New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-09
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| o,,dod tho Presideah and explained TO him how
reasonable was the advice of Mr.. Weed they assured
him that il would relieve him Of great trouble ana EN-
| barrassnent and, by appointing a good honest ON
man like Mr. Grinnell whose heart was filed with the
milk OF human kindness toward all men, and who was
supported by the importers and merchants OF New'o,
ne would secure the confidence Of the commercial wo,
and dignity his office. The President yielded MI.
nell was appointed and inaugurated into the re'o'f
Customs. .p,gsn
| He WAS not comfortably in position before Ine o.,
began TO make their appearance. mr. NJ, ord vas
dropped in TO ngratulate the new oa, weeds
glad that he Weed had interceded Io' "l-D , - ,h
| hencb,po, + n Webster soon after apl~"o" uP ~
| surface ACCOMPANIED by a newIanSi'u 'io"N, -
| senting that he had undertaken " 'aN. - 80, -,
| County He wanted authority 10 coii''oi 'o f
| ,aiDtuon,s in the Custom-Iiouse belonging 10 that
Corp4v Ore Lindsay. backed by the FOrtefs' Deh'S'
| - ,,,,ns Terrels &C., of Washington, turned up
| -, ,s-,,,zed "Carting Bureau" under the sanction
90 NJ, CnueU in the room adjoining his private ONCE
,i was gigantic job ascertained by Investigation OF
! enc Treasury Department to be not only WITHOUT
| autbory of law, but extravagant and highly dis
credtabe establishment" This Bureau proved to be
severe burden upon the merchants cartmen who were
taxed by the Ring" with tho knowledge OF Mr. Grin
nell Secretary Boutwell, ordered that the tax should
cease and tho Bureau be abolished. The mer-
chants complained, and protested that the Bureau
nterfcred with their just rights and was impeding com
The shippers pettlOned to the Collector to re-
move distractions put in their way by the Ring The
Collector falling respond the petitioners filed their ap
peal up the Secretary of the Treasury He nvestga
ted the facts and recognizing the justice of the shippers
complaint, recommended the Collector TO restore the
General Order business its former condition The Coec
refused Soon the parties representing the Ring into
whose hands the Collector had trusted the business COM
planned Of defaulted and away These and other en-
baIrassments suggested to Murphy Co. that their time
had INST ho
nells regn, Murphy constantly busy with the Pres
dent every occasion, especially at Long Branch The
| Grant and Murphy families were as one.
! Murphy e. Co. were still members Of the Tammany
| Commissions. AS Tbomas's name began to he men
toned in connection with the COllectorshp his relations
the city organization frequently rung in the ears
of the people Such attitude antagOnstc to the
Regular General Tor Twenty -secondst) Republican Com
mittee. For the first time in five years, they discovered
that it would be policy for them TO break up their Tam
many City Committee SO they went TO the State Con-
venton in 1862 and managed to get that body to order
union Of the two organizations IN New-York, Murphy
Co. Fastening into a union with the Twenty-second-st
Regular General Committee thus forming the one Gen
eral Committee of 1870.
Murphy had always magnihed his office to Grant as
city and State politician Grant believed all that Muir
ply said that subject Tho latter. being an irish
Catholic was vain enough TO believe that he had infu
ence enough with the Irish Catholic voters OF NewYOrk
TO induce them to leave the Democratic party and vote
the Republican ticket. He made Grant believe but
he couldn't make Boutwell, believe 1t. Murphy enlisted
Cen Butler in his interest and the General assumed to
believe that Murphy could control the Irish vote of this
| city, He went Boutwell, as the advocate OF Murphy,
the latter promising to reward Butler by appointing
three Of his friends 10 prominent places if he was made
Collector As an additional inducement to the President
TO forward the wishes of Murphy, it agreed to start
newspaper TO support the Administration and especially
to the Irish vote of New York Beside the interest
which the editor TO have, the following persons in
vested in the concern s follows Gen. B. Butler sOC0O
sheriGanshook 5000 E. ID. Webster s. OOO Thomas Muir
ply 5000 The Standard unfurled to the breeze Art
full attery of Grant prouse euogies OF Murphy as mt
person to hold the best Office in the gift of the former
defense of Butler and elaborate speeches of the Essex
Statesman" crowded the columns OF the paper for
days and weeks. While this pressure going on TO
induce Grant 10 appoint Murphy, the President was
urged by other influences TO keep Grnnel in This puz
was poor. Butler took this matter in hand. and
tanned that Grnne would accept Mr. CoTnels place as
Grinnel said that he could not afford TO take ~ as me
paw was small Mr.. Cornell was to succeed Mr. Fol
ger as Assistant Treasurer. Upon consulting his friend
Senator COnking Mr. Cornell was advised NOT 10 accept
position of Assistant Treasurer as the salary ala not
| compare with that Of Surveyor.
