, 1876-09-09


ceiycd Sl0.001 each for the charter, $5000
each FOR similar bills that year, and 5000
for like services the following year. The y
\. Tines pronounced the passage q ih;s in
flmous bill-ay.iust which Horace Greeley,
jackson ). Shultz, Vim. II Evsyts and other
republicans protested, with lIr Tillen, and
ahi,h pat the city Of New York absolutely
At the mcrcy oi the most powerful aad most
unscT-qulgu7 Of Tiags-a Inuss inpcTtaa.
and ,alutary " work, and two days after said
Of smother projao, that " Senator Tweed was
,i-l in lair way 20 Distinguish himsrlf as a
reiorner," " and added: I'VE trust that SEN
a,Ur Tweed Will maaIf s, the same energy IN
the advocacy Of tlis las, reform which marked
hi- aetiou in regard TO tho charter The
following day, April Q, 1879, Mayor Hall
appointed Tweed. Sweeney and Fields 70 the
mos' impoEtaa, ,ii;cgs Uaicr this charter, and
the TINES said that the appointments - are
lar above the average il point Of personal IT.
Ross, AMI viii b. satisfactory" Within less
tLaa e Taru;h the great robbery Of the Tam
many riug was committed under this char
ter. passed over Mr. Th3en's opposition, aided
l. republican votes, and approved by yepub-
loan papers like the \. Y. Tunes The board
II special audit, consisting oi Han, Tweed
ana Cuauslly hold the only meeting 1t ever
h.li, aad audited bills amounting 10 $6,3i2.-
GOO, Of which 80 pr oat. ug, G.f. This
was oaly part Of the moDcy stolen under
this charter. opposed by Mr. Tra~n and ia
vcraJ lg ;ho Iaaa. From APrl! to Ds,em-
be-. 1870, iis aggregate Of fraudulent bills
was %I2, 800. gt0. and in 1911 s.. 100, ,000
OF this $4,000. 0o0.was sheer PIuuder. The
rias had now gained what seemed absolute
control, and every one ha-;gnel to make 70
latiors with i. Even Senator Coukliag aud
Coo. Wu. Curtis. addressing the republican
eynysution. Lad nothing 10 say against it,
Thy c0uiI not in the faca Of the action Of
rlelr party associates I[r. TIlen stood
alone.
The ring had low absolute control Of al!
departments, al courts below the court Of ap-
p.als ana the s;atagovernmeaf, Mr. TiIien
SAW that lis power must be broken ty the
same means y which It was cbra!ued-iis
L..l On tas legislature must 70 destroyed.
Tie IiaS feared lis attacks, and distinctly
proposed TO allow ,Er. Tiideu 20 name all the
delegates from New York 90 the State cen
y.rtiaa If 1871, 50 Is 10 have n1 contest lie
r.iasgd, and made the objective point OF the
caapa5su q ISL the csp:ure Of the New
Turk C.,y del.g-r-ga IL TIE legislature. Ie
~cuEht the a.i Of Distinguished democrats
like Chlrlcs O'Gsaor, Hora:io S-ymour, /.
Fsar.u and Oswald Oueulurier. With lIr.
O.Gono- was a--.ugad the plan for suits
ar.ius, The ring, which was Giterwagd car
risd out. This vas al! done before The COM
r.ittee Of seventy, the associations Of citizens,
wa- formed. E.riy in September Mr. Iiiden
;,.yei q letter 10 5000 democrats through
Ont the State, calling On them TO take = knife
atI cat ;he cancer out by the roo's. Comp
tr,l,sr Connolly was now alarmed, and was
anxious 70 betray HI associates Of the ring,
# he could receive immunity. Mr.. IIlden,
bv study Of the law, found hat the comp
troller could appoint deputy, and confer
anon him fo- q definite p=ri.d ali his powers
Andrew II. Green. M T.lden's lifelong
friend. who has since been comptroller Of
Erw York. vas made COrnolly's deputy,
and thus the key Of toe whole position passed
into the hands Of the rafJrmers- The comp
troller could refuse to pass bills, ana eouid
maks public all expenditures. BY this mas
tsr-s.r.ke Of lIr. Tuien's not only was Al
end put to the thsfts Of the ring, bnt the
mons were rrovidzI Jog tine collection Of the
u-,.f- On which Tweed and others were
ai,srx.rl tried. The ring now t-isI TO
force Connolly 10 resign, 20 hat the powers
Of the deputy might cease and then assumed
70 remove hin. Nr. Tlien checked thi-
last attempt with legal opinion which ha
obtained from Charles o 'Coaor. NJ Iliten
wss watching tle ring uucsas.ngiy, and 4
carrisrs stood a, his door night and day,
r..5v 10 take him 60 an honest aud fs.rlss-
iaG % Who would vaca.s tsauiuleat o-deFs y .
r.Hs iuigzs a. ia-t they were granted II
he state c3u7sstion ibat month Mr. Tilden
55 70. have the sueoes- he had hoped Tor.
Int b. I'D no. relax his efforts for q moment
He worked bad hard during the whole of
this camp.igu, made az agreement with .
Cb.-I.s O-Cono- and William IL Evzrts that
they should b. candidates f5r the legis-
1,,urs 10 continue the fight there, and f.
uhsa they abandoned the iute''iaa. sent
clone On the eve Of the election, Ar. Ill I
=-r fa-pi-Le5 sIG,0C0 ior booths and ballots .
70 the reform or-.uiz alton, and r-i5et as
much money fgs the contest ine.u1ias his
avn contributions, Is the whole committee .
= serenity, eompo=e4 Of wealthy men a"d
re,rs.-n,iuz eli he e.iiz-1s Of Nz~ foFk .
CITY vi,hoa. distinction Of party. raised i'r
the ..ms garp1-s from . community Of .
million people. This election was Water I
n, Fl, lie -inr, and It's poser was completely +
br1kal.
:. now oa'y remains to obtain Judicial
--ro. Of the frauds. Thee III Tiiden got I
fv. ls5oriaus examination oi the books OF
The B-5azvay bank, which occupied u days .
I'D s,-.rbsd all The eu5rgie- Of hiHsali and .
Eve assistants. 1Ir. Tiidrn himself aa-iyz71 .
The ra.lr., aal aissgVz-sd, ifon szii-ial .
ar. i-,-lis-su. study gi ,hs great u.aa Of
f-gr.s tha. 1a. oue-lhiri oi ths amount q .
>, f-g-,5ul.n. bills lad reached TIE Feasons
IN whc.e names ,hey had teea made 0s''