New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-11-28
H.iRRORING Rid CHtR .ffTERS


HiRBORING BfD CHiRITTERS.
Ever since the exposure of the fraud, on the
City Treasury THE TEIEl NJ has insisted upon
rigorous and impartial prosecution oi all Ia"
inculpatcd officials We Layc denounced the
rumorcd BARGAINS and compromises ~ whi'h
Connolly and some others wcrc excepted rom
tho punishment destined for Tweed. What
ever may be thought Of their respective lie
grccs Of guilt, there can be 10 doubt that all
the members Of the Ring are public offenders.
The best of them richly deserves i.non!in!o's
expulsion from Office, and possibly term IN
tho State Prison. Connolly in particular Is,
next TO Tweed, the most moi olionsly di5hona''
of the whole band. Net do'l'r could
be stolen from the CRY without his
connyinrc aud IL is strongly sn'p"r' ed hat
ia the division OF spoil, he cp. a, lngc share
a. Tweed himself. Yet cytiy HAN knows th'.t
for the past t"O months or more there has
bccn an III l,rs,. nding between connolly end
an Influential .cc,;rn Of the RctOrmcr1. TIE
7YmrS ,rjd,nly cc.',d 20 call him roIlr.
In all thc attacks, t..t' times repeated cvriy
dag, upon Tyrcd. Swcc.'y, Hall, Kcyser, ln."r-
sol and Garycy the name of Connolly VA
carefully suppressed. 40 attempt was made
Of fraud crt vouchers. or to prosecute him for
his un1ucstionablc lascalitics. When proposl-
,i,n wa. made to force him into resgning. in
o;,l,r that Andrew II. Green might DC regularly
anpoint,d in his place, Ire Ti~'S Mokc SIIcnc"
ana rp5.rd forwdrd 10 save him. Mr. Green
VA. strictly forbidden - accept the oi1""
under Iai,. OF III" IiW,Sf ,isplra,llrc. On the
yr.y day that Connolly resigned and Hail
appointed Glccn, Ire Times dcclaicd that no
man with good character cou.d Afford to
accept sdcll M appointment; that mo gentle
"nnn Ous', 20 condr,rcnd 20 accept
"any oG,r a. the lujl5 of an olt !il so
thoroJg ..ly der, died as a. Oakley HALL
t!iat it is Impossible that any man car receive
the fan support of the public if Hal appoints
"hm." NpT M. Green was personality ac-
c"p:allc to every honest man in The city.
There Wis oily one wy in which be coHid b"
made Controller, and :!at was By The Mayors
appointment. Whit object then could there
b. N lul.li,l'iug him 10 ace II. l:!l.rSS Il Vas
to Il Ter Couu1'!y
" natcy.r doubt thCT' may i,vn been about
Tie IiWcs'5 completely III compromising Con-
molly, crimes WIS removed on sunday, when That
journal commented IL, follows lno:I hisarcs::
"c'?nol'y oor'ich ro.l'ion in yhich lv rr,ner, in,
,!n ia.it cN" n,.itnre Of the Ting. Wl@t Mr'
rw = GRE ta' ir"A .iii to d2 Is i, w. - ,'iit-
t nr p ' y, ' r ~ . &c mi H. ben tIwit ,l%
f,.t as y. 49,. ,>.,i.'," bf be f,Sg ''d "t'nl tnT'-
ro1,., and S'rr"yH Of r'~"hr. co"ti n.t IRE ERR
ia,H. cL tr',n .r,.t. %T ny. c,{ HN TIE ron,-
I -. 49, -, T RIA :o ', H%. NJ t."ra a'' a.a
J.. he u - n .,t'NottI N~ct pi'irs 70 MAJ rIo,, Il
sr.,d,. Ihi, ,l hardly help his rl''. r"l''s J." can
r"yt 70 til ,4.lon u the STAT" '"ar' that he was
III least guilty."
Thi. is even n grpss,r inStarcr If white
v:..i..u- ;.n ia. com Of Tie Tires toward
NJ. ,!an.,} O!,.j,l. !; :cp.c5onts the Con-
trp.lrr y; Il nr.o weak t.oi in the hands Of
ever ro.,'!c;. aid virtually invites our COM
pag.ion Tor man wlo ha.; fallen merely
hous. exec: s;yc good nItI..c. The arrest of
til, ai,.l cons, ira.or seem, 70 have been
effected aEain,t the wishes OF ne Times and
the Committee OF Seventy. and in contriycn-
ton of some secret bargain between them. 1t
has been male ut the inst ,atiDn of Mr..
O't'onor ard Mr.. Tillrn. If TIE Times and its
= lies continue in such courses, shielding COnno-
Il. @fi,uIiro,rcutiun ard sending Brcns TO the |
: ua,", We sail next have the credit Of munici-
pal reform trsi.>r, real to the Democratic party.
TO distract attention from its dcrcliction of |
,,uty IL this quarter IKE Times dances a wild |
ri.lh,on over the body of Mayor Hall, and |
cnl.S Loudly for somebody to indict and arrest |
him. This II iG.lf is Il ,;"rcr demand; but |
TIE Times has forfeited al! iight to make it.
The MAJOR hes been arrested; and if he Is not
now r,,'cc Indictment, it il because the pro-
u.,l,r Of the The Times refused to give evil
d"ncc aga.list him before the Grand Jury.
Ii Mr.. Jones, when intcrrogatcd by the jury,
had exhibited the proofs IF Halls guilt, which
h. has repeatedly boa>tcd Of possessing, true
Iii must have been found, and Hall, like Con-
molly, would now be securing the city in
search of million dollars bail. But Mr..
Jones chose to e. ter plea of professional
privilege (Which was hot valid in such caSc),
and refused to answer. so we have to thank
The Times for securing the escape of Hall, and
trying to secure the escape of Connolly. The
fcrmcr of these exploits WAS probably the re-
suit Of sheer stupidity; but in the case of
Connolly here was undoubtedly some hidden
i've, which We refrain from trying to pcnc
tr,tC.
UONEN UEIIEHS or TIE souri,