The New York herald., 1877-10-26

81 was under cloud at that time ana could at
tend tho Baltimore Convention. The New York dclo-
CATION supported Greeley, and Hoffman was there;
but comparatively prostratcd at that time"
GREELEY's WEAK POINTS.
"what was your estimate Of Nj. Greeley's cbarac-
teri"
"rhe public havc misunderstood him. said Mr..
Tweed. "rhere Is o general opinion that ho was q
man Of perfect abstinence whereas no liked glass OF
wine. and nothing pleased him moro than to have
somebody at breakfast sitting down at tho table at
nine or ten O'Clock and talking overy variety OF
subjects until about two O'Clock, when the rest had TO
60 TO business and no had to 20 to his newspaper.
You could not approach him with money In my form,
but he could bo carried by Hattcry, and he
bilious OF political precrment But thcro nothing
stir or specially abs.em,ous about him. We
afraid Of him as an editor and very lttie Of him
personally. but know about him all tho time"
OLD NEW WORKERS.
"well, sir. going further back into tho galaxy OF
democratic Statesmen, do you recall no ono from New
York who filed tho measure OF greatness-william NJ
Marcy, for examplef"
|. "A1cy OF unqucstioned ability, but
badly balanced. Ho iikod TO quarrel II he saw
man and madc up hts mind not to like him no would
quarrel with him anyhow without provocatou. II he
lkod man at nrst sight he could not bo made TO
quarrel he throw away much OF his forco, and per-
haps the Presidency, by that constitutional belger-
ency. silAs Wright q little before my imc and
know Seward toeraoly weIl What struck mo about
him particularly his disposition TO compromise on
everything. particularly with opponents He was ono
Of our great mon. thought
Mr. Tweed mado some reference 10 Governor
Fenton In hts remarks about tho public men OF New
York "He had great shrowdness," said Tweed, s.and
patience BESIDES but was lttc cold in mis- undor-
meath temperament"
TWEED AND THE RAILROAD.
'Your relation 10 tho Erie Railroad, Mr.. Tweed,
has subjected you TO considerable censurc How did
you get in thero?"
THAT came from my position IS State Senator.
Vanderbilt wanted me to help him In legislative mat
ters, and promised to carrya largo
could mako money. He didn't keep his WORD,
and Fisk Gould came to mo and offered to SO. mo
right"
(which Of those was tho abicr Gould or Fisk p,
nnanoicr. Jim Fisk pleasant fellow full OF nnec
doto. Nothing discomGted him. 10 was never
ashamed. Ho always had fresh story. liked his
company remember when no was before tho Com.
mittce Of Congress and used that expression, Gono
where the woodbnc twinoth.' Ho explained that to
me. He said that when he used pcddlo around tho
country no noticed the country ou,houses always
had sprig OF vino climbing over them. He simply
meant by that illustration that rnc Investment had
| gone mp tho spout-gono TO nothing"
wovLD.nE sxSAroRs
eve used to think ut Washington, Mr.. Tweed, thns
you .na swccny would somo day appear at Wash.
ington as United States Senators from No~ York ~
sThns might havc bccn," said Mr. Tweed; "but
guess it was good way OF. You scc Now York city
!, magnatcs do not have much to do with making
United States Senators. Tho country chaps gcn.
orally get those places. But l suppose that IL
swceny and had fallen out II might have been
on thnt question: possible case where Now FORK city
had only ono Senator and two aspirants."
"Did you over elect by your money power SEN
ator OF tho United States from New York cnys"
mo; II 10 error to suppose that any scua,or was
greatly indebted to mo Tor MS election
II havo heard II charged that you contributed a
considerable sum Of money to A. D. Barber. tho half
brother OF Noah Davis 10 put Judge Davis into tho
Senator"
| ~ viii clear Davis Of that" said Mr. Tweed; "I
might have been willing to help him, but was not
| pressed 10 do So"
"what is your feeling toward Noah Davs2"
| al nm not enamorcd OF him." said Mr. Tweed. "ne
took Garvcy, when no cited before tho court TO
testify against me the trial OF a misdcmeanor and
sent him down bciore tho Grand Jury who was
si on trial. and made him testify then and .hcre so
that several other wcro found against mo-
Davis controls that bonch. He has capacity and am.
btion. and tho other judges subordinate TO him.
The Court OF Appeals afcrwarc upset his by
full bench, clearly showing that no boyond his
authority In pursuing me as hc did,"
'srhc Court Of Appeals has boon good deal criti-
clscd your account; but sec that you acqut them
| In your testimony Of aLy dependence upon You"
II can say nothing nganst any porson on that
Bench with any conscience. or course / knew Chief
Justice Church politician. He Is slow, pIodding
man. too discreet, if anything for tho Advancement
he might have had
| BARNARD.
| "what made judge George Barnard take fright when
tho proceedings FIRST opened against tho Ring 2'
| ave owe to Barnard" said Mr.. Tweed, "all our
troubles That fellow was seized with tho IDEA that
he would become Governor OF New York by the action
no took at that time Nobody else could see how II
was to como about But Barnard thought he saw IL,
and ho said, III tbero Is no law or precedent
| for this injunction l will mako one.' SO he