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Title: Thrity years of New York politics up-to-date ..
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Breen, Matthew P. (Matthew Patrick)
Subjects: New York (N.Y.) -- Politics and government New York (State) -- Politics and government. (from old catalog)
Publisher: New York, The author
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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as a finish that, early in the session of the Senate, in 1869,after a long series of Summer sittings, Senator Hales Com-mittee of Investigation of alleged bribery and corruptionattributed to members of the preceding Legislature re-ported not proven. They discovered considerable smoke,but no fire. It was said that the Committee attempted toascertain what consideration the then Governor, Fenton,received for his signature to the Erie Bill of that session; 146 THIRTY YEAES OF NEW YORK POLITICS. but tlie Erie Railwaj people declined to answer, on tlieplea that the resolution under which the Committee acteddid not call for that information. It was also asserted thatwhen ex- Senator Thomas Murphy was on the witness standhe stated that, upon applying to Jay Gould for a contribu-tion to the Republican State Committee, Gould declined,upon the ground that he had already contributed $20,000for Governor Fentons expenses. This portion of theevidence, however, did not appear in Senator Hales report.
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tJ(e(lrawii from Harpers Magazine. Iiy permission. Copyright, 1S85, by Harper & Brotliersj Jay Godld. LETTER XIII. Surroundings of a Local Political Boss—Keen BusinessShrewdness of a New York Alderman—His OnerousUnofficial Duties—Daily Attendance at PoliceCourts, Wakes and Funerals—How He Managed toRun an Undertaker, and Fix Obsequies to Suithis Personal Convenience—A Bar-room Bouncer andthe Peculiarities of his Occupation. My DEAR Dean: It was in tlie montli of December, 1868, that 1, in com-pany witli an acquaintance, entered the ground floor of asmall two-story building situated at the junction of twostreets in the lower portion of the City of New York. It was already dark, being past Y oclock. The weatherwas bitterly cold. Men, women and children hurried alongthe crowded thoroughfares in this densely-populated sec-tion of the City. It was what is known as the tenementdistrict, where thousands of people were huddled togetherwithin a small area. The tenements were occu

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