New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-30
cLETELtyDS PECULIAR ASSOCIATES.

CLETELfNDS PkCOLI1H HSSOtii -
From the character of his intimate associates
n man can best be judged. How does Grover
Cleveland stand that test His lack of social
standing in Buffalo before his nomination Tor
Governor makes 1t unnecessary to 90 back OF
that date Since he became Governor his IN
tinate friends and counselors have been HUI
bert o. Thompson, "Dan Manning and men
of that stamp More recently he has added
Barnum and German to the list
ont of Maunine's office the Governor chose
his private secretary. One of Manning'S hcnch-
men, Mcintyre was given control of the en-
ploymcnt of laborers on the State Capitol
Without "A word from Manning OF the private
secretary no laborer could secure employment
there. rs was proved by an investigating com
mittee. Mcintyre is one of the officers OF the
Albany Phalanx which accompanied the Gov
crnor tn Ncw-Jcrsey. OF tho 100 members ana
more of that Phalanx all except fourteen are
oncc-holdcrs. 70 please Manning the Gov
rrnnr approved bill passed by the Democratic
LEGISLATURE allowing S9.Sis "eXtra compcnsa-
tion to one Of Manung's hcnchmrn Fin
Sullivan That allowance was made ON con-
tract completed and settled nine years before
and nn the payment of which Sullivan at That
time rnvo n receipt IN full. Years nlioiVnid n"
made claim for an "cVtrn allowance WHEN
the Constitution expressly prohibits. Governors
rillcn and liohinson tcluscd to rnicitnn th"
claim Governor Cornell vetoed II In n si'nRnR
mcsaagc Cleveland approved II In the Interest
ni REFORM
Whom In Albany Manning IA the constant
companion of Cleveland. IN ihis city rhomp-
son. Of the fraudulent unbalanced bids nhd
#ppp uilrrs, inkcs the place ai the Govelnui a
elbow. Thompson, la n meeting oi ms oishhi-
gntion nj the Academy II Music Tuesday night,
u,atinod his nomination uf Grhcc for Mayor
and cleveland ipt President. The conspicuous
men on the Atnee h,ailrs Thompsnh we're
Iimuthy 4 Campbell John H. fellnwR Maurice
/. Favor. Peter H. Oinrf, IT, y, ilontto, /, \,
Hamilton, Y, A. llanlin, Michael Norton,
ilenry 4, Ford, Anthony Hartmann, lhomAn i,
Walhh James !, Mooney and other ollleo-
! holdrla. Tim Campbell was member OF tho
Tweed Ring and Ia now state Senator. lilo
| lobbed through the Legislature u bill To COM
pei the city to pay 100000 of old claims for
extra allowances to Civil Justices chosen by
| Tweed In 1869. Those Justices, all ward poll
ticians, were each paid $1,000 Il year and they
! claimed $4,000 Controller Green denounced
| the claims rs attempted robbery, and they were
|
defeated in the courts. And yet ten years later
| Grover Cleveland approved bill to pay them.
"Tony" Hartmann, ono of those Tweed Jus
tees, was on the stage Tuesday night with
! Thompson and is one of his nominees for Alder
men, Another one of "Tim y Campbell's bills
approved by Cleveland compelled the city to
pay $4,000 in old claims of men who were
illegally appointed janitors by the Civil Justices,
of whom Campbell was one. The claims were
al defeated in the courts, and were particularly
bad, because the appointments were known to
be illegal when made for political purposes
Fatty" Walsh, an indicted gambler whom
District Attorney Olney failed to bring to trial
was on the stage with Thompson. Walsh was
the man who with Jimmy" Oliver carried
Clcvcland's portrait on the stage at Chicago
when lac was nominated. Walsh is one OF
Thompson's candidates for Aldermen.
Of the other conspicuous aids of Thompson al
his Cleveland and Grace meeting, Billy Hi
was formerly bartender in one of Tim y
Campbels liquor shops and is now Thompson,
candidate for Congress in the With District
Power was charged with irregularities rs cerl
of the Marine COdrt; Mooney is the remarkabl,
man who tried to explain his connection witt
$99G orders by the production of bogus
records; Norton was well-known associate il
the Tweed Ring; Beatte, while serving in tn,
Corporation Counsels office and drawing
salary there, was also on the payroll in Th0mp-
sons department; liamln and Hamilton ar,
wcll-kuown employees in the Public Works De
partmcnt; Olney is Thompson's District
Attorney, appointed by Cleveland, and Fellow
is his sistant.
Su&hre the men who promise to bring abou
reform i'm the city and Nation