, 1880-02-17
loV / cry WAS PLuADERED,
Workings Of Rlng-Ru!e In Wash"
lngton-The Regime OF
Boss Shepherd.
c,,a,,vd History Of tho Ray tho Satanal
' Treasury and lilo District Taxpayers
Ktro Robbed.
,..,,;., of !" ffome-Ru'o" in tho Dis
ttiet Of Columbia.

Nttp 1rnrk Sun.
rno Communists, nbhfc, md ten1agog ros'-
- NJ the District OF Col'i'nh!n hnve COM
uncnce, nj, n9isntiou 70 restore what tnoy eail
t,s,o Y,uIe IN Washing gton,-tllat ID, tho r,llo
- ,htcvcrr nul Con,nunisui. Tho past " Homo
m,,a" ~ ncrJcnce nf TINT bankrupt city Is worth
a.,,tnv Tho following article gives co1-
so.,cl history of tho Hing MID tho rnbblc:
r,Lk STEALING pEdINs.
,.,r,u,,atcly after the formation Of tho Dis
.,,.. n Columbia 1llng, tho stonling began III
downright cl!rriest.
xar ts;l and pasacd bllls defining tho powers ot
r. roard Of Public WoEks-biils which tho
WaonI itsclt dictated. On tho 10Th Of 1lino tho
uoo,,t wns called upon to submit its rlan of
a,,tl,o improvements. Four dAys lator, on tho
ppo.b ~ .Tnnc those plans were submitted, and they
c,llr, for sG,57s, ,7, Of which onc-thrsl wins 10 bc
s<scsscd on private property. On the lotE VI
1vlr Tho District Government wna authorized 10
s.s,,c $1,000 OD0 In bonds, md 70 plnco tho while
sum under tho control Of tho Donrd OF Fhbllo
Works. y .-.-.
,,untv snalIpr In population thnn tho SevGii-
+conth WDrit Of New Yotk.-h Government
vhlch Ind been In nctlvc operation less thnn Hrty
days but which had already on.led tho District
Win debt Of r. oo0,oN, und Ind asscsscd private
property to tho amount Of moro tllati t:,0oNo'
r. eny nothinH of general taxes. II this WIS tho
heoInntng, wt,nt Wits tho onl to be7 Tho Rstnn-
i.bc,i cltzcus held Il consultnton, and soruc Of
thoty number sued out injunetlons to test tho
1caaitty Of tho loan. but the Legislature II.
Amv7,st pnsecd another hill authorizing u loNn
Ecciss EEssd ws i mt Se 0 ,, spESy o a,e'as Ct ans
Tcrc given tho alternative 0f voting for tile lul.tl
Ct suljectnE themselves 10 " direct III DIg
enough to soyof f, lug ', se,pcS v +, nrg Inv nanty
board entitled y tao sns I'm, t, q tto9p y ~
fass; .s9te ~ rom ee esersapsins 10Y q oss ta
limit q tl0o00O This iifSt series W,I,3 q Mt;a H'1
hank of New York which pa! o. eants nst M T., for
tho!n Most ot them WGrt, sol ~ H., nar1pH ~ Har'
eSsSe ssfs iafS q
anco should bc ald ut the door Of tho bunk.
.nnn as rnsE IA tho R,uT ur WINS m Organized i July
9s7l n CnnR5css arpropratcl 81, ,000 for tho plr
nnsn ii drrduinr, rarrowiny, VI archlng oyer tho
pp,rr cnunl liz tim net Of Aprfl ~. l47l, tho
aSr,i y s; ~ rnbIje Works inhcreI this lob, othor
SUNS wero thrown Into tint uiI canal tili # be-
ssmn sn,S NV wos cnmvcyed To- tho pockots Of The
ihieyes The rond icN,iEnK 10 nosa Shepherds
tn,ntr -bo,sn wns inncntin,ni.ci Ut IN exponse
tdnrs6 ~ % ~ nav%d by to od ctrration. Tho
isoHTd Of Pnbllc Works uSs,imctl tho Right to re-
let the iop l Thc cor corf1% ,aw Got'c9 V he i po
%orIs ,ntnctor. Who tore II up anil laid NI,-
othcr. AMI tho yicttmIxgd nconlo wcro forced
toSy ,S4 Sh% cs rot ios both x,ne on The ,cuEs.
+atc Tool wns Inrd at work Thia Pool wins d.
rided into Two branches, with l!o.ry .. Cooke,
branch. md Wjllinln ii. Htcwart, United Htntes
snnntnr ~ frnm Nnv,trln. ut tho hcnd OF tho pthor
The pools wero cstlbltahcd FOR tho purpose Of
purchasing ilnifnprnvc1! property IN tno nortn-
western AItlttOt1 Uf NHEllnEtIDs WEtrU LH0 EllU.