New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-19

CnCTc IL nO Dctter tllio th"h eho 'hoN
ing which carries to tho State the
news Of his effort to force his
contcsing delegation upon the State Conven-
ton, for answering the question, by consiaer-
ing tho suggestions Of tho following letter
from an c2mcst Republican OF the INTERIOR
whose haze, if given, wonld comma'i" ;"'
universal attention 10 which, AZ any f|V'' LIS
Gulct.,ns are entitled:
TO me Editor Of RE Trf6rn''
SIR: Can you inform 60 ErlnbH"'hS o"'''u' vi"
Cy O.. N,Yulh Why United 81 trs Coke. '"i i"' '''
NHir. Y l., 80, cIilcd o Your coifi.'itc IN" '"P''
n. tr.c ri.u len? Ter h:vo been 'i1c fiiio''
.tira tlr rl. The cou'ry t'iat FoiH' OF III" r'.''
for or opposition Gr' thnt Mr N"'j"Y f'7 lio' ''
rc,n tluo 20 l. -ru;,, III prinrlrH'"' "iii IL" VOC"
araaA ia rciniEc2s ani for tHo D'no"'''V
c:nGi.i4t"s; TT he vas oil ca'I'S' '''ii ~
nan: tat hy thc al O. ,, '',,"s
oni,ials. no was ora.lcl to Ta"' l"'Fo sums
Of run"y cut OF tho Government at iAH nc oi
il. eraa'c Fill during the lao war; ana that 10 N"s
hrcH Gecly iaisrcsini win Ta.ray ~ u" sch' v" 81
e;rrctw !enC ai3 other lat jobs t!' faVih" pcs" ''-
miss o,cr g. Gc aud that by thac OF 'rai's E' az
c1oasc vast wc:uI 1t has been !nithcr r'ilnoic I'LL
BE- oilyl rt,rjcd 10 roInqrh ir interest in Ta'many
when he otcIcc tho superior por ion Of IT, 81 C!"c''f'
II fuch cr any Of tao, anon" your rc'6lS n"l"9
rive cts ard Caca II lily. that Of tic country onuc
Xcw.Yorl: City rJnH un,rjand the trso r'"'"
ot i,..oa.r Nuuld. ISQCI.IR
JHc7, SEPT. Il, 1@'1
Al thn outfot we mGy answer tina The re-
pulIcans of tbs Gig seek 10 wari"rc Win
Mr. Na,ily. Ihcy 60 not ohi"Gt tIat he ~
al Ii;sh Cat':cl'c, for Trey welcome and Lonor
coGacraiion from I'LL such. They do Eot chico;
That lac is q Gl&,t rian, for many OF Them are;
FOR that he is a Coul;linE nan, for foiao
Of them are, AID they believe tnIt lie Is
as l.l;fy t. bcjray Conk::G, iii TIE
inter. CT ar0thcr aNd n)ro fcrhl'a'ie
asprl,t, as to support lin. Eat
they d. refuse to ahcrt2n their regular Cr'y:'.-
2a,ion to ACCEPT TIE leadership ard follow il
IL. footr.oJs &C o Ian whose puzzle record il
Oily fiutly hiatcd st in tic nh"Ye startling
qi>sG3rs. 'Chcy ask fricuiS in ti" interior to
coli.,'2r tat ICcorG AID jud.c whether lis
aat',or ought to Be rc2@g. lied aud on"ycd as
Tie Wan,;gii Of lew-Yo,A Ea9d' iicanisll.
IL is true Eat VI. 'iurfly has nat always,
or Gftcn, been true TO i publican principles.
He betrayed us in thc Legislature; lie BE-
tr;yyd us in The Republican organizations III
tits city; hc betrayed us at thc polls. On tic
Ssh Of III ri, 1886, he voted in the state Senate
a.ainst t.o resolution asking or 'enaolS TO
vote for the passage Of t!lc Civil Rights BIZ
over the veto of Andrew Johnson. He
voted a:liAst the resolution in f,Nor
Of the bill for impartial Suffrage il tha
District OF Colarbia. lie hl.cd break mp
The EcprD.iran Tax Commission, Oh bargain
that hc ani u. s. Disric; attorney Crowley
should have Lalf tie patronage. lie voted
Tor John II. Holman FOR Governor. !!e gave
LARGE suns Of morcy to promote the Success
of the Democratic ticket l!o tried to
break up the Republican cr2iiii&i1t prs in
Ills CITY; did break up o@c by main
force, Etching Sinclair Tous"y aid others
down stairs. and then passing resolution
defying Tie action Of the Saia Convention,
% fill report Of which VIC arc ready, il any
body desires il, to reproduce from Tie hcc-
York Times, which tl.cn was able to tell the
truth about MIR. Murphy and all his works.
He acted with the Tammany Ring Ill helping
Mir. Tweed TO pass the new Charter, whereof
the results arc now apparent Ill the conVHl-
Sions at the City lllil, ard the gigantic rob-
berries that preceded thcm.
ii. II is true That fer al this Mr.. Murphy
was not without his reward. He got the pa
tronage of the rcOrganized Tax Commission
He was made a Commissioner in the Infamous
Broadway Widening job, which only the vio-
lent death of Auditor Watson prevented from
becoming more VIGOROUSLY a gigantic rob-
berry than the plastcIing plumbing, and
carpet accounts. lie WIS made mem
Der of the School Board like unto Ma
thanicl Sands. lie held these offices till
after our last State Convention, and was only
driven out of them by the public sense of tho
indcccncy of such spectacle rs the Republic
can Collector of the Port OF Ncw-York con-
timing to hold them.
III. He received yet more substantial re-
ward He was admitted TO the notorious and
infamous real estate spccHlations OF Mcssrs.
VIM. 81. Tweed. Peter b. Swceny, and Rich
ard B. Connolly TO this day and hour he is
Joint owner with them of city property
valued at a million dollars, and in at least one
transaction, amounting to over quarter OF
million, lie engaged with them % late rs Oct IS,
1859, as the records in the City Hall now prove.
". enquirer" has touched but lightly,
i'm his questions, the real gravity of Mr.. Muir
phys war record. 1t is "true that he made
" large sums of money out Of the Government
" at the time Of its greatest peril" That very
family hints the extent of the case. 1t is not
denied that the transactions by which he real
lied these large sums were of such nature that
the War Department ordered an investigation.
1t is not denied that very damaging results
were attained. 1t is not denied that private
political influence was brought to bear at head
quarters to suppress the investigation, and that
it was so suppressed. 1t is not denied that
when the papers were subsequently called for
it was found that the War Department had
suffered from burglary as alarming as
that which lately cOnvulscd the City Hall
in fln tnnlnr