New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-24
NETWORK POLITICS.
THE WAR IN TAMMANY.

THE WAR IN TANMANf.
INTERVIEW WITH JOHN MoREissEy - HR AND
COUNTY CLERK WALSH EXPECT TO bh IN
pr,Irn-oTurR PROMINENT DEMOCRATS TO RE
DRIVEN ouT-MR. MoRRIssEY's PIANs-wHN HE
THINKS OF Mr. KELLys CoURsE-How THE
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICkEr WILL BIZ sIkENulh-
ENEp.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSEI
s.p.roc, SPRINGS. July 23.-Word reaches here
from New-YorI City that Tammany Han mas ""
solved 20 reorganze six of its districts with view
N the expulsion of John Morrisscy, Thomas A. Leu
with. James HAYES Edward J. Shandey, Judge Coni-
ter and County Clerk Walsh from its General ON
mittee. Mr. Morrissey and Mr. Walsh are here
Brief conversations with the former reveal that UT
Morrissey and doubtless the others WHO are To pe
expelled look upon this action as tho commlt'ai oi
hori-Gori by the Tammany party III New-lork Chy'
To one at all familiar with the methods
by which Tammany Hall has hitherto suc-
eeeded. this wholesale looping oft of six
of the hardest working men, with the strongest
district delegation belonging TO the party, appears
courageous 10 the verge of aulacity. Mr. Kelly, ~
well AZ Mavor Wickham, Gen. Smith, and Gen.
Porter seem 10 have been imbued with the NOTION
that Tanmany Han can BE- run without the class OF
poIitcians who have heretofore headed the various
dstrict organizations. There was such thing once
a. making Tamnany Hall an honest organization
but this attempt 10 reform it into rcSpectablh'y IN
the Judgment of MorIissey & Co. must compass IT'S
defeat.
The districts to be reorgan;zed are those Of Nh
Walsh the lid; Mr.. Hayes, the lid; Mr. SAandiey'
thc Iyth: Mr. Morrissey, the Xlth; Mr. Ledwith.
the XVIII; and Mr.. Coulter, the XNllth. These
districts have a total representation of 16o In
General Committee numbering $50 delegates; that
IL over one-fourth of the whole. ut first
glance it is natural To suppose that whch
a reorganization is ordered, il is not intended
TO expel all the delegates from the General Commit
tee and doubtless very few others than the leaders
will retire But these leaders claim that for three
YEAR past they have had absolute control OF their
district delegates The six districts mentioned have
been about the only ones in which there has been
complete unity. While Mr. kcly's own district was
divided and on several ,ODs he could not carry
more than half his delegation with him, the men
now ABOUT 10 I've expelled say they have been author
lied to east the solid votes of their delegations as
they pleased. The inference they wish drawn OF
course is that they are very powerful in their dis
tricts. and in the event of disaster to Iammany'
NAV successfully seize the General Committee,
which they are now unable to control against the
Kelly and Wickham combination.
John Morrssey in conversation on the subject tins
morning. admitted that his expulsion was foregone
conclusion. He could neither prevent the vote OF
expulsion nor carry the primary election which VIII
he ordered to choose a new delegation. He should
only take steps to make a case for future acnoh.
"ForD he sand they can't put me out of the party
and don't mean TO act witn any other organizations
After Tammany has been taught a lesson by defeat
this Fall we shall come back into the COMMITTEE
and the rest will be retired into obscurity"
Iremember thinking when he said this III quiet
strain that II would have been more characteristic
of the man if he had said that he and his friends
would turn mp trumps," and the Others be put in
ehanceryD But could not but observe throughout
long conversation the subject the absence III all
slang in Mr.. Morrissey's conversations and -htiier
that he apparently had no personally vindictlHe
feeling against Kelly and Wickham who have forced
his expulsion from the Committee.
"I don't know hat the charges are against me-"
he said IL suppose they will be published to-
morrow Whatever they are, they are false except
that criticised Kelly's acts. man knows whether
he il guilty OF not. have done nothing except TO
try to help my friends if that's the reason, they
can make the most of il. have acted and consult
ed with no other organization. ! mean TO act with
no ether when an expelled but shall fight 10 get
back and put the right ones out"
NO this won't hurt the Democratic State ticket"
continued Mr. MOniSsey, " or help the local Rep'Ib-
lean ticket All the Democratic organizations viii
vote the State ticket. districts Republican bal
lots NAV be run out Of ant-Tammany boxes, but Re
publican candidates won't be indorsed 10y the Dem
ocrs Past experience shows that you can't get Dem
Ocrats to vote in body for Republican. lshOudhaye
thought YOU Greeley boys would have known that.
The effect will be to strengthen the opposition Dem
ocrats There will be three tickets in New-YOrk this
Fall. No; one of them won't be in the Republican
interest and il wont incidentally help the Repub-
hcan ticket. Tammany be beaten outright by
the opposition Democrats without the aid Of any
Republicans. The Ottendorier ticket last year OBJ
tanned 5000 votes, not one of them Republican,
and all of them still opposed TO Tdnmany. The dis
satisfaction has increased aud great strength will
be added 10 this vote. The working men III Tammany
will be found working to defeat it this Fall Yes,
this discussion in New-York will help the Democratic
State ticket IL will bring out the full VOTE and 1t
Will be- cast solid for the Democratic ticket John
Kely's course is mystery TO me. can't see any
purpose in it, LIS the first thing in the world that
ever puzzled me in this way. In most matters can
put this and that together and conclude why man
has done thing bat can't even guess purpose
in this. Kelly was all right until success made him
wild. He has turned on every in Tammany
Hall who helped make him what he is and assisted
in putting him in the front. You can't run poit-
ical organization without working men i'll II, and
these must be taken care Of il you want to keep
them in it.. A politician can no more ignore his or
ganization and party than a can snub his cred
itor. That's what Kelly and WicAham are doing.
nnt."