Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-01

DEMOCRATIC LEADERs-BR rN-RELIGIous
PROSPECTS, &C.
NEW YoRK, Sept %, 1873.

DEMOCRATIC observation-disclosures
PROSPECTS, &C.
NEW YoRK, Sept %, 1875.
To tho Editor OF the Free Press Times.
John Morrissey was ANONYMOUSLY kicked
out Of the Democratic Convention at Syr-
acusc, but he has no idea of letting the mat
ter drop with that defeat. He changes the
field Of battle merely from Syracuse to New
York, and that he will do better here there
can be no doubt.
As between the gam. AIprrssey and the
other Democratic asprants for the control
Of the city, much prefer Morrissey. lie
has sOrtofh honesty, rough sense ofhonor,
and great deal OF lberality. lie is the
most decent man of the lot Morrissey and
his adherents are making 4 splendid fight
against Kelley and Tammany, and yoa need
not be surprised if they beat them in the city
| this fall. Tammany has become 80 dictatu-
rial that the ''outs'' have become FESTIVE.
Creamer, leading anti-Tammany man, in
speech, Wednesday night, accused Kelly OF
using thieves and murdercrs in his interest,
and of all sorts of guilt and corruption.
Tammany will put full ticket in the field,
and Sc will the Morrissey faction. Now, if
the Republicans only had sense and energy
enough to put proper ticket into the field,
and work for it, they could slide in between
these warning factions and get possession Of
the city. But they will not do it.
nRooELYN.
Brooklyn is suffering quite As much As
New York for want Of good government
indeed, if any difference, the Democratic
ring in that city is the more raracious Of the
two. For the year 1873. s. 900 900 was
collected for city expenses. This money is
| all gone. and three months remains 10 be
provided for. The tax levy next year will
have to be not les than So, 900 900, which
is seven per cen; on the valuation. The way
the money goes Is frightiul- In o., $40,
600 was Appropriated for the Wallahout Bay
improvement. The next year the commis-
sion got $3.50 goo more. and IN eight years
they swelled The expenditure 10 Sl,200,-
600 The big bridge il another swindle.
The cost was originally placed at 5000
600, bat The way money is being expended
upon it, it will cost so goo 600 to finish it.
Prospect Park which was to cost $50000o.
has already reached an expenditure Of SO
GOO 900, and it j. No; yet half finished.
Paving has been made the vehicle for very
big steals. Nearly million of dollars have
been paid for raving on three streets, which
any honest contractor would have been glad
to have done for 500 900.
Is it any wonder that 5000 houses are
,tanding empty in Brooklyn. and that a
mans poverty is estimated by the amount
Of real estate that he owns? Ten princi-
pal~, one hundred lieutenants, aud about /
two Thousand strikers. have stolen all this
money from the taxpayers. Aud yet there
are Republicans who look for reform by an
alliance with the men who are, and have
l5cn f,rlyearS, doing this kind of work
"a HE Rlnuiors WORLD,
great PREPARATION, are being made fr 4
vigorous campaign this iall AMI winter. Mr..
Beecher will make Plymouth Church un-
usually lively Fulton Is organizing a ter
Iille iaiI upon the sinners, and the clergy
men and more active laymen are siriing up
their lo!ns for a season Of active, earnest. ~
gres,iye Rarilre. Moody and Slnkey are
to be here 10 assist, and all tue churches
have determined 70 stand behind these now
famous eTangeizers. and give them all the
help possible 1t j. probable that an en1r-
NOUS building, something like BlInum's
vii. be erected for them which
Will be the centre Of religious action FOR tie
city That they can do vas; co5l here,
here can be no doubt; Il they ean convert
The Democratic leader Of the city. il would
be a result. for which, n in the oh times, .
hey would have been eanlnizeI II they d
work wiki a, much zeal aad cfec; as
hey did in England, they viii make it POS a
ible for TIE Republicans to carry the city e
iezt year. Ii the rum mills could only be !
lo-ed, their chances Of eaec:ing something )
would be better Bat with thousands of bars o
ept up and made power by thousands Of a
hie,ing politicians, the tendency downward Z
q terrible However, if Moody AMI Snkcy II
an stir mp the decent men Of the city to an i
rganiled movement on the rum shops, they is
10 have accomplished work that will en- Z
tie them to the gratitude OF the city for all NJ
me to cone. They cannot but do good, $
ID they cannot commence too soon. Ct
IMITATION IN rHr CIV. n
The meeting last Thursday niglt.at Coop "a
Institute to endorse the Democratic in .,
itioni,i- Of Ohio and Pennsylvania vas q 90 90
lure The merchants and bushes men A.
morally of the city have had too much St
nrry with shifting currency, MOTTO desire "a "a
IDENTIFY to get hack 10 something like solid % -,
ound Ii is not a comfortable thing to an
We your good, Deprecated per cent. in to
; by a fall in gold, particularly when tina, ol
] i, the work Of 4 lot Of SPECTATORS in fr,
all street, whose action no one can foretell les
prevent We want currency which is an
e same to-day 4, it was yesterday. and -
Il he the same tomorrow, 50 that one can In,
.culate with some degree Of certainty. No ma
,ater calamity could beiall the country gr'
IN the wild speculation that would GER I %'
My follow the increase in the volume of the
currency that the infationists of Ohio ios
Pennsylvania are demanding. ser
Yours. ALIoN. A.,
wa
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