Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-11-18
TAMNANY REsURRECrED.


A Frigh'ful Picture of Democratic
Corruption in New York.
The New York correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial an indepen~
dent Journal, writing Of the causes of
the Democratic victory in New York,
says that in addition to the "hard
times " that threw 10000 men out of
employment, Tammany was all pow
erful
| | know nothing OF the truth of the
newspaper statement that Tildeu took
| a quarter of a million dollars from his
own Golfers to carry on the canvass :;
but certainly his party spent money
in a way which showed it could COM
maud much, and though all the Fed
eral office holders were heavily ASSESS
ed for the expenses of the Republican
party, there were yet numerous evil
dences that the Democracy had the
fullest treasury. On the East Side
whisky flowed like water, and in hun
dredS OF places it was free as water.
Ieus Of thousands of dollars were
spent on the leading daily aud weekly
papers Tor publishing Democratic ap.
pea's. TWO million Democratic ducu
ments aud portraits were circulated in
this city alone; at least 10000 uuem-
pIoyed men were set to WORK on cleo
tion business, and promises were held
out, on all hands, that no man should
be allowed to sturve or so without en-
pluyemeut during the winter: and
then, TO au extent quite bewilderlng,
We had gilded trappiuEs, brass bands
la far
der, banners, platforms, meetings, tlO
quence, calcium lighls, aud what not.
There were but few of these things on
the Republican side, but Democrats
kept the whole city in Il stew for a fort
night before the election. Iuever saw
so many drunken pe0ple-made so ny
free liquor-as in the week preceding
The election. On some nights half thr
men you met in First and Sec
oud avenues aud thCreab0uis.
seemed staggering 60 and fro
| saw one street meeting around q
platform In Broome street, i'm "a local
lty where CLAIMING liquur shops are
thicf as can be. The liquor, then and
there, WA free fD Democratic drinkers
Tho money TO pay for it having been
deposited lu advance would
promise TO vote straight. Now, /
would not say every man, woman and
child round the platform ,sud wretch
pa looking creatures they were) was
drunk before The meetiuA closed, but
/ assure You, that, alta late hour Of the
night, | made my way through half n
block Of these reeiiug wretches, and
got such an idea of am old-time mad
house or bowling hell as eau ed me
to rush hastily TO "a Quietcr locality,
where ! could mediate ON current
politics. In this city, AZ least, the cleo
ton was preceded by campaign of
drunkenness, dehauchery and venal-
ity, for most Of which the Democracy
are responsible. Tammauy paid the
workmen who electioneered for it at
the rate Of from three to five dollars
day and the expenses of this class Of
men, on election day alone, as box
captains, ticket distributors, etc, must
have ranged between sevcnty-tivc and
one hundred thousand dollars. | have
pretty good authority for saying that
The sum set aside by the Democratic
managers to be expended on the daily
press Of the city was one hundred
thousand dollars. 1t paid for getting
out the extra sheets of sundry dailies,
for printing documents among the
reading matter, for regular and irreg-
ular advertising, and for other services.