New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-09-26

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worst antieip6fions u regard = the Tam
many ring are about being realized: Every
spiracy of the thieves who have impeniet
the prospects of tho party in this State
Conferences have been held the entire DAY
between the leaders of the State Democracy
and the Tammany men: urging the latter tt
resign at once; but - yet no result has beet
reached, because no one Will reagR s14Ae
If Hall, Tweed, Copno!ly and 6Weenet1e
main in oaacs now two dAys loesef "A go
ter will be given then " the party q hsDe
left to the o0nseeoooces Of the Law. The
charges laid ct ~ door of poor Watson
now dead, OF hav14. last year made away
with three million MARS, are in some quar-.
tiers considered loatAeome. hut it Is reported
nevertheless that L1s, Watson sold her
house and fureS seoetly after Watson'a
death, and y 80 teaiding In Canada.
The fightfl Fne1ors te-day. which led
to the arrest Of Aoan6rty aud wife, ianitor
Of the courthouse, and Balch. have been in.
tensifed by the scandalOus maneuvers in
regard to the ditpoeition of these parties.
The affidavit Of Mary Conway, the servant
| of the ianitOr. Was in the handwriting of ex-
Judge Barrett, counsel of the committee of
| seventy. That aAldayit was drawn up in
| the house of Justice Ledwith, and he was
! to have served tie warrants, but this came
to tho ears Of the ring and they got Justice
| Bowling to issue his warrant on the AFT.
davit Of Superintendent Kelso, thus bring
ing the men before a ring. Justice Led.
| with, who is IN opponent of Tammany,
however succeeded in nabbing Mrs. Has.
gerty, and he il making all the capital he
can out of her. The superintendent and
Bowling made the arrests while leayin 2
Wallack's Theatre last night, and kept
their men ct some outof-the-way place un.
til three o'clock this morning, when they
took them to headQusrters. They were
arraigned this morning. and are now locked
up in tho Tombs, where their first examina-
ton is to take place tO-norrOw.
The woman Conway who Yesterday made
the affidavit upon which all the arrests were
made, is secreted bv Controller Connolly.
who saws he vim produce her when she IL
wanted. Mrs. Ha9gerty, the only one in
the clutches of a ;nstice onnonent of Tam.
MANY, is in the Essex market Jail Tonight.
twithstauding the furious onsiaught made
on Justice LedWith tlais evening nv John
Graham, Of NcTarland fame. who Il conn
sel for AL tha vonchar fhieves NJ o..
ham charged Justicc Ledwith with being a
private proeecnfoa in tfis case. that he was
interested and couId NOT ACT indicial,v in
the matter. and he. Graham. would o. he.
1a1v
brought Iefore DovIine. Ex,Judoe Rarretf
on the contrarv. ia TO make q motion that
ali the voucber thieves he hronoht hafora
Ledwith. and TINA the breacb has er4enSaS
to the police courts. Haerer.v and Raich
are both excouncilmen. fr;enis If Twao5
always deoked svith diamonds and swa1
gering ward Doliticiane: but Il r. known
that thew are mere tOoIs though they have
committed the robbery.
Connolly's testimony tomorrow will be
important The COMMITTEES Of seven.v h,va
instructed their counsel to assist D;strict
Attorney Garyin i'm nrosecurinc the case
but the latter refused the assistance of MI
vate counsel The 0nDositi0n Democracv
are making preparations TO elect DELEGATES
to the State convention.
Tammany will call pr;m aries next week.
but the rural Democracy insis. upon their
not beng admitted to seats.
had with Mr.. Tilden, chairman of the Demo |
cratic State committee, this afternoon:
Reporter: Looking upon YOU "A one of |
the most capable representatiyes of that |
State sentiment, am I to understand that
what is here entitled the ring is abso-
lutely devoid of strength in the country
Mr.. Tlden: do not think it has any
solid strength told Mr. Conolly when he
irst sought an interview with me on last |
E!uay " ASK my aOVlce tnat ne might as |
we'll make up his mind that as a political
power he and all others connected with the
which had excited the public
Indignation had ceased to exist, NV oDin.
on is that the fall must carry down the
which these men control. in
,ther words, the Democratic party of the
'ity and county must be reorganized by an
dict of the Democratic party of the State.
The Democratic party Of the nation CON
lists of 100000 of treemen; of the State
t consists of $50, 900 citizens of the citv.
More than a hundred thousand of these
'ast masses of honest Democrats, toilinp
md sacrificing for the noble cause to which |
heir hearts are directed. can never consent
hat the sole result of their existence should |
'e that half a dozen men might enrich
themselves by public plumber, or that when
hey had just arrayed themselves for a