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The
chief
facts
had
already
been
in
the
hands
of
the
various
editors
and
publishers
for
a
week
and
more
,
but
word
had
gone
around
from
Mollenhauer
,
Simpson
,
and
Butler
to
use
the
soft
pedal
for
the
present
.
It
was
not
good
for
Philadelphia
,
for
local
commerce
,
etc.
,
to
make
a
row
.
The
fair
name
of
the
city
would
be
smirched
.
It
was
the
old
story
.
At
once
the
question
was
raised
as
to
who
was
really
guilty
,
the
city
treasurer
or
the
broker
,
or
both
.
How
much
money
had
actually
been
lost
?
Where
had
it
gone
?
Who
was
Frank
Algernon
Cowperwood
,
anyway
?
Why
was
he
not
arrested
?
How
did
he
come
to
be
identified
so
closely
with
the
financial
administration
of
the
city
?
And
though
the
day
of
what
later
was
termed
"
yellow
journalism
"
had
not
arrived
,
and
the
local
papers
were
not
given
to
such
vital
personal
comment
as
followed
later
,
it
was
not
possible
,
even
bound
as
they
were
,
hand
and
foot
,
by
the
local
political
and
social
magnates
,
to
avoid
comment
of
some
sort
.
Editorials
had
to
be
written
.
Some
solemn
,
conservative
references
to
the
shame
and
disgrace
which
one
single
individual
could
bring
to
a
great
city
and
a
noble
political
party
had
to
be
ventured
upon
.
That
desperate
scheme
to
cast
the
blame
on
Cowperwood
temporarily
,
which
had
been
concocted
by
Mollenhauer
,
Butler
,
and
Simpson
,
to
get
the
odium
of
the
crime
outside
the
party
lines
for
the
time
being
,
was
now
lugged
forth
and
put
in
operation
.
It
was
interesting
and
strange
to
note
how
quickly
the
newspapers
,
and
even
the
Citizens
'
Municipal
Reform
Association
,
adopted
the
argument
that
Cowperwood
was
largely
,
if
not
solely
,
to
blame
.
Stener
had
loaned
him
the
money
,
it
is
true
--
had
put
bond
issues
in
his
hands
for
sale
,
it
is
true
,
but
somehow
every
one
seemed
to
gain
the
impression
that
Cowperwood
had
desperately
misused
the
treasurer
.
The
fact
that
he
had
taken
a
sixty-thousand-dollar
check
for
certificates
which
were
not
in
the
sinking-fund
was
hinted
at
,
though
until
they
could
actually
confirm
this
for
themselves
both
the
newspapers
and
the
committee
were
too
fearful
of
the
State
libel
laws
to
say
so
.
In
due
time
there
were
brought
forth
several
noble
municipal
letters
,
purporting
to
be
a
stern
call
on
the
part
of
the
mayor
,
Mr.
Jacob
Borchardt
,
on
Mr.
George
W.
Stener
for
an
immediate
explanation
of
his
conduct
,
and
the
latter
's
reply
,
which
were
at
once
given
to
the
newspapers
and
the
Citizens
'
Municipal
Reform
Association
.
These
letters
were
enough
to
show
,
so
the
politicians
figured
,
that
the
Republican
party
was
anxious
to
purge
itself
of
any
miscreant
within
its
ranks
,
and
they
also
helped
to
pass
the
time
until
after
election
.
OFFICE
OF
THE
MAYOR
OF
THE
CITY
OF
PHILADELPHIA
GEORGE
W.
STENER
,
ESQ.
,
October
18
,
1871
.
City
Treasurer
.
DEAR
SIR
--
Information
has
been
given
me
that
certificates
of
city
loan
to
a
large
amount
,
issued
by
you
for
sale
on
account
of
the
city
,
and
,
I
presume
,
after
the
usual
requisition
from
the
mayor
of
the
city
,
have
passed
out
of
your
custody
,
and
that
the
proceeds
of
the
sale
of
said
certificates
have
not
been
paid
into
the
city
treasury
.
I
have
also
been
informed
that
a
large
amount
of
the
city
's
money
has
been
permitted
to
pass
into
the
hands
of
some
one
or
more
brokers
or
bankers
doing
business
on
Third
Street
,
and
that
said
brokers
or
bankers
have
since
met
with
financial
difficulties
,
whereby
,
and
by
reason
of
the
above
generally
,
the
interests
of
the
city
are
likely
to
be
very
seriously
affected
.
I
have
therefore
to
request
that
you
will
promptly
advise
me
of
the
truth
or
falsity
of
these
statements
,
so
that
such
duties
as
devolve
upon
me
as
the
chief
magistrate
of
the
city
,
in
view
of
such
facts
,
if
they
exist
,
may
be
intelligently
discharged
.
