New-York tribune., 1872-06-07

Mayor BALL got cent Of Tweed and Con-
nolly's stealings
In the case of Hoffman The Times has been
even more reckless. 1t has published on Its
own responsibility a statement for which tho
Committee of Seventy, after collecting the
figures. refused to become responsible. It's
President, Mr.. Havemeyer, has stated to US
that he does not believe that MIR. Holman
ever got a cent of tho steallngs OF lo0S' mr'
Samuel J. Tilden cOrrObOrates this view OF It,
1t is clear that The Iimes's figures do not
trace any of it to him. If 1t has any PROOF
which it keeps back we hope 1t VIII
print it. The figures of The Times are
suspicious, nothing more; and the worst
feature of its whole exposure can be explained
away with word. The proof of cOllusion be-
tween Hoffman and Conan which it cites lies IN
the apparent fact, unsupported by anything elSe
that warrants were signed by both officials on
the same day. Now this happens TO be no
proof at all, for the simple reason that war
rants are never dated when submitted to the
Mayor, but the date of each is filed in on the
day the warrant is registered at the Control
ler's office, which may be a week or month
after its approval by the Mayor.
Make haste slowly. Nothing ia ever ac-
cOmplished without proof. 1t should remember
that its ferOciOus TRADE against the Ring last
year was a complete failure until one day
those honest Democrats O'COnor and Tildcn,
whom it has ever since abused as not to
be trusted, came forward with the sworn
proofs of the actual thefts, and began against
Tweed and Connolly those suits the happy
advancement of which yesterday at Albany it
failed to notice-because pledged not to pros
ecute Connolly too hard
The World of yesterday quotes Gas we be-
leve incorrectly Mr. Dema5 Barnes as saying
as follows in regard to the Brooklyn Ring,
whose ancient history it brings down to the
story of the East River Bridge as published
by TIE TRIBUNE several weeks ago:
81 heard reporter Of THE TRIBUNE say that THE
TRIBUNE had history Of eight factories, quarres mills,
&C. under different names which furnishing these
supplies TO the bridge and also to public works carried
on by Mr. Kingsley, in all of which works quarrles and
mills he, Kingsley, had the principal interest"
Either Mr.. Barnes or The World has been
shamees5ly cOquetting with the truth The
reporter of THE TRIBUNE, who was charged
with obtaining confirmation Of certain lntOr-
nation to the effect stated in the above para
graph, applied to Mr.. Barnes for assistance IN
establishing the truth Of these charges, and,
of course told him what our information was.
But Mr. Barnes furnished none, and we have
not yet been able to secure proof
from any other responsible person.
We have repeatedly advertised the fact
that we had these charges, but no one
has come forward TO prove them true, and
those from whom we obtained them decline to
put them forward in detail officially. We have
also rendered these statements to The Wortd,
and it is still welcome to them. but we must
now impose the obligation on The Word to
secure legal proof of these grave charges be-
fore using them, for unhappily, in Its weak
and wearisOme imitation of its irate neighbOr
at the other end Of the block, it has chiefly
employed the mean and Ineffective style of
abuse in which that paper habitually INDUCES.