Here was new difficulty. What 20 be done But
He ascertaned that the Naval Office would agreeable
to Mr. Grnne and assured the President that that was
the best thing to ne done The removal OF Cen Merritt
proper enough, because, In the organization OF the
infamous Cartng Bureau he refused to take stock aud
become one OF the Ring" Ihat seemed 10 DE sinGlGnt
at Washington. The track was now clear and in july
Murphy appointed Collector OF the Port or New
York. Cen Merritt was removed from the Naval Once
and Grinne transferred temporarily to that place
to remain until the adjournment of tho XLIs Congress,
when laiin was 10 TAKE the piace peTlahenty' A.,
Having thus succeeded in their plot to secure the
signed their Tammany Hall places-0,d not until them
Murphy had represented his ability and was under per
Republican Consolidated General Committee of 1870 OF
G &c ea at & Ge aGd his is e 2@s
seeded FROM it, and pronounced it annued" CHARGING
it under Democratic rule" lnasnuch as Murphy
at ne %
HE child as any other mans this vrtuOus abandonment
of his offspring was viewed Bit OF buncombe alto
getber too transparent. The charge Of Democratic
rule" under which the Committee rested, came with i'll
grace from the Murphy ring who had just resigned Their
Tammany places TO get better ones under Grant
Anxious to execute Grants will and hold his position in
the CustOm-HOuse, Murphy, assisted by Webster In
Kings County Terwilliger, Cornell and others through
ont the state made free of the Federal patronage,
and. with the aid of Senator Conklng managed 10 coz
troll the Saratoga Convention in the Fall of 1870 Murphy
tried to pass through that Convention resolution 10
empower the state Commlttee 10 control the General
Committee in the City of New-York, but he failed His
Custom House patronage, however, secured no nm
State COMMITTEES favorable 10 his wishes rms Com
mttee, through Mdrphys influence. opened warfare
upon the City General Committee. They made charges
against that Committee every one OF which was re-
futed. The retort OF the General Committee was eft,
fectve exhibiting the State Committee usurpers OF
the peoples rights, ana more desp0tlc tha the ram
many Ring, from which 1t was copied notwithstanding
this the State Committee continued its efforts to break
M the General Committee The best way 10 90 this, a.
they viewed it, organize new Committee OF their
mdertaing looked TO Grant for some immediate reward
Accordingly he appointed Latin member of the State
Committee, 10 De NdNsh OhCoi vi 'no
Grinnel out according to programme. Mr. DOty, the
Secretary of the State Committee was appointed Pension
Agent Mr. William A. Darling, fayorite of Murphys,
was made Appraiser OF Merchandise III the Custom
House Mr.. Crowley, another member OF the Committee,
was appointed United States Attorney for the Northern
District Of New York Besides the above, the Chairman
OF the state Committee Mr.. A. b. Cornell Is surveyor OF
the Port and still another member Is the United States
Marshal the Southern District OF this state Gen.
Sharpe. As present organized the Republican State
| Committee is a body of Federal Otice-holdcrs
From 1866 1870, the record shows Murphy hostile to
the authority the state Committee and repudiatng
| the New York City General Committee. This was be-
cause it was the interest % Murphy Co. In 1870, the
record exhibits Murphy invoking, a Saratoga, the au
thory state Convention in behalf Of harmony in
| the Republican ranks in New York City. He subse-
| duently assumes the state Committee do all
that Convention can do. Murphy rings these changes