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the sSoess, 81 the party slma~t ~be.ly
depensesi. and the manipulation of the
Legislature. ri which be xAs 4 member
in the upper House.
The frs, Ell 1T Of the new II ng xas the
destruction Of the old or frs, Ring formed
10y the Supervisors. A remnant of the
old corrupt combination remained, and u
few Supervisors, combining with U Brien,
then Sheriff, were continuing a system Of
plumber, not perfect and not very effect.
i've, but still strong enough to require its
absolute strangulation before a new Ring
could be brought into existence. Tweed
accomplished its overthrow by an amend
ment to the tax levy of 1857, which abol-
ished the Board of Supervisors, and,
with an indefinite idea Of the spoils
which might remain ungathcred, author
lied Hall, Connolly and Tweed to settle
all claims then pending against the coun-
ty for the building of the Court
House.
The passage of this tax levy had to be
bought. The money was furnished by
the commissioners and contractors of the
building, and the original plan was,
doubtless, simply to recompense these
men for the $112 900 advanced to bride
the Legislature. But stealing once be.
gun is hard to stop, and the Board of
Audit, composed Of Hall, Connolly and
Tweed, went on stealing for an entire
year before they recognized the danger
and were called to q halt. BY this time
the story is IN old, familiar onc-the
stealings on the Court House alone had
aggregated more than $8,0O0,OO0. Other
schemes of plumber had been devised
meantime, and in every department cor
ruption was rampant. All the old and
trusted associates of the former Ring
were called into power. Henry or
blank" Smith was made President of
the Police force, and he soon made it the
most corrupt and inefficient organization
ever seen in any city. A regular lobby
was organized at Albany for the pur-
chase of legislation. The contracts for
public improvements of every sort were
kept under Tweed's control. Sweeny's
courts, under Barnard, Cardozo and Nc
Gum, became simply mediums for Ring
plumber of private estates and public cor.
porations, in which professional receivers
and referees were the agents. Every
contractor was laid under tribute. No
corporation was safe that did not sub
scribe to political purposes, as under
that disguise tributes we're levied. 1t
was not safe for rich man to die and
submit will in the SurrOgate's Office.
The spoils Of the two years in which the
Ring may be said to have been in power
aggregated probably 100000 The
sum Of 100000 900 for which each of the
four members OF the Ring was sued, was
only fraction of what they ''got away
with. ",-Nep York Tribune.
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