The New York herald., 1874-08-13

man, 'shas been furnished to General DIX, and he
can do no less now' than to proceed as tn Q char
Mr. Ottendorler will write the letter and submit
the same to Mr.. Kelly and Mr.. Wlckham for ap-
Mayor Havemeyer knows nothing OF this AFFAIR,
% 1t did not culminate until after he had lett his
ofnce last evening. It Is stated however, that he
claims the Governor cannot remove him on the
charges made by the above gentlemen. When
prominent member OF the Committee OF Seventy
an effort made to have Governor Hoffman
remove Mayor Han. Mr.. Havemeyer claimed that
the Governor was clothed with ample power, with
contained nosuch provision; but at present the
Mayor seems to have changed his opinion.
What Mr.. John K ely Says.
MI. John Kelly was called upon last night BY
reporter OF the HERALD upon tue matter Of the
ester OF Governor Dix.
Mr.. Kelly sald that In his answer to Messrs.
Ottendorier, Wickham and himself the Governor
had stated that Mayor Havemeyer nad not fully
answered the allegations which had been brought
against him and did not deny the charges, and ne
further wished to know whether bis correspond
ents desired an investigation In the matter and
into the conduct Of the Mayor.
"NOw," continued Mr.. Kelly, 'the Governor
states distinctly that the Mayor does not deny the
charges made against him, and you will have OBJ
served yourself, II you read Mayor Havemeyer's
answer, that he does not deny che charges IN any
way. We hold, therefore, that as the charges are
not denied they are in reality admitted aud there
fore we can see NO necessity for any lnvestiga-
tion. For what would investigation de.
velopf Simply whether the charges made
originally were true or not. As they are
not at present denied an Investigation
would develop nothing further than we are cogni-
zant OF already. In an investigation We should
not be allowed 70 go intO any extraneous matters,
but should be obliged to keep ourselves to the evi
dence Of the charges We have made. Therefore
we shah 60 no further, but in our answer to
Governor DIX state simply the fact that we con-
ceive Of
NO NECESSITY FOR ANY INVESTIGATION"
RBPORrER-What then, do you suppose was the
Governors object in writing the letter.
MIR. KELLY-ln consultation with Mr.. Often
dOrfer and Mr.. Wickham to-day we came 10 the
conclusion that the Governor by writing this
letter meant TO ask whether, as Mayor Havemeyer
admitted the facts, we mad any evidence Of crim-
inal intent to show against him. But In TO this
question We do not propose TO 60, as, In the first
place, 1t is very hard TO prove intent, and, Sec
ondy, we hold there Is no necessity OF proving
1t. The fact Is sufhcent in itself. Of
course we have no doubt OF Mayor Have
meyers intent to do wrong at the time
he reappOin ted the deposed Commissioners, as he
was warned by she whole press and the public
this, ne had Governor Dix's letter the night be-
fore or the morning on which he made the reap
polntments, Notifying him that the Commissioners
were deposed for corrupt practices. He could
have no doubt as to the meaning OF this letter. and
yet in spite Of 1t he reappoinied the men who had
position. H alter they had resigned the second
time Mayor Havemeyer appointed Gardner Com
missioner OF Excise. Here
THR INTENT SHOWS ITSELF
30 strongly that there can be no doubt OF IT, Yet
we not wish to 90 into that question, but simply
rely on the acts which the Mayor does not deny
KEPORTER-You Will take no further action,
then, after writing the letter you mention
Mr.. KELLY-None whatever. We shall leave the
whole matter In the Governors hands.
REPoRTER-Have you any opinion as to what he
/ MR. KBLLY-Remove him, Of course; have no
DOUBT OF II. Governor Dx's previous course shows
this will follow In the present case. In the matter
there there was an investigation. but tnat was
simply because TO speci1c charges wmca we're made
% am was ien
qure into the truth Of the denials This had 10 be
done. But here
therefore no necessity for any investigation. The
case IL 50 clear that there two sides to It,
The men who we're tried and condemned dweit on
the fact that there was no accusation Of conspiracy
against them In the Indictment ON winch they
were tired THIS was true, but u was an over.
otner portion OF the Indictment The whole action
Of the Commissioners from the time they began,
OF inspectors already appointed TO the time
where others were pulled out OF their polling
places and taken before Davenport, Is clear
conspiracy, where c0nnivance could be very easily
shown. The charge Was only ieft out Of the in
dlCtment by On error. Mayor Havemeyer did not
ignore all this; but was, on the contrary, perfectly
cognizant Of IT, Yet in hts answer he dwells on
this point; besides which he dwens on the ques-
tion az to whether We were not doing tins whole
thing not ior the good Of the public at large,
but rather to attain political ends. This
last accusation does NOT appear TO be justified
by the facts. II you remember the original paper,
asking for an investigatl0n, which was put before
Judge Donohue and others, was signed BY three
republicans and three democrats all OF such hign
standing that their motives could not be i'm
peacned They understood, as the whole people
understand, that II Police Commissioners are to
be allowed, without protest. to exercise arbitrary
powers to such an extent as to tamper with elec-
lions
RRrUBLIcAN GOVERNMENT rs AT AN END.
rights. 1t is the right ofevery man TO demand u
pure election, and We should certainly not be men
OF much worth were We to stand idly by and see
repeated such scenes % dsgraced the last elecelon
In this city. We have this much political motive,
that We wish 70 have non partisan police, po-
lice In which the question OF politics snail not be
eroscnsd we al wish 70 see rsne,,,Cnn the Just
and two democratic inspectors In each
election district. We do not want to
be cheated as we were last election by seeing
combination BY which three inspectors were re-
publicans In each election district ana sometimes
the whole TOUR. II Is to guard against such things
that We have taken the course which circum-
stances demanded and to endeAvor 70 make q
wish to repeat tho experiment that Il won't DAY In