Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-07-31
From the Albany Journal.
Tweed. Tilden and Tammany.


The utilization of Samuel J. Tilden, Will
liam NJ. Tweed and the Tammany ling,
until after the explosion and complete
downfall Of the Ring. is as clear and I'M
mistakable as any fact of history can be.
Mark these decisive proofs:
l. From 1866 until after the Tammany
Ring had been overthrown, Samuel j.
Tilden was Chairman of the Democratic
State Committee. 1t devolved upon the
Chairman to