The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-15

Monkey Tricks Fourteenth Street.
We copy from the official organ Of Mr.
Kelly, the Tammany boss, the following
poetical announcement -
CoCIETY OF TAMMANY OR COLUMBIAN Or
y der-Brothcrs--Thc annual meeting OF the Insti-
wigwam on MONDAY, the 18th instant, at half
hour after the setting tho sun. General and pune
tual attendance is requested. BY order OF
AUGUSTUS SCHELL Grand Sachcm
JONI o. STEVENS, Secretary
Manhattan Season of Blossoms, Fourth Moon; Year
OF Discovery 384th Of Independence l00h and of tho
Institution tho S7th
The meaning of this notice is that the
members of the dark lantern Know Nothing
lodge which now controls the democratic
party in this city will meet at the Tammany
'Wigwam" and elect officers for the ems uing
year. The 'Wigwam" is a hall on Four
teenth street. The officers are known as
s'sachems," .'wiskinskies' and sssagamores.
They will ''smoke the pipe of peace" and
have council fires and indulge in many
fandangoes. Whether they will yell and
Jump and brandish tomahawks and whoop
we do not know, but we take it for granted
that, as true Indians, they will 60 through
this ceremony is not in public. The sue
cess of Moody and Sankey would be slight,
indeed, compared with what would
occur if it were only known that
Mr.. Schell Mr. Brooks Mr.. Kelly, Mayor
wickham and their colleagues were to appear
as Indians and give IN exhibition of their
tricks and games. What would be more at
tractive than our handsome Mayor going
through an Indian walk around" and
swinging the threatening tomahawk? How
enjoyable would be speech from Mr..
Schell on "The Season of Blossoms" and the
fourth moon!
This would be harmless if the meeting did
not go beyond these monkey tricks. There
is no reason why the members of the Column
bian Order should not meet in dark lodge
room and call themselves Indians or snakes
or grasshoppers or whatever they please.
There are minds who find stimulus in
these harmless amusements, and we do not
grudge them their fun. If it were only
little nonsense no one would care. Under
this mask Of Indian talk about s.moons" and
BLOSSOMS" there is hidden dcsper-
ate political ring, whose motives are to
keep the democratic party in sub
scrvience to the will of one man and
an oligarchy of men who have no aim but
their own advancement Tammany Hall is
under the absolute control Of the men who
will 60 skipping and whooping around this
lodge room on next Monday evening. These
''sachems who are to be elected have q con-
troll that makes any Independent expression
of democratic opinion impossible so long as
they are in power. BY their aid the Young
Democracy were defeated six years ago, and
Tweed was sustained in his usurped nu-
thority-an authority he used to rob tho
treasury of millions. But for the influence
of these sachems Tweed would have been
overthrown. The city would have been
saved millions of money, not to speak Of the
scandals which came with them and which
have lishonored the American name all over
tho world. This system still fourishes.
Tweed has gone, but Kelly reigns in his
stead The policy Of Tweed finds express
sion in the councils Of the democratic