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THE SECOND TWEED. A PEEP AT HUBERT 0, THOMPSON, Commissioner of Public Works. Following in the Footsteps of the First Ring Boss. “1 COURT AN INVESTIGATION.” b INTERESTING YOR THE TAXPAYERS TO KNOW. over ten years azo, one gloomy after- , William M. Tweed, the chief of a ring of office Jers who had plundered the city treasury of millions of dollars, and who had been, in his paliniest days, the greatest’ Boss of modern times in local po- litical life in New York, sat in his old office in Duane t, in this city, His Sun was setti the openi story of the Ring frauds hi purses hi chapters in the terribl boen told; the fawnin, fatt sink! semmblat ned through his aid were fleeing like rats from hip: legal Reformers, bearing @ strong 9 the Receivers of life insurance comps id the ave Tweed, y of the rank and file of ly conspicnous on account ‘studs. They pus wretches, who still lung old man,” as they familiarly of him, was yet all powerful, and that he could and the storm to be still. A burly door-keeper admitted the writer to Tweod's sanctum. The Boss sk scanning an evening newspaper, and was a It was the mission of the writer to speak to him of the rumors which were flying fast of the present day nil writing on the w Around th and in the hall-way, stood his army. They were chi entrance to Wi L thick ¢ ons, Tweed answered i husky tones, and with ¢ court an investigation; I would not cross the Fulton if by so doing I might escape these charzes n who, through acts of kindness and hitherto unheard-of generosity, had made himself cteristie bo! was a popular with the common people, and he doubtless reckoned upon their support in his hour of need his a 18 of wrong-doing were so fl call in secret they ri his misfor an in the political b was Tweed. Tho sway of hanily His tc ain, his illegal capt St Govern for freedom, his e and retarn by the Unite ent, the cowardly desertion of the strug profited through his crimes, and his lonely ¢ | Ludlow stecet jail, are matters which are yet fresh in the minds of the people. Men who did his bi when he was in his glory, men who groveled before (diesel hin for permit into the money vaults of the city, men who unblus! ingly exhibited their ill-gotten wealth in the days of his power, and who turned a deaf ear to his entreaties machinery of the law was brouzht to bear upon him, these men still lived when bis bones were Juried in Greenwood. ny of them da that Tweed en: to purchase, and able to surround themsel the luxuries —with the possible exception of a free easy conscience—that money can pay for. n8 without a leader would be like soldiers withoat a commanding officer. Searcely had the re- mains of Tweed been deposited in the grave before the so-called Reformers began to talk of his successor. “Wh find a man hike Tweed?" they asked ofeach other. The search for such a man seemed the Inject of their life. They rejected John Ke had an opportanity e them, and p | uy. No man in New York knew them bett had the “eall” with the pooy a britsin ism upon his head | than ever fel to the lot of any. petitical leader in. New | York. After casting about until their search had al- wt fenzied them, they were startled by the appearance | of ahandsome young man who daringly stood before them and said, “I will be your leader!” This was | Hubert O. Thompson, now the recognized headlight of him, ng them to dive deep dwelling in the re shall we formers the ceeded, The mechanic of the futur « something is done to break up the mill for # * Democracy of this county. When | He expected to present h Thompson was a clerk in a rect, self as a candidate for at the expiration of th feent | which he was appointed, but when the hou brok- ction to this offl term f 1 receivesd the ma f the nor salary of $8 a week. ‘Thompson came of a family em- | inating convention came, his courage failed hi 1 inently respectable, and xd with youn; ther was nominated in his stead. None knew bet- | equally respectabl One of ter than myself that had he gone before the people for t aspire to a se nd you s his defeat would have been most di Thompson bad Li the brief retained his leadership of the party ‘ campaign wh ction of The ding his henchmen to be of good eheer, and Cooper Campl \ Jature. | statesmanship as laid down and practiced by Tweed. Mr. Campbell was a gon of Allan Campbell, now the | In the fall of 1880, after having been out of office | chief financial officer of this county. Thompson next | few months, he succeeded, which will he allied himself with John Morris # | broazht to ble battle for the Senat his friend, M nd certain specn- ainst Jobn Fox. It was i at | lative aldermen, the place of power he 80 | covet learned the value of a hold front and the misstonership of the Department of Public ile useof money in politics. Tho triamphantelection | of Morri sfied Thompson that he, too, mi With hundreds of thousands of dollars at his com hope for political power. mand, andan army of hirelings todo his bidding, he Alan Campbell, who was then Commissioner o , wa at hit Deputy Pab- | has borne himself like one born to comman: st compliment his most devoted friends | is when they gay “He's just like Tweed.” The monarch was lavish with his money, fond of display of tla Politicians of the li neipal figure in political elubs and cote around him, and fawn upon him, They predicted a | and was so recklessly extravagant and profligat great fature for im, and lauded bim to the skies wher- young men of New York wore f ever they Ww alent like Tweed, and lized in their efforts to shin« was equally as the Ring Boss was in ot t Hubert O. Thi The necessity for taking care of his friends be He Is dispo: apparent to Thompson, and there is no good . perhaps for believing that he did not do the best he could and still be lke Tweed in many other for them, Everybody who associated with him pros- He is by no means niggardly or mi perl. Contracts for work for the city were lavishly | ever, but contents himself with extendin bestowed among those who basked ia his smiles, The | hospitalities in a *ebind the scenes" m old, familiar countenances of those who Lowel before | lives elegantly and well in Lexington avenue Tweed were seen e. Men who had crawled | a salary of $3,000 a y ity, there to remain forev« citizens fondly hoped, stepped out into the broad glar | of daylight, and allied themselves with Thompson in the formation of a new Demoeratic party, with Thomp- , Ibis said, he has apartments for whic the leader. The arrival of the second Tweed | $300 a week, and. be was hailed with joy by the political highwaymen in fashion, TI ch of the Assembly districts of this c much eali grew more corpulent and gracious requires his personal atte power increased. Stepping from his and the yh Thompson w hirty-five years of t becom his manner. It mpson is like Tweed «toa more quiet and n this way to escape He grow cot as gracio reas bountiful nner. He | nd bas Whether this salary wou in his o upnght his bills for cigars and refreshments for him n Wand ntless statesmen who linger near him when in this or in Albany is scarcely probable. In the ntert 3 bis visitors in a he tax. rs would no doubt be 1 could they know what bu tion at all in Albany Does the Department of Public Works require Deputy Commissioner of Public Works, and armed | a branch office in that city, or docs Thomp- 1on from a Democratic Governor of this | son's leadership of a Democratic. fa ight, and his presence there? It should be ousting from his pl to the corpule 1 been elected by the votes of the people. In | friend, Sen this place Thompson hoped to a hank | feated for th account, his power asa political leader. | the leadership of position yn dematut in justice x man, however, that since his C. Jacobs, of Brooklyn, was ¢ ncy pro tem. of the & pat body was secured by t the County Clerk’s offic | who and » Tam: and to incre | | aan comicbooks.com