New-York tribune., 1886-03-23
JiEHyE IN TIE CITY PRISON.

J1EHNE IN TIE OH 1A'"O~''
If is a melancholy and humiliating thing
for the metropolis that the Vice President Oh
the Board of Aldermen now occupies ceIi III
thc CITY Prison, but it would be lar more
,,oprn nfnl ard shameful if public official OF
J,cbnes stamp were permitted to ENJOY his
liberty and live unmOested by the law. III is Il
rovoltinr disclosure to the world OF the cor1up-
tion that has so largely undermined the city
Government, but it j. better to let the hght OF
dav in on the whole disgusting rottenness than
tonr,mit if to extend still further in silence and
darkness its vcnomous and malignant influence
through the body polite. If Jaehnc is convicted
and sentenced to the extreme term OF lmprlson-
ment that the statutes permit, and II he Is fol-
lowed to his place of punishment by the long
procession OF men i'll Office and out OF 1t VINO
are stained and sOiled with the filth and crime
of that Broadway infamy OF 1854, the air OF
New-York will be wonderfully swcetcned and
purified. That is the convincing lesson that
our buyers Of charters, our seducers OF Official
virtue and our tradeSmen in the privileges ana
mowers of Office now most sOrely need.
The suddenncss and completeness OF Jachne 5
calamity should be Omin0us and awful to his
accomplices and associates in the Broad
way bribery few days ago this man
was going about with his head as high
in air as any of them, Impudent in his
assurance, brazen-browed i'll his contempt
of the investigation, defiant of the law. He
was arrested on Thursday, surrendered by his
bondsman on Sunday, and indicted yesterday.
Sunday night he spent in cell in the Police
| Central Office. Last night he lay in a cot be-
| tl,n Ia. A sNKri!t
descent from the crowded market-place in the
! City Hall, where he had been so brisk and bold
| dealer III the rights and privileges committed
to his charge, but no swifter than any OF his
| fellows who voted for the Broadway franchise
in August, 1881, is likely to make.
Only little while ago and the Vicc-Presi-
dent of the Board of Aldermen had troops
of swarming friends. A great man at
the City Hall, Il greater i'll the general
organization of the County Democracy,
and greatest of all in his own ward All that i'll
fatiOn and Importance are gone and Jaehne Ill
| the TOmbs is almost as friendlcss and neglected
as the mcancst and most miserable criminal
within the prison walls. Where are his de-
voted allies of the County Democracy who
! stood shOuldertO shoulder with him in so many
stubborn battles at the polls when the gallant
Democratic voters rallied for the furious as
sault upon the bulging pOcket-bOOks Of the
heclers"? They will weep for Jaehne when
| the campaign funds are counted in November
and the voice of the bar .eper inviting the
| boys t0make glad theirlnteriOrs at the expense
| of the candidates becomes infrequent and
| faint in the land. In closely con-
tested election with the bank notes and
the barrooms of the County Democracy at his
back, Jaehne was host in himself and a
terror TO all but evildoers. But the willy chief
tains for whom he toiled and fought and made
campaign promises and told campaign lies
have deserted him in his extremity.
Will not the Aldermen who voted with
Jaehne to serve Jacob SharpS ends take this
to hearth If they will tell the whole truth and
throw themselves on the mercy of the Court,
the sternest rigor of justice may be mercifully
tempered If they will save the city the ex-
pense of trying them all. it will count some
thing in their favor. Last week they were
cocksure that it would not turn out much of a
storm. They were wrong. The wind is rising
and the sky is black as ink. If they have any
sense they will hurry in and seek shelter. But
secure shelter can only be found in confession.