New-York tribune., 1871-08-04
opposing this show they are behind the Min
istry and the people in appreciating the exi-
gencies of the time.
" AMMANY'S FXPLANATTONS.p


chosen paper for the official explanations OF the Tam
many gang The World Is as good as dead; The Herald
Is suspected TIE TRIBUNE s Republican and therefore
useful" SO, whenever Hail. Connolly & Co. desire to
mako q statement" they invariably do 1t from TIE
TRIBUNE pulpit 80 be it-let every paper do what 1t
believes to be right We do not presume to find fault
with cOtemporary. In accordance with its present
MISSION TIE TRIBUNE OF yesterday published the fol
lowing:
s claimed thu. the accounts Controllers Office soon 10 be
published ooe represented BY The
Tines only year. eIteDd sperod OF nearly i've Jea
and ht the money paid for buildings oes than INC He'
CourtnouSe spl the smTies."
Not So
We will use no strong language, because as Is very
we'll known, THB TRIBUNE does mot like It, IL never
called anybody hard names in is life. But we may be
permitted to say meek gentle word two In refer
enee TO the apology above quoted. IN Y Times
Comments by The Tribune.
We copy the foregoing as fair exempliil-
cation of the honesty and the animus of
journal which would fain SECURE for itself and
it's coterie patent-right to the exposure and
denunciation of the masters of our City whose
monopoly of power it did so much, only last
year. to secure. When the Editor of this jour
nal in April, 1870 as ono of o dephation
from the Union League Club, met the
Republican Senators at Albany and pro-
tested against the concentration of abb
solute power over our City in the hands
of Tweed g. Co.. he was met by the plea
that The Times favored that concentration
that the Executive Committee of the Chem
Republican General Committee also approved
it, &C., &c. Those representations pre-
yailed-the Tweed Charter was somehow
carried, when the Republican Senators might
have defeated it if they had seen fit to do so.
Why they did not, they may say if they will
at all events, they were urged by The Times
to do as they did
The Times now says that we print all the
" explanations" of our Tammany rulers That
is fact, though the concealment OF other
facts makes it serve the purpose of o false
hood. We have thus far printed ere1ything
which served or promised to cast light on the
gigantic raids which have been made on our
City's treasury We should have done so
even though the explanations had not
seemed to US more damaging to their authors
than the inculpations to which they re-
spond. 1t would not be like THE TRIBUNE to
publish charges of fraud and corruption against
public functionares and suppress their replies.
The weakness and irrelevancy of those replies
is no fault of ours, however unfortunate for
their authors. Whatever the parties inculpated
have seen fit to say, either directly or through
the columns of The Leader The World, or The
Herald, we have promptly reproduced, either
verbatim or in substance, just as we have
published every fact or substantial al
legation impeaching their integrity OF
their fidelity. The readers of THE TRIB-
UNE-whercof very many are Democrats
have thus the whole case before them, and
shall have to the end. We mean to carry
with us their unanimous judgment, regardless
Of party, when we sum mp tha case, rs we
hope soon to be able to do. For the present,
we are intent on elicting the remainder of
the testimony, and making sure that the jury
has been fully possessed of the facts. There
is no cali for haste and if we shall 80 treat
the whole matter that Democrats as well as
Republicans shall confide ia our int.irncss and
justice, an important point will have been Sc
cured Hard words may yet be in order: TOR
the present, we prefer hard facts. And, having
printed every material word that has been
uttered By or on behalf of Messrs. Hall, Con-
molly g. Co., we now ask every reader, but
especially every Democrat, to note that
|. The law which prescrbes the duties and
powers of the Controller imperatively requires
him TO make at least an annual exhibit III
detail Of his payments and receipts, and pub
lish the same in two City Journals. Up to
this hour, no such exhibit has been made for
more than two years past, and no excuse has
been offered by Mr. Connolly fOr his persistent
defiance of the law.
II. The ~ y. Times has somehow Obtained
&C of no (,utr trnl orr
showing payments to three firms of nearly Ten
Millions of Dollars for caTpenter-work, pias-
tering, plumbing, gas-ftting, carpeting, &c,
on the new COurt-HOuse, Armoriesy and other
pubic buildings, mainly within the last two
years. 1t certainly seems to us that -Four
Millions would have been a large aggregate
TO pay for all this work. The substantial ac-
ruracy Of the transcripts is not denied, while
the" expanatiOnsn attempted seem only to
make the matter worse. They make q lame
attempt to plead the baby act and Gtrow
The blame of the frauds virtually confessed
upon the defunct Board of Supervisors, whereof
William NJ. Tweed was the brain and soul.
They also babble about Republicans" Z" Re-
publican legislation" &C., in a hopelessly
nuddled way. If any Republicans have shared
he plunder of our treasury, let them be
brought to justice forthwith. Mr.. Keyser, the
plumber is Cor was) a Republican, and we
nave always esteemed and cOniided in him as
honest and worthy. But is that reason for
not calling him to account9 On the contrary,
we demand the most searching investigation
Of all his dealings with the City for his sake
and for that of the many friends who believe
in him. If he cannot abide the ordeal, let him
sink And as with hin, so with every one
else who seems to be implicated
Ill We admOnish the Mayor and Controller
that the public impltieutly awaits that full
exhibit, in detail Of the City'5 receipts and
CYnenlInrns sinca the last ONO Maa mnlc-