Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-11-11

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trols Brooklyn a. entirely as Tweed
did New York five years ago. He II
the head centre Of the Democracy 10
/ that city. and has, Of course arf1assed
an immense fortune from the plum
1 der nf The taxpayers. He dictates
/ the noniInations-fe elects the ticket
nominated and then controls every
appointrnent, and through them
every dollar Of expenditure But
.Bo~s" Mclaughlin Il going through
/ his sea OF trouble. He became s0
dictatorai that the Democratic lead
| prs are opposing him, aud IL i possI-
/ hle chat the Reform movement may
he strong enough 30 swamp him.
| The Republicans have nominated an
excellent ticket, and thousands Of
/ honest Democrats will vote for il.
Glen. s,0cuiD, Democratic nenrber OF
| Congress from the Brooklyn district
for two terms, is on the stump for the
/ Reform ticket, and he puts In the
damaging blows. 1t il shown that
for four years Mclaughlin has had
absolute control Of the cityA-that he
owned every office Of trust and profit
that not an appointment could he
made, or dollar spent without lIis
consent.
/ Gen Slocum was placed by the
MAYOR on the Water Board, on the
demand Of citizens. Mclaughlin
wanted friend Of his in that place,
but the Mayor refused To change the
appointrDent. The Boss met Gen. $.
I'm the ante-roa,n Of the Board Of
Aldermen, who have the power to
confirm or reject the Mayors appoint
ment, and taking out his watch said,
II viii give you just twenty minutes
to Withdraw your name" Ofcourse,
slocum refused to withdraw his
name, and Of course il WAS rejected,
and tool of the ring sent In In its
place.
Mclaughlin made speech In an.
swer to Gen. Siocum the other night
in which he complained bitterly Of
hi. lsiIoruD'sj ingratitude in oppos-
ing him. Why" said Mclaughlin,
=" when Gen. SlocuIn was candidate
for Congress, he came TO me one day
and said that he could not be elected
unless a Republican meeting, an
nOunced for that evening, could be
broken up. / sent three hundred
men and broke up the meeting at q
cost OF 5000, and he has never paid it
back 10 me-" Think Of being under
the control Of IA man who can stand
up In a public as5eInbiage and make
such a statement without a blush.
But Of such il the Democracy Of New
York and Brooklyn.
DEATH AND THE DEMf-MoNDE.
That irregular living can only end
badly was again illustrated In this
city this week. Charles Revere, a
wealthy meat dealer has been In love
for years with n woman of no chfrac-
ter, named Anna Styles. lie was
absolutely infatuated with her, and
spent vast sums OF money upon her.
| Tie path he took was a very straight
and not very long one. Drink fol-
lowed his other passion, then neglect
/ of business, until about year ago
his mistress, after tho fashion of her
kind, dropped him. He had but N
tie more money 10 spend upon her
and his further intimacy didn't
pay" The poor lunatic followed her
about NIL this time, and occasionally
"lust for the fun of it, she would
| tolerate him for n day or two. Last
| Thursday he saw her at the Jerome
Park races and Joined her. In COM
pauy with anGth n man and woman
| pf the SAINT class they returned to the
city aud speut the nigh. In the wild
est excuses, getting to her house i'm
! the morning at five O'clock. Then
Revere begged her to become recon-
eiled to him, to again live with him,
which site very contemptuously re-
fused TO do. Maddened by her heart
lessncss, he threw what valuabes he
had about him upon the floor, struck
her with tho butt OF his revolver,
aud finished his work by shooting
himself through the head. 1t il the
old, old story. Revere bought this
woman u house, which he furnished
In magnificent style--he supported
fer like princess ~zexpending upon
her In two years not less than sec, 900
Had tao had. $50, 900 more 10 spend
that she could have got hold Of she
would have held to him but the
moment the supply ofcish run short,
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