New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-07

The AlbGny ArgVS sheds lurid light on Tho
topic now chiefly agtating our City and state.
Speaking of the enormous sums paid for car
pcntcring, plastcring, plumbing, and furnish
ing our new City Hall and Arnorics, it says !:
Thc Times stops short when the yiliiny Of IT, own fol-
lowers comes TO the Hight 10 does not re,raCt butit con
ccalsi II sne6hs from fight in which ii entered win
byavado aud boistCTous insults o. it, political opponents
Under the system OF proGiSIe expenditure and oNor
ton which its party organized AMI which for ten years
it tolerated. wnled at, participated 10 The profits or
there was a large and loose habit Of auditing accounts
But all the accounts were sent 60 the state Legislature
10 be frat sanctioned there Tho Radical maOr erected
there tol! gate through which all these plascrcrs ana
plumbers aud carpctscicrs and furniture Dahcs had TO
pa7a and to pay Rd9icGl editor recently cenf hrough
the No7 York Courthouse, and GfLCd, wicTe Is al ms
pl1stcriHg, at his fUTiiiWel We can fH HIM The
hands Of Ra3ical politicians al Al6liy had 10 be pins
tered annually before he Ncr Iorf t1Tiery cogd become
u lar. 10 one man, saint Of ST. Laurence, Sliy H0r
sand dollars had 10 be paid; 70 another, 'he neck
ci06cd Sc1mdrel from iadiSoE sam ncyrB as great
Garres plaster ,ghitens rails and fetiiseS farms IN the
sesiot the SUITE. HGcrSOHS furniture dcckS respectable
mansions in The interior, and he ncighbors rondSr hoc
the ,ccaH and tlSie oj le ouIeT rare 50 sEaaea'B &c
rcopcd
aDccs any one suppose that the old Republican firm
OF plumbers the Keysars were let Oh with furnishing
NcwYork Cour-Housc! No; their lead pipe ran into
Hcramcr, and tapped the politics Of Montgomery. In
deed the sewerage Of Cayusa and CtauinuGna it is be-
Heyed found tleir machinery and equipment at This
good Old Radical establishment"
Comments by The Tribune.
What sort Of Tax-Lcyics they were, which
required the payment Of $4,000 and $4,000
each for votes required to pass them, the pub
lie would readily infer, even if those bills had
not been exposed prior to their passage. There
was never a day in which an honest and rea-
sonable Tax-Lcvy could not have passed any
Legislature of our State without the payment
of a dime. No one ever dreamed or feared
that such q Levy could not be passed without
briIing any one. The payment Of large sums
to scoundrels who disgraCcd the role Of lcgls-
latOrs was found necessary only because the
bills were swcllcd by appropriations that no
honest man would vote for
We insist that The AygHS shall n1mc the
traitOrous villains who "struck" the Ring for
the sums above indicated. The fact that they
were elected rs Republicans makes us cspc-
cinly anxious that thcy be exposed and pun
ished. The Republicans in successive LcgislG-
lures attempted TO reduce these monstrOus
Leyics, but were always deserted at the critical
moment Ivy enough false brethren TO defeat
them. We then guessed that these were
bought The argus now confirms the suspicion
and in two instances indicates the price. Now
let it name the mcn, and let them he made to
restore their plnd,Tl IL Iightiuly belongs to
our Taxpayers; they have lost it by robbery,
which conveys no title. Let the thieves be
sued and made to disgorge! Name! Name!