The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-10-27
TWEED ON sWEENr. nan, IND THE
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II. WIN Never NEEDLE with ronue. Again.

Mr.. Twc"d-Thc only one. lngcrsoil and
Connolly is in Switzerland Hall is in London,
crthcrcabou,s.
mo. not ut present. have Just found to-day,
9GswGG 3y'T my srs r"GSn n 5% iG gr
gottenl has brought against my wife. another
check Of Jimmy @ Bri.n. and some other letters
laborious matter To- 10 back and recall ur re-
cover thr-c little items in an almost tumultuous
Wasn't it foolish thing for Woodward 10
hay" Arntured over the Canadian line To- Chi
Tin satisfied that he did II by arrangement
and that 1t was understood he was to Ice mr.
"Why did Hall run awoy-on the score Of
fall,T think, has been crazy. or growing
! crazy. for years. liz wis drcadfully tir'some
fellow. with his weak ltii, yuns.'
" BIT he was useful, WIS he not in the WAY. Of
drawing up advantageous or cunning bills r
" lie WIS lair AT that not accomplished not
| To- preside AT n dinner. or makrn ready speech y
~ What IT, tn" meaning nt the rumor that
Swc' my aud the Swoeuy influence are ut work
To- h"gp yo9a IN lail ~.
/ probably going into politics again. You know
h. never came to the front much. hat wanted to
| rul" from a position II retirement lie can
reach mn, nc's which cannot reach"
But you never puarrell"d much with your
40. They didn't quarrel with me- because
was the only man who would - To- tho front.
! They couldn't rry on cnch other II anything
/ desperate WIS on hand. | remember once thnre
was a meeting 10 b., held whore Elijah ruriy
wanted ne T. preside. SAID |. Now. boys.
tell you frankly. In afraid to ~ to that meet
ing. You may go. hut don't want to- Pooh,
pooh! said Purly We dldnt expect that 81
YOU. Tweed; | u 80 myself, - ] went that
o o' Said /, iii prcsidr!' So ,o"E the char.
and wasn't very comfortable in it, either. 4
nun from California. hy tn" name OF DOYLE, wis
running for Recorder against Barnard. This
rerolle"tion is AZ rnpdonnl J saw. ~ the roll
delegates. said To secretary liavu mo-
was done. All in favor II Mr.. Barnard ~ the
npminc" Of This body -ny ave. Carried The
meeting j. adjournodH Well. there was u riot
and / WIS driven into one corner. lsuiah
Rypdcrs had z pistol ~ long rs my arm drawn
and cooked. said ne: I'll pay You for thisl
was scared. but didn't SAY 80. I'm not afraid
Of g Who'll" ward Of YOU Fighting villains said l.
Then You never quarrclled with sweenyf"
Oh. SWrcny is a hard. ovcrbcaring. revenge
hl man He wants his way ana trea-urc- np
wrath He has considerable ability OF its kind.
a WE ySrg SO opposite and unlike that we got
-, How did ~. ever take into your confidence
Connolly was before my time: had to take
/ the world a. II was and not max. it anew. H.
/ was powerful man in his ward aud district.
/ h"ing from Cork and TINT region in other days
was ill IT Corkonians II You would walk
/ through th"re andillk against Connolly It would
10" at your P"ril. W could not get along with
out Connolly and apnexed hin, for the vote H.
! controlled. Tie had been an old Federal Custom
House. officer and in Mayor llaycmcycr's
WHO got Connolly onf"
THden through the aid OF Mayor Have
" % Won not recall. in the large galaxy ~
| prominent men " NV York Demu. rat- some
few whom Your mind admros Notwithstanding
Mr.. Tweed shook his head as II there wns
nobody but said, after while; II he had not
! been - cold, John T. Hoffman was about the
best. speak with rcsp"et Of him. because We
several times disagreed. | could never lnake
/ cnpnhe, hut he often harmed Us 10y obIecting in
/ cua"s whore he could not have harmed himself
! u you rrad my testimony ON Hoffman YOU
| found ~ honestly expressed. lie Wa not APP
| pruAchahle with money!
~, ~" lopr relation to, the Fri" Railroad Mr.
| Tweed. has subjected you to considerable cen
| sur. How dd YOU gct IN there
That came from my position rs State Sena-
! tor. Vanderbilt wanted me- to help him in lrgIs-
| latv" mnti"rs. and promised 10 carry large
amount of stock for NO; IN short 10 put me- into
a stock population. 50 could make somc
| money. II" didn't Keep hi- word. and Fisk aud
| Gould came to me and of red b. set mo right 9"
| -, Whirh Of those men was the ADLER, Gould or
Oh. Gould; h. has not his equal in America
g. llnancicr: JiW Ii-k was pleasant fellow
| WIS n"yrr ashamed. He always had n fresh
story !k'd his company. remember when
he was before the committee Of Congress and
| used lLAi rNprenS'oh ,'oh' whore Ia" wood
bnr twln'th. He explained that to mo. He
country lac noticed thai the country outhou-cs
always had a -lrig of vim" climbing over them.
! H. simply meant hy that illustration that TIA.
investment had gone up the spout-gonc to
."nIiy9ur son lcsirc to he q hotel kccper?"".
NJ; ! wanted him To take that hotel Ny
design was IA make it the national Democratic
| heHdIuart"r- Ia have the newspapers. books
and all he apuurtenaucrsu If "A pl,I,lid t,oti,Yt
club th"r" II would then have been profitable
a. l,,,se and al auNiiigry t. power
Whom 10 you regard ~ the most successful
ciiy politician Of Nrw York III the thirly years OF
John kcliy H. was always ploddcr-al-
| ways saving something and learning some
thing; H"stn"d we'll with III" urei-ralh"r
"A high cln,, man ia the Church-and got li,
| support th'i". never dit hut ono thing for
! h,m' tM .uy years agp | helped him beat
| Walsh 81 FIR Cunsr.--'
49,. d." Wnni President lid YOU first vote for. Mi
~ unnk j. wgg-, Polk. know voted first for
Which al tir puhli, men who aspircd to tho
Let me- -rc. nnsw, red Mr. Tweed rena't-
/ lyely. Thor" WAS irunk Pierce | kn,W him.
II" was Nor' lisht almost nonrntlt}. NJ
/ mere was a lo,r suck i.n-Mry little breadth
| den Illumination. that ~, nhen \. Douglas
Impressed me more than any big nat ona man
| ! eyer knew. WAS pretty well acquainted with
him. \ Mr. West. who used to be- Surrogate
! had Douglas AT his hou-e and asked m. around
/ There. Mu- for Douglas Tor irl sidrut away
ba Il in 1852 and 1886. lie seemed 10 a Gig:-
/ Drained man. with plenty ot temperament, dem
O rair and clear-hrnd al u real leader. / Was
| - Douglas Democrat up To the ginning Of the
WA, and War Dcmoero, after TINT"
lou never saw Mr.. lincolnY"
., m never met Lincoln privately, but /
May ASK what would you do i you were
,houd 60 T. NV Orlcans or 'r To- TO- tG H''VW W.T.
lllrn'ss Is my aversion. ! du more work in
lhis lail Than anybody in 1t. Look On that win
/ transcript amt other Documents pertaining 10
my eAaminaiion ! spend hours rnlsnrhing
| perity in this rity ! made everybody nrnunn mo
Wurh, and II used To be "A saying, There comes