New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-11

7vvr,.0s Fvro~rRrs To RUIN FOX, HAYES, NORRIS
SHY. And SENATOR B.XBY-A COUNTERDLAsr
AGAINST john NELLY
There is n great deal of excitement among
iocai politicians OF an factions Of the Democracy ami OF
,,p lcan party rs the further revelations OF VIII
I'm NJ T.vccl The announcement IN TIE TRIBUNE NJ
s .rl,y that Tweed would submit 10 the Aldermen Co
morrow list Of fraudulent bills passed by the od Board
al Supervisors with verbal explanations caused terror
T. most O. the SURVIVORS Of that Board aui 90 hhdfeu7
Of contractors who furnished supplies TO the County
while the Supervisors were IN power. This list was
unlimited m patt only to Attorney General Fhrcmid
on urt " its contents became knownbut no AL HiLce
Is rejection by Mr. Fagchid 10 has been reeNanneo ny
Tweed AID much elaborated 10y retire. mcnt Of his mem
ory 10y the documents furnished hun by the Aldermen
Jis believed that in this fl list of tile contract
ors who raised their bills the amounts by which the
The bills were augmented, the percentage paid 10 the
various Supervisors the ring and the names OF All WHO
shared 10 any extent Will he made public or course 40
arrests can follow the offences are "ouilaWed by 'e
lapse Of time since the tnes were committed; pu' t-c
exposures viii ruin the character and destroy the o'
cal influence Of more than a few antTammany ana he-
publican politicians.
Arer the exppsnre OF the Old Board OF Supervisors
Ring" will follow history Of the first manipulation o.
the legislature by Tweed. The latter says tht e s'
to,li,, an large scale by himself and his colleagues
was compelled by the need Of buying up the i'Sls''
70 abolish the old supervisors Their stealing was com
n,ratiycly small; e robberes TO bride the legislators
were on large scale; but IL not until the lWeeu
Charter and the Board Of Audit Scheme was purchased
al tho Legislature by the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS eh1
combination that the stealing done ON magnificent
scale Many leading men in state itics were p'rnrS
IN this bribery aud their names likely 10 come out
snce Tweed has nothing to fear from them and has long
since felt absoved by their abandonment Of him from
further obligation to protect them at his own cost
The rnaip local purpose Of the Aldemens nvesiga-
tou is TO destroy four leading antiTammany politicians
IaI1l an4lp- al
help TO defeat Tammany in the coming Senatorial hsn',
o. well as i'm its fight the coming convention against
tlo rres Mt state officials. One is John Fox who Win
his brother n-aw Justice Hogan, in the lNth 7ana'0ra
District nearly defeated Meade FOR Congress When
Meado Thought lc had walk-over." and helped elect
John Morri,scy two years ago. Foxs power mas D'en
,nnch weakened Of years and the workingmen VINO
elected Moirisscy are now bitterly against nun st.Il
Ttmmanv fears the opposition in The lNth District N"
r',af a9fTammauy organizer has l.ft Another
person whom weeds testimony WI In,iV, ~ ,,f
vrb1 is gtin largely the sr,ucth Of MorTSe'F. Ahn
l. Irln Mori..ey himself whom certain class OF re
pUhcnnS and ani-l 'umtH! u' l..f TV 49, Mo-
a..fnst Gerard for Senator 100 the WIN ls'lc'' Mi
rsy agreed at time 90 tun If Che helrnIcns Wou"
lut tls 1sas NOT Co ht bad, aud ne h'Sc p OF i"v'
r,5r.t mother r.su.ctlilc Republicans aut-Iau-
q. mos O'lireu lc would probably br di."teo ihr
Ur...rt inoIcltlans are thit OBuen viii mot support
Moris-cy. hut uai, on the contrary, Ac "l'
H. biz rival FOR Republican snuport Nheh Ml
csr4uhrI n c' a. $3.50 o., the sufferers. OhHeh HH no
sooner .,ru Norre-oy'- bd for p'uuauI\ among 'uCC
al u. is liuelcdat ny The 14m4a'y leaders rs "4ini
only oi contempt, and those Who kn1" u3'h lit
foIh man whom Tweed. testimony vii De ,U.l,el
o. uJa.E .,' A.. W L.,t "' ,'I ,,,t ~ ss
referee and rcc-IyrI,uip frauds, winch lr.'I..e l'
1lAlt was a o' l"' 81, ,.-,. .s di.tr.. several
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