New-York tribune., 1873-06-18

the corruption in Brooklyn will reveal no de-.
tails Of altered bills, of forged warrants, and OF
spurious vouchers; none of the reckless seizure
OF money which we in New ork have come N
call BY its proper name Of stealing. Brooklyn
has been plundered under the guise of law.
Mr.. Kingsley has warrant Of the Legislature.
of the Common Council, and Of his associatesS
for everything that be has done. The CITY
Treasury there has been despoiled under ths
guise Of contracts which it will be difficult TO
prove fraudulent in a court of justice. Never
theless, it is known nearly to all fair-minded
men that there has been plunderine. The
extent of it they know to be very great, and
they are going to place the responsibility for il
upon Mr.. Kingsley and his assOciates.'
Who these associates are their own action,
proclaim. From the Executive Committee OF
the Brooklyn Bridge Messrs. Hustled Slocum.
and Marshall have been forced the attempt
TO force the present legislation has also com.
PEELED Mr.. Abram s. Hewitt to retire. Thoss
who remain may be set down as Mr. Kngsley's
associates. and it is well known that Mr.
Murphy, Mr. Stranahan, and Mr.. Tracy are his
strongest admirers in the Bridge Directory.
These have been his associates not only in
this enterprise, but in scores Of other opera
tions, extending through many years. 1t ia
the boast Of Mr.. Murphy that no legislation
affecting Brooklyn affairs can be successful at
Albany without his approval Every scheme
of Mr.. Kingsley has at some stage been in.
trusted to the manipulatiOns' Of Senator Mur-
ply. In every enterprise in which Mr. Kings
! ley has been engaged Mr. Stranahan, of the Park
Department. has been active. Mr. Tracy
new to the Bridge Directory, has long been
cO-wOrker with contractor Kingsley. Among
other associates in other departments is Mr..
William A. Fowler, who, though the minor
ity of the Board of City Works, boasts that
he has the controlling power of it, and in the
sessions Of the boards makes his associates.
the two Republican Commissioners, Whiting
and Palmer play the part of clerks who do
his bidding without question, and bis bidding
is ever in the interests of Contractor Kings
ley.
We can appreciate the motives Of Mr.. Mar.
shall in defending from misrepresentation
Messrs. Hustled and SlOcum, for whom we have
the highest respect as honorable men but it
is pity that Mr.. Marshall in his defense Of
them should have weakened what he said by
including Messrs. Murphy and Stranahan In
the same eulOgistic speech. 1t is idle to
attempt to conceal from Brooklyn tax
payers the part which these men have taken
in fostering the corruption which has
brought Brooklyn to its present deplorable
state. The history Of her municipal ailals
for many years past establishes beyond doubt
how active these men have been with Kings
ley, and Fowler, and Mclaughlin, in main
tanning the Ring which in Brooklyn Is CON-
posed of both political parties, and which
despoils under any and every change OF po-
litcal complexion. To these men more
than to any others the Ring owes its
solid almost perfect organization. They
have stood by Mr. Kingsley from the
first If, as Mr.. MarshalPs speech would indi-
cate they have at length, in terror at the APP
preaching revolution in Brooklyn affairs, broken
with Mr.. Kingsley sacrificing him in order to
preserve the Ring, such action will probably
hasten Mr.. Kingsley's downfall, but 1t will not
save them. The public are not blind; they
cannot be forever deceived; and subtle as
these agents of the Ring have been they will
find in the end that nothing can preserve them
the confidence which they at one timo enjoyed
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