The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-08-15


to betray me and to make false charges against me,
which put in the light Of criminal He said that
had tried to control the District Attorney and the
judges thing have never done defed him provo
the slightest improprety, and he could not do It, No
sr pl fight the devil with fire. They should not carry
morality in the hand and conspiracy in the other
II they want TO attack me- these traitors they should
have clean hands. ! have family 70 pro
them What he is, just he has tried to show what
am not going to stand all his abuse and sit
quietly by-I am not that kind Of man !" All this
delivered in resstless flow Of manly Indignation
His eyes flashed and his lips quivered with saed rage
ssThat's So" remarked his friend, "you are not
going TO let them shoot you with bullets and only fling
paper balls"
BosBsHELLs AND mTRAuLEusEs
Morrissey relaxed the stifened muscles OF his face,
and said as though no speaking lightly Of grave
matter sNo sir III return their FIRE with bombshelsn
"And mitrailleuses, suggested your correspondent
eyes, Sir, and with mtrailleuses," resumed Nor
risey, in his former fierce vein ~ don't think Mr.
Wickham feels so very comfortable now. don't think
he feels comfortable in his in the Mayors office
as he did before he attacked The dea-these
why9"
u suppose simply because you grumbled at John
Kelly"
ONLY FOLLOWING KELLY's TEACHINGS
81 grumbedP No, did not grumble expressed my
opinion, that was all That's the extent the length and
breadth of my crime And 1t Kelly himself who
taught me TO do IT, He was always preaching to in
Tammany and telling to express opinions freely,
and when take him his word he puts me out of Tam
many Hall" Here he paused as though absorbed in
meditation, and suddenly turning again to me- he said
81 tell you there's been great change in John Kelly in
the last eight months-a great change tell you
'How do you mean ?"
"Ah," he replied, bitterly, 'therc's been a great
change In him since November. When he wanted to
elect his he glad to have my services and those
ofmy friends for Tammany Hall. And for three years
have served this and his friends and this is the way
he shows bis gratitudo Here Morrisseys indignation
fairly overcame him and he was speechess for minute
LITTLE POWER IS DANGEROUS THING.
fNown he resumed, and somewhat more composed,
che has got little power and he wants to be Dictator
Well you know, there are few men, there's not man
in thousand, who can give up power after he's got It,
Now never claimed any particular power or place in
Tammany.H
Morrissey quite number of hundred dollar bills That
would have thought would quel anybody's indgna-
ton but Morrsscy put them carelessly into pocket
though they were quarters, and began again more
'sThese men talking about mel" he again exclaimed
wrathfnly, "abusing me, who never sought Office
who never made cent in politics And there's Kelly
who made every dollar he has in the world believe
he's worth from 100000 to 5000, 000-in office Ho
raised himself from the humbest grade Of society.
| give him credit for that but he now looks down upon
| the poor man and is willing to starve him"
''rhen you persist that Kelly is responsible for the
! reduction of the laborers' wagesYn
KELLYs HYPOCRISY.
"Of course do All that talk about the enmity be-
tween Kelly and Wickham was perfect nonsense. Each
played his part to shrk tho responsibity-thats all
Why, that thing in preparation five months before
it was carried Didn't Kelly say at the very meet
ing when Clancy proposed tho resolution that Of
the laboring men in New York only paid 81 25
dayP He couldn't contradict it; 1t true. / tell
you never want TO speak for the newspapers when
can help it, but when I say thing it's true These
men attacking mel am orty-lve years old, and have
kept every promise and fulfilled every contract
made in my life. And that's moro than they say"
Hero Morrissey's defeated candidate for Register,
Hayes, sat down beside him. but seeing that ho
gagged in extremely earnest conversation he withdrew
and walked out with Morrissey's other friend.
