The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-30
THE TAMMANY INQUlsITIoN
BURNING At TEE STAKE N TEX Old WIG

BURNING AT TEE STAKE N TIE OLD VIC
wAla-AN ENTIRE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT oEE-
ERAL COMMITTEES PLACED ON TRIAL.
The agony between the "outs" and tie 'lnsr of
Tammany HAN is at Is height For some time
past the Committee on Discipline OF tue orgauiza-
ton nave been holding their sessions al the Wig
wan Ia Fourteenth street with he greatest mys-
terry surrounding their movements II Is wen
known tnat when any individual or Douy oi ind-
Vlduals, pon ieal or otherwise, attempt TO sur
round themselves with mystery, they are found
out 50 a dead certamty. TIE Tammany Comlait-
Tee " Discipline nave been subpeanlng me Gen.
eTal Commtttss BY Assembly districts 70 discover
II there we're any traitors 10 be found among
them, and the consequence ~ there mas been 4
vast deal Of excitement among the Ave or SIX
hundred ana odd members Of the General COM
mittee AZ to what was 10 be done In case
or questions being asked them. Not one
Assemble district mas escaped OF the enLre
twenU -0ne, and nothing remains now for lac
Discipline Committee 10 discuss but rne twenty
tafd ana Tween y-lourtn warts. The last Assem-
bly, Comm tee called M was that OF the Twenty
nrsE Assembly district, apd yesterday this COM
mittee Glade ~ appearance before tie Committee
on Discipline at Ine usual place OF meeting, IN
Tammany AN. rnerc are iort-tWo members in
TINS committee, and about twenty-five members
were present yesterday. o. THIS numnsr the most
prominent members present were Charles
Jones, General James MClyor, Patrick McManas,
James sullivan, Thomas McCaBe, Edward sheehy,
John Mcclure. Peter MeGinnis, John O'Halloran
ana others. Before tho time OF meeting had ar
rived there was great deal OF angry denuncla-
ton ana plain talk about the Senatorial repre-
sentat0n OF the district. "Hughyr Moore, who,
IL Il said, clains 70 nave the General Committee
OF the district IL his pocket, ana VINO, II 10 also
said, declares mat any man WAC dares 70 tax
Gi- Il
Commlrtee, and ''Roc6yn moore, OrOtner 81 tse
senator, who is also member OF Inc General
committee, were present az tue meeting
When III we're pfesens AR. Maurice J. Powers
called the meeting Q order anu there was con-
siderable Whispering before the committee got 70
work. one OF the summoned ncmoers SAID IS
lie entered-
pie who have business snould be Drought down
ne e. al tue way from uarlem (OlG lifelong demo-
Gratis as many OF them arel, ~ be duesJlOned. by
peopie VINO never belonged 10 the parry and 70 oe
asked whether they are gong 10 sell II out Or
nOtY"
Another member said 70 the reporter VINO called
for information -
''RocEY Moore l. inside, aud believe thai ne
got half interest III al o. the se wef cieaalhgsi and
mat taey say Is worth IL Itself $780, 00J alone.
And there Is Maur;ce Powers; ne mas an 5000 JOB
as CLERK Of the Marine court, and, u course, ne
vii ASA me II / nave sold out 70 the enemy,
although / vas democras oeiore re was
natRrallZed These are tne people who want
to cut down Iaboring men WORKING IN the not sun
50 81 60 a day. And the mead 81 our General Com
mittee iYes Ia Rockaway and says that Is as good
a place 70 run the district as anywhere else, and
II ne is not at Rockaway ne ~ down south couple
Of thousand miles away, and he lei Us people THAT
ne has .his menu 10 run the district, and that
every man IN the General Commit tee must do AZ
ne says Or get cut and take steerage passage.
Tnags WA l Cali dong It Win pretty nlgh
rae MYSTERIOUS COMMITTEE.
Maurice Powers acted a. en- aISnan and was rot
ASSISTED by any secretary, Henry Y. Purroy. the
secre sary, being absent lhe eau " the nystefi-
puzzie the neaos Of the committee q know HOW Il
was oDtainea.-