New-York tribune., 1871-11-03
DOWN WITH THE RING !!
ENTHUSIASTIC MASS MEETING OF THE
REFoRMERs AT COOPER INSTITUTE

-.H.rI., NV 1I,,rs II. CHoATE, SAMUEL
r,rDrS. AND wM. NJ. EVARTS-OOI9iDH
MEETINGS. VI,
1hovsands Of the best citizens of New-1orK
.sscnbIed last evening at Cooper lnsu'u''' III "''
,co with the request Of tic Commi''ee VI 0'''r'''
..or 70 rcport on the municipal wrongs perPe'"'eu
- rou,,apv and the measures that should DC AooP'eu
,rs the city nom the clutches Of the TultnreS VINO
S.-o .,s.rncd uron it. Long before the mectins was
oa 70 order even the aisles OF the great hau wero
.od md II was almost an impossioity 10 get Oe!oho
-, entrance On the stage were james NJ Brown Henry
-. a., Hon. John Wheeler, the Hon. Geo. c. Barrett
=, n Bailey jackson S. Schultz, Edward Cooper the
~. ,o,,s- Farrell Of st. Jcsephs R. c. Church, and
., =, other r~ominent citizens. Capt Byrnes OF the
r,,,.ortb Precinct with force Of IS men, guarded
,he ral.
TIE meeting was called order by ex-Ju're Pierre
-. ,o +,troapccd the Hon Henry @. stcbbins as fol-
,uvs: . 4.
rr,o C1rryrvs: We have the pleasure 20 present to
, the Committee OF Seventy. who will now make ITS
crt 70 vou through its Chairman, the Hon Henry u
s:c5Nrs;
,DDR-ss OF TIE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY.
The address, presented by Henry w. otoo-
h,ps or?ped With review Of city politics Under IAN
,opv rr,c the Increased debt wholesale robperes' ana
v,!esprcad corruption. It continued;
7.NMANY CORRUPTION
Tis Tammany Ring and Its success are the marvel or
The worlds politics. without noise, without lorC''
almost without the public knowledge they nave accom-
rh,Ned a revolution IN the very heart Of American DC
aoc-aey and established On ogarchy Of robbers IN the
rlcc OF popular representative Government There Is
+ason to dread that with electric intcgnonSnesy; yi, 5
Dro0tahle viIlainv has spread from NtN-1 oIN
C 10 tie principal towns Of the whole United saISS'
80 the American political system Is mcndccd WIN i!
t,
MAI ooi and virtue all out Of IT, Certain " is tat Ve
,oactarr Of fhc legal possession Of the municipality OF
vsu.York Citv by an organized baud OF thieves has
locked aud alarmed ll in Europe who believed IN DE-
crHrvi Ancrica Certain tls tia, rornlar government
IS ow on trii hcr aud that the vcrct will take It's
color from what Judgment We shall renler ana %hat
i,tsmr shall cxcCntc @aist the conSlt2rTS Mh1
rs,c e. len our public liberties and luhdeEtd ClT
r burden of this duty to s.crly iu'e" ond swiftly
.v~cr'o = C'cc"',inglv wciEtr. T." s'Trad "t 10
.-r onr own Democracy drpelds on It, Our finances
ir -orce 1c'u1 on il. Fer il We fail 10 over
., ,tc- and II III! 10 send them rs fcons 70 tho
o., r.isua and n make them d gorge what they
,.rae iraly conclude that our irsiituiions fail
, tlet tie strength Of American credit IS g"Ie' ann
~ people whose rulers th5cEss and whose
& ancG %IC c hrre re T Tecailedi viii no Important
r.-dniiOus for new loans be arrested VII not onr
"o6 nS Tegrnea m SGFe i% Int Sg IN IKE anar @ the
'. este interests OF people are rio;SrnomLn % f
Its foreign interests have aS nine in n 10 oTchro ana
-,.hmert Of the Tammony Ring Is Simply that Of orr
r,,rrrty Of the City Of New-Ynrk Wa, sought ICr
hr purpose 1t was sought mrs. L. rni' inc N Il W
,i ,,tnr Stac Of NcwYork. This control was nccs-
mntn tte Ring il preaat3ry TEs,rs,},; ~, p @ the
,rronrh 1neir political party, to throw te doc>y@ vote
N Stlte Of NpW.York In the elections for Pr kht Z
T,itcd States. They calculated, and I%lc%.nie !
y, hd', in a time OF domestic I,,cc a" me s!;t9 @
Toi ~. The 81 votes of NewYCrk would b" necessary 10
party woll olect It's caudi32G, arr Of cra Sc ,cJ
ID set up at Albany the Ircscnt Ncw-Yo' C9',itT'
"dia,cd the setting up in WoshI-st'n III j., "' 20
which h,s d .honorcd a'i naukrIted Is, o"t 'as'y
| .uger and vastly more desoiatin|
WORK OF THE COMMITTEE.
Gaming then TO the work Of tie CC,nUif'ne, II says:
within "a hours after i!s creation The Commute was
o,,anzcd, and divided its work among appropriate sun
.Sinent and ato lawyers Commiire on Elections,
chosen equally from each OF 70 ~" 20 itic'
Committee 10 cal! upOu the Governor; "I
LEGISLATION whose duties VII Lot have =. H. !n.n,uii n.n,ui
ell laws devised 10 lshcltcr dishonest oih,la ON
mittee OH Finance: Commttsc 10 'mN'SGatc lFdH"s Is
crrsnizaon The mcTIherS ~ these various Committees
Lave given a good sbarc Of tlcr time T." IT,iI %@onh @
srcrd iSports2t bushes Interests discarre the
hcher lues imposed them through tUe 'o4.iI>HVo VI
T All ar th bnaTirst ard most rr.roDdle work fell on
the Committee on Rqpci,s, L,'H Ic re srrn l ised All
| dsLayed when they found how NorguGny me I chIcI
IbI LEGAL de'enscs and how dlcult II v&s 10 reach
s1 m Tn,ob leral means Tie piracy against the
taxpayers revealed its fun egorn'os only after tho
NOT aticnt search through the ftaut-hooks Tor the
sSt len wears slowly deliberately md with purpose
10Y as u w9 cty i in fc c4rs Of legislation that
BIT the honest citizen no apparent or cdsS 'Hod VI Io
The action of Judge Barnard s then orpoutetd eds ard I'd
the appointment of Mr. Grc1I nol'N ~ great hlep ~
thG canse OF reform II stated that the Willingness OF
c CIV authorities to throw open thor books tO the C
pps G3oot Committee and the positive rGsus OF tneir
kbors are "the limits ard the Influence Of the Committee
Of Seventy TO which also Is aHe iie 9fGGt @ .. Rg asg
Committee OF Fifty. which viii for that spoated
tty i'm the regards IN which law IS Howerless to protect
It. Aud the Committee can Justly claim the merit or
tIemsnts Of tie fi,rtrnc life of popular state-cOn
science selfrespect and pride Of nationality"
Il The report continues:
The movement made by the distinguished counsel
Employed by the Committee was the bringing or tnr
lngesO suit In which the publicsprted and lndeiat-
Fable Mr. Havemeyer is the Paintlh Delays lherpOseoi
sult Of this suit. Other proceedings, includng one
,nst the MAYER have been Instituted as rapdy as e9
rcual Of the CITY authorities TO co6eratewith US IN
70 strong Of the State, with which to inter
for thc relief Of quarter OF its population. betrayed
stc ,nirih defenders.
A Committee OF which Judge PierrepOnt was Chair
man. visited c Governor at Albany, and presented tho
ease 10 clearly and strongly that its request was granted
and be Attorney General was authorized TO employ Mr
all prosecutions IN which the Committee OF Taxpayers
blight ask his assistance This great step toward re-
the ST. te al lis back and with services Of such
peat lawyers as Mr. OConor aud Mr. Evarts at its
Rand the Committee felt that j. could bring 20 justice
the chief plunderers and reclaim az least g9od por
Sn OF the plunder. What progress mas ALREADY Deen
hade since Committee obtained It's power 70 act WIN
2ceney In tie Courts need not take your ume 70 Tell
-tht newspapers having already informed you: musI
t forget however, TO allude to one Important success
the Committee in reclaiming money belonging 70 the
or Chiefly through the personal efforts Of ono OF the
b JscksSn & ScSnltz property of Mr. Keyser amount
Sto nearly 6GOOO has been secured ana now neiu n