The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-10-26
CONFEDRIT Y ROADS,
lWICH Is IN THE STATE OF KY,
October IL, 1871.


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CONFEDRIT y ROADS,
lWICHIS IN THE STATE OF KY,
October Il, 1871. }
a / am in the sere and yaller leaf, ant
hev seen much NV politics, but neye
a in my life did / ever see cOnvenshul
> so beautifully managed eZ the lat
? Democratic COnvenshun, Moo York
was there by speshel invitation ny
my old friend, Dennis O'ShaughnesSy
NV the 9th Ward, Moo York, who
: senee l left the Harp NV Erin 'SlOOn
hez improved wonderfully in world
ly pint NV view. He wUZ then a hOd-
carrier by profession and q repeater by
practice He attracted the attention
5 NV Mr. Tweed by his zeal in vOtin and
r his bravery in knOekin down oppO.
D sishen voters, and wuZ NV course re.
{ warded. He is now Assistant Inspec-
tor NV Musket Triggers NV the Ninth
Regimental ATmOry, at a salary NV
$500 per month, SkOOl Inspector in
: the Sixth NU~-,l u sdIIry Nv 500
per month, and Thirty-SecOnd Assist
ant Law Adviser to the commission
for cOndemin private property, for
per year, besides wieh he hez a tenth
interest in the contract for keepin the
glass in repair NV the two back win
ders NV two ArmOries, out NV witch
he made $4,000 in the first six
months. He wuz to hev he'd the con-
track for thetwo front winders in adj
ditiOn, but the raid the people made
onto the Ring busted that. He heZ.
however. invested largely in city lots,
and wears kid gloves, and n diamond
eZ big eZ peach stone. Dennis sed
that ef the internal Amerikens and
Germans kin be beat down, and the
control NV Moo York left with the
Irish, where it belongs, he will be toll
erably well off in year or two.
Dennis bein NV consequence in the
party wuz, NV course, in the private
EeOunsels NV the managers NV the State
COnvenshun. He and Tweed, Sweeny,
Connolly, Mayor Hall, Keyser, Gar
/ win and the entire eOnyenshun wuZ at
Rochester, though nobody knOwed it.
They went in q speshel private car,
and he'd private rooms at the Osborne
House, with a telegraph wire runnin
directly to the Hall into wich the
| COnvenshun wuZ held. tt wlz the
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one wieh these old eyes will probably
never look onto agin. Their in an esy
chair sot one man directin the delib-
rashens Nv a acOnvenshens NV the greaJ
state NV Moo HOFk-One brain thinkin
/ for thOusand-One hand guidin a
/ thousand. He directed the COnVen-
/ shen to cheer when SeymOur's name
WIZ annOunst eZ a delegate, and they
! eheered-he directed EN- to reject the
/ Tammany delegash en- from the city,
and they wuz Tejeeted-he directed
em to do everything that wuz done
and they did it.
"My great sir" sed /, in astOnish-
ment at the power he welded, "why
don't yOO go over to the Hall and di-
rect the Convenshen ?"
"My gentle sir, Fetorted he, with a
bland smile, ez he dictated message
directin Nv the COnvenshen to cheer
when the rejection NV the Tammany
delegates wuz announced, "my dear
sir, l AM THERE! There's a hum /
dred NV ma thrOats shOutin this min /
it-there's ahundred of Hy hats gOin /
up to the ceilin this minit-there's /
two hundred NV Dly hands a cIappin I
vOeiferously at this mint. There's 4 .
great many of me in that hall"
After the adjournment Nv the Con-
venshun for dinner the Chairman NV
the Committee on Res0lushens came I
into the room to submit the resOlOO- |
shens they had prepar ed, that they 1
mite be shOOr they wood meet Mr.. /
Tweed's ideas. The great man read f.
EN- attentively and handed Nv EN-
back.
"They won't do" sell he, senten-
tiOusly.
ain wat -respeck are they faulty ~
asked the Chairman, ObseQuiously,
''WOodn't it 6e well enough, y sed /
Tweed, with n smile still more bland I
than the first, "woOdn't il be we'll |
enough to put in a resolushen de-
nOnncin corrupshen, in general
terms, NV course, specifyfn Dartfkerly
however, the especial eUrrupshun NV
the Nashunal Government, and that
NV States which is under radieIe con-
troll ~
The sublimity NV such a sejestiou
comm from Tweed struck the Chair
man all nv a heep.
Certainly, ! will, il yoO wish it."
sed he, ''but / spOzed-that IS, my /
idea wuz-in "a general way, VOC
=
Shen, in view uv-well, L am Just now
hOldin' a place wich pays. suthin like
ten thOu-bUt never mind, IL shel be II
dOne.H .
''rhen agin," sed Tweed, smilin
still bIander and with the faintest Sc
jestiOn NV u wink in his left eve, 81
would sejest that yOO pledge the Dem
Ocratic party to a honest and eeOnOm-
icaI expenditOor uvthe public funds ~
The Chairman turned pale with sur
prise but ne cOineided. Everybody CO.
incides with Tweed $3.50 - ~ Ii
"And while yOO are at II" e0ntin- !
ued the great chieftoin with a smile,
the blandnis NV wieh can't be deserib-
ed, i'you he'd better put in TesolOo-
shen denouncin the pf0fiigacy NV the
NV matters IN Moo York
City, but maxim it, mind 700, ez the !
legitimate result NV radical legisla-
so eZ to make it plain that
its me your driven at, without exact
~ namin me-" II
+''Why, wat slel We"
''DOn't 90 on, my friend, y sed
Tweed, smilin q smile wich for bland
mis- exceIIed the most delishus JOOn Il
a
uenOunst by Us than by {
the enemy, paTtikeriy eZ we know
more definitely about il. And I i
wood sejest that 700 hev a a resOlu- {
shen, boldly challengin q comparison
between the Republican and Demo-
cratic administrator Nv the State
and City governments, and there he
smiled with q blandnis wieh Wus
4. 4. a 81 IL
gantic diamond on his left hand and
slipped class of champagne any lit
tie thing wich 700 kin throw in ez 70
the necessity NV a return to the sim
plicity NV our Puritan fathers, would I
be we'll"
The Chairman wuz tOO effected 10 /,
say word, but he made the necessary a
notes, and castin one look Nv astOnish-
ment at the greatness Nv his cheef J
who sat there smilin blandly, retired ]
from the presence. sl
But the great Inaifs work wuZ not
yet done. he promptly telegrafft
every prominent Democratic editor :
and pOlitishn in the state to denOunce {
him in the bitterest terms, and then
tellin the Convention. who to nom i
mate and wat else 20 do, went home. :
AAcLc = q EIcitLilt15o 1Llu - ~ elluCuA
in this man wich / can't sufficiently
Some men wood be 50 puffed
up with the possession Nv the twenty ,
five millions wich he heZ made, eZ %
insist upon an endorsement by the
party through which he made it, but !
not so with Tweed. There amt no
vanity abOUt him. So long ez he hez
the control NV the party, he don't care !
l. q
niZed or not liz he Temarkt 70 me
tef the way TO my eOntinuashen In
power is in denunsiashen Nv me, very
good, denOunee me. / kin stand II.
aint the first man who, 20 get on, heZ
trampled over the dead body Nv his
own reputashen. Pd jist ez soon pull
the wires behind the curtain ez 10 ma
nipulate the puppets in front NV il. n
aint agOin to let personal vanity stand
in the way Nv the grand success I'm
hOpin for next year. I'm a rather