'Thats Hayes, SAID Morrissey, in a low tone, evil
IDENTIFY struggling to master his anger that man spent
$40 Ooo and he did it as much for the benefit of the
party he did ii for himself and they ought to have
a they ought a
chance TO make his living"
MoRRIssEY MAKES AN ARGUMENT
Tt claimed that it would have been wrong to give
a man an Office whom the people did not want"
Nonsense; why, did the republicans not give Wales
a place on the Dock Commission? The people did not
want him. Didn't they give Bailey a place on the
Board of Charities9 and the people didn't want him.
that has given some recompense to the unsuccessful
candidates who have spent their time and money for the
party And this polled 60 900 votes the face of
the strongest combination that gotten up in
New York city; why, it was dastardly"
short pause ensued, at the end OF which he re-
sumed Kelly fights for the o1ce-seekers in Tammany
Hall, but fight for the people, and the people will
Judge Why didn't he accept my offer to against
me in any of the tw6nty-one Assembly districts in
the city if he has the people at his backr He dare not
do it. Why, he'd suffer such defeat that he could
never rally from it,"
! KELLY's FoNDNEss FOR MONEY
Could you not be defeated by the use Of money, Mr.
| Morrisseyf"
'hey can't use any money under the constitutional
amendments" he replied, very gravely "And, as far
as that's concerned-n there a smile lit up his face
for the first during the intorview) eff
money can beat him, for he's too fond Of his money
to part with it and Pm not He wouldn't be so liberal
as am"
SIT has been said Mr. Morrissey that you and Gov
ernor Tden have been bosom companions here in
Saratogar
"Why, I have only seen him once since he's been
hero But what he told about Wickham's request
for Green's removal no secret Tilden did not only
tell it TO me- but to great many Others" after a
Iause OF reflection, and N defiant tone) "Why,
Cha enged Kelly to call his General Committee the
2on of July; but no. he woudn't he waited till now,
to have time to FIX all the others And that he
has doubt done by promising them fat places and
giving Office to this and TO that have
and dried But, as say, Kelly do with Tammany
what he pleases; when l want to be slave then III
choose my master"
'If Kelly had not resorted to such means do you
think that the committee would have refused to expe
your"
MR. MoRRIssEY's VIEWS on BODY AND SOUL.
'Of they would. It's compusion, that's what
IL s But he makes great mistake. What is the body
without feoingS He may nave their bodies but the
TO do thing which thinks bad, but that don't pro-
vent me from thinking so still does ty"
"If you think Kelly such power grasping man. how
do you account for his not grabbing the Mayoralty last
Novemberf"
oflce-seeker all his life He wanted 1t bad enough.
He has been twice a candidate for Mayor"
'Wl you seek redress at the primaries in DecemberP"
ooh, they're all q farce. They appoint their
inspectors who accept whom they please. The way
defeat these is by defeating the candidates they
will nominate Just imagine, there's Wickham with
4
any other busness-and cutting down the wages Of
laborers from $500 to $500 year, who have to
work in the storm, and If they SICK TO keep their
families from starving" And he added with honest
and intense feeling ooh it's terrible it's terribe tell
you | know what it is to BIO poor Didn't my father
work till he was afty-eght years oldP No matter
how much money got never tried 70 forget my as
sociates,
| THE COMPANIONS OF NY YOUTH
''But it was claimed that private parties were only
paying 81 CO."
'It was not truc, and II II was true II they
IN 10 thQ 0f citv
ment they should have begun with the cutting Of
the salaries ranging from So 900 to $120 900 year And
after all what difference do you suppose II will make
the taxes on propcrty2 with great emotion.) Our
sympahes, In niney-lve out Of hundred are natur-
ally with the poor man."
'And you think that Wckham acted as Kely's
tool 2'
"Of course he did. tell you wickham hasn't done
a single thing since he's been in that Office without first
consulting Kelly Oh, this is awful thing they have
done to me-awful thingn
And with this last climax Of bitterness Morrssey got
.k. -aLa-n Ain