The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-09-02
qANNANY'S SCHEME
To Keep Control of the sheriff's
Office in New York. /
40 PER CENT OF THE INCOME
Gets Into Tammany's coiiers-Au In
sIghtInto Democratic Siethodsin
Gotham-Flaok's Despicable
Treatment of His Wife.

that James A. flaCk, hherlu OF this
county, has decided to yield to public
sentiment and resign the latest Office In
the United States created no surprise
Ever since the sensational developments
in Flack's divorce case, in which 1t wal
brought out that this official had played
a despiCable trick upon his wife, efforts
have been made by Tammany and othel
organizations to force him to resign,
The records OF the court, 1t will be re
membered, made II appear that Mrs
Flack had sued for divorce, aud no
little stir was created when it was dis
covered that she had not only never
thought Of such thing, but the
whole proceedings were brought with
out her knowledge that her name had
been forged to the papers, and that the
lady did not know she had brought suit
for a divorce until she read In the news
papers that her alleged plea had been
granted. OF course Flack conld not
have prosecuted this scoundrelly plan
to rid himself OF his wife without the
conniVance OF court officials and attor.
neys, and the aualr has stlrrea uotham
from center to circumference,
EVER READY TAMMANY.
The aver ready leaders of the Tamma.
n...'.'.,... ~ ~ go a,,,o,. ~ oo.aL -,
ny DemocFacy "ere qu''A " Ca'ou VI
and turn the circumstance to their own
advantage. They saw the chance to not
onlv make some nol;tical canital out NJ
tha iIS;r hmt In keen controI oi so rich n
nlnm M the Sheriii's Office with Mi its
accom- accomnanvinv natronaue ''S
THAI immedIatelv set IN work IN carry
4 mt % n shTewd nolitisal scheme Flackis
income irom his Office IA SO CilCl per ei, wear
and ho gave to the Tammanv nolILicai
mNcI,;ne io,tv nercent of this a. 40 CO1
the nroportion pledged by him before
ths eIection. This was too much monev
for the organization to lose, to say moth.
ing Of the loss Of the political prestige
Mhlch Ins CoStrol a. Ua eo ounce gave 'ls =,
FlscS 4 rascallty became public property 4,
and there was a loud public cry for bis
resignation, Tammany was found In
the front rank q the cIamorers. But
that was only pllnd.
A secret bargain was IN the meantime
made with tue sherin, by the terms oi
which ne was 70 resign IN october which
would be TOO late LOT ms place 70 pc
filled by an election. Ihls would make
II necessary lor tue successor 70 DC ap-
pointed by the Governor, anu Iammany
would control the Governor ana get one
Of their own men IN, thus keeping IN
thelr organlEation gn Ia tne lat once ana Tue
annual SSz,VVO contribution out oil tue
income.
A shrewd scheme, put " mas Deen ex'
posed through flacks refusal 10 pay
over the Az per cent assessment.
Tue HerGm contains the following
pointed allusions 70 these ana SUD-
sequent events;
THE HElIALD's COMMENTS.
Tammanv wants Flack's office. Flack
!, . r,,,,,,,.u, n,on ond 80 ,oaon,
"N W W sSAs
date he did his duty to his party-that
is to say, he surrendered for political
purposes the proportion OF his enolu.
mshts SS sSresi pn6n before ele"tion AZ
these nefonisites ara yery large, Stnount.
inc N tena oi thonsands NJ 9ollaya the
an IN n he rece;ved bv the partv n,anag.
orc would heIn very materialiy IN nSy
The "Tnense of a cetnpaiSn. ''
All rioht But Il became necessary
when Flsck wns found 10 Ia in disorace
for Tammnnv n take Immediate ana ia.
cisive action This was imnerstive hs.
canse Tammanv depends On the 1ood
will Of the neo1le for support and to
condnns Snrh Aaorant ontraues aa were
cha T9ed a1ainst ire Sheriff would nTove
fatal. No organization could afford 70
do that Such Q step would be mighty
pau pSles % anu IL toI1 sne iVpg g run INT rum
was yTs' not IT. wanted, @ WV 'D"' ~
When he leit Tammany he at once
ceased 10 make the payments agreed
upon. He refused TO give money TO an
organization which turned It's back on
him.
That being the case II was necessary 10
pursue Flack still further and 10 get rid
OF him altogether.
This was o delicate operation to per.
form and required skill. So FlaCk was
told plainly thatii he did not send his.
resignation 10 Governor Hill he would
be prosecuted 10 the full extent the Law
aud probably find his way 10 Sing Sing.
He was further informed thatif he faced
the situation and expressed a willing.
ness To resign he would be more or less
taken care Of. FlaCk at last got scared,
aud the element Of danger penetrated
even his thick skull. He yielded. And
that ID where he 10 to.day-namely, In
the hands OF his friends.
ANOTHER PERIL. At
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but another pefii was " pe GUARDED
against. II would never do Tor FlacEI
resignation 10 be accepted Immediately
nslsv was ,,sresuarv IN order N win m,
game. That IA lie point AZ whish noli
sIcs Socos t ra,nnSnt u , and ths intsrsatS % S \
Inc G nsonle wsrc sent n ths reSs S''S'' y
FIpCLfs im,nediate Tesivnation woulf
give The people chance 70 choose theil
avn candidaie 10, sheTil' IN the autumn
4 CouId 1TammSnv bons 10 snccssd @ ii h
sleetinails man? MI .mneh. The Va
ters yonld Eay. One Tamlnany sheriff n
that lind q enough ior tLe nsesent
They would bury tie candidate a thou
sand iaIhom'S deep aud q citiEen'6 can