New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-10-01

Hall. but men OF bad character, who while holding
these POSITIONS committed frauds upon the
for which number Of them have since been lndicleu.
This Is not simple assertion but fact whicn you eau
by referring to the proper records anu Sa
in nv opinion eectually dsp0ses or your caith tnae
the removal of Sheridan was error In Judgment
on the part OF Charlck and Gardiner and was .Ie o1
OfYepse OF which they had been guilty. rear tha. III
the COPIES you at school, referred TO 10 your
the one. EVIL communication corrupt good no
was omitted, or you would have stuciousy aVoueu w.
bad company Of these men, aud thereby saved lc VI
your reputation. ,o,,o, that tho
Police tho victims or the most IN
iquitous persecution for selfish ana pocai Uay11. NO;
you could not respected yourself II you hau hoS
stood by them" 1t is gratifying to know that you 40
respect yourself for your CONDUCT In this partieuar
because you are probably the only person ~ WIG wy
who does.
THE GOVERNORS OPINION.
The Governor OF the State who, singular 10 say stne
only individual in any way connected with the proceed
ings against the Police Commissioners and yourself OF
whom you have not something derogat0ry 10 say does
not entertain tho same respect for you that you nave
for yourself In deciding your case, he expresses the
this conduct upon which you now plume y1taIb, icS
you have more than once surprised your fellow
citizens" and remarks that your desire 10 sustain
Gentleman, SO eminent for his integrity and purity
Of character, Mr.. oliver Charlick) had leo you nt9
devices utterly 10 your ihat the
had read your last letter TO me- ne would NOT
nave alluded to ana se ." these
charges the Governor again is correct when ne
mraantv WeTe maSy py whom your elsction was
most strongly advocated, aud whom until recent
tcn He sums up as Conclusion that by your con.
duct in these particulars wnoh you ua ses
o tS ssUmSS ana George washngton 1.-The GOOD
OF the city has been furnished and the dignity Oh
the office Of Chief Magistrate compromised. 30 Iar
from acQuttng yOu Governor expressly states that
your onenses have been such as to warrant your re-
You in consideration OF your age and brief period you
had to conclusion in which the largest number
erred and that he has been disnclned to fulfill the
strict letter OF his duty account perhaps OF MS being
pretty severe things in your letter about Mr. Morssey
and Mr. Croker. but neither OF them nave ever Deen
publicly censured in tins manner.
INTIMACY WITH r. d. CONNOLLY.
Another charge upon which you lay the great stress
is my intimacy with Richard b. Connolly and especially
as to my efforts to have him elected Controller This
is another example OF your "eccentrcity or might
better say Of your perverse and wiful intention to
msstate facts You know perfectly well that Richard
that he was long employed In the Bank OF
North America Of which you were President; ana
his 1t being mainly at your suggestion and re;
commentator that he finally resigned ms oice' ana
showing the influence that you exerted over him. Now,
after he has fallen into ra you tega an 70 e
burden Of being of his principal friends and support
The truth Is that was strongly opposed to the nomin
alton Of Connolly Controller. while you were strong
his al he Ia s hs as % a the
regular nominee of the party to witch BELONGED When
Re %s
went into his private office or had any personal
traer went there and collected my bills in the regular
way aud that was all. Can you say the samef
ACQUAINTANCE WITH JAMES WATSON.
In regard Watson you much In error in what
you say about my connection with him al you are In
everything else which is saying great deal. You
assert that he was brought from California a
prisoner and in my custody and that soon as be
was discharged I took him into my confidence
clerk This is utterly false. At tho time Watson came
into his employ ment as collector and gave him his
confidence up to the time OF hs (Orsers) death;
ne Ou
succeeded Wlett, found Watson In the office knew
yasrs @ he
mended by the late Frederick L. Vultc retained him.
any business transaction with Watson. no seemed be
in every respect an honorable. seliabe man,
s %ta ne hede Is WS would
roborate that statement Your assertion that
my 9 is yo aG ase esye Win Ss
show. After left the office Of Sheriff. and on the cleo
MatasT az he
appointed At that time the duties Of Auditor were
H hundred dollars After Connolly succeeded brennan.
watsons place was in danger He appealed TO me for my
was the fact. Aud he retained his place, as he
afterwards told me- through the influence Of William M
Tweed aud Peter q As far az Tweed is con.
cerned s absurd TO aege any connyance on my part
with him. It notorious that Tweed was always my
enemy. and that opposed him resoutely in every
H nsssa VIII polite: the city q Ssxycst Knows
that neither Tweed. nor those associated with him,
ever had any friendly feelings toward me.
NOMINATION FOR MAYOR.
In regard to my nomination for Mayor, you
fair and unjust as you every other respect At that
time my health very nearly broken down, and had
much sickness In my family urged very strongly
to accept the nomination. friends doing the honor
to believe that was the only person who could beat
the Tammany Ring, then in the hight Of its power.
Through my anxiety to see the Ring overthrow,
allowed myself to be persuaded into accepting
clan and my family. = Tue first few. DAYS OF
the excitement OF the caucus made such IN
don everything aud seek retirement going to Europe
my health would permit, where was obliged to
for a Sa snS not
nominated. nor would it have made any difference Il
of my religion" My religion Is matter which con-
Germs myself alone. am not In the habit Of talking
about 1t in the to which you seek to convey do
not know II you belong to any church. but II you do and
the wicked and unjust charges you have made against
me- think that he would have strongly advised you to
the text, Judge not, that We be not Judged"
IN CoNCLUsIoN-A LIBEL SUIT.
In conclusion. would state-not to you, but to the
public-that the embarrassments which have been
under In preparing to charges have been
very great, mysel, my counsel and number OF assist
ants having been engaged upon the matter for days.
What business is there who II questioned In regard
to the smallest details of matters involving charges
Of one dollar and extending throughout q
term OF Elk years, and going rfar
back as 1859, some OF them aggregating but
s2 rs, would be able to give satisfactory and clear
explanationf Fortunately for me, however, have
kept my records well preserved. and am prepared
TO meet you at all points. have in my office
the names OF the parties whose convictions you
say ala not return TO the Secretary OF State 10
that did. have the names OF the jurors that l