New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-11
OUR CITpS FINANCES AND FINANcIERS

OUR CITYS FINANCES AND fINdFCiEhS
TIE World, with faulty which amazes and
puzzles the average reader, says OF the aIIalgn-
n3ant of our Citys iinanciers, with Mr.. Opdykes
letter thereup0n:
"Now it 10 very clear from these recorded ana
unouesoned facts that thorough investigation Il pre-
cisey what the compainants in tbs case do not want
They clamor continually for the publication OF 'c
accounts II every did not know that tbesc wouu
at once be met by the assertion that they were ooc
tored or cooked for the occasion the facts wo hVo
stated must mako it clear to the Intelligence OF every
reader that the purpose of tho orginators OF theso
charges POLITICAL that they not made in the inter
est of economy or OF reform, OF good government
When this conviction fully obtains possession OF the pup
lie midland it H. by the weight OF the facts VIC nave
recited rapidly approaching that compoXon-the lorco
Of the charges Will become dsSiplted long before the
origiuator5 gather any practical political fruits
Comments by The Tribune.
II seems to rs unaccountablo that The World
should either fail to comprehend or affect not
to realize that our City's chief rulers are
already condemned by public opinion upon
grounds which involve no disputed facts.
Among these are the following:
I. There has been no official report from the
Controller of his receipts and disbursements IN
detail for the thirty months ending with last
June, though the law which prescribes his
duties directs him to make one at least annu-
ally. The pretcnse that this requirement has
been Cancelled by that of the Tweed Charter
which requires the Controller TO make such q
report to the Mayor whenever the latter func-
tionary shall see fit to require it, is monstrous
fallacy; but suppose it were not, can any one
imagine creditable reason for Withholding
such Report-always before made at least
annually-fOr so long a term as two years and
q half
III. MAYOR Hall asserts that such an exhibit
was made TO him several weeks ago, as an
appendix to the official Report published at
least five weeks ago. "Then let US have it at
"oncem exclaim all who are anxious only
that the whole truth shall be known. But
though promised and promised, no exhibit has
yet made its appearance. We were led to
expect its immediate transmission to the news
papcr Offices from two to three weeks ago.
Disappointed then, we were assured that 1t
should be forthcoming week ago last Mon
day and then last Monday; and still we have
it not, and feel no assurance that we shall
have it this weeI, or next. Is not here prima
facie evidence that something is wrong7 Does
not every days delay intensity the presump-
ton that the true accounts will not bear the
light-that they are being cooked in secret to
serve sinister puTpOse9
III. While every impartial person is swelling
| the cry, produce your accounts Let us see
to whom and for what you have disbuTscd
nearly One Hundred Millions of Dollars
within thirty months!" the Mayor and his
echoes assure the public that, though many
payments, when made known, will seem Sex
orbitant," yet neither he nor the Controller
| (though both passed them) is respOnsible-that
the old Board of Supervisors did the mischief.
Now, all familiar with our Municipal affairs
| know that William NJ. Tweed held that Board
for years in the hollow of his hand-that he
was its director and master-spirit-that he had
special control Of the expenditures on the New
Court IIouse--and that he is virtually charged
by Mayor Hall with plunderiDg the City for
his own profit and that of his crOnies Inger-
soil, Carney q Co. In effect, this is an i'm
parchment of one part of "the Ring" by
another II is a clear admission that the public
money has been stolen by somebody.
". The Albany Argus roundly asserts that
vast sums have been paid to Radical saints"
in the Legislature to pass successive Tax
Levies. 1t more than intimates that it could
call names if it saw fit. The sums thus cor
ruptly discussed are declared by that journal
to have come out of lngersOlps, and Garvey's
and Keyser's, enormous drafts on the City's
treasury. An abyss of corruption is thus un-
covered which cannot possibly DO explained
away.
- The points above indicated rest on no dis
puted or impeached testimony. You do not
weaken them by imputing the worst motives
to The Times, or to any Other assailant of " the
Ring" And if, as The World says, the Con-
troler's accounts, when published, will be dis
credited as cooked" that will be a natural
result OF the guilt and madness which has so
long withheld them from those who had a
right to see them.
PLAYING Ar TREASON IN MOSCOW.
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