Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-06-21
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Political - The Ring Robbers - Protection
Against Crime--Tammany In Control Again
Temperance Financial Troubies-Busi-
New York. June Is. 1877.

New York, June Is, 1877.
Political.
The event of the week was the re-
ception of Tilden and Hendricks by
the Tammany Society and the Man
haitian club. There are always
wheels within wheels, and in this
there were great many wheels in.
side of each other. The splurge was
originally intended by the anti-Til.
den Democracy of this city as the
beginn ng of movement to put
Hendricks on the track three years
from now. Originally il was intend
ed to leave Tilden out of the demon
strstion-the excuse being that il
was merely goodbye to Hendricks
who was en- route for Europe. But
Uncle Sammy is altogether TOO astute
for anything of this kind, and he
quietly notified the managers that
they had better invite him or there
would be trouble. He had no idea
of permitting Hendricks to get that
per cent. on him. 1t was done ao-
cordingly, and then Sammy put him.
self at the front and what was in
tended to be demonstration in
favor of Hendricks was convert
ed into q demonstration in favor
of Tilden. Then came tho usual
fight between the local politicians.
John Kelly, the head of Tammany,
was bound that Morrieey, his an.
cient enemy, should not have an OPP
portunity to air himself; and he so
manipulated the demonstra ton as
to be every whore recognized as the
central figure, oven though to do il
he had to lionize Tilden, whom he
hates most cordially. But he cut
the comb of Morrisey most effectual-
ly. The speeches of Slippery Sam
make amusing reading. In the
crowd who stood close beside him
while he was denouncing fraud in
politics, were PeIton who engineered
the attempt to buy Republican
elector 10 Oregon, Tweed's district
attorney and two of his deputies, a
score of Tweed's best-known officials
men whe grew rich out of his steal.
ings ~ Tilden's help, and every po-
litical shyster and adventurer in the
city. And TO such crowd, the
shameless man who stands first on
the list of political corruptionists
who spent five millions of stolen
money in an attempt to buy himself
into the Presidency, spoke gravely
of the terrible frauds that kept him
out of the Presidency! 1t was the
checklist performance that New
York ever saw. Tilden still intends
to be candidate in 1880.
The Ring Robbers,
The Ring robbers will all get out
with the most of their plumber, ex.
cept Tweed. The District Attorney
read his confession and has decided
that there is not enough in it to just
fly his release, and so Tweed stays
to chafe his soul out, in dnress
Sweeny gets through by restoring
about one-twentieth of bis stealings
and Connolly ditto. 1t is rumored
that proposition from Oakley Hal
is on the way to this country, which
" ill of course be accepted, and he will
come back. Oakley played it very
smart on the city, and got away Us
we'll as those who went sooner, and
he will como back covered with
glory. Tweed says he has beer
used very unfairly. lie claims thai
it was understood that when be made
a confession be was to be released
which was true, only his confession
was no confession. The ely old raj
| only told on those who were pass
saving, and with whom he had O
bone to pick, bat the real oulpritt
who could BIO serviceable to the Boss
hereafter, he did not say WORD
about. And SO District Attorney
Fairchild refuses TO let bin go till
he tells the whole story. 1t il
amusing to hear men talk of The
cruelty of keeping Tweed in prison
as though he were martyr, suffer
ing for righteousness sake, instead
of being the most gigantic robber o!
modern times. And Tweed bimsel
thinks that he is being prosecuted
He hasn't the faintest idea that be
has done anything wrong.
| Protection Against Crime.
There isn't the slightest protec
ton against crime in the city. If q
man charged with crime is arrested,
he has no difficulty in making his es
cape, if he has money enough.
Within a week four men charged
with grave crimes and under arrest
walked off, one out of Ludlow ST.
jail, one out of the Toombs police
court, and Two out of the court
house. In each case the officers 10
charge of the prisoners were oonven'
iently blind, or conveniently out oil
the way, and all the prisoners had
to do was to walk out and get away
Now all this means
Tammany is in Control Again.
The spirit of reform which shook
the city has spent its course, popu
lar feeling has in measure subsidized
vigilance is relaxed and the Democ
racy have come to the front again
The old Tweed villains are filing the
offices, Boss Kelly and his gang have
control, and such operations as per.
hitting the escape of criminals who
can pay for it, are no longer punish
able. Unless the advancing tide i;
checked by some demonstration OF
strength on the part of the Republi
cans supported by the decent por
ton of the Democracy, the city will