New-York tribune., 1885-01-27
WALKS AND TALKS IN THE CITY.

,,e sars the aoht against him in the Tammany
General Committee has been begun by ieiio~ ng
men who tried to control his decisions IN pen' ue
ruaians and some big ones, but VINO 'rioa , or the
,so sav. thev will fail in their effort TO oust hi a.
hana a. ,s asserted tn Duny's chief oppohon' "
~, crniss,oner Richard Croker VINO put ul nen y.
,un AGAINST Duffy at the primaries. pron''''"e W
him An contest before the committee'
81, that there will be shortly forthcoming further
naveIopments of way in which minor oihoais III w.
lower courts compelled to share 'heir ss"'o'
the court heelers The latter areI am told anOs @
rincipai Officers Of these courts not only In presumPo
but In income.
xhsnaver the Tammany Society has been changed IL
has always been the result OF revolt agant the CUT
rpntion or the incapacy OF the Taumany Hall 'eherai
~,nrn,,,ea rhe movement invariably comes from the
,n.ide and ia always the result Of conspiracy not cr
nal amoug the members OF the 1amhany society ouoa
conspiracy is Oh foot or course the cohsPra'ois
deny it. member Of the Taminany society may Joh
fhe County Democracy. many OF them nave uone TO-
Gently and yet may vote for the sachems who conro
ond Who lease Tammany Hall to the successful party
The outsiders Invariably want Tammany Hall for several
stated In the order of their Importance For
the convenience OF meeting; III For the presg" OF d tno
hsTsns SS of Tamany Invariably follow the
leaders matter who they may be lne otnor IN
opposon Joins the Tammany organization o.. ant ana
makes up the deficiency Then O .ae new nartv ~ rrows
gradually corrupt and decent cSsns JON t0e sy a1sr rone
ganized Opposition ous them Inis Is the way iou'ino
business with Tammany Is conduoSeu
,.wvsr who ha. had long connection with city litigs
.,on sa,d to me Yesterday noticed your alusioh 10
the case of the city against Kelum, which Corporation
Counsel whitney won in 1876 orr. one Oh the Pre'o''
,eces of expert testimony ever given In court went o
tb-record In that case The defence set up by Mr. "h
nav was that the whole Court House job was fraud ana
that while it cost S. 100000 1t ought to have cost
scarcely fourth that To prove this was her
cuean task Whitney engaged an architect VINO was SGT
at work to ascertain what the building ought 10 nave
cost He began with the ground, remeasured the eAcV
tion asceraned the ruling price for work o that Khd
at the time 1t was performed measured up the walls
brick work and ascertaned the cost at ruling
rices continued In this from cellar 70 garret
In his schedule everything from teh-pehhy h"i
and quarter-nch up to the solid masonry ana
huge iron beams in the floors He showed that thesc
latter had been flung into the building researches OF ne
WEIGHT TO be sustained and wholly in dspro
norfon to other parts building To sustain his ev
6spSs sma and @Ty was at at the time
called to give evidence IT, was possle
NAV TO thrown il all out defence failed in single
particular The chain, however was marvellonsY PET PET
was bronght and also failed get $4,000 of an audited
bill, which judgment would have Deeh aumtteu II ~
Whitney paid his expert understood, something like
81 200 Tor six months work. 1t was well worth it,
There has been recently some talk about big fee
which Mr.. Evarts said TO have received In the
Electoral Commission matter. Here Is the truth about
Mr., EyartS was III attehuihS W 0'o0
beore the Supreme Court He about ready to start
for horne when he received call from Zach Chandler
chairman of the Republican National Committee, and
such other members OF the committee were in Wash
inron at the time Mr. Chandler said to Mr. Evars that
they desired him to argue the Republican case before
the Commission He inquired who to be In the case
with him. and was told that the Presden-eect desired
him to take entire charge and select his own assistants
Mr. Eyarts said he would remain. Then Mr.. Chandler
said: "Mr Evarts Committee is poor owing to the
enormous expense has ATTENDED the canvass ana
we cannot offer you very large retainer" rms is as
rnueh my matter as yours" said Mr.. Evarts In faet
IL is the concern Of every citizen. There
need be no question about fees. l should
have remained without their being mentioned.
Consider that part of the settled Dir. Chandler
said the Committee would least provide for his hotel
expenses to which Mr.. Evarts assented lie was ID
Washington for thirty days more, retaining during
that time The parlor and bedroom at Wormeys which be
occupied when Chandler called on him. AS ne was
senior counsel there great deal OF c0nierrng at
Wor alleys and necessarily large number OF inor ps
for meals and entertaining were charged 10 MT EVats
account When Mr. Wormey presented u 10 the NauOhai
Committee Mr. Chandler was away and subordinate
comnlaned about the amount. Mr.. Wormley told MT
Eyafts who said Oh, well, let them pay what they
can and I'll give you a check for the rest IL cost MN
6etween $500 and 5000 make Mr. Wormey whole
MT Chandler afterwards learned OF this and wanted 10
make N right but Mr. Evarts said 1t already right
and refused all tenders from the Committee This IS the
whole story OF the retainer which induced
Mr. Eyarts to plead the Republican cause IN 1871