The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-19

Twirn has for some time past admitted
that he was puhlir pluudercr NourIN
in the fucc of reiterated Accusations and
daunin.r facts. has asserted his honesty in
the lOudrSt tones. aud ha- made oath to his
innocence in the most positive term. not
merely swearing to II a. a Witness ON two
CO.. three occasions. hut again amt again. ia
the course of his speeches. -,lcruly appeal
ing 10 hcdyon for the truth If his declare
tion- I'm point ol 0udacty. check, impu-
doncc. swa.gcr. and iulldo2ing, TWEED.
since the expo urcs Of 1871. hnsb.en q model
Of fauknc-s. nodc-ty miidnoss. and gem
tlcmanly propricty when compared with
WOOpIN
In the fall of 1854 W0oDIN. who was n
small lawyer in one Of the rural villages Of
Cayuga. got elected t. the Assembly. but
madc mo- special mark in the ir.,sla-
turc lie ncxt appeared in the Senate Of
$50 for the q strict composed of Carugl and
Wayne TWEED had entered that body two
years before The -c- ION of 1870 Is infamous
for the hundreds of thousands OF dollars
which TWEED spent in hribiug Republican
Scnat ,rs aud A--cmhlymcn to vote for the
Ring city measures. Alaong the purchased
was WuopN. t. whom IWftn. thrDugh
sll.o0H. for which. and other like cvpondi-
lures. TWEED ami his ring associates sub
-cqucuuy reimbursed themselves from the
ety..
| Now. mark thcd! Tcrcnc, IN tho conduct Of
/ hosc tyomcn from that time onward. The
storm burst over Tia, head OF TWEED IN tine
| fan Of 1871 In the hurly-hurly OF an uu-
usually complicated campaign, TWEED Wis
reelected 60 the Senate. But he had not
uudac,ty enough 10 even claim hi, scat. On
the contrary. from that day forward he
wholly disappeared from politics WOODEN
was reelected To- the Senate az tine same time
with TWEED. His completely with the Ring
frauds was not then known t. the people Of
Cayuga and Wayne. With fair debating
| p0wer- much force Of will and a check that
was mover crimsoncd Dy a blush, WOODEN
notwith standing he had the forty-thou
sand-doliar bride in his pocket pushed
himself forward toward the leader
ship of the Republican majority in the Son
ate. Previous to the election of ls73 the sus-
pcon had got abroad that WooDIN was q
rascal but in the election of that year
he was able to squeeze into the senate
again by majority OF only go in district
that usually gave a Republican majority Of
more than 1000.
one might have supposed that this dom
onstratiou of hostility would have huinhlct
WOopfN. No; Il bit of il. H. became more
impudcnt than ever. lie went right to the
front CRASHED the leadership of his party
in the senate. and cracked the whip over
his Republican colleagues. who crlnE'd
before him like slaves on q southern planta-
tion in the old days previous TO the war.
llo was reelected in 1873 by the usual Re-
publican majority; and ne had received the
Unanimous nomination Of the Republican
Convention Of his district for another re-
election this present fall, and that, too, in
.he face OF the recent and crcumstantal
testimony Of TWEED. which almost every
body in the State believes t. be sub-tan-
TALLY true. Even after this testimony had
been given. WOODS apieatci ~ the hoch-
ester Convention, and was chosen one Of its
Vcc-prcsidcnts
The course Of WooDIN in the Senate dur
ing the past two sessions Of the Legislature
is we'll remembered. He ruled the Rcpubli-
can majority with a rod Of iron lie shaped
every measure relating to this city, he was
the central figure IN the apportionment con
sniracv. he excoriatcd his hating party as
socates with whip OF scorpions, he aspired
To- bc Governor and a Senator in Congress
At the State Convention last year, when Mr
CoRNTGL's name was brought forward ful
Licutonant-Govcrnor, WoopIS mounted thu
platform and abused CORNELL as ii h,
were a criminal
The cfiroutcry, the imHudenco OF this mar
, is something amazing Contrast HIM Will
WILLIAM NJ TWEED. humblod, impover
/ shcd stunning observations fleeing beyond
, the scas. ahstaining for six years from al
participation in politics. aud how great
: villain WILLIAM Il. WoopIN looks,
But AZ Inst rcirihution comes. WooD1'
r,tIro- from public view, dishonorcd an'
r. dcsp.-cl amid his ii-got riches. Would tina
= We could holc never 10 SEQ his like againl
The most comprehensive and compact. th
d.. Iu.t.-t and sounlcet SGT Of political solution
shat have y'l been drawn az for presentation T.
any ass"nh'nse in tins part oi the country
Vi the set that WIS y,- icrday adoptrd hy the noml
mating convention in Tamnuny Hall. Ther
Ii ARE lut three al them all told. and rnch one ,
q them is short; hut they constitute ayoiume q
II solid political iruth which 1t Is the duty Of ever
r citizen To- pefu@e aud ponder.
Some Of yesterdays spec hes in the scr
nt'. notably THAT of Mr. WApLrioH, must hnN
~ fdi.u upon tho strained ears AT the wait
ilousr llAr the nis; luw uulterlnss O., u.e risin
storm,
d If Senator KrESANs Wow of his party
ls duty tntue Fraudulent President IS to pr.vl
=. there ought t. be- nothing to prevent llAlI
,d from becoming the Democratic Presidents
candidate in 1880
T. Tho preliminary skimi~h in the Scna
. over the Louisiana cgsr WAS continued and Nh
y ishol Yesterday, the credoutias of Mr.. Sp0
~ FoRp the Democratic Senator elnt from tn
"l state. hoin., referred To- tine Committee on Priv
e. osos and Elections hy the close vot" of 3G - 2
n DAVID DAVIS ylt'l with tlo DEM 'nts; Nio-.i
c- HoorI CGEI~rtNcy. ANA ilcthrnr .Uru~- ha
50 s,rs. Co>ngtN pNrlHsoN. and STGSO "a. v.'
,.it tl p....i..l 4 IA tl,, i..,i.a.,u a, 4.