The New York herald., 1871-09-17

Then let's git down to parity. Why, O'Brien Is the
best repeater In New York. He lays over them all.
There's the Holman House gang III vote forty
times day and never wink. I've had three thou
sand i've hundred dollars year iOr three years.
and suppose It's dead open and shut with me now.
expect to see myself working free lunch route
this winter; but I've worked 1t before. and don't
care damn. 1t all comes OF the newspapers. Why
don't they let decent people al0neS We never
trouble them.n
REPoRIER-W What eject Will the municipal muddle
have Oh :ne State election?
SHORT, SroUr YOUNG FELLOw-Enect Why it'll
just bust up. that's all Them Yanks in the north
ern part OF the State are red hot now. 1t amt
that they are any more honest than we are
down mere. just look at the doings at
j., don't want to talk abou. them. They
all read HarDer's Weekly and think they are plous
ileg1timate children THAT they have. There's Buck
hout-hes one OF then-and RullOf ana Mrs. Laura
D. & Fair' n They are all country people and honest
cratic ticket and they are all right. Holman may
be good talker, but he can't save the State. It's
paynaster and that other thief, Norton OF the Post
O. Olnce; Amt they all In the same box,
was born in queens county. and 1 saw
half dozen OF men VINO were brought up with me
before the war, and didn't have a cent. We'll.
where are they now2 Why they have got horses
ana lous and farms, and they go 90 Europe. They
were good republicans and they got contracts
uniforms None OF those guns ever went or; the
blankets lel to pieces the first rainy day tney were
put down on the wet ground; the heels and toes
dropped OF the brOganS, and the uniforms were
rldded with holes, like sleves after DAYS march.
was out IN the army, and know, and 80 do all
the boys. 1 didn' always hold an Oillce, but ! sup
pose have as good right 10 hold 1t as any sh oddy
contractor who got his rake when Secretary Stanton
REPonTER-we!l. what do you think will be the
programme adopted by the city government IN this
SuORT Srour Wanna ErrIow-what or do , think
Ill he the programmed Well, now, yer asking me a
tough question. Some OF them wants to remove
Hall and put Bob Roosevelt in his place, because
he's come out against Tweed. Tweed gave him his
nomination, ana beat Mcmahon out OF II. 1 was In
tae Sixtn corps when Mcmahon was on Sedgwick's
about putting Mcclellan IN Connoy's place, but If
Mac was fool enough to do 1t nes got friends behind
MIN That Will Dot let HIM do It, There's s. H. NJ.
Barlow and Belmont-they won't allow Mcclellan to
get lnIo scrape OF that KIND
kEPORrER-WIl the Legislature he called TO meet
anu take action IN regard 10 the removal OF the city
officials, do you thlnkY
SHORr, STOUT YOUSG FELLOw-Dol think No,
don't think anything OF the KIND. know 1t won't
De caiied without Tweed says so. and without
Sweeny tells Tweed to do it. AMI then old Barber
has got To be consulted, ana II he says IL amt good
thing why Sweeny viii tell Tweed 10 keep st.
REPoRTER-l understood that Sweeny and Tweed
were not on speaking terms lor the past hve tr SIX
days2
SHORT STOUT Young FELLow-Thars all played.
you can be sure. You see Tweed Is worth about
twelve million Of dollars, anu he mas made iC all
through Sweeny's direction. Sweeny only cares
for power. He Is not fond Of money Tnat'S where
ms head Is level. Sweeny and Fernando Wood
have been talking to-day, and they are tryiDg 10 X
matters up 80 as t0 let Fernando go up 10 the state
Convention and get the delegations to agree. Brad
ley mas just got home IN lime 10 be nominated, Dut
he Is cold fellow, aud he be beat Dy OBrien out
OF sight and mind. All those lawyers have peen
spOuting ior a lew days on this injunction. Why, I
tell you, some OF the witnesses could only get up
ana give their recollecuOns OF Barnard, who sat on
the bench, there would be q good deal OF lun. lie
has been a pretty hard case, ana what he do IT
know amt worth knowing. tell you. It's u little
different now from what II was wheG he lived Oh
West Broadway, or boarded there.
REPORrER--DO you believe that the wOrkingmen
will be competed 10 suner from the result Or this
late InJunctiOnY
SHORT, Stout YOUNG FELLOw-NO, sir; Tweed
knows better than to quarrel with The men who do
The sOlld voting. But II Is a little funny TO think
tnat only took $4 900 10 pay OF the claims OF 1880
men yesterday, isn't III That would be mere nca-
bite Tor Pweed IL would not furnish more than four
or five rooms i'll the Metropolitan Hotel with all
them carpets, fancy chairs and big mirrors. Why,
there's $25O00 worth OF mirrors In tnat alone.
Aud SO the money goes. But really do think that
they VIII be surrounded. Last night there was
another fight IN the meeting the central delegates
OF the Tweed Committee, ana Norton was chucked
OIL his feet, and he Thought he was o very great
friend o the "B0ss;'' but Jimmy Oliver was elected
by the boys.
Here the short, stout young' man became ex.
nausted and the HERALD reporter lett him to seek
heldS and pastures new