The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-07-15
HiVEMEYER'S FERTILIZATION.
That Answer and How It Is
Being Prepared.
WHAT THE MAYOR THINKS.
The Charges Against Davenport and Others
for Violation Of the Election Laws.

The answer OF the Mayor TO the Governors letter
has not as yet been completed, and 1t Is now said
that even after it shah nave been completed Mr.
Havemeyer Will not send It TO Albany Tor severa
DAYS. The fact Is the Mayor has found out that the
charges, even though they may be s.1umbled,'' as
he elegantly puts 1t, not easily answered az
some oil his friends had led him to believe they
could be, and that he will have 10 let a
few legal advisers revise his answer care
mB before he allows 1t TO oe made
public. II will be remembered that all the
charges made against him were published in the
newspapers the day they were presented to .he
Governor. and that If he had half MAD to keep
posted as TO what his prosecutors ere doing for
his benefit ne could have easily been primed for a
ready answer when the Governors terse little
note came duly to hand asst saturday; and yet he
pretended day before yesterday that he really dld
not know what the charges made against him
were, and yesterday, reading portion OF
them, ey pressed himself as very much surprised
90 ind in them many things he had not before even
areamed OF IN his Mayoral philosophy This
profound
IGNORANCE OF THE FUNNY OLD MAN
can be easily accounted Tor If his statement that
he has not read newspaper in six months can
be relied upon ; but as he occupies great deal OF
hlB IN Inc AFTERNOON dlter WIN GOOu
Gracious Matsen in reading everything In the
newspapers that his faithful Man Friday marks
out as having some relevancy to the daily actions
OF man named W. F. Havemeyer it Is quite pos
sible that the statement was made by the Mayor
when he was lust recovering from the after effects
of an afternoon snOoZe and when all things mum
dane looked rather mythical TO the Mayoral optics.
Ii may be said Just here in relation to these
charges that certain stories have leaked out about
the "opinion" from the Corporation Counsers
ONCE which Will not by any means fortify the
Mayors position in the eyes OF the Governor if
they are borne out by facts hereafter. One of the
strong points he expects to make in his answer
Is, as was stated in the HERALD yesterday,
that he was justified in reappointing Gardner ana
Charlick, law or no law, so long as he had first
sought for and obtained the opinion Of the Corpo-
ration Counsel, that opinion deciding that he had
the right to make the reappointments. In the
face of this it is now alleged, on pretty good
authority, that the favorable opinion was asked
for before it written-that is, when asked for,
Il was distinctly stated that the opinion shou4 be
what 1t turned out TO be- declaratory OF his right
30 make the reappointments. II is also alleged
that the points for the opinion were laid down by
party who was In no way connected with the
Corporation Counsers ONCE. II these allegations
shonld prove to be correct-and it is quite pos.
sible If an investigation is ordered by the Gov
ernor into the MAYORS conduct That the whole
story about the opinion Will be dragged to light
there will be high old time gene rally in legal
circles which, up to the present have apparently
had no finger in the municipal pie one way or the
other. The Mayor OF course, scouts the idea that
there was anything like
A PITCH AND TOSS GAME
between him and The Corporation Counseis ONCE
may be right; but, at the same time. there are
those VINO would IKE 10 know why, before Gardner
and Charlck resigned at AL, the Mayor asked the
Corporation Counsel people to let HIM know
whether their designations, If they did resign,
would affect his supposed right TO make the re-
appointments II is SAID that the Mayors per-
sOna work In getting uptne answer to the Gov
erDor VIII not be very laborious one, and that
the charges are now in the hands OF two well
known LAWYERS OF this city, who have been in
trusted with the task OF making out OF the Mayors
views ana points as strong legal argument as
skill and ingenuity can possibly accomplish. 81
am In no hurry. no hurry al ALL said the Mayor
yesterday, when questioned about the time
at took quite long time for
the men who made up those charges to get them
IN some kind OF shape, ana ii Is only fair that |
should take my time to answer so as to answer
them well; and they VIII be answered, / tell YOU.
II they think they can walk over me every day
they're mistaken, and they'll find out before this
thing IL that they have mIscalculated their
strength. am confident that everything Will
come out in the end all right. What | have done
have done legally, and there is nothing IN their
charges that alarms me IN the slightest degree
They doubtless, think they Will make a big noliti.
Cal haul out OF all this fuss and leather movement
Let them think so. 1t may do them good and
doesn't DO me any HARM"
THAT INTERVIEW.
The Mayor, moreover, stated that the Governor
had not called upon him the day previous and
terview Governor DIX and were TO nave learned
from the reporters | had no reason 10 expect
him to CALL and dare say he did not intend 70
pay me visit. So you see the reporters didn't
get that right anyhow, and Parton might as well
make a note OF 1t for another article and the
Mayor grlnned IN way that would have brought
smile to the lace OF grizzly bear.
THE STORMS TO CONE.
The case OF little Johnny Davenport seems after
Az, not to be such laughing matter as he and ms
friends would like the public TO consider IL
Charges have really been preferred against him nv
she individuals whose names have already been
published, and who consider themselves aggreved
BY his action at the elections when they were
these charges, Others will soon be forth
coming preferred by other parties and that little
Johnny viii be made to travel over very hard
road before fortnight has gone by In converse.
non with HERALD reporter Yesterday one OF the
Tammany magnates said-"1he charges made
against Davenport are quite serious, and have
learned to-day that others still more serious viii
be brought against him. Tammany Hall as an or
EanZatlon mas nothng to do with the matter, but
II is pretty certain that the charges are ali
put in shape and get before the proper tribunals,
kept a strict tally OF his infamous outrapes on
inspectors and voters whom he wanted TO get out
OF the way Tor the time being Will lend helping
hand in putting him out OF the position
he has dsgraced. Why everybody is familiar
with the desplcable trickeries this little up
BLdTb upOD many pcOpe TO luTtner
ms party's ends. Because he was placed where
he IL, through the influence OF Ben Butler he has
had an idea that he could do anything and every
thing that he pleased. | need not cite any par
tIcular instance where the fellow displayed his
peculiar talents the most Indignantly. But he IA
not the only one who Is to be hauled up with sharp
turn. He and the fellows who followed In the dirty
wake or Jimmy O'Brlen VINO claims TO be demo.
crat and yet VINO signaliZed himself last election In
getting democratic inspectors put out of their
places on the strength OF forged papers and false
a1idavits, have hau so lar apparently everything
their own way.
FRAUDS AT THE POLLS
no matter by whom committed, must be punished
Both parties Ior years have done their utmost TO
Dptdo one another IN the districts where they
were the strongest TO carry the day by ballot DO
stuffing, false counting and by other ways and
means best known TO their paid hangerson. Old
Tammany had her day OF election WI,
Ianies and SO have the republicans in
certain districts. The practice had got down
10 such q fine point that IL was only a nuesLlon nI