The History of Tammany Hall
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This Tote of a few score of private individuals decided the control of Tammany Hall and the lot of those who would share in the division of plunder for the next year.
"With the exception of some few quarrels," one friendly account had it, "which fortunately did not result in any personal damage to the disputants, the aifair passed off very quietly. While the votes were counted upstairs some interesting scenes were presented in the bar-room, which was crowded with anxious ex- pectants. Language ...of a rather exceptional character, such as 'political thieves,' 'swindlers,' etc., was em- ployed unsparingly, but as the majority was peaceably inclined, there were no heads fractured." CHAPTEE XIX.
A CHAPTER OF DISCLOSUKBS.
1853-1854.
Now came an appalling series of disclosures regarding public officials. Acting on the affidavit of James E.
Coulter, a lobbyist, charging that there was a private organization ^ in the Board of Aldermen formed to receive and distribute bribes, the Grand Jury, after investigation, handed down a presentment, on February 36, 1853, together with a vast mass of testimony, " It was clearly shown," stated the presentment, " that enormous sums of money have been expended for and towards the procurement of railroad grants in the city, and that towards the decision and procurement of the Eighth Avenue Eailroad grant a sum so large that would startle the most credulous was expended ; but in con- sequence of the voluntary absence of important wit- nesses, the Grand Jury was left without direct testi- mony of the particular recipients of the different amounts." ' Solomon Kipp, one of the grantees of the Eighth and Ninth Avenue Eailroad franchises, admitted frequently to a member of the Grand Jury that he had expended, in 1851, upwards of $50,000 in getting them.^ Five grantees of the Third Avenue Eailroad franchise swore • William H.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
This Tote of a few score of private individuals decided the control of Tammany Hall and the lot of those who would share in the division of plunder for the next year.
"With the exception of some few quarrels," one friendly account had it, "which fortunately did not result in any personal damage to the disputants, the aifair passed off very quietly. While the votes were counted upstairs some interesting scenes were presented in the bar-room, which was crowded with anxious ex- pectants. Language ...of a rather exceptional character, such as 'political thieves,' 'swindlers,' etc., was em- ployed unsparingly, but as the majority was peaceably inclined, there were no heads fractured." CHAPTEE XIX.
A CHAPTER OF DISCLOSUKBS.
1853-1854.
Now came an appalling series of disclosures regarding public officials. Acting on the affidavit of James E.
Coulter, a lobbyist, charging that there was a private organization ^ in the Board of Aldermen formed to receive and distribute bribes, the Grand Jury, after investigation, handed down a presentment, on February 36, 1853, together with a vast mass of testimony, " It was clearly shown," stated the presentment, " that enormous sums of money have been expended for and towards the procurement of railroad grants in the city, and that towards the decision and procurement of the Eighth Avenue Eailroad grant a sum so large that would startle the most credulous was expended ; but in con- sequence of the voluntary absence of important wit- nesses, the Grand Jury was left without direct testi- mony of the particular recipients of the different amounts." ' Solomon Kipp, one of the grantees of the Eighth and Ninth Avenue Eailroad franchises, admitted frequently to a member of the Grand Jury that he had expended, in 1851, upwards of $50,000 in getting them.^ Five grantees of the Third Avenue Eailroad franchise swore • William H.
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