New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-26
rur TALE OF TIE TIGER.
rINMANY'S EVIL RECORD.
al ORGANIZATION FOR LAUNDERING
THE PUBLIC THROUGH MIS-
GOVERNMENT.

GOVERNMENT.
.sov ,AnoK RuIus TO RICHARD CROKER
SALT, AT EVERY srAGE-'BossEs'' GROW
NC RICH Under MUNICIPAL MIS-
srLr-coNsrANr ONLY To
SELFISH CREED.
,.srse The whole history of Tammany
IN vonld be 20 tell OF all the scoundrelism
!. Nsw.York politics since the foundatiol OF
-. psnubljc. For Tammany was founded oy
-. Notorious traitor, Aaron Burr, within
..-r;yb, after the first inauguration OF wash
an and very soon after became burrs
,,,., for The corrupt control Of New-York
,.,os When BUR- killed Hamilton IN n
ave.. The Tainmapy Society spent the night III
wild orgy Of exultation.
IA 1877 two Tammany men became known az
,,wys. Of public money-the fret TO get iouno
-, n, long line. one was SWart"ou'' '"i-
,..,.r NJ the Port Of Eew-York, who stole $i,-
nam md The other was Price, United States
r..,;ct Attorney in New-York, who stole $|o,-
M Roth escaped to Europe. This was in Pres
,.r, Jack.ons Administration. pot far from the
..N giving OF Federal patronage In New YORK
10 Tammany, eDuncIated the doctrine 10 Tue
yictors belong the spoils
Vow arose. too, the Dead Rabbits the
ping Uelies." and the Infamous Empire
rnh" ramnany's mob and criminal adJuhc's.
N these that notorious Southern bully ana
:, ard Isaiah Rynders, was the leading spirit.
rhes+ examinations committed wholesale eiec-
non frauds In 1914 sufficient 10 give the Vo'e
4 Nsv.York to James X Polk and thus 10
sect him to the Presidency
THE TWEED RING.
Again in 1869 the work of wholesale thievery
kgan There was new courthouse to build,
ww street. 10 open, and vsst scheme OF
rblic works All these were made to cost
he city many times what they should have
cost On the courthouse alone Sc, 0UOOOO was
eolep. OF the plumber Tweed got about 20 per
Sni Connolly, the Controller. 20 per cent.
vhne uadesmen who furnished the fraudulent
ais received about a third. Two OF three
rtges OF the courts were in the ring, ard got
| Their share. How much was stolen altogether
. las never teen ascertained with exactness.
L was certainly as much as S14 100000 and
Drbaby considerably more. In 1871 exposure
the rings work was begun in the public
Fsss. Tweed, In fancied security-owning
narts and cgislatme-snocringIy asked
What are you going to do abou, it?' public
',mmittee OF Seventy" Was appointed and le-
M action begun. Connolly got scared into
rkness, and LEI andrew II. Green De appointed
sputy -Contrcler with full power In bis Office.
hen me the crash. Tweed MANAGED to
nm d lot OF the discriminating vouchers, but
nsugh were rescued TO prove crime Con-
hly fed 10 Europe and died there. Others
1lesed him. Tweed stayed and showed fight:
Us brought to trial. 10y lavish use Of money
isas It a mistIial. on second trial was con-
scsd and sentenced to Imprisonment for twelve
'zs AZ the end of q year he was released
technical decision OF the Court of Appeals
~ was at once rcarrested on civil suit to
"fer the stolen money AS he could not
a.sh bal he was locked up and kept locked
sn eomfv,able quarters in Ludlow Street Jail.
I'LL E1G when ne escaped and fed TO Spain
vas brought back, and later died in TAIL
us last days he talked freely about his
<1aues, and made the plea that the sys-
"a was at fault There would, he said, con-
~ 10 be dishonesty I'm public office until the
n mass Of public servants we're put under q
~ Service system with assured tenure, so
they would nc longer be cTeatures OF 20
"a fayos.