Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-10-30

1850 G. D. BoIlar & Co. Ingersoll & Co. s674s7 81
PSI Ingersoii Go. lngersoll 4 Co. so7I9 10
ss7 aeGrgs Miller ins Srs% Co. 49,
2s7s A. J. Garvey, Andrew J. Garvey, $500 so
2679 A. J. Carney, Andrew j Garvey 81, 100 80
s sss K Keyse s%e smith, a assss % %
1855 j. Mob. Davidson, j. Mob. Davidson, 6495 SO
These warrants were collected as follows:
James II. Ingersoll collected the first three,
amounting to $1s1,680 6l; Andrew j. Gar
vey collected the next three amounting to
$l08.079 Is : E. A. Woodward collected the
rest, amounting to $l2l 500 Oh. Each of these
men deposited the official cheques in the
Broadway Bank to his own credit, and then
drew against them. Ingersoll at once drew
cheque for $S5, 270 "a, and deposited it to the
credit Of 4. A. Woodward. Carney drew q
cheque for $7l, $50 IL, and deposited it to the
credit of Woodward. Woodward then having
in hand the sum of $27s,342 81 out of the
whole set of warrants, drew his cheque for
$66,5l3 2S, and deposited it to the credit of
William M. Tweed. In the same way the
fraudulent conspiracy was carried out on every
day ON which any of these warrants were
paid. And in the same way, when the New
York Printing Company, on June 7, 1870,
three days earlier, collected fraudulent war
rants of the same class to the amount OF
1884 1896 10, the company at once gave its
cheque to William M. Tweed for $l04, 1853 Ga,
which he deposited to his own credit the next
day.
1t is evident, therefore, that William M.
Tweed has been the head of formidable con-
spiracy against the people of New York,
which has defra ded them of immense sums
of money, and that, in this one affair, he has
personally taken, as his own share of the
spoils, million of dollars. The mystery OF
his great fortune is explained, and with it are
explained many other things, including the
rapid increase of our city debt, and the rapid
decline of public morality in this city. Several
Of his confederates in crime have already fled,
but this man still stands boldly before the
people, defying honest men to punish him,
and calling ON dishonest men to elect him to
yet another public trust.
1t is astounding that man VIGOROUSLY
entity of such gigantic crimes as Tweed
is should be taken up for Office even by the
democratic party. A decent respect for
the opinion of the public ought to be suf-
ficient to restrain from such an act. The
Post well says that "the sight of such a
man in free country asking and expect
ing to receive the suffrages of his fellow
citizens that he may be their representa-
tive and law-maker, is one which subjects
republican institutions to strain such as no
system OF government has ever yet been
strong enough long to bear" This is
what many outside as well as inside of
New York are thinking. If our institu-
tons are such that there is no protection
against fraud and bold rascality in high
places, but that criminals should be able
to grasp and hold public positions of power
and trust in spite of an actual opposing
majority and against the unanimous voice
of all decent and honorable men, they are
not what we believe them to be nor what
we desire. The result in New York will
have broad significance and application.
There is a grave feeling if not alarm at
the prospect, which was expressed by Mn
Eyarts in his speech at the recent ratifica-
ton meeting. He said: