the tenor OF those given above. One Old
difference who was in power in this city. He
could remember great many years back, but he
could not remember q time when the city treasury
was honestly protected; there was
ALWAYS SOME HAND PLuNDERING IT.
and he did not expect TO live to see the day would
be otherwise. Hence he was in iaVOr OF letting
| Connolly, Tweed, Hall ana Sweeny pull along as
best they might or cnt each others tnroats II they
liked, Tor that matter Democrat or republican, tne
| politicians in power would ill their pockets and
there was no use trying to stop them.
E&ls last opinion was certainly very comfortable
one to hold, but it was not more than that de-
ivered Dy hardy son of toll, who believed that we
had come now to such degraded state III CITY gov
ernment that
AN EARTHQUAKE
or some other shocking thing was to swallow up the
city, or, al least ali political traders. One OF the
"swells' Of the crowd after rehearsing MS views as
to the sort OF men that ought to govern the city,
said lie felt assured that the result Of this fuss would
be iu exposure OF all the frauds on the city trea
sury, and then the arraignment OF the Mayor Comp
trOler Tweed, Sweeny and a few others.
The wisdom OF all the above opinions and declar-
atons Is OF course apparent, and the tone Or the
declarations very satisfactory.
The crowds continued around until late in the af-
ernoon, coming and going with lounyiDg grit
that exhibited
THE GRAVE CONCERN
that was telt in the days dOIngs The flow OF In.
dgnatlOn that was so evident rom COnnOllys ene-
mics in the early part Of the day subsided TO great
extent when 1t became known that after all IL
harder TO Kick him out than was at first supposed
Speculation was rife as TO what Mayor Hall would
40 next. Some thought that there was an end TO
the now until after the Joint Committee reports;
Others that the Mayor would six him yeJ;" others
that Connolly Is as good as gone and only wants to
let little time pass by. when his health will require
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