The New York herald., 1874-10-01
JOHN KELLY'S REPLY.
CONTINUED FROM THIRD PAGE.

When / succeeded willett. ioand WATSON ID me the
ONCE. knew nothing about num- never ' aS.,l'Ts t
OF MS arrest until several years alteii @ ut.' % -
was strongly recoi meuGed py me ~ * ~ ~ srre
L. fuIfee, retained him. Ana w. ~. ~ ,a',s
that so loul as Kuew. or Had any business " ms
action VITA WATSON, he seemed le oc - c'S.1 -
spect I'm honorable, Ieiiaoe 'a, ""c ,,v ~4te
there IL not lawyer ~ lN.S Vl.l w" ~
whom he did business VINO "cuiu uot Vpl.
roDorate that statement TOUT assei & % ..on t.s -,
he signed my bills Is also iate iacs WINCH wv
blils themsoiprs fynIcn y0u have, beneNei VIII
clearly snow. After let the once oI SheriH aad
on the eectlon OF Matthew ]. brennan, Is comp
troller / Recommended watson lor the position OF
Auditor to which lie was appointed. AT tHab 1iue
the duties of Auditor were comparatively unin-
Dortant and the salary only $1,000. Amer CON
molly succeeded brennan, Watsoh's place wHs ~
danger. lie appeaed 10 me ier M Influence -
retain him, aud | tod him | HAD none, Whlca
was the iact and lie has retained as place, as
ne aiteIward told me, through the lhnueDce q
William M. Tweed and Peter Il. aWeenN. A. iaf
as Tweed IS cuncerned 1t Is absusd 70 aleGe any
connivance on my part with nim. i is notorious
that Tweed was always M rheuy, anu ttAt ep-
posed him resoluteiy in every respec, Doth ~ and
out OF politics.. Every one connected Wlth poAtlcs
in the city oil New YORK knows tnat neither l"eed
those associated wlth him ever had any
friendly feelings toward me.
THE MAYoRALrf NOMINATION..
In regard 10 my nomination for Mayor you are
- Unfair and unjust as You are III every oher re-
Jpect. AT that time my health Was Very ueafy
Dioken down and mad much sickness III my iam-
lly. 1 was urged very strongly TO accept the NOM
nation, my irends dong me the honor To believe
that was the Quay person wac could test the
IalnIaany Ring then IN tue height OF It's power.
Through my anxiety 10 see the King over
thrown l allowed myself To be persuaded
ADVICE OF my physician ana my family. the
nrst few days OF the excitement OF tne caucus
made such lnroads upon my health tnat was at
once obliged 10 abandon every tuihs ana seen
retirement, gong 10 Europe as soon as iny health
over two years ana hail. Up 10 the time OF my
withdrawal as candidate Mr.. !all had
not been nominated, nor would 1t have
made any difference II he bad. You speak
oI my calling myself ''honest" and OF my 'reg
ioa." NY rel gIon IS matter winch concerns
myself alone. | am not III the habit OF taking
2bout lt, and no man living has ever heard me
speak about 1t IN the sense winch you seek 10
convey. do not KNOW II you belong TO anY church;
but II you DO ana mad consulted your own religious
adviser III regard TO the wicked ana UNJUST charges
you have made against me. tnnA that he would
have strens y ADVISED you to nave taken different
course call yonf attention 10 the text, Judge
not, thar ye be not judged"
In conclusion would state--not 10 YOU but to
the puoc--tnat the embarrassments when have
been under III preparing answers TO your charges
have been very great, myself, ing counsel anu
number OF assistants having been engaged upon
the matter ior days. What business man i there
VINO, II questioned IN regard 70 tue smallest de-
tails oil matters involving charges OF 81 and ex-
tending throughout term Vi SIN years. aud gong
as lar back as 1883, some OF them aggregatng but
S24 20, would be able TO give satisfactory and
clear explanations
KELLY HAS HIS RECORDS.
Fortunately iof me, however, have Kept my
records well preserved and / am prepared To
meet you at ali points. / have IN my office the
names OF the parties whose CONVICTION you say
did not return TO the Secretary ol state. to prove
that dld. have the names OF the jurors tnat
summoned. but wnom you say aid not. | have i
charged, anu who you say never were received.
ana | have vouchers Tor the money / COZ
lected rom The county Tor the disDutse-
ments which you dispute. Having now
made this explanation to the pubic. at the earliest
possible moment for the purpose OF clearing my
Character, l propose TO stop. You and your as
sistant. Nelson j. Waterbury, announced,
through the press that YOU are preparing another
similar attack upon me-. think have demon-
strated the falsty OF your CHARGES that what
you may say hereafter VIII command even
less attention rom the pabHc tnan you
obtained Tor your original letter. unGer-
stand that you have peen collecting
term OF Office. These VIII establish that my
charges are III all respects corrcct-a TACT wnlch
you nave PROBABLY ascertained, as | am informed
direction. The pubic, however. demand tnat you
shall publish what you nave OBTAINED, aud / am
correctly. AT all events / shall answer
more letters but now notify you taat
papers, commence a suit against you and
Nelson J. Waterbury ior hoei and subject ou to
the impartial in nvestieation belore sworn jury.
which promised to 40 In my letter TO tae PUBIC
published at the same time with your Letter, ana
shall in those proceedings establish. Beyond cavll
or uouDt, mat wniie ''tne shadows Of your years
were becoming long in the west,h by whlch lnier
you mean that you are growing old II IS you. and
not l. who, by pu uollsnng series infamous
lbels upon an innocent man have ''closed your
saEeer nnally in aisnonor." JOHN KELLY.
Appendix.
stse II Nee York city a'd c,0aay 2, Ner Yort, ST.
poses 9nd says:Iaat Be i hs sher q ths si,y ana
The Isl day OF January, 1884, thai The entire gross
ceip Of his office from every and all sources OF reve-
nue., including poundagc and sherlifs ices on eNecu-
neys ior Term and service tees arrest
snd on executions returned no properly @ ana also Is re-
oners convicted state Prison offences the State
as charge ns s the ana sNeeRns a S rene e
dered as required and allowed by the statutes tor
ana darns NE e SIX a 9sh 20 s ,, ending June s. sa
period the necessary and actual his
office Tor salary clerks and assistants, and Tor work
ana services and labor necessarily employed and re-
CURED in conducting the business OF the Office and
nciudng the large paid tor fitting up the Office.
has paid the slss22 73 that for the SIX months
aforesaid Irom January 1874, to June 81. lali the
Tor sucimoning Jurors. reporting convictions TO the
secretary OF state Conveyance ot PRISONERS prison
miner. advertising and some oIher minor charges
amount to the sum oi sl.,6l0 50. which said G,lls
comptroer that Tor lie cnaraster ana amount Of
the responsibility WHICH tie sheriff IS required by law
tons Of his Office the ompeDsaon allowed and col.
ected Tor services to prvne parties In civil suits and
meet the current anu necessary expenses the ofce
As the following prief summary viii show
PAYMENTS, salaries and current expenses Of
running office including expense Of
attiug up Office and purchase OF books.
Receipts rom all sources excepting only
county charges. 1894 rs
Deficiency. ...........................s $685. 4s
leaving a deficiency for the first six months Of my
civil and process and stae Tor convey
ance OF prisoners TO state Prison. to the actua and
WILLIAM G. CONNER
sworn 10 before this goth day OF Scptemher 1S74-
Al. KxEcAs. Notary Public