Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-09-14
Democratic Robberies.
THE GREAT MASS MEETING
AT COOPER INSTITUTE.
Corruption of TamanyiteS-The
Ring Must be Driven From
POWer-A New Charter
Decentralization
ROOSeyelt'S
Speech.

acter. for honesty is by no means
creditable to them, are continually
howllng about radical corruption. --
We have no desire to apologize for
any wrong that has been done under
the name of Republicanism, as in
no condition can there be found per
fection in human society. New York
city is the metropolis of American
Democracy. There they have ma
jority ranging from $4,000 $4,000
And the corruption of the leaders
there has been such as to attract the
attention of the whole country and
elicit the condemnation Of leading
Democrats. On Monday night OF
last week a mass meeting of the citi-
zens of New York was held at the
Cooper Institute. The Tribune says
of the character of the meeting:
The public meeting last nigh. at
Cooper Union was ofreal Indignation,
passionately expressed. Men of all
parties and all ages assembled under
.he call very early in the evening.
Nearly an hour before the time ap
pointed for the opening speech, no
standing room remained in the hall.
A score or two of women, chiefly
Germans, were acattered through the
vast room. but all the rest of the aud
ience were men, and nineteen TWEEN
tieths of these were advanced in ears
voters and property holders-were
interested in the political redemption
and prosperity OF the city The i'm
mense and enthusiastic audience was
composed in every sense of substan-
tial men. who came there with the pur
pose of giving free and full, emphatic
and unequivocal expression to senti
ments long since formed, and TO opin
ions now confirmed by the presenta
ton of full proofs of the frauds
of the Tammany leaders. There
was no display or excitement, none
either of impatience, and the vast au-
dience awaited without demonstration
the beginning of the proceedings. No
one displayed any disposition to be
riotous; indeed, the crowd of quiet,
earnest men was not one into which
the rioters in the employ of Tammany
| would care to venture.
Addresses were made by ex-Mayor
Havemeyer, the Hon. Oswald Often
dorfer, Hon. Robert Roosevelt, Judge
Edwards Pierrepolt, Gov. Samon,
and Judge Emott.
ROBERT RoosEvELT's SPEECH
From the speech of the Hon. Mr. :.
Roosevelt, Democratic member of
Congress, we take the following:
To US Democ ats comes the charge
of corruption against our rulers with
a two fold force, and especial horror
To hear that the chief officers of a
Democratic city, who have been cleo
ted by an overwhelming majority of
Democratic votes, some of whom
have been chosen over and over again
to various positions of trust. are ven
al and corrupt, is indeed almost in
credible. And yet what is the evi
dence? The charges are direct, plain,
and explicit; misappropriation of
vast sums are alleged, time, place,
and circumntance areall stated through
the daily press with the utmost exact
ness. Pretended purchases, which
are in tsSseir very nature impossible,
are proved to have been paid for
The building and furnishing OF our
newCourt House are made the prettxt
for the payment of bills which are
not merely monstrous-they are man
ifestly fabulous. It'll pretended that
acres of plastering have been done
and miles of carpeting furnished. The
entire City Hall Park could have been
| plastered and carpeted at less ex-
pense, and no sane man can put faith
in the pretense if it were made that
| the work charge for was really done.
However, must do our rulers the
credit of saying that they make no
such pretense. They have never de,
MED the payments, they have not even
asserted that the money was earned,
while they have in every one of their
lame defenses impliedly admitted that
the bills were extravagant, if not
fraudulent They have presumed to
defy the public; they have tried to
lay half the blame on the shoulders
of Republicans, as if burglar were
to excuse himself by asserting that
| he was assisted by fellow burglar
and they have stated that the charges
were brought by political enemies
| and SO not entitled to an answer, but
nowhere has there been straightfor-
ward, positive efutation-nowhere a
denial even of any sort.
UNDoUBTED GUILT OF THE CITY Off.
GALS.
4 That they are guilty no man who
has read the statements doubts for 8
moment, and no one belives that any
such sums were actually expended or
the Court House Nevertheless
have been informed that this building
; instead of costing 100000 o.
100000, as is alleged the latter be
ing supposed to be the extreme limit
has actually coast over S12,0OO,O00
To prove this 1 have been shown th,
figures purporting to have been takel
from the controllers books, but
hope was deceived and that the'
were eXaggerations. But of the fact
distinctly alleged in the public pres
there can be no question. 1t is ad
mitted by default that millions O.
millions of the public money hav
been paid to few ahscure individu
ais for which they neither did no
could have performed equivalent ls
: bor; while little printing compan
!, of $25.000 capital has received 81
100000 from the county alone i
: one wear.
Nevertheless, shocking as are thes