New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-01
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n Democratic Tweed and the canal rins
l. md now the Legislature of New York
|, in pursuit of certain abus4ean the boar
e of Immigration. This is done to protee
n the respectable members hom the sham
u OF common infamy with nose accuse
Of having sold theft votes for money
This separation of The scabby sheep fron
thu flock has to- be dole. and is bein
> ! done everywhere.
We alluded yesterday to- the sharge
> against one Nolan, deputy district at
!. torney, a New York lobbyist, Of havin
secured the passage of bill through tn
New York Legislature by bribery of tn
members. Nolan expended an hohr'
: speech and 100000 to secure the re
duction of head money5on the immi
grants. We find detailed examination
of this successful orator. u resembles
; all other investigations, from that o
Queen Caroline of England and Pr@che1
Beecher, upon somewhat similar changes
down to our own lest polite inquiries
after lost public money. The Nolan tes
timony resembles these leading cases ir
this: 1t is the non mi 'ricordo-''I don't
recollcct''s the Italian valet. This
| special paralysis Of memory as to particular
events, while the witness was in full pos
session of his faculties upon all other sub
jects, is peculiar to this witness on inves-
tigation. Mr. Nolan seemssto have been
an emotional young gentleman, and is
described in the New York Herald as
constantly changing his position, "d1um-
ming on the table as if it were piano,
painting heavily, as though perfectly be-
side himself with nervousness and
anxiety." He contradicted himself on
the most vital points half dozen times,
and had to listen to someSvery harsh
language from the Investigating COM
mittee.
|. He can not remember what he did with
the money received by him, and explains
that be has bad memory for details. He
declines to tell where he kept big bsak ac-
count and manifests in other respects
the utmost caution in guarding every
point at which he could appfehend con-
yiction or exposure.
Mr.. Nolan tries on the military service
dodge, and is checked
a Mr.. Alvord lin stentorian tone)-Now,
Sir, do you know Mr.. ,Gleason3 How long
have you known him?
Mr. No1nn-T hovo Luou,n b;,,, c;coo
He wentout in the same regiment
Mr.. Alvord-Never mind about the regi-
ment. l dent want any of your glOrifica-
ton. l want to know how long you have
dknow n him! :.
Mr.. Nolan-Since 1862
Mr.. Alvord- Gleason was q member of
the Asse mb]y in 1871. Now, did you have
any conversation with him about this bill!
Mr.. Nolan-I don't remember having any. J
Mr.. Afvord-Was net he the man who in
troduced your bill in the AssemhI9!
Mr.. NOlan-I don't remember.
Mr.. Nolan had tried the reform lay
also, and begun operations by prosecuting
the Immigrant swindlers.'
:. Mr.. McGuire-1n that year 1872 you
were ct work in the interest OF reforla1
Mr. Nolan (laughing)-Yee; reform was
my particular hobby.
But having no system of mnemotechny.
he had forgotten the name of the member
who introduced the bill and of the COM
mittee before whom he made the grafton !
of an hour. He had even forgotten the
third reading and unanimous passage of !
the bill. We doubt whether this be not |
an unparalleled audacity on the. part of
any witness to affirm that lobbyist who
gets sixty thousand dollars for the pas
sage Of bill has utterly forgotten the
facts of its passage. After de-
tailed instances of oblivion, Mr.: Nolan isl
awakened by an extract from the legisla-
tive Journal fromswhiclas it appears that
W. NJ. Tweed, chairman of tho committee
on municipaf aMkirs reported. tl1fs ere
FORM bill, recommending. its passage.
One of the committee on investigation
tells Nolan abruptly: "Its quite evident
that it was measure of the ring. It's all
nonsense to speGk about your services as
That the respectable members of the
Legislature mean vindication of them
selves is shown by this assault upon the
a the witness: /
Mr.. Alvord-Now, Mr. Nolan. did you nut
,ay to me before that you never paid a
penny of the money either to any one in |
,ide or outside the Legislature, to no human
se NJ: SSisn-1 decline to answer that ;aus.-
Mr., A1vord-Now, did you or did you not
appear before COMMITTEES in the year 1871!
Mr.. NOLAN say can not ~ except by
Mr.. Alvord Violently }4.Damr your rs-
we want to have your positive
ness.
Mr.. Nolan-Wslr, you can't have my posi-.
iveness.
A question having been raised as to the
Comparative ''back bone" of the committee
n compelling Mr.. Nolan to testify. or if
Ilr. Nolan in refusing, he slightly varies
he moptony Of being Il,
70 sweet Sc=sstfalSssss' ! Ply as"'-~1
Ind falls back upon. = refussl3o answer.
This refusal in the case as stated is as con-
Iusive as an admission. he is asked as
o the pecuniary interest of certain indi-
'iduAls in the bill:
Mr.. Alvsrd-Now, sir, did Mr.. O'Gorman |
ave any pecuniary interest in this billl Ii
Mr.. Nolan tlsuGhinE)-Oh, no, sir; never.
Mr.. Alvord-Did MI. Dernkd Casserly!
Mr.. Nolan latter pguse)-NO, sir.
MIR. Alvosd-Did MI. DanielC asser1s? ,
Mr.. Nolan-No. 1ir.