Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-06-22

PolITICAL--THE RING EOBHFEs-- rRoTE, TIO''
AGAINST CRIME -QuEFR NAMEs-TAuNANE
IN CONTROL AGAIN-TEMrERhNCE- fINAS-
CIAL TROUBLES
NV YoRk. june II. 81

CIAL TRoCBIEs-
NEW YoRE. June II. ISL
To the Editor Of the Free Press aud Times
The event of the week WIS the reception
Of Tiden and Hendricks by the TamInany
Society and the Manhattan Club. There are
always wheels within wheels, and in this
there were 4 great many wheels inside OF
each other. The splurge was originally in
tended by the anti-Tiden Democracy Of this
city as the beginning Of movement to put
Hendricks en- the track three years from
now. Originally it was intended to leave
Tilden out of the Unconstitutional excuse
being that it was merely n goodbye to Hen
bricks who was en- route Tor Europe. But
Uncle Sammy is altogether too astute Tor
anything of this kind, and he quietly notified
the managers that they had better invite
him or there would be trouble. lie had
no idea of permitting Hendricks to have
that per cent on him. 1t WIS done &C
cordingly, and then Sammy put himself ut
the front and what was intended to be de-
monstration in favor of Hendricks get convert
cd in.o demonstration in favor of Tilden.
Then came the usual fight between the local
politicians John Kelly, the head of Tam
many, was bound that MorrisscY, his ancient
enemy, should not have an opportunity to air
himself; and he 50 manipulated the demon
stration as to be everywhere recognized "a
the Central figure, even though to do it he
had to lionize Tilden, whom he hates most
cordially. But he cut the comb Of M0rrissey
most effectually. The speeches of slippery
Sam make amusing reading. In the crowd
who stood close beside him while he was
denouncing frauds in politics, were Pelton
who engineered the attempt to buya Repub-
lican elector in Oregon, Tweed's District
Attorney and two of his deputies, score OF
Tweed's best-kpown officials, men who grew
rich out of his stealings by Tilden's help,
and every political shyster and advcnturer IN
the city. And to such crowd, the shame
less man who stands first on the list of polit
ical corruptionists, who spent FIVE millions
of stolen money in an attempt to buy him
self into the Presidency, spoke gravelY of
the terrible frauds that had kept him out of
the Presidency 1t was the checklist per-
Torrance that New York ever saw. Tilden
still intends to be candidate in 1880
THE RING ROBBERS.
The ring robbers will all get ont with the
most of their plumber, except Tweed. The
district-attorney read his confession and has
decided that there is not enough in it to
Justify his release, and so Tweed stays TO
chafe his soul out, in duress. Sweeney gets
through by restoring about one, twentieth of
his stealings, and Connolley ditto. 1t il
rumored that proposition from Oakley Hall
is on the way to this country, which will be
of course accepted, and he will come back.
Oakley played it very smart on the city, and
got away as well as those who went sooner,
and he will come back covered with glory.
Tweed rays he has been used very unfairly.
lie claims that it was understood that when
he made confession he was to be released,
which was true, only his confession was no
confession The sly old rat only told on
those who were past saving, and with whom
he had bone to pick, but the real culprits
who could be seryiceable to the Boss here
after, he did no. say word about. And so
District-Attorney Fairchild refuses to let
him 90 till he tells the whole story. 1t is
amusing to hear men talk Of the cruelty OF
of keeping Tweed in prison, as though he
were martyr, suffering for righteousness
sake, instead of being the most gigantic
robber Of modern times. And Tweed him
self thinks that he is being prosecuted. lie
has not the faintest idea that he has done
wrong.