Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-08-10
Democrats as Governors.


THE exposures of the corruptions of
the New York city and county govern
ment have astounded even the people OF
that city, who are accustomed to hear of
extraordinary robberies by the public
officers.
It appears that the Mayor and Comp
troller have paid out, during 1869 and
1870, to members of the ring, for sup
posed work and materials on the new
Court House and armories the following
Gums:
To A. j. Garvey, for plastering. $40, ,464
mories '...... .u... 1447,sq9
To same, for furniture for Court House. 1,476 $50
To same, for carpenter WORK court an, ooo
To same for fitting up................ A,474
To j A. Smith, for carpets in Court 40. -oo
To s same, for carpets and shades in
mories, offices, etc. 525,S2l
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Sc, ,s90, ,s67
Estimating 1865, ,735 for carpets, at IS
yard, this would call for 113,147 square
yards, or enough to cover more than %
acres of space.
The following sums were paid for re-
pairs on ten armories during nine months:
To Garvey, for plastering. .$l97 $50
To Keyser, for plumbing. g.....-.......-.... 142,330
To Ingersoll, for chairs ............. ITO, ,729
To Miller, for carpenter work. 434 t64
Total. ss44 45s
The total sum paid out by the Mayor
and Comptroller upon these and similar
bills, ON account of the county, is placed
at $9,0OO,0O0. How much has been paid
out on city account has not yet been made
public. The checks are made out in the
names of various parties, but all indOrsed
back to members of the Ring
The defense to all this is very lame
one. Mayor Hall states that for twenty
years he has been contributor to the col
umns of the New York Times, and that
paper has always spoken kindly Of him !;
that, until recently, the Times has been on
the list of papers for corporation adver-
| tising, and that the rejection of fraudu-
lent bill by that paper has induced its pro-
prietor to malign public officers whom it
once complimented. But Mayor Hall does
not meet the only question in which the
public have any interest. The public cares
nothing about the aninaus of the New York
| Times, or whether it springs from mean
or worthy nature. What they wish to
| know is whether the statements made by
| the paper are true or not. This part of
the case Mayor Hail does not meet. He
admits the payment of the money, and
practically admits all that is alleged
| We will suppose that the expenditures
by the city, on these armories and Court
House, are only half those made by the
county, and we then have the fact that
over $l3, 100000 of public money has been
willfully taken from appropriations nomi
nally made for two small jobs, and divided
among the friends, supporters, and part
ners of the men in office.
The Democratic party have been practi-
| of al fo,,x
all parts of the country, except in New
York city. They have not had exclusive
control of the State Government over 8
year. But in New York city their rule
has been absolute and exclusive. They
have had possession of every branch of the
City Government, ineal and lateral. They
have had control of all the public institu
tions, and of the election of all courts
Judges, and other authorities who NIGH
at any time exercise any supervisory o.
other control. In fact, the City Govern
ment has been an absolute Democratic dy
nasty, into which no Republican coul(
possibly hope to be admitted. During
that time the city and county of New
York have raised by loans and taxes pos
sibly 00,000,00O, and have expended tn,
money. The fact that thousands of men
having no known occupation save that o
| Po1AoANoA JoAShoio1 hoNO ohdO tlLiIC 1loCl
from poverty to wealth that double tha
number have lived and are now living il
the most eXtravagant style, without an.
known business or office, and that still
others have amassed fortunes which would
appear princely alongside of the oldes
houses in Europe, tells its own story. /
is also known that an immense army o
political agents is kept for no public du
ties, and are paid literally. Taking tn,
exposures of the New York Times as
specimen of the way in which the money
has been distributed, it is safe to say tina
in the last ten years the City Government
of New York has divided among its ad
herents $3.50, 900, 900 without the least con
sideration or service to the public.
This is the Democratic rule in the only
place in the United States where that party
has had absolute control during the las
ten years. Tammany Hall is the Crane
directing power of this municipal govern
ment, far surprising, in its annual receipts
and expenditures, some of the larges
States in the Union. Tammany Hall aim
to govern the nation as it governs New
York city, and the American people cal
well imagine the result of transferring t.
Tweed, Sweeney, and Hall the control o
the national expenditures, and, practically
! of the legislation of Congress. In tn
next Presidential election the contest viii
be between the Republican party ant
Tammany Hail, and to add the national ad
ministrntion to that of New York cit,
will be the grand effort Of the Democratl
party.
The election of the candidate of Tam
many Hall to the Presidency, in 1872
would be the signal for a general extension
of its administrative powers to the govern
ments of the various States and of all larg
cities. Like the conquerors of oldel
times, Tammany Hall would distribut
States, counties, and towns among it
federal chiefs, and we should have in
short time general scheme of spoliatiol
or confscation throughout the land unde
. the sworn adherents of Tammany and it
managers.-CAicdgo Tribune, July 81.
The Sore Head in Poultry.