The New York herald., 1875-12-11
THE BROOKLYN RING SUITS.

PAPERS NOT YET READY-wHERE THE DANGER
OF FAILURE is.
The Taxpayers Association of Brooklyn has received
a sufficient amount of money, the assurances
thereof feel confident Of beng able 10 sustain the
litigation against tho Ring. Ar. Parsons who leads
the legal in the assault is up to his eyes, and over
In the business OF preparing the necessary papers to
serve the defendants. Mr.. Parsons said yesterday
10 HERALD reporter that he did not think they could
possibly be ready before the middle Of
next week They involve a great deal OF
labor, much that is Of a statistical character
and entails the examination Of great number OF
count and other books Mr. Parsons is deslrous Of
being accurate. Mr. Parsons and the Taxpayers Asso
citation, including ex Mayor Booth =. B Chittenden,
r. 7. Backhousc, Harvey Harrington, Demas Barnes
David NJ Stone and other less prominent members
are very sangune of success. They argue one and all
that the frauds are too plain to be got over;
that the reservoir job is as clear case
OF dcfraudng the taxpayers out OF several
hundred thousand dollars was known; that the
paving OF Atlantic avenue with Nicolson pavement at
81 80 a square yard, while the done else
where for $3 So furnishes rreiragabe evidence against
the composing the Ring and who have had these
several undertakings in charge II is not the first time
in Brooklyn that steps have been taken to secure re-
form in city expenditures and to get honest govern
ment The Brooklyn Ring is not like that OF Tam
many, which constantly broke and deied tho law.
THE WE'LL DRESSED, WELL FED GENTLEMEN
OF the so-caled Ring, who may be found of an after
noon tHlngS easy on the SOlt,
lounges of the Brooklyn Club, are really sincere in
their indifference to the proceedings now being
taken against them in the name of the
State and the Taxpayers Association. They
sneer as they puff their fragrant Havanas
at the attempt 10 convict thcm under the laws of any
fraud upon the treasury the taxpayers. They sip
their Chambern Rocdcrcr and laugh in at the
efforts OF, as they say, "such fellows Backhouse,
Chlttcnden Harrington Barnes and that crowd to do
them any harm IL cannot DO called bravado 1t is
rather deep seated conviction they hold that the laws
under which they operated Of such character
to Justify their proceedings whether right wrong
These laws passed at Albany with due aud delb
crate preparation. If any one takes tho trouble to
look carefully into the act by which the Wal
labout improvement Commission organized
he will that though 81, 900 might
have been stolen everything done in conformity
with law. The may be said OF the Brooklyn
Bridge, the Hampstead Reservoir tho Prospect Park
and Fort Greene improvements and others not neces
sary TO mention. Tweed and his gang took the law
II stood and tramped on IL. The Brooklyn operators
had the thing properly worded adapt Itself TO future
contingencies and then It soberly introduced at
Albany and decorously advocated and passed Thus
it will DO that the members OF the Brooklyn Ring
have some reason to feel comparatively SAFE None Of
them have away and the amazing part OF it is that
in place OF throwing obstacles in the way of the prose
cution they are camoring for speedy trial