Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-08-02
THE TAMMANY FRAUDS.
Democratic Rascality ExpOsed-The "lnsur-
rectiOn Of Capitalists"

ACOtAOH VI C0pAO0AAoec'
The Times of Saturday, issued supple
ment in German and American, to its 300,
600 extra edition. 1888.
IN summing up its exposures to date, the
Times says:
I. That during the years 1869 and 1870,
our city government spent at least 81 900, :
900. p
In the Federal Budget of North German
Confederation for 1871, the total estimated
revenue is little over $51 900, 900.
New York spends under the Democrats
as much money as is derived from the Fed
eral income of States numbering IS, 900, 600.
II. The sum appropriated in 1871 for the
maintenance of the German Federal Navy
was three and a half millions of dollars.
III. Thesum paid in two years as part pay
maent of woodwork and furnishings for the
new Courthouse reached almost exactly
the same sum.
". The Department of Foreign Affairs
of the North German Confederation was
supported during one year for the sum ex-
pended in 1870 in supplying ten New York
armories with chairs and tables. .I.E
V. The entire Consular system of the
Confederation required only half the sum
paid in two years for keeping the plaster
work of our neW court house in repair.
VI. The entire Federal revenue, eXclu-
sive of customs duties, of the North Ger
man Confederation would have fallen one
million short of paying Ingersoll & Co.'s
account against the new court house for
two years.
VII. The entire yield of the income tax
of the Kingdom of Prussia, for the year
1871, was S5, 100000. n
. The payments made in 1S69-70 for work
said to have been done by Ingersoll & Co.,
on the County Buildings and City Armo-
ries of New York, was S., 1858, ,646.
|. VIII. The annual charge made on the
nation for each Prussian soldier is $225.
The sum of the fraudulent accounts above
given would have maintained for one year
43, 500 Prussian soldiers, or nearly one
eighth of the entire military establishment
in time of peace. We do not profess to
have exposed one-eighth of the fraudulent
expenditure of the City of New York for
1S69-70.
The Tribune Of Saturday says:
The "insurrection of capitalists as the
movements to resist further payments to
Tammany has been called, is rapidly as,
suming large proportions. Two move
ments are in progress. One consists of a
combination of property owners resident
in New York City, about 1000 of whom,
it is stated, have signed an agreement to
resist the collection of taxes by the city
and county officials, until a showing of
the books has been compelled. Mean
while, those doing business in New York
but residing in New Jersey, are stirring,
and contemplate flank movement in the
United States Court.
a well-known banker of Wall street, in
discussing the esubject yesterday, said: "The
time appears to have come for the citizens
who pay taxes to make a peremptory de-
mand for an exhibition of the city's ac-
counts. The city is paying seven per cent.
interest on its bonds when it ought to be
paving but five. The debt has been rap
idly increased, within short period, from
SIG, 500 900 to $105000,000. The increase
has been at the rate of eight per cent.
year upon the entire taxable property of
the city. At this rate, the whole property
of the city would be completely absorbed
in only 40 years"
The fraudulent operations of the Tam
many Ring continued down to very re-
cent date. About two months ago busi-
ness man on Wall street presented bill at |
the Controllers office for work done in the |
new Court House. The amount claimed |
was $4,000, but whenever the claimant |
visited the Court House and demanded |
payment he was informed that there was
no money and the bill could not be paid. |
Really requiring money, he again and |
again visited the Controllers office and |
stated his need. He was at last told that |
if he presented a bill for $64 900 he would |
be paid. This he did and received S64 900;
500 he retained and the remainder he |
handed over to the members of the Ring |
in the COntr pliers office. The complete |
of this monstrous swindle is ex-
pected to result from the agitation now
going on in Wall street.