The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-13

Tweed especialIy-frequsn'iy met .. the Of
0akey hail came when notified and remained 40 long
as he required. A. these mectlnes al matters
discussed and bulls examined anu determined upon
to be opposed or supported When nscsssary
%'a any 70 Barber was ses
suited and means devised 10 raise the amount Of
mooey when wac deemed or found necessary Tor that
following wsys:-Mr Tweed requested by these
geniien'rn 10 act Us the cashier and did 90 ac the
being generally made by him upon adj
vice or consultation with A. d. Barber, VINO gener.
ally took charge Of the members OF Assembly, and
ncction Mr.. Barbers advice was what these gentle
men !swesny. Connolly and Tweed, were chiefly
LOOKING ron LARGER POWER.
IL Is not believed on general review Of rwsed's
sway TOR tho sake Of ,hs power il would
bring. II u meant more money all right Tor Tweed,
bu. sweeny had something Of tho sia,csman's ~
sire to rule Besides. WAS necessary In the
extended trent the plunderers bad 70 guard
to lake possession Of me i0St a xAloss,ny-
rule had come the COMMISSIONS. These Of course
could bought IN ana used under tne sale snied Of
nas s sss Sau III IL
Richmond once SAID that he prcfoSrc4 buyIng r.
was cheaper and less .roubesomc. bus tweed aod nj
associates though. they know better Tweed
iss si's.ss pipes ss sS ns sos G
members when necessary but did not immecatciy At
temp, Sn snyhiax vsry sweeping the manner ~ which
extract but to see him doing II ~ worth little sketch
He had succeeded IN having Hoffman elected Governor
by series OF election frauds worth history In them
selves, the naturalization mill and tho Repeating"
system beng used TO an extent scarcely credible in
the November election OF 1865 anu until the Election
law came with It's 'rcgistration" checks.
IN TnE STATE SENATE.
IL thcre over was man not king who wAA
awarded kingy honors thai man was Tweed, wnsn he
wac member OF the upper house OF tho State
Val Of
travelling 20 anu IRON tue Capitol was the Admiration
ss ss sr q @ The Ls
Ill the following Monday evening, and the
"Boss" always had . large compartment to him.
only occupant besides himself beng as general rule.
either Clancy or Cornoc Corsou, one OF his pets whs
tuted by tho Boss and his coworkers Ia the Ring.
When swceny or Connolly happened TO be IN the
10 himself and was never troubled by either OF them
Tho fact u this was one OF the Boss' little bypIays,
give me onoys rom New YORK 70 understand
his line OF business. Besides, Connolly and Swssny
and Alexanasr Frear were so fond Of poker that
when tho three with Tom Fold took possession oi
another compartment In tho Same with the Boss
on the way up or down from Albany, some one Of tns
immortal quartet heavily out OF pocket. In
1871 the Albany trains lett city from The rhrteh
street depot and Il was tho 'tsn-thirty" train which
tho city members OF the Legislature patronized. IL
WINS composed entirely Of drawing room cars. for
bear the sigh. of an ordinary car. Them cars,'
as Que Of tho shining lights Of the Lowor House used
from Inc Twee mem va: sxsys
tho bcst 10 the hnest the Though Swseny
and even she dainty Connolly always put In an ap-
pearancc ~ the depot carpet bag IN hand, and got
sboard with the general crowd. was not SO win the
.Boss" When hts carriage hove IN sight IN rhir-
yard Of the depot werc swung and
Inc carriage was allowed to drive 10 ana
OF the palace In whch Twecds compartment was
located. THIS answered douolo purpose II allowed
OF Iaborers VINO wsro s,wnys IN want, and 10 whom
Tweed had the heart 10 refuse ass,stsncs
s sa o. a asd s q
msmbers from the city" feel that they wsro not all
bosses
TWEED AND THE 'sB'HoYs"
Yet Tweed not overbcaring chief TO his
legislative followers He always had = kind word for
everyone, and whom he took stroll often did,
..s ss q: n y
are you, JIm,"" nice day. rom," YOU'RE looking
.S s: su 81. ". s.:
though familiarity may breed consempi 10 shc man
vno s.oops 70 conquer i0r those 20 wnom no s.o1ps
being patted on the back and being called Tenn, Jim
or Hank tor friendships sake. But u was a. the
Delavsn that Tweed Aesed tho part Of king with the
greatest edeo,. He had the finest suit oil rooms ths
house could afford and u 10 said paid $500 week Tor
Thorn.
There wAs QUO room that was used ~ . recepsioa
room, and 10 which everybody was welcome out be-
IT, whore tho "Bossr received his visitors who had
s'private busness' TO transact dared to
part or the sentinel on ID. watch tower, that Mr..
Twoed was ready TO receive him. scarcely . dsv
passed during me session that the reception room
publican Senators ana members OF tho Lower
House, some Of whom, alter the "Bossn down.
aii were the ioudest In their dsnunc'aons of tho old
mar, made u often their Mecca. With Bringing air aud
almost Bonded knee they stood each waiting tara
monarch OF the State COVER would dsisn
now In his minds eye republican senator, then high
TOR fully an hour though ne vas one o. the nrs. 10 call
after the afternoon adjournment lie had been daring
enough TO eisplsase tho Boss IN speaking too PLAINLY
the lobby what he aid dare speak opeuly In
the Senate concerning bill the "Boss" favored. The
next day bill was introduced that threatened the
made man OF means. There only way Gus
Of the a'ihcuity-to bow low before the throne,
and when the Boss" had allowed an audience TO
every small potato politician from every pars OF the
state who called upon him that day, the Senator
drawer wsrs vain the "Boss would no. ,a,spisss .o
that dreadful bill Day after day the Senator called.
ml tho ',Boss" said he would ''iet up" on the bill
The Senator after that, republican though he was,
considered silence golden when the "Boss wanted 10
have hts own way. Probably there never was room
In any royal palace that could tell OF so political
intriguss, many plans settled for the snhrsmcns
OF whole state, and Al the same tinc. OF 40 many
master than that self Same inner recspt,on room Of
the Deisvau. IL was the scene on ono day In which
plans wcrs matured 10 rob the treasury BY due pro-
Tor the benefit of tho lenders OF that party, and on
another day the scene IN which the prominent nsures
wero poor family saved from stsrvatIon OF laborers
made happy BY having their rents psid and tob
given them for tho winter by wno
seemingly had an unfailing spring OF wealth from
which 10 draw hts thousands. Tweed at tho Drizvan
affected love for tho beautiful In and a liking Tor
surroundings that to = stranger bespoke man Of
good tasto His rooms were always made cheerful bv
costly oil paintings; grcat baskets OF flowers hung
IN me windows and huge bouquets adorned
tho mantelpicce, and the hrss sound that
greeted the .enr Of the astooishcd visitor
the warbiing OF canary birds that from
thor cages gave iorth their greeting from all SIDES.
II ths pleased the fancy OF the iastdous Callers
tue ample sideDoard with us dccantcrs, with tho
latch tho outside" as the Boss used 10 say,
NOT always the least racve Tor tho country mem.
Der who couldn't bear the thought Of paying twenty
cents for whiskoy ~ the bar.
SENATOR rugRru.
Tweed In the Senate was not distinguished
orator, though he could talk well aud to the point
whcu occasion required When excited he talked 80
rapidly that his words ran together and ~ only
now aud then that even an attentive listener could
catch The drit Of his remarks. But ~ was not upon
his orsiory that Tweed depended Tor success
lie Knew that member Q