Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-06-22
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Ring RObbers-PrOtec-
tIOn Against CrIme-Tammany in
Control again Temperance FL
uaneiaI TrOubIes-BusIness
POLITICAL.

The event Of the week was the reception
Of Tilden and Hendricks by the Tammany
society and the Manhattan club. There
are always wheels within wheels, and in
this there were a great many wheels inside
of each other. The splurge was originally
intended by the anti-Tilden Democracy of
this city as the beginning of a movement
to put Hendricks on the track three years
from now Originally it was intended to
leave Tilden out of the demonstration-the
excuse being that it was merely goodbye
to Hendricks who was en- route for Europe.
But Uncle Sammy is altogether too astute
for anything of this kind, and he quietly
notified the managers that they had better
invite him or there would be trouble; he
had no idea of permitting Hendricks to
get that per cent. on him. It was done |
accordingly, and then Sammy put himself
at the front and what was intended to be |
demonstration in favor of Hendricks was
converted into demonstration in favor of |
Tilden. Then came the usual fight be-
tween the local politicians. John Kelly, |
the head of Tammany, was bound that
Morrisey, his ancient enemy, should not |
have an opportunity to air himself; and he !
so manipulated the demonstration as to be
everywhere recognized as the central fig
pre, even though to do it he had to lionize
Tilden, whom he hates most cordially; but
he cut the comb of Morrisey most effectu-
ally. The speeches Of Slippery Sam make
amusing reading, In the crowd who stood
close beside him while he was denouncing
fraud in politics, were Pelton who engin-
eered the attempt to buy Republican
eleetor in Oregon, Twesd's district attor-
ney and two of his deputies, a score of
TWeed's best-known officials, men who
grew nch out of his stealings by Tilden's
help, and every political shyster and ad-
venturer the city. And to such a crowd
the shameless man who stands first on the
list of political corruptiOnists; who spent
five millions of stolen money in an attemnt
to buy himself into the Presidency, spoke
gravely of the terrible frauds that had kept
him out of the Presidency! 1t was the
checklist performance that New York ever
saw. Tilden sUill intends to be candidate
in 1880.
THE RING ROBBERS.
The ring robbers will all get out with the
most Of their plunder, except Tweed. The
district attorney read his confession and
has decided that there is not enough to it
to justify his release, and so Tweed stays {
o chafe his soul out, in duress. Sweeney
gets through by restoring about one-twen- :
ieth of his stealings, and Connolly ditto. I
t is rumored that a proposition from Oak e
J Hall is on the way to this country. &
'hich viii be Of course accepted, and he B
III come back. Oakley played it very A
mart on the city, and got away as well as :
lose who went sooner, and he will come Z
aek covered with glory. Tweed saws he =
IS been used very unfairly; he claims that =
was understood that when be made a
ne was to be released. which :
as true, only his confession was no con-
ssion. The sly old rat only told on those g
10 were past saving, and with whom bo &
~ a bone to pick, but the real cplnrits
- !. could be seryiceable to the Boss here
.sI' ;.4.. ne did not say word about; and 90
,9''l'' attorney FairchiId refuses 70 LAT %
~ an.io T. ~ u he tells the whole story It 81
lus'Hg 70 hear men talk of tbo or,o,t.. sS
~ sS a rosrs'u a%veu IN prison, as though he &c
i ;ngtaa5 S'' suHerng for righteousnass,
~ =, vTa - ,S, ~ pelng the most gigantic ~
spgf q mqaefn tines and Tweed him "
I thinks that ne is being perseouted. "'il- I
sn't the faintest idea that he has dou 10
ything wrong. "0ue
PROTECTION AGAINST CRIME.
There isn't the slightest protection