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EIGHT THOUSAND A YEAR. Commissioner Hubert 0, Thompson's Plan of Escape, A Combination of Arthur Republicans and County Demecracy Senaters Prepoced. Horixa To Reonoanie THE SENATE, AND OVPICIAL INVESTIONTION. Puevest ax A CONSPIRACY THAT MUST PAIL Tune are good grounds for believing that th mittee on Cities, under a resolution offered. by Senator Boyd, of this city, aud adopted by the Senate, will | thoroughly investigate Commissioner Hubert O. Thomp- nt of the Department of Public Works to + Thompson's conduct ent in Tue Jcpor of Last week all classes, rally ngs of the new Boss The referenc of that depart served to ami <0 rouse the deepest interest amor nt proof that the people ga will not be eatistied until the dl shall be fally exposed. servant should Believing that every public 1 impartial t we shall demand | et to Com other walks of ot be denied a fair ate his works are question ioner | Putic m life, may 3 be ¢ guilty, but unfe tin . all public men ul too often are not forced ness to the of their ermination, t are not above suspicion to submit their true inwa Wath th serve the people, we shall insist that the in- fellow-me fore, quiry such un inquiry will be diligently prosecuted, a 8 of the ht to do with chairs 1 who has pledged himsett | stone unturned that may cover any 1 with the management of the Depart- ment of Public Works, is not a violent partisan, and has no afiiliations with either of the Democr in the County of New York: life us with pimus, 40 far as the memb ‘ntleman who haa con man of that committee, to leav tant fact ie factions ata blemish, and his tally earry theo Important an Investi- on will at once be 1 by every wel I member of the political parties of this S We hold that the now before th put gation, and upon this form e is autflcient evid to w: rock we stand, rant this that Hubert O. Thompse but we have xood reason to believe that he courts nothing of the kind, and is doing every- thing in his ve off such a catastrophe. And upon this point the matter becou of local interest, bat of national courts ower to & one not only nee, as we sident of the xd States has been importaned by politica spirators in the interest of the corpulent Comm to prevent an inquiry fairs of the Depart- of Pablic Works + General Arthur will lose algbt of the fact that he is the Chief Magistrate of the country, and again take a haid in the political wire-palling of bia adopted State, time will determine The afford to be thus and when be lent a willing ear to the ple bert O. Thompson. When in the last month of the year 1860 Thompson was endeavoring to obtain the | position of Commissioner of Public Works thec Boant Repabhi of bis henet contirs the votes of th hoa Aldermanic hucksters, General Arthur, as the in Boss of New York, issued orders to certain a in the Board to vote for Thoinpson's With the aid of these Republicans, and | so-called Democratic Aldermen he al- | ready owned, and the votes of four others who were foot-sore and needy, and who de public life w ati red to retire from feney, Thompson secured tho coveted! place, Thee ment made at that time between Thomps eral Arthur, Democrats epablicans. reached positions of honor and profit. John Kelly was displaced as Controller, and great was the joy of Thompson. The Jack Sheppanls and Claude Duvals of the County Democracy held high carnival. Thompson, who now so savagely prates of na to | & combination of Republ with Demoer THE .JUDGE. onistic to his faction, was mi combination with Republi battle for the place he holds. It is his hope to retain that position by the help of the men who aided him It getting at, and we are informed upon trustworthy authority that he is working early and late to obtain such Looking at the condition of publican polities in this State, h urn slow rn ns in th assistance Tte- observed the bitter nt of feeling between the supporters of teri, and thi would give unto Chester A. Arthur t shall receive the Republican nomination in New York this fall hought brain of President Arthur all Hg contest, and remembering the ns of December, a favor which I could th juncture to rept Chief the Governor Cornell for a se who right to say Gubernatorial He saw, he ga, the Vin th es transact went to hin hoped to reciprocate. How will naturally be that it is secutive officer of t do noth improbable th wernment ¢: sitat wot only ver n prevent rtment, but almost certain that the effrontery of the coryalent Commissioner will be roundly rebuked by other repre- investigation of Thompson's de, sentatives of the people Thompson, in looking towards the Arthur-Conkling, faction for assistance in bis trying hours, has hereto- fore not looked in vain, bat the people now demand | ir hands off, and | that these Republicans shall keep Uh low fair play, A few nights ago a party of Re Jers met in an ap-town hotel, and dis. of taking revolutionary mong other possibilities, advisability measures, which mi; feom th impendi 4 Among these f the New York Bo: 3 John J. O'Brien, the Chief Clerk of th an of Elections, and Chairman of the Republican Central Committeo; Senator Ellaworth, E sioner De Witt C. Whe Smith, and Ex-Superintendent of Insurance si All ave the latter »unced supporters of the administration. Mr. Smyth was on the fence, but he succumbed ty the sm French and O'Brien, and swore by all the gous Cornell must go. The importance of burying »rnell out of sight was discussed’ with much fecl- ing by those uearest the sideboard in the White House that the President already fondly hopes tha he may be the chotc. It was broadly hinted of the Republican Natioual Convention in 1883, and that with this object in view he sees the necessity of co trolling the New York delegation to the National Con: vention. Should he permit Cornell to secare th nation fora second term—which would a insure thi th would be lust to the President. it was sab, to secure ay of all oppe Police Commis- on B. Jobn F, plice Justice S nomi pst certainly Jovernor’s re-election—it was conceded by assembled statesmen that the New York delegation Efforts hail been made, ige from Cornell that, in t ev towards his renomination bein, witha would use his influence to secure the delegation to the National Convention for the Pres dent; and it was also Jovernor was v yet prepara to make such mined to wage incessa Arthur Republicans and mem- bers of the County Democracy was proposed, with the tempting tho overthrow of Lieut Governor Hosking as President of the Senate, and sing about of a reorganization of that boly These meek conspirators became unduly excited over lorious prospect, and the bar-tenders of the hotel 4 combination betwee purpose of wt for a timo that a target company from a | ghboring city bad arrived. ate through a combination In reor between Arthur Re- tion would, of course, The Committee on Cities, as at present constitated, wonkd be acommittee friendly to Thom lector. potishesl, ald As the assembled statesmen continuesl to dis- cuss this subject, their enthnsiasm increased. Thomp- son was in ecstasies of delight. THe had not appealed in vain to the President's chief adv’ sure, and he saw no reason why the grand combi- nation betwoen the Senators of his faction and the Arthur Senatora should not succeed in their great undertaking. nw crs, he was Of conrse, as they stand to-day, nu- tthe | merica ie, but th number of the Corn that it could 1 work now under way in the Senate be nipped in the considere would be impo: asuiticient pturesd ied out, and the Hl Senators might ceussfully ea: ‘The energies of Thompson's Republicans hi ferred Mites and the Arthur nce the n of this conspiracy ve been exerted fart veting but th atulated upon the fact that so far tte mpson'’s hence of squelching U thue Repul p the de ator Joba C. Jacobs, of Brooklyn, in his at- tempt to secure, in Thon alf, the pre pro tem., of the Senate, they had the hardihood to smile like 1 they ha » thwarted in their Th ts to draw Cornell S m investigation when th ators into their net 1 Were overjoyed at the prospe guilty prisoner smiles when a conf acquittal. Bat the smiles a from their countena 3 the chances for the ns of a combi nliet re f | fa he minions and Arthu escape through the pl tion of is bi te bocon less. The peo} rook e with the organization of the Senate a eat present constituted; a xpect to lefeat the J tion by bumbling himself before President Arthur, and begging his mighty Muence in Mis behalf. No, Mr. Come to the committee to your quarters Tho relics of the Tweed regime who grace you | tum may parehase tickets for Florida without further delay, and her voucher-burner be fe to dispose of records that fight of The f Democratic Mf re votel for your er of Public Works, may south of France at this perio of the y of the made public pmpson cannot roposed investiss piasioner, pre pare to. welcom may ne will not bear the sly from fF foot-aore and 1 to retire and. the lay | Aldermen who desired public | with a competency, | confirmation as Com! lesire to visit issio m go if they have saved facts are bound tot ommittee will be pleased to know successor of Tweed can fo 0a year, How a man ean ining his friends in a royal manner wherever he at thi extravaganees, on $ reading to th have no desi 8 with dinners, coupés, boxes opera and theater, and seemingly limitless other 0a year, will be ente masses, if it cant to forbid the any of the joys of this lif wishes of thi shall be called upon to exph patent Comm believe we express th people whe $5,000 til satistiel to the in the position which Hubert plishes 40 much as he is er year. The people will contrary, that no 1 ©, Thompson occupies can scheme and plot for po- | litical power and carry himself like o millions upon the salary he receives 0 posse Tue Sun calls ours ‘a tof law- yers.” “The Southerners pronounce “liar,” so it sounds just like lawyer, and if one of them should repeat the srtion, how would it sound, right or not ? governme bur pronunciation of Ir isn’t every one who can “benefit ” Harry Sanderson did at ‘Tony ‘Thursday last, and it isn't every one who de- serves to. Pastor's on ‘Tiere were six men hung last week, and it isn’t a very forward spring either. D THE * is unquestionably And, really, the y things look, the fate of number One of his dynasty is a good study for our young Com- Public Works; but study and | | tw ECON | looking out for number One. wa missioner heed, Hubert. Wno thinks of fire-escanes now? comicbooks.co