Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-05-03

Il cants, halt-traders and all thieves in
them every day is lucky. And wo
be to the over-coat, pocket knife,
gold pen or anything else of the VAL
ne Of cent that is exposed for a
minute. Ii is of no uss to post up
notices forbidding them to enter, il
is of no use to kick them out-they
expect that-they come and come 10
one dreary procession till the eye
tires OF them and patience is ex.
hausted. OF course ninety-nine per
cent of them are foreigners, the Irish
predominatiDg largely. Thousands
upon thousands of the very scum of
European cities are landed yearly, to
swell the volume of mendicants, aud
they all stick in the large cities.
They won't work. They won't go
away, and so they poster Now York.
1t is a pity that some law cannot De
passed to contine these people, and
make them work for their bread. 1t
is heavy tax upon the city to sup
| port this army, but there appears to
be no law to reach them.
The Tweed Confession.
AS might have been expected,
every man mentioned in Tweed's
confession as having had money OF
the ring, denies it vehemontly, and
the Boss does not yet produce the
proof necessary TO convict them.
The old fox ia holding back his evi
| dence till he is sure that his confess
sion will bring about his release. He
has it in his hands to unearth the
villainy OF which he was the centre,
but he will not do it till he has what
he wants, his liberty. In the mean
time, there is trouble enough among
the New York politicians. Men, W ho
in The flush times of the ring receiv-
ed ten or twenty or fifty thousand
| dollars, and who have almost forgot
ten the transaction, are turning pale
when they know that it is certain
that Tweed saved his cheque.b books,
| as well as memoranda of all his
transactions, and that be eau state
+ with accuracy where every dollar oil
the swag went to. Respectable men,
who took his wages supposing il
would be forever a secret, are throng.
ing to bis room-begging for lmmu-
oity, hut to ell of them the Boss has
one answer: 81 am in prison, poor
you are cut, ricn. Get ma cut, with
something to live upon" And so a
vast OF men arc talking With suspic.
ioQs pleptifulness of the bsrdships
the old man has been Subjected 20
ard whether the ends of Justice viii
be subseryed by keeping him longer
in prieop, and 50 on. It is said BY
those who ought TO know, that shie
talk Of poverty and being q broken
man is all buncombe. They say tina,
ho has at least three millions safely
higed, and that he proposes when he
gets out TO rally around him his ole
friends, and make 81 effort TO gel
control of tho city aad state again
There is no doub. that there is truth
in this. Once free, with tho money
be doubtless has, be could bring the
Irish TO hia support, and could cap
ture Tam many with ease. Hs j:
only fifty -six, and is az strong a. he
be ever was and 20 man ever lived
who had more of the organizing and
controlling talent. His old adhe
rents who have been eating huske
since he went under, long for such .
leader, and they would rally under
his banner il u minute. For wher
| Tweed was st the front they were
all paid, and paid well. If he want
in q mean way; but his cheque for
ten or twenty Thousand dollars
according to his value, was made a
once. with no nOaseDse ab0at it
And 80 with all Of them. There arr
so many who want to be bought, bu
who can find no one to buy them
that The re- eppearanca OF Tweed in
the political arena would make d
decided stir in the ,ity. He can fnc
"a party without trouble, and it meet
surprise none If within a year tht
old man has control OF the city again
Political.
There is weeping and waiIing il
the city among tho place. men. Th'
custom house cleaning is going OF
rapidly, and the bar-rooms are full
> Of red-nosed men who are dining
Hayes Southern policy. The trouble
with them is that every man has jus
received his walking paper, ana Is
adrift on the cold charity of an IN
feeling world, instead of having |
nice salary to draw monthly. Tha
. is what sils them. It is estimated
that there are five thousand of thu
class of bummers, aud as fast as they
can be reached they are being shovel
out. Applicants for places 10 th'
custom house are thick as leaves i,
valom brosa, but they ali receive th'
same answer-"no vacancies, ant
none likely to occur And they q
away sorrowing, aud consider Hayes
Southern policy failure. But
while these fellows mourn the pee
plo reJoice. For Hayes is the fir
E president who has ever made u.
attempt in coed faith to carry on
civil service reform. lie can do It
. for che is an honest man who means
what he says and, besides, he baI
no aspirations for political prefer
ment, and can afford to snub th,
; spoilsmen. Ard he is doing it.
, The Weather
! is delightful, and New York is a
, beautiful as anything can be. Bust
! ness is improving slightly, and there
is better feeling
, PIETR0
Gov. LUDINGToN has asked for thu
resignation of ex.Gov. Dewey, al