Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-04-28
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
The Tweed Observation-Disclosures troubles
A Ncat prith-It UM--puiities.
rnE TWEED CONFESSION,

A Ncat TrItlI--ii Un-puilties.
TnE TWEED CONFESSION,
Now, everybody knows why Oak
ey Hall ran away To Europe. II
was as | said, Tweed. The Boss
had made up his mind TO split on
his associates, Hall got wind of il
in time, and fitted. Twecd's cX
pose is a curious and instructive
piece of reading. 1t shows that
the p,undcring of the city and STATE
WAS not the growth of time but that
it was a plot, made deliberately and
very carefully worked up rs to de-
tail, and one which required a great
deal of skill TO carry out. There Is
Squirning among the Democrat,
politicians and explanations are til,
order of the day. Men who have
heretofore stood well in the commu
mtg are quietly Slipping away Il
Europe. and those who stay are for
| ljiN ing themselves with proof I,
make some sort OF II show against
the damaging disclosures of the oil,
man in Ludlow Street. Several Re
puhIicanS are already implicated,
and it is expected that more will be,
he had tools in the Rcpubi can
camp Of course. for else he could
not have got the legislation mt AL
bany necessary TO carry out his pur-
poses. Twenty millions of dollars
were distributed, and the Boss. no
more guilty than the others, has
had to bear the brunt of the whole
ding. His share of the plumber
has lecn spent in litigation, he has
grown old in dodging prosecutions
and now is Il wreck financially and
III reputation, while those " ho were
his associates in vialiny are living
comfortably and in good oder on
their shares. And what veXes the
old man more thAn anything else is
thar those who made the most of il
ale those who were the first to turn
upon him. Between his lagc and
ms desire to GET out he is making
wild work among .hc Democratic
pU!ticiaWS. In anticipation Of suits
10 recover, scores of them are CON
NcN ing their property TO their wives
and brothers, and scores more are
altogether. The confession
Is a homb-sheil exploited in the vcry
nealt OF the camp. amt the conster
nation Is widespread.
BUSINESS TROUBLES.
New York has long been worried
ny the discrimination of the rail
roads against it, and now the Eu
ropean steamers are giving the city
Il twist, Cagoes are brought cheap
az from Liverpool to Boston, Phia
driphia and Baltimore than TO New
York, and hence the howl. The
reason Is plain enough. The great
Inc West flom New York is the
Central, and The Central is manHy
ed hy Il Vanderbilt. and the most
pig.headcd Of all the Nandcrbilts.
The Pennsylvania and Baltimore
roads lay in With the steamships
and agree to carry to Toledo, Chi |
rago, st. Louis and Cincinnati for
less rate Of freight than the Cen
.r"l will, and consequently the
freight goes to those cities. In short
the Baltimore and Ohio and Penn.
SylVania roads have combined with |
the steamship lines, and are lakin.
Tie trade, The trouble with New
y Ork is il has no terminal facilities
he city and its railroads are man
'ged as srllishIy as possible, and
IRE not in the interest of the city at
Ill. They are run in the interest OF
' anderbilt and his adherentS, and
hey depend upon the fact that a
certain amount of freight and GER
AIN number OF passengers have no
other way of getting into the CITY.
The other roads are managed ON
broader ideas, and the other cities.
better governed and depending
more upon their enterprise than nat
lral facilities. are taking the trade
md New York is suffering. Its
rade Is being pared off here and
sliced off there, till the diminution
S seriously frlt'and occasions alarm,
but WHAT can be done The city is
II the hands Of the class of Democ
acN who have no interest in its
prosperity, and who know nothing
bout it and care less. and SO tn e
merchants and manufacturers suf,
cr.
4 NEAT TRICK. {
The nratest, clcaneSt Swindle that
Yer was perpetrated, was done in
his city last week. Up in Twenty t
hlrd street is a house of aSsigna.
ION ircquented Only by the very
Iuest-hlooltd of the aristocracv
t married lady from Murray Hill
orS beyond moral limits, it is at :,