The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-21
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THE MUNICIPAL MUDDLE
CHOLERA IN PERTH AMB0Y
The Situation Around City Hall.

hall through, anu WIFI tHe dufiCe vi
the corporation cousel, Mr.. OGorman,
has give up the attempt te remove Con-
molly, and will allow him to remain in
possession OF the Office, together with
the newly appointed Deputy, Mr.. Green.
This step, the Mayor asserts. is from
expediency and not for the want of legal
authority to remove. The guards
patroled the corridors OF the Court
House and Com ptroller's office all
night.
Superintendent Of Police Kelso states
that the report Of the arrest Of a man
on charge of having stolen vouchers
from the Comptroller's office had no
foundation in fact.
Mayor Hall Recedes from his Po-
sitiOn.
The recession Of Mayor Hall from
the course which he had signifed his in
tention to pursue in reference to the
Comptrollership has resulted in mali
fest quiet in regard to the municipal
affairs. The Mayors action was taken
at once as an acknowledgement of his
defeat and settles the case Of the ring.
Sweeney was anxious yesterday that
Hall should back down. At an inter
view with that official he strongly urged
she adoption of that course. Hall de-
clares that the question between him
and Connolly is purely official lie
thinks that the advice OF OGorman IN
the case of those who have plundered
the Treasury does not apply to the case
of Connolly, and that he believes that
Judge Barnard's injunction will hold
good until the formal withdrawal OF
Connolly from the membership OF the
Board Of Apportionment.
The German Movement.
The German movement against Tam
many appears TO be Of greater magnl
tude than it was at first supposed, and
it has now transpired that the revolt
among the Germans dates back to last
year, when the Tammany leaders Gre
ated dissatisfaction by apparently ig-
noring the German influence, and dis
regarding the efforts of German citizens
to secure municipal reform. In the Sth
Ward, some Germans OF prominence
who were holding sInecure places under
the Tammany officials before the devel-
opments of fraud occurred, are now
said to be among the most clamorous
in the ranks OF the reformers.
Meeting of COnnOlIy's Friends.
The friends of Connolly had a dem
onslration last night, at which every
confidence was expressed in the interest
of the Comptroller, and strong denuncl-
atoms against the Mayor were made in
resolution that was passed, calling
upon that official to resign.
What the Tribune Says.
The Tribune, in referring to the aC
ton against both of the alleged plum.
derers of the treasury, says that the
arraignment OF Tammany cannot be
left to the ring; and that il the robbers
of our city are to be brought to justice,
and restitution made, it is not possible
that those whose hands are unclean can
be entrusted with this weighty service
1t thinks that there has been such a
rapid progress made in the last few
weeks, that no further compromises nor
compositions with the enemy must be
accepted.
statement OF Foley.
The plaintiff Foley, of the injunction
case, said in an interview that Connolly
has no utilization Whatever with the
citizens committee movement and that
he offered to make restitution in full;
| besides submitting statements which
will criminate Sweeney, Tweed and
Hall and probably send these gentlemen
to prison. He thinks il Connolly goes to
prison he will take with him the rest
of the ring.
O'Rourke Meets with a Warm Re-
ception.
One o Rourke, some time since a
clerk in the Comptroller Office, who has
acquired notoriety on account OF his
free use of information against the
Comptroller, Yesterday tried to see the
managing editor Of the Tribune, about
some publication which had been made
in that paper derogatory to him. After
ascertaining that he could not see that
gentleman, he approached the city
editor and with uplifted cane threated
! in words and manner, whereupon the
city editor pitched him out of the door.
Further Developments in Regard to
the Missing Vouchers.
The Eesning Post publishes, this
evening, the following: Another fright
ful fact concerning the Comptrolle's
office has just come to light. We are
informed on the highest authority that
the vouchers for the county payments
stolen from the Comptroller's office on
Sunday night of last week are not the
only vouchers missing from that office
Early in the summer, it is said, city
vouchers to the amount of S3,00O,000
were suddenly missed from the Comp
trollers office. The fact was not made
public at the time and has been one Of
the reasons why some members OF the
citv government desired to keep the
office from examination. 1t is only
very recently, however, that the Mayor
or anv other officer outside Of the Comp
troller's office has known Of the abstrac-
ton of these vouchers. The City Auditor,
through whose hands these vouchers
passed, and who was responsible for
their accuracy, was Mr.. J. Townsend
Connolly, son OF the Comptroller. de