, 1873-11-04

Gngc, tho confederation must bo reduced from
ono-afth TO one-sixth Of tito city 1cpoalta;
TINT deponent again rojecto tho offer; tint OIL Bull
day afternoon, deponent about to stop into iia
buggy, In front Of tho ontrnnce 10 Grconebsua bank
building, tho Aforesaid attnnoy called him, and bc-
ginning hgain to speak of Tho bcforc-snno orer
nnrked Tint nu tic 4'err,raprra hHd been aEEN that,
from MonSlny on, nut lnn would be writtcn In tho
English daily papers atFtss Dsvl a. Gago, md tho
arpo,ont bad heon foolish not To accept tho prorosl
tonA made 10 him; tHs, t1urouron dcronout replied
that lie losing hs patns to prcaa him nny further
snco he was determined to work. heart md soul for
tho good Of tho Pcopics Party, and nganat tho
dan,nab'o corruption Of tho City Treasury clique.
Further doroncnt saitll not.
ANTON O. nEa1Na.
Sworn to before mo, Nov. l, 1a73,
JuL1us nosrEzuAl Notary Public.
It Ia gratifying to know TINT this unknown and
unnamed person did not succeed in accomplish
ing Ills hollish purpose.
l. It appears that Alr. Hosing laa thought 1t
with htH oath. This nuHt DO regarded as IN nd
mission on Ills rnrt that hia plain atatoment
would not bo accepted by tho public as good for
much.
2. Though tho alleged offor to bribe Mr. Hcs-
ing waa mado nearly throo wooka ago, ho has
kept perfectly quiet about 1t. and this notwth-
standing tho fact that IN exposure, properly at
toHtod, would havo boen OF NUT torial benefit to
tho cause Of tho Hos:ng ticket. hfr. Heaing has
reserved Ills charge to tho day bofore election,
and thon printed it, 40 that thoro WAS no time
loft for him to bring forward witnessos to sub
atantiato his nsBortiona.
8. Nothing could hnvo mado this affair moro
suspicious utIloss tho proposition had boon uado
to A1r. neaing as Der Froischuetz ct tho VOLTS
Glon, in tho midnt OF blue lights. Mr. Hosng
neglocts to gtvo the namc OF tho "prominent
attorney" who tempted him In Honoro'a Block,
and in bar-rooms, aud on tho strcot-corncrB. It
there might have been witnesses to tho attempt
cd bribery, the two gontlemon present convou-
iontly withdrew, aud loft Mr. Hcsipg alono with
his anonymous but "prominent legal tondor.
4. Not tho least notable feature Of thcso
mystic interviews Ia TINT h1r. Hesing alone Of
nll tho newspaper men in tho City Of Chicago
Ind tho indofeahiblo virtue to Withstand tho
tempting ofror. "All the newspapers" Mr.
HcsinR was informed, "had beon soon," but this
did not bulge him. Neyor since the day that o
like scono occurred on the summit of q high
mountain, has there boen On instance OF such
exalted and heroic Belf-donia1. Thrice was Mr.
Hcsing tempted, and thrice did ho roject the
bribo with manly scorn. We beliovo TINT this
revelation will placo Mr.. Hcsing in a now light
before tho people, who would scarcely have
credited him before with such tremendous power
OF resistance unloss indeed, tl,oy arc forced to
believe that ho mndo better torrns with Dan
O'Hara and Buffalo Miller.
&. If nll tho newspapers Ind boon "soen,"
and NIr. Hoeng had fallen among tho rest there
would layo boon TUE TRIBUNE Times, Inter-
Ocean, Journal, Post, Mail, Staats-zei-
tung Onion, and Freie Presse support
ing hfr. Gage. II each WAS to be
accorded an equal amount Of tho funds in tho
City Treasury for its support, as tho "promi-
mont attorney" intimnted to Mr. HoBing whon
ho wanted him to drop from one-flfth to ono
sixth, tho city deposits would aave been divided
up into eight-eixths. AB Mr. Hosiug Inns re-
fused to put a price upon his virtue, wo hayo
only soven-Bixths to bo divided among tho ncws-
papers now supporting Mr. Gage for recollection.
Perhaps Alr. Hcsing III his new arithmotical
procose, can figure out how much Of the city
deposits will be left to Mr.. Gage aftor they have
been duly diyidod according to tho plan stated
in Ills affidavit.
The appearance Of this remarkable affidavit
at tho timo and under the circumstances in
which it was made public, is the strongest con-
frmation which We could have had to the charge
already made in THE Tn1nuxE viz: That Mr..
HeBaing has diverted tho present campaign
from the original purpose with which the Ger
mans started out. and has conducted 1t with the
single object OF obtaining possession Of tho city
and county funds. He is careful not to chargo
ono to ofror him tho control Of my portion Of
the city deposits for lis support, aud no inteli-
| gent man can be porauaded that this ever
| occurred. But A1r. Hesing has made m affidavit
with tho purpose of conveying tho impression that
Mr. Gago haa bartered AWAY tho control Of all
tho city deposits to securo tho influence Of the
newspapers that now support him. What he
moans by the "control of tho city deposits" wo
cannot say. This is left as vague aud obscure
rs tho rest Of the affidavit, but, we presume, he
means to Intimate that Mr. Gage has given tho
privilege to certain persons to designate tho
places whore tho city funds shall bo deposited,
and ehare tho interest thereon. That is to aay,
while Mr. Gage is required to give good and
sufficient bonds for ST. 600, ho has accorded
certain parties the privilege Of designating
whoro tho city funds, covered by these bonds.
shall be loft for safe keeping and, instead Of
returning the city tho intoroBt on tho fundH, he
will divide it among the pRrtios aforesaid. Te
prove that this is true, contrary to all reason