New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-01


the new year fresh.
even, it this was matter of public repnte hGwg
sentiment arou8cdi A-Weil, we used money "-efe'or
IL was AIRY. ,c.,
Ave could buy their representatives tDeTe' as gun
elal thing. 49,.
Dwell, now how about the pubhc pIess-were they
win or AGAINST Won at that ume A-Ihey ~cre gen
orally against IN private. an with us 90 pubic
Q.-Wnat do you mean by tbati Ave had u hul,',
dig ihom. mean the press OF Albany IHe 1Ips 6
with us as Democratic paper, ana be We u
them in getting through their bills me JonHG h.
publican paper, In the control OF Mr. Geo. W. ~" ~
was politically against and hid 10 ne subsolLed
Huichins. -'' ''''''
C-What do YOU mean by " subsldizing themp A..
mean paying them. gave money to MI hutchins au'
Q-Whaf fori A-For articles we desired to have nut
IN The paper, or sometimes for arci W. deSIe 40 III
suppress a. or editorials that We want changed. -
Did you pay money me Albany Argnsf 40
used to help them by put lug items III the A 'o'' '0
them putting through Their bills for printing ere M
GLOW loig did the rela you have de-cr9h u.
tinue Ali the time was there. ,
Q,What other papers up there aid Won suoslllel a
There were other papers there then thal allouu
to anything. There was n paper there, Ihe ELpress
edited by a named smith, but 1t DIDN'T amount W
G.-Bnt you subsidized the other two papers, one on
each sidei Ayes; one by money ana other Dy Pu''pS
Q-Were those Just bills. do you suppose A. sup
pose they had iouudaou possibly slim ioundltI9i
ng OF the press A.-SoDetmes $1,000, sometim,es
S. 600 sometimes $500 it general drlbpie al, tno
pad 70 some OF those papers that can produce -,
Odd you pay that money TO Mr. Demers IN chechs
A.-Ihcy didn't take checks THREE rseaul hion'J ""'
o.NNow. with relation TO The A, g,tsi A.-Mr. Man
NV rel lions win bm became quite intimate He used
to inform of what The Ar0s wanted ana ulu "na'
Odd you. did your friends, write any articles f1r
The August A.No, sir; never found II necessry IN
this cOnnectiOn would state that my APPOINTMENT vi
Mr. Dsbecker TO snecure position on the pay roll came
through his being reporter there at Albany for services
for The World and The Stats Zeitun0 believe.
Q-Can you give me any idea OF tue amount OF money
half OF The AIbany August IL could NOT DuI III
could, 1t would be frigntful amount
THE CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.
Q-By Alderman Cowing-Do you remember anything
OF an ASSOCIATION that existed the City of New-York
called the Citizens Association when you were In power
Al do. sir.
o-Have you any personal knowledge OF its members
Al have not know there were only three members
who appeared 10 do any OF the WORK ,o .,
Q-Were they politically OPPOSED s 10 you WITCH 'HeS
Q.-were you able TO convert them 10 your way Oh
thinking Al think we brought them around.
Q-What means did You empioy9 Al thlhK we tooA
OF most Of them. 49,. .u,o ,-o-,
Q-Can you now remember any OF them VINO we're
taken care OF " and how A-Nathanie Sands was taken
care Of as Tax Conmssioner al, think S9,ooo or
$4,000 year; NJ. Hen " IS made Dock Co9n ~.
siOurr, and Judge j. +. DAILY was made Judge Ior
term u fourteen years at $4,000 ear. -. ..o.,u
Q Were those Offices gwen 10 convert them 10 your
way Of viewing tmngs2 A.-NO; those nominations
~en to them after they had been working with us
Q-Taen those Offices given to them for the as,
sisdnce they rend rcd to your pphllrai oIghIttioH
A-Not with that understandings but because we thought
they were strong men. and could help US every way.
Q-Dc you iemember the election Of loOS W 40 nae
control Of the machinery OF election III Nc"-1 olk AZ "t
t'mel A.-fhe Police Commissioners appointed lhit
year. think. ~.
tue polls were closedl Ayes, l remember WAeie
sP ut wa Wat syen h& g x I Ifa m.opoan Hotel
Q-Wuo were present A-Sweeny, IL ~ Connolly,
Geo 90 McLran and, think, Governor Holman came
H. AID most of the ID emOcratc nOtHbitcs.
Q-DO you remember Of IA telegram being sent out III
reference the Bringing II the returnsi A-Iht was
o-Plsase state by whom 1t was senti A.-HaI, in
connection with myself and Mr. sweeny. ,.,...,.....
Q-Dii anyone else any knowledge OF that Deing
sent QUIZ A.-ConnoDy and hush smith might Dut
OEWUat was the object Of having that sent outi A.
To keep the telegraph busy 50 as TO make tue returns
O-W1at is your bost impression as to that having
be n a flr and honest eectOnI Al don't think tere
was fair and honest election IN the tl'y OF New
o~Do Won think that remark applied particularly to
that year Al think that was tue year thAi great
hat the year in which the Inspectors Of Flee
toa Jumped the votes ana declared I Inv ,yo "''Nou'
Q-Sn that the result Of the aggregate vote OF that
wear which was announced the Clty NeWN DIX, WAS
obtained, yOu think by the inspectors OF Election ana
not ny the voters A.-Yes, sir
Offset the vote In the OF NewQ1rki Al think
and was sdry that IN the STATE they sh0hld NOT
take uOssessOn OF the - ana IL WIS determined 10
nave the Bible teeTaphed from beginning 70 END over
tine wires SO as 10 keep them emplOyedi mat was the
only use n great many OF them ever ma ie OF II.
O-Was il not fact that there was no electoral vote
I'm Inc cty and that ii was madenp VoieI Al think
il IS probable. -.
O-Is not mat your best juigmentl Ayes, cir.
Q-By Alderman Sleyin-Dd tIi apply 10 OIhel parts
OF the Stated A.-Yes SIR especially 10 It, Lawrence
County. IaugEter] .,
Alderman SEWN here inquired leaving the subject
who composed the Committee OF Ways and Means OF tuc
Assembly in 1870. and Mr.. Tweed, referring 10 the
Manual said they John c. jacobs, OF Kings County,
Ger,hon Banker. oil Schenectady; VIM B. Bergen, oi
eg-Ynrk; Daniel d. Dodge, Of Clinton; W. ID. murphy
OF Albany VIM. c. Coon of Schuyler; James W. Hustled
of Westminster; ID. G. Little0hn Of OSwego; and j. H.
SJkrig OF Tonpkns MIR. Jacobs, he said, was CIaif-
man, aud the he went 10 were Jacobs and Banker
Mr. Jacobs his freud, aud generally helped hiin
Murphy used TO help HIM in almost every thing lie dd
NOT control them any precunlay consideration, put
tbey aided him. and he. in return served them up stais
MIR Townsend reminded the committee that the pur
pose Of the resolution appointing II scarcely allowed
la wander into politics in TINS way, Ia Whch Mr. Co e.
repying that If money Of Tue city mad been raudu
ey paid newspapers the city had right to sue Tor
~ nevertheless yielded the point for tine present. TO adj
i0urD further investigation until next Saturday, AT
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