Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-08-17

Tweed, Tildena and Tammany.

The utilization OF Samuel j. Tilden,
William M. Tweed and the Tam
many ring, until after the explosion
and complete downfall of the ring,
is as clear and uLmistakable as any
fact of history can be. Mark these
decisive proofs :
l. From 1866 until after the Tam.
many ring had been overthrown,
Samuel j. Tilden was Chairman of
tho Democratic State Committee.
1t devolved upon the Chirman to ap-
point the Executive Committee.
which has the actual management of
tho campaigns. As such Chairman,
Tilden appointed Tweed a member
of the Executive Committee, and
Tilden and Tweed were associated
togather upon the committee for
years. One of the years when Til
den appointed Tweed was 1868, when
hc sent out his famous circular ask
ing immediate returns to Tweed in
order to prepare the way for elect
ion frauds Is il conceivable that
rilden could appoint Tweed upon
the Executive Committee, and serve
with him on it, without advising and
cooperating with him ?
/. When Tammar Hall was alb
soIutely under the control of Tweed,
it elected Tweed, Tillen and the
ring men as its "sachems" or gov
erning body. The "sachems" are
ruling men, and issue the invitations
for Democratic celebrations Here
is the list signed in 1870:
Augustus Schell, James Watson,
WILLIAM NJ TWEED, A. Oakley Hall,
Peter B. Sweeny, Andrew G.. Garvey,
J Jh2@s D fHHns!sEsO ha6f msssS e. dfREga
SAMUEL j. TILDEN, Joel o. Stevens,
Wilson Small, E. c. Woodward,
Cornelius Cars u,
"a man is known by the &C mpaDy
he keeps Samuel J. Tllien APP
pears here IN company with Tweed,
Sweeny, Connolly, Tom. Fields, Ind
others, as one of the leading repre-
sentatives of Tammany Hall. ln
1870, Tammany Hall did precisely
what Tweed commanded, Didn't
Tweed know his men?
3. The delegates from Now York
city to the Democratic State ConVen-
ton, in the days of Tweed, were
not chosen by districts, but in a
body by Tammany Hall, under
Twecd's dictation, and were thus
Just such men as Tammany wanted.
Year after year Tilden was thus
elected. We give the list of dele
gates for 1869:
John Fox, George w. Mclean,
Thomas Conan, Magnus Gross,
C. M Chauncey Richard OGOrman,
VIM NJ. TWEED, q. Il. Cornell,
G. w. Mitchell Samuel b. Garvin,
w. w. Tracy, SAMUEL ]. TILDEN,
George W.Purser, George Law,
Richard Schel, j. j. Freeman,
Samuel S. Cox, A. Oakley Hall,
g. Herman, II. w. Genet,
G. II. Hazel.
Again, in 1870, the delegates were
as follows:
Nicholas Muller, Magnus Gross,
Thomas Conan. Richard 0'Gorman,
John HAYES, Thomas j. Creamer,
WV. N. TWEED, Samuel Is. Garyln,
Michael Norton, SAMUEL j. TILDEN,
1ibeon j. Tucker, Michael Connolly,
Samuel S. Cox, Richard Il. Connolly,
John Mullaly, Thomas G. Fields,
Anthony Hartman, A. Oakley Hall,
Oswald 0ttcndorfer, Henry w. Genet,
J. Chamberlin.
Here for two years in succession,
in the very height of the Tweed
Tammany ring, Samuel j. Tilden
was one of the Tammany delegates
to the State Convention, elected not
by his own district, but by Tam
many Hall, in connection with
Tweed, Connolly, Fields, and other
Tammany chiefs. Is it possible
that he could have been thus fire.
quently and constantly chosen as
the representative and associate Of
these ring men, in the day of their
absolute dictation, unless he had been
acceptable to them2
Thus Cd the State Committee and
it's Executive Committee, as a ruler
of Tammany Hall, and as delegate
yeaf after year to the State Conven-
ton from Tammany Hall, Tilden
appears in continuous utilization with
Tweed and his fellows. Tweed,
Sweeny, Connolly and Fields are all
negatives in foreign lands, and Til
den is the Democratic "reform" can
didate for President