Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-09-19

More Of the Municipal MIDDLE


either Connolly or Green.
NEW YoRK, Sept 19.-The Herald
which yesterdsy was wholly silent upon
the municipal situation, to-day pronounce
in favor of Hall, and thinks the Comp
troller had better retire from bis office.
The Radicals Incapable of Reform
The Tribune looks with favor upon
the move among leading anti -Tammsny
Democrats to put down corruption, and
says it was not possible for the Republi.
can party alone TO carry out the great
aud radical reforms which are needed In
the administration of this city. It Il
only by she combination of all honest,
well intentioned citizens that we can hope
to do anything toward eradicating the in-'
veterate evils of years of fraud and waste.
The Times says that the guilt of Hail.
Sweeney, Tweed and Connolly can be es-
tablished from papers in the Comptrol-
ler's Office. Facts yet to come out win
startle the. public from one end of the
country to the other, and win stagger
even that brszen impudence of ring ad-
vocates. We are entitled TO speak with
authority on this subject.
The New Acting Comptroller.
Entering upon the discharge of the du-
ties of his Office, new Deputy Comptrol-
Ter Green Immediately doubled the de-
tective force of the Comptroller's Office,
and placed 10 policemen in the Office for
the purpose of preventing the abstraction
of important papers. The accounts are
now being Strengthened by force of ex-
perts, anda an accurate statement of the con-
dition of the Treasury will soon be made
public.
Judge Ledwith and delegation of the
committee of citizens, waited upon act
ing Comptroller Green to-day, and assur-
ed him of their support. +
Rough on the Laborers - 1000
Thrown Out of Work.
In consequence of the Mayors letter
to the heads of various departments re-
pudiating all official knowledge of Comp
troller Connolly or Andrew H. Green as
his deputy, the city paymaster has re-
fused to pay any more warrants issued
and signed by either of them. The la
borers, who are all now holding warrants
for. their work, will be refused payment,
and to many there are months of pay,
and all public works therefore have to be
stopped and over four thousand men
thrown out of employment.
ACOunter Move.
William +. Havemyer and others, men,
bers of the committee of seventy, have
made arrangements by which the banks
of this city will cash any warrants signed
by the Comptroller and Deputy Comp
troller Green. They say that the next
Legislature will make an appropriation to
pay back the money thus borrowed.
Threatened Coup de Main.
There were all sorts of rumors in circu-
lation during the day and evening in
reference to the municipal difficulty,
many of which were of the most improb-
able character. Late in the afternoon
1t was bruited about that Hall would
probably resort to force to get possession
of the Controllers Office, in consequence
of which Connolly took all the precau-
tiOnary measures necessary for the ex-
pected emergency.
O'CGanOT's Opinion.
OlConnor, sn eminent lawyer, has pre-
pared legal opinion, in which he holds
that Connolly is legally in possession of
the office of Comptroller, and that Mayor
Hall has no power to remove him.
who stole the VOucherst
At the meeting of the Board of Alder
men to-day, communication WIS re-
ceived from Mayor Hall, requesting the
of an offer of a reward of
one thousand dollars, for such informa-
ton as would lesd TO the discovery of the
person concerned In stealing the vouchers.
Anew Democratic Committee.
New combinations are to be formed
among politicians. 1t is rumored that
the Germans and Irish will go with the
Tilden movement. There is great slarm
among the candidates for local offices,
on account of the formation of new
Democratic City Committee. All the
friends of Connolly declare that Halls
folly has disrupted the Democratic party,
and destroyed Tammany Hall.
An English View OF It.
The London Telegraph of the 9th says
in regard to the alleged frauds
in the New York city government: We
have been accustomed to impute the
greatest political and social corruptions of
Europe to the one man rule of the gov
of Russia and France, bat
neither of these Old World despotsns
can hold candle as regards corruption
and dishonesty to the brawny young Re-
publican giant across the Atlantic. The
strength of Tammany Hall and its cham
pions is SO great that the chance of their
being brought to the block and punished
is extremely problematical.
But the whole of municipal corruption
in America is directly traceable to one
deep seated ulcer, that is eating out the
heart of the American body polite.
The Fathers of the Constitution, as is the
custom for our kinsmen 10 dub Washing
ton, Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and
their contemporaries, were well aware
that if once the Judiciary of the United
States became elective, or, in other
words, corrupt, the experiment of repub
lican institutions upon that noble conti-
nent would prove hideous failure. The
terrible dishonesty of American munich
pslities could never exist, thst of Tam
many Hall or the Erie swindle, as Mr.,
Adams terms it, and other rings, if they
had not the Judges in their pay.
The formidable and rapid growth of
the municipal Indebtedness of New York
will probably force the taxpayers into
some esrly steps for their own protection.
Mean nwhile, speakingin the spirit of hearty
good will, we adjure them to cleanse the
ermine of their Judges and thus get rid
of the corruption which, unless speedily
checked, will prove the ruin of the COM
A Curious Case.
A motion was made before Judge Daily
to-day, on the part of his wife to release
Rich Parsee, a merchant who has been
for some time in the insane asylum, and
for his removal to Bombay. The motion
was opposed by other relatives. Decision
is reserved.
A verdict against n Dead man.
The verdict of the Coroner's Jury ren.
dered this morning holds the proprietors
of the Beekmsn street establishment,
where the fatal fireworks explosion took
place, responsible for the lives lost.
Goldschmidt, one of the proprietors, was
killed by the explosion. His funeral
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