The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-07-20

VI III
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sH9erkE ctt ~, q DceaStpt
U jsa last ammo need theugh all
been stl Il {
"a IiIs TsNEtsb HIN ts cows
s,y "a !,
ldat ernlinad To- carry the elect t5n uf
1853 rhe sch elnie for the ring had nm
Sdoubtedl ut time been y nsag hsso 81
and sparIect tea. was necessaT feEs has
purpose that there should be So gnNern0f
;#sat Albany comp ant and not diispgseda
a IL with Jay , atteEs: slt
was necessary. y az q BIZ stnere
3sheuId d be aS gislature, or at least 3
rebate hiohs Tweed could contrcl me
scheme worked out admira bly,; the Sr1ng
rnSAtned on the 1st Of Janna Sds.
in thesrfng the man who, IA Tpoin. g
influences and personal SproIlt srahk .eu
next to Tweed was Richard p. Connelly,
ctr co1nptro,ler. Connolly was a,natlye
of Ireland the son Of a village school
teacher. with natural aptitude for
niathe natics.. Coming to the United
States as a lad, he, became g clerk 1rl 9
ban --tfle same bank of which after
yards for many years William z: strong,
the present mayor OF. New York. 81 ny was
president. 81. y
Talring up politics of the vigorously
3nraet;cal kind, Connolly made such rapid
progress that he was elected to the I'M
portant Office of county clerk II pas
been charged that at. the time 81 h1s ete eas-
ton he was not vet a naturalized cltlz lts
lii this office he kept politics IN 3con-
slant view, especially in the dispositioEn
Of patronage. But he soon realized ex-
actly as Tweed had realized, tnaEs 20 ac-
cornpHsb his full ambition he must also
get himself In close relations with the
state legislature So he did as Tweed ~ sha -
done-got himself elected to the isIal ~
senaAe. AS a senator he was suspecs-
ed and in fact openly accused, even esasi = pS
some CO his Tamrnany associates, or nav
Ing made money improperly out q MS
aog,tlon. In 1853, when the corrupt men .sl
secured absolute control OF Tam lls11sal
HALL Connolly was able to secure the
nomination for city. comptroller. He was
1 newer fully trusted BY Tweed and the
other members Of the ring, for he Was re-
garded as a man who might prove lnse
even to the friend who had served ~ MIN }! 2
most This unreliability Won MIN llil q, tn u
nane of stSlippery Dick" e lame that y
dung to him until his death. &, IL
s,,sTne fhe scomptroller's office Connony
found his opportunity, as Tweed fo "
;,;s a. tha nosts Of supervisor and dep
l,,t., street commissioner. His facility II
ian IN, iuing accounts served him well. he le
aisoopeIed FOR instance, that by VARYING
the nhraseology Of the titles, accounts count ;
might be duplicated; by using dlnerent
nhraseology he might make up hctl 1,lE Us
nav rolls by representing the names g
ha those of persons temp orarlly employ
cd In the city departments: z3;
4 I 4 nr,ther man whom public suspicion y
az, least then, associated prominently y
,,,ith tho ring was Peter B. Sweeney, VINO
5,sId the Office Of city chamberlain: 3n \.
M Sweeney was never tried, al nou le !
he returned to New York after several
wears, absence in Europe following tne
, saynnsure: and no evidence Of his co on
tinr, With the ring has been disco s' 60
TIA md his friends always stoutly MAUI nan
tainsdh his Innocence. -
&. - q THE AAIERICUS CLUB.
s, rweedss and his associates We're e. nd oas
living. With vulgar display, IN tne m ll.H
,,rinca,v fashion. Tweed himself nam
tained two costly houses In Fifth 5 ave "
n,,e and kept expensive stables. h =
MA orranized within Tamraa!nly han,
for social purposes, what was caliea
! tf,e .Amertctls Club. A summer lts nome .
for the club was established ON LQng
Island Sound, at Greenwich, Conn, ana
money was spent like water III puli 81 rs
and furnishing. Tweed ordered Ifo ~
j Belgium a great carpet, all woven ~
one piece, Of exquisite design ana Wo ~
nlanship, 30 perfectly made tnat a11st
20 years, and under the. tread Oh nous
ands of feet, it Is scarcely worn: for y
was paid the@highsstt price the belslaA
1 manufacturers ever received for q SIN.
gle product Of their looms. one q
Tweeds followers, a man who a rev years
earlier had been q laborer up on the
streets, said as he walled upon It.. WY
1t is as thick as q .heefsteak.. Il IN tn ~
clubhouse feasts costing thousands o.
dollars were held, the wines, the NOSE O
necessary item, being the choicest 20 De
obtained In the markets. OF the worsio.
The club obtained asnati onal reputation a
Upon one of the nearby little slsiana s
there was set up q wooden HDa'ty cap,
which had been ern 81 e1p 0fgs el % g
..Big six" engine it,s tt remain ma J,
"a In place many rs uit sf d,N " 3.
downfall. being at laAt stole g sas De
l19FGQ, Dy SulIlkSs EaIAss.. 49,
! USING THE Gpu FT.s S. ii ss. &.
Two .sIluatrattit :sbe, given to
saow how T'wead sr6laad upon urts
20 punish enemies. and also add 70
his gains. The first scorpor ton form
ed in New York city for the mai fracture
OF gas had for more than 40 years car l
r,ed Oh its BUSINESS with conspicuous
fairness and honesty. Tweed, perceiv-
ing the y.st profits that might come q
from vths ;establi shment3of other gas
!, compantee, end the comp ulsion which h he
might sbring to bear to force the COM
nunity to use the pr duct OF these COR
porations, filed an application In the
courts Tor mt least so 1t was clai med, sfor
the APP Iication was mot In his namel ITO
enJoin the company, on the round That
It was Carr ing pil: q nuisance. The de
tense was comni tted to g young lawyer
Tit was, In fact, his. first easel who has
since achieved great prpmine ce--Mr.
Erancis Lynde Stetson.! He it was who
discovered the purpose that lay back lot
the suit. He was beaten In the. inferior
court, but ,non appeal won his case &
The intimacy between Fisk and Tweed
continued until Fisk 8, death at the hands
CT an assassin 3 Fisk had been made
very angry BY some comm ents on him
self punished In the Spring deld Rs
publican, ant he determined TO besre
venged Mr.. Bowles, the editor Of the
paper, happening To- be- In New Fork,
& was, aar est cd upon conn aint of Fisk,
thrust into prison, denied opportuntty W