New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-20

,,, -,os IN the Legislature, when one branch was
,p, NJ Tommssion was mixed commission ana
he was made the counsel for u Ut Ne"-''"' " 49,
Oh, A. your nominations A. That Of all nc Repunl,
cars there believe; that OF The h1or"y " "o'' NV
nySe,, on ,i,d that tax commission continue as IL
was formed then A. 1t Is still In existence, or. M
g DID c GSS Mrin" ar e S" s% 10 10
q How long did he leave-when dlh ne hi,Vc ,n' ,
1oi think he resigned at the time Of this contest
~ The General committee about that time his reslg
nation was brought about by proceedings IN W. 1
Committee at that time or by concurrence Ia inc iep'
i't ~ When was tbati A. That cannot tell Won, Sir
q Was about The same time .naI nt ,,n ,o'' ''
O. You have spoken about other renoNiIs t Dt,
other districts about the sauc tinc-the ease OF Cohtt
and Of Nash A. There was quite number OF per ,'o
all removed for their action prlhciPdis io' te" "
i'm onpositon 10 the secretaries on that occasion
:" ~ bid Won write on here TO have those removal,
oriercdi A. My impression is SIR. that was gIhru
from here hy letter, think, n there were any ONCE
unIrr thc Federal Government and il so TO send the
w Any officers Of the Federal Goverument-Nhlt DO
| voH ,ncanI A. Who had sided with aud oheled Tue
dication of Tammany Han az the time.
e nn Won mean nv that all the men Who had voted IN
favor OF repeating the order made appointing "''o
'" o. All Of them i. think that was the principal
Nv Mr. Casserly~Al the men who voted for the old
~ IN Urinary elections of auhcncatns returns
| 4 Those who we're resembling the resolution allow
| inc fine secretaries to be Inspectors
who voted for The retention of the old systemi A. Yes
o. Did YOU give information as TO who they were !
q And that led TO their instant removal \. think
a. IA Sir. mink that was the cause OF their removal
/ a You brought in here article from THE TRIBUNE
III WIS., IA II come frnn-n whose handwriting IL
rf A. requested Mr. George Bliss to copy mat from
' @ That article was in the handwriting Of George
who was ihe writer Of ii! \. He himself person
~ He wrote It for TIE TRnrSE himself :. Oh, no,
! Sir" nv information WIS That Horace Greeley wrote
wa O. Whv wa. that extract made in manuscript by Mr.
pIiss here A. For the purpose OF showing why those
rciooyals were made that Il understanding oi IT,.
O. Who was il wrote from Washington TO ma our VIZ
thsc men wcrel Who wrote the letter that you speak
| ofI A, lam not positive now think ore came; one
nav have come from cen Porter aha u MY h,r ~
from the Secretary of the Treasury 1t wasehcr one OF
O. You think Porter wrote one and the Secretary the
on' How ~ many letters nave you received tho sub
iect 4 Imay have received two, aud may not nave
Yea o Other letters come except from Porter and
he Secretary Of he Irea,u'X IN n H., Wy Is
o. Went to all the Departmental A. vs., sIr. b..
on . nIi letter or asked any sch question: s. To the
| best OF ny knowledge and belief he did. ,,
q Was il an official ttrrt \. No. sir. mink NOT
| g. Have YOU that lettcrl \. dOnt know whether
have -, ,,,. o,,,
90 can II II was not don't believe could get II.
O. Was it Official unofficial! A. That 1 cannot
| swear to- .-
said in il a. Merely 10 find ONT whtthcr there were
any officers under NE or any OF the other departments
| that had Obcyed Tweed.
o. DO understand that your test or a man btin"
| under the influence Of the IanIIaIN Association was
that should have voted 10 ain the former stem of
certifying primary elections. 4 know that the fact
was tiis that Mr. Tweed for couple ~ years had yr
tually owned Republican Organization IN te city Of
| New York.
O. The whole Of it, A. We'll he merely had to dictate
aud hy ohrycd hs orders that was our understanding
OF mo condition of th, there for two three years.
q. had tc impression That the Democratic party had
the misfortune contain Twecdl \. Imcan 10 say that
the Democratic party the Rcpuhhcan organization
in the civ of New 0rk for the two or three years. that
is uur opinion and our underst Indlnc.
q. WHAT were the datcsl 4. For the two years pre-
vi1.. 10 Tie PRODUCTION Ol III, resolution .,O inc
General Committee.