The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-18
Denying Tweed's Statement.

AlBANl, ApIll L.
The journal publishes the following:
Albany, April Ito editor Evening
Tournal-The New York World to-day
contains this sentence: He william NJ.
rweed) mentions Judge Folger of the
curt ofappeals, to whom he paid money.
William M. Tweed never paid me any
money, the statement is not true -(Signed)
Charles ]. Folger.
The Journal adds: We arc authorized
rom Attorney General Fairchild to say
tia the has never heard or known Tweed to
utter a word that could be considered de-
rgatory of Judge Folger, although Tweed
hid spoken to to the attorney general of
him Judge Folger) as formidable polti-
cd opponent. We are also authorized from
Jhn d. Townshend, Tweed's counsel, who
ddivered the attorney general the paper
called confession" to say that Judge
Fdger's name is not mentioned in it nor
thit of any other judge of appeals.
WOODEN HEARD FROM.
IN the senate this afternoon Mr. Woodin
roe to question of privilege and read that
potion of Tweed's alleged confession re-
ferting to himself. He spoke of his en-
trance in the senate in 1870 and OF occas-
ionll attacks made on him during his SER
vice, and said: Now, near the close Of my
eighth year in the senate, where have la
bored arduosly and as l said little while
ago. conscientiously, though not always
wisely,.I am the subject of renewed at
tack. This time, am confronted, if
the paper is 10 be believed, with
what purports to be confession of male
factor man who has been by common con-
sent colossus in viliany, who stands re-
corded upon your own record as having
testified under the solemnity of an oath that
he never paid either directly or indirectly
a penny to any member of the legislature
to secure the passage of any law. | need
not read it; l refer the senate to the SEN
ate documents of the year 1872 That is
the man whose testimony is invoked to
convict one of your number of official cor
ruption, whom lie has exonerated, so far
as his unqualified declaration under
oath could exonerate me, and every
member of the senate of 1870, from any
such charge. Long continued and expens-
i've litigation had made il impossible fol
him 10 make restitution. He painted fol
personal freedom; he desired liberty more
than anything else. He began to make
overtures to O'Conor and offered
restitution according 70 his abil.
lty, but more was asked thar
restitution, he was required 10 make dis.
closures, to give up the names of his &C
completes in crime; he tried his hand al
disclosures but he failed to meet the expec-
tation. The thumbscrew has been APP
piled "Give us names anC
above all and over all gives us something
that shall involve the members of the court
of appeals, but don't stop there go fal
enough to reach Senator Woodin and any
other senator that is trying to secure legis
lation that will free New York city of it,
burdens and abuses" | will not make any
defense now, but will say that it is TIT
power behind this man that makes the wisl
father to the thought Continuing his re
marks, he said For the present it il
enough for me to say, as in the presence o.
God and with the prospect of speedy an(
formal hearing before the committee of my
peers, that the statement published in thu
New York World this day is absolutely anC
wickedly false in each aud every par,icula
so far as the same relates to myself.