New-York tribune., 1877-09-19

son half OF IT.
again FROM him to without any further ccnsd-
Grafton whatcvcrf Ayes, sir g.. .-o,,
O. Did YOU consider that these assignments from you
To nun AID from him back again 20 your SON had any
connection with your acton a. member OF the Boan OF
reccrs voting bin this fifteen per ceat upon AZ ex
pend turosi Al think not, because only repaid him
what he had PAID or me- He mad no benefit Of paying
ANYTHING for and repaid him what ne paid To me
Q-Now. with Cgard the cement of the cleo
tions o. the city aud county officers and general elections
in the city and county, when yon were IN oincc dd the
ring control the elections IN this city at that tmef A.
Yes, cir, absolutely.
Q-Pleaso cell me what the modus operandi OF that
vast A.-Each ward had representative man VINO con
troiled matters IN his own ward and 10 Tnotn % tne
various mcmbers Of the General Committee oi Iammahy
Han We're looked TO for advice and Instructions no"
10 carry on the elections.
man over anotherl ACount the ballots in buk with
out counting each announce the result oy bulk wtnont
counting change from one 20 the other as me Case
oThen the elections really were elections at all;
the ballots were made to ing about any t rsIit ,Iu
chose 10 makei A-Thc ballots made no result; tni
Q-That could not have been done without local aid
anywhere could III A-rhat WAS geneFauy dohe ~
most every ward 10y the gentlemen VINO had chaise Vi
Q-Now then, state to the Committee the names Of al
persons so far as You rccolect, TO whom you made
such requests wGcn the results Indicated TO your no
that your request had been COMPLIED Win a., -
matter pretty much Of mpo'sIbity taiSea 20 an % ey
active men and All he lenders in every ward AT every
eeenon but cannot tel What my t fba
conversation can give 4he names of pafte' VINO 'on
TnE SERVICES OF MR.. HASTINGS.
o-You said at the last meeting that you paid Hugh
Hastings $4,000 for his services in relation TO the
pa ssage OF the charter Of is70i Add.
o-what did you give the cheek forl A-For his ad
vice information ana eXertlOns 10 pass "hdt VIC o'e"
'iS oWfat was his Sdyice Al narrated it exactly on
MGo nvrr II ocain Ais first advice was to make
sure of having all the Republican Senators IN caucus
,hrD osEsG me II / had Mr. WoodD. told him no lie
asked who did have, ana spoke OF NihsioW, WI"
thought would so with me- and Wood ana MlhiSl enu %
lie said YCU had better gct Woodn, because ne Is
strong talkcr and a very active man. toiu llh
would Try and have talk with him. ana the next u"y
Q-Did you tell him you intended to paw these sena
tors auv money for supporting tbs charter or that You
had done so A.-That was understood tAat A"u 10
70 Did yon tell MIN so2 Al am not certain that
positively told him 80. although am as positive AS am
o anything that happened hai an hour AK. ,r.s.,roa
Al had employed him to work for us ana have liens
iuser e1, and paid hin for ms lapoF. o,;,, . o,o
Q-Wis Mr.. Hastings at that time edltlhg a paper
QHwaSIta A Democratic or Republican paper A
0-Was us Charter Of 1870 the charter That you say
eInauaied from IammaIy HailI A.-Nes, sir'
O-A Democratic measureI A.-1cs, SIR.
QAnd al the Republican Senators Noted Tor IL except
Q-And that one was A.-Mr Thayer, OF Troy, Rena-
Q-For what other bills did you employ Hastings
A-TO defeat the bill taking the Dock Department OCT of
the Street Commissioners ohice. W
Odd you give linn any money f1r thati Ayes
o-How muchH Al don't recolect I was con
staniy DONG that OF work with bn, and constantly
paying mn. He was one OF great many there VINO
were doing that sort Of business.
Q-An yo9 know about y is tnat y9n Won una u among
Q.-iIow did the Board Of Audit meet as a Board OF
Audit under yourself and Connolly A.-Ihey never
met.
Oh all the ring suit paper has been offered in eyi
dence which purp ITS TO be the minutes o neetng o.
the Board Of Anli! which was held at The C9noHtrs
Odc the 9Th oI May. io7O} A-Io tel about thal'
will have 20 tel the history OF IT, -
Q-Wi you look at tlis PAPER. II has been testified
~ The courts all tlcse ring SUITS mat iha paper was
found a safe IN the Controllers Office by the Deputy
Controller under tic adnlnis ration Of Mr. Andrew H.
GrceH2 Al tiink it wss under tlc administration.
Tie memorandum referred 70 is rs follows;
CONTROLLERS OFFrcF, Maya, 1870
o. tio ~ onirr az nj tic Trws 0f ISL on motion Of
8ayor Is resolved that tAe Con ty Auditor collect IRON
To- April se $50 and amounts now th'raon and mat
by ht ara. or H. appnprate conmtlees' on esTmn
Signature action directed by III section aforesaid and
payment a: ,A:3 ,4Nsi H4agi rg,r i'!oi'
Present Py iltn4 qof II tht R6si of supervisors
McHARD b. CONNOLLY, Controller
Afer The attack was made upon tire ring in ISL we
in the habit OF meeting daily or at Least thre Gays
q week, sometimes dalF, az my once III Duane-st 1hat
is. pr. Sweeny as President Oi the commissioners oI
Parks. vi Hall as Mayor Mt; Gonn% as CCn'fSi,er n
ana myself as Commissioner Di fsDlc VOTES WIN Vi
clerk Cornelius COrSOn shortly after the eXi"snre, NJ
bis own handwriting. lie submitted 1t TO NE.
and l stated that | did not Know anylhn:
10,
it, He had already signed the paper. lie stated
that II ir Connolly and myself signed II, II woud be OF
gieat II prosecution should he commenced
aaus u- in these ring transactions. consulted Nj.
connolly and he and myself both signed u, and II was
handed 10 Dayor Han heard nothing about 1t until
the trlal sir Hall my own tila foI in>demtanOr,
y,lcu NJ Storrs testified 80 having found tins paper;
and from thr manner OF The test mOny concluded thai
it had been placed by Mayor Hall for Conroe' Connolly
70 md.
O-When was it that that paper first shown 10 You
d, Mayor Hall, gned by youl Al think in August,
1871.
O-And DO such meeting took place! A.-NO, SIT.
C-No meeting ever TOOK placcl A-Np, sir.
G-The audit OF all these oils no audit at al A
Except by individuals.
The committee adjourned until Friday at y.
JOHN MORRISSEYS STATEMENT.