The sun., 1879-01-13
ELECTION EXPENSES IN 1876.
VINO PAID ASSESSMENTS IN SHERIFF
REILLY'S DISTRICT

Talk over Three Rows OF Trimming Beer
GIasses-Two Bills that Broke the Iath
Assembly District Tammnny Committee.
When the Tammany Hall General Com
mtteo OF the Fourteenth Assembly District thd
home OF Sheriff Reilly. settled up after tho elec-
tion Of 1876. they lacked t40.5S Of enough TO pay
their debts. after having expended t2.53707.
Treasurer Henry Allen OF the committee has
sued Sheriff Reilly for tho t40.5S. and Justice
Dinkes decision Is reserved.
1t appears from the testimony that after
most OF the Committees debts were paid Henry
Coogan put in a bill OF tlO4 for damages dond
to his hall at n meeting that had been held in iti
and Patrick DAILY put in another OF $3.50 toI
printing. That IL what broke the Committee
1t assembled in Mchaels harroQm in Avenue
A. and there explained the difficulty. Mr.. Allen
testified that thereupon Reilly bade him pay
Coogan,s and Dalys bills. and he would be re-
sponsibie for tho money. and Allen paid the
bills from his own pocket
So much Of the case was plain to all who at
tended the court. but its origin lies deeper:
h. were out, the sheriff met several friends ' in
u place in Third avenue. Aftcrward some ot
f0 Sd sad 5ophs hat 'Rs he Asn Sd Rad S stolen aa
urcr ne o ,s was snr rTGFs. =
led Allen to institute lawsuit. in order to give
the Sheriff an opportunity to dispute his ac>
counts.
Justick Dnkel. both Of the principals, with all
their friends. adjourned TO a place in tho Bow-
cry, and there the bnrkeeper set up rows OF ofbrim.
ming beer glasses extending from one end Of
his counter to the other They were oil empticd
once. and then Mr.. Allen asked the Sheriff Why
he had used such expressions about him. The
Sheriff in reply offered to bet Mr.. Allen hat
that he would win the suit. While the GLASSES
Mr.. Allen that he had never used the word
steal or thief" in CONNECTION with him:
What he had said was that Allen had retained
some OF the money, which did not. the Sheriff
explained. necessarily imply theft. 90 -
Subsequently the party separated. the Sherln
and his friends going northwnrd. toward Tam
many Hall and the Fourteenth street stables.
and the other going southwark toward the City
Hall and tho Mayors office. II is said that Mr.;
Allen will follow up the pending suit with suit
for libel. in which the amount sued for is to be
When Mr.. Allen was on the witness stand q
long leather pocketbook. yellow and black with
age and much handling. was handed to him,
which he identified as the one in which he had
kept his treasury accounts. An inspection Of
the book showed n reporter that OF $500 col.
the Fourteenth District in 1875. Tnmmanv Hall
allotted s5l0 from the money. collected by the
Wiskinkie from city ofliceholders. Smith Ely.
IT,, gave t1O0. Lawyer John A. Foley gavs
$40. The defendant in tho pending suit
gay,9I SOP IKE s9m ns, was given Nn9 ~ 1ls lie
Peter Gillespie. Ex-A -Asscmblyman James
DAILY. who was beaten that year by Cas-
par Baden. the Tenth Ward baker. in
the contest for Senator. was excused bY
Bernard Reilly from assessment rs candi..
date in the Fourteenth Assembly District. bm
he is credited In Aliens porketbook with a con.
trihution ot flOO To the Assembly District ex.
penses. Mr.. Keys expression OF opinion nj
| tho time was shat he would excuse him
| lDalyl from afv assessment so fAl
| as that Assembly District was concerned,
but that he would be moro than pleased
Il he would contribute 500. How much tho
assessment would have been does not appear.
| DR.. Bu;tes contributed t2j. John Tyler Kelly
| gave $50. Alderman Keenan, and cN Aldcrmaq
| himself with $50. hut IL he does not win his sui
| he will be out 500. IS. OF all that money slW
was paid To- Mr.. Goldsmith for Tivoli Garden
as place Of meeting, and sI4.sQ waa
paid to Mr. Goldsmith for wine and cigars
| that were drunk and smoked in the garden. A
| charge of $50 Is made for incidentnls." Men
| who hnd charge Of the boxes on election day goi
| from $50 To 500 apiece. In 1875 when t2.535.Ol
| WAS collected. most OF il came from the samd
| contributors. In that year among the new
names was that Of cx-Alderman Potter kehr,
| opposite the modest sum OF $40. and Of that Of
| =. Micheal. in whose barroom the disputed
| conversation between Allen and the Sheriff 90
eurred. Micheal paid s..