okie hall. so you've got tweed, scotch rest by teen -- presbyterian, okieal, anglo-american. but the other two figures right in the center of this picture herere irish catholics. richard "slippery dick" connolly who served as comptroller in the city government, and peter sweeney who served as commissioner of parks. now, neither of these positions suggests great political power. the mayor is the person who one runs things. been who runs things. but, no, no, no, not at this time. these minor, kind of unelected bureaucratic positions like comptroller and commissioner of parks, these were much more important because these were options that dealt with finances and jobs. so half of the tweed ring is irish catholic. but more importantly, tammany's rank and file was overwhelmingly irish and catholic, and tweed was seen as their champion. by tweed's critics. again, the sense of the onlies of the new world put aside old world resentments. they didn't say, oh, we're not going to vote, we're not going to support the scotch presbyterian. no, they supported him was he supported them. but there was undoubtedly and truly corruption, financial corruption at the heart. in 1871 the new