New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-19

are too recent and TOO well established to permit any
charged with similar frauds, even for Insignificant
sums 10 remain silent.
The Utica Herald is constrained to admit that
the charges are real and susceptible Of retutaton from
their crcumstantality and deniteness and, although
not believing Mr. Terwilger guilty hoped he would de-
mand investigation. The casc IL ,,o ad tpans
action are in Albany and these alone Mr. Terwill
ger must prove his innocence. commenting oh slo
%SSd P:rsB S S they
can by such brazen mendacity justify oeiUro n 'o
SOpo what Hy cannot ssoas ANY
reading require more than this admission that
P cent n S o Ss TesPf 0f him
ture OF the Transaction Here at one tne We mn tno
at another time we lind by The evidence Of The Albany
Argus Ne,c Yori; World NEw-YoRK TRIBUNE ana otner
az tn5 pf But W6 has
OF Mr.. Terwiligers Wanted demand TOT LeglsItNS n
ure In vain to discover any request action in the mat
ter The people, from whose pockets inc money
in the was taken want all the facts to come OUT
Shall they have themi
The Syracuse Standard, after temporarily and
fairly reviewing the adavits that they were
stand Mr.. Terwger must yet prove that he did not
use his official place TO obtain for Weed, Parson Co
portion or all OF the work for winch aSy Ky
proper for Mr. T. Clerk OF the Senate 10 receive
the sum Of $1,000 and u4Sard from PTn tSsn urn bn ~
OF "proof-reading &c. is advanced We Trust we may
partial defense may be followed by rrefragabe vim
dcation, fully exoneratng our townsman from even the
shadow OF suspicion.
The Binghamton Republican is 10th to credit
the dSgracefl fraud but If the story just as it is told
substantially as is told Is true. the Senate must
expel Mr. Terwlger and he ought TO be- and we DOUBT
not will be- prosecuted crmnay, as tho theyes on the
other side of the political house with this dnerence
that while the Ring Judges st az the back of the
Iammany scoundrels, Terwilliger VIII maks ms Oeu
along with Hodge ana Norton, ana the rest WIZ ma
adherence
lcan point OF view. and the Democratic"
The Utica Observer while admitting the
former good standing of Mr.. Terwihger deduces from
his connection with Murphy grounds for believing the
present charges "of all the Radicals who united their
political destnies with tho waveriDg fortunes OF the
shoddy.thier Thomas Murphy and the Custom.house
gang Of exposed corruptiOnists, none sacrced Deer
popular reputation than Mr. James TerTlger OF syra
Secretary and 10 put it briefly brains for Thomas Slur
ply Collector OF the pe OF Few ~ me tHaS
syllable added up hs accounts act apart ms PROFITS
prepared his little eerenade speeches defended MN
vaiantly against newspaper exposures and was IN al
things Muphys faithful servitor When Murphy slipped
behind the scenes Terwser went INTO ten eGay
to fiji his old place OF Clerk to the Senate"
TIE albany Express thinks it singular that
Mr. Terwiliger's value proof-reader should be so
great enable him to nearly 5000 in less than
two years, without interfering with his other regular
business II the firm pays al prcofreadeFs 20 literally
they surely VIII not lack employees IN that PaIuc-
ular department.. IL ~ singular dlsO' that tue nIi
should have allowed Mr. TerwilIiger for his miseel.
laneous services, proof-reading, &c. regular and
uniform percentage upon the amount or their
printing bills against the State Senate.
But ought not TO be settled upon aidavts MI
Terwlger ought not, in matter like this, to rest his
reputation upon testimony Of such nature and the
Senate whose officer he h ought not 10 be content to
let the matter drop without further investigation. Let
the matter be shown up that the people may judge
Let the witnesses be orally examined aud crossexan-
ned by competent lawyers An affidavit is OF little i'm
portance evidence but under rigid
IL difficult thing for witness to conceal tho truth
even though he be 30 minded"