Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-12-12
BOSS TWEED.

| again. Tired of living in prison, knowing
that Gov. Dix will not pardon him, ard
that the Governor elec., Tilden, dare not,
fhe would, he appealed once more to the
courts. He was taken out of prison on a
writ of habeGs corpus. and taken before
the courts, where he petitioned to be DIS
charged ON the scorce that the courts tha'
tried him had no jurisdiction. JUDGE
BARNETT decided, of course, against the
illustrious thief, and back he went
Wednesday night rumor prevailed that
he had given the officers the slip, and had
cot away TO Europe, and for an hour II
was generally credited. 1t was the more
readily believed, for everybody knows
that if the Boss has the money he is cred
tied with, he can buy his way out without
trouble. And the comment upon il was
not encouraging to one who wants to be-
lieve in the honesty of mankind. II am
glad the old man has got away" said one
merchant in my hearing. "Why clad?"
1 asked, "0h, he has been punished
enough" was the reply. And that was
the reply. And that was the expression
of a full half of the people. Curious,
isn'tit? Here IS man who pluudered
the tax payers for four years in a.way
that would have made pick-pocket
blush-a man who stole right and left,
not only for himself but horde of fol-
lowers-a man who, by sheer stealing
and an adroit use of what he stole, held
the city and State in the hollow of his
hand. and even aspired TO the control OF
the country a thief, a swindler, and rob-
Der IS pitied by the men he plundered
can't help but think that the men who
pity him, envy him, and that, placed as
he was, would have done the same thing.
The newspapers of the city, to their cred
it be it said, insist on his. being kept
where he is till his full term expires
Public opinion will probably keep him
there until he buys his way out.
And speaking of the Boss, Gov. Dix
did good thing the other day He sup
posed, as did ali The world, that the ro-
tund o!d thief was dressed in stripes and
doing prison duty the same as other
criminals. Becoming better informed he
addressed a communication to Mayor
Havemeyer, protesting against giving the
man who had plundered the city of q
100000, suit of rooms, servants, citizens
clothes, and other luxuries, and of allow
ing him visitors at his own pleasure
Very properly, the Governor character
lied this discrimination between one thief
and another as "mockery of justice"
But the protest will do no good. The
Boss has means at his disposal, and he
will be prisoner of state as long as he
chooses to stsy.
RENTS AND EMPTY STORES.
The exorbitant rents demanded on
Broadway, are telling on that street. Be-
tween the Astor House and 18th street
there are over one hundred elegant stores,
in the windows of which are displayed
the disheartening legend-"To Let" and
this legend is growing more common dali
lY. The Broadway owners put up rent
year after year, without any regard to the
value of the property $4,000, $15 900,
$4,000 per anuum were common figures.
This was all well enough during the war
and the flush era that followed it, but
when the pinehing times came it could
not be endured. No business that could
be transacted on the premises could pay
this rent and house after house went
down in the vain endeaYor The land
lords would not reduce, for they had
faith if Smith wouldn't keep the, store,
Jones would be glad to take it, and as
they had become accustomed to living in
the style of twenty thousand dollar rents
they did not like to come down. But
Smith either quit the business or he went
over to some of the side streets, and Jones
knew too much to go into ruin bIindfold,
and SO the stores are empty. This is as
it should be. There is no reason in keep
ing up to war prices, IN anything, and
rent ought to be the frs: to come down.
True, ii depreciates real estate but why
should 1t not? There is nothing made
by calling fifty cents a dollar. Men can
not labor forever for landlords.
And by the way, speaking of coming
down." there has been and is being
CONSIDERABLE ECONOMY
practiced at this time Gentlemen who,
a year ago were in the habit of stepping
into their fashionable tailors and paying
500 or $3.50 for an overcoat, without
asking the price. are not doing it to any
alarming extent They go into the Bow
cry and the other cheap streets, and huy
for $50 ts $50 what they would have to
pay $75 to 500 for on Broadway. And
they find that a pair of boots made OH a
cheap street, for ten dollars looks Just as
well and wears just as long as the preten-
tious Broadway maker cody asks, and |
gets eighteen dollars for This style of |
economizing is getting TO be very popu-
lar. Men joke about it and take a pride |
lit. And, TO the disgust of the high |
priced b2rs, thousands of them have |
changed their drinking places. They get
their modest quenches or their stiff inVfg-
orators at the quiet place around the cor
ner, where ten cents does as much to-
wards sending them into a drunkard's
grave as twenty five or thirty cents
would al the fashionable bars. OF course
there are plenty of noodles who still
submit to be fecced as ofyore, but the
number is growing smaller every day
Let US hope that it will continue until
we get down to anti-war prices. That
is what the country wants. Itis impos-
sible to hold up to the old key, and the
sooner we all drop the better
NEW YORK AND TRADE.
New York Is being exercised once
more about losing portion of its trade.
1t is a fact that the grain trade is going to
Boston and Baltimore very rapidly, and
that the prospect is good tn at the remain
der will go to those cities New York
has depended so long upon her natural
advantages, has so long believed that the
Continent must come 10 her, that she has
got arrogant and lazy as we'll. She is
content 10 have grain taken out of cars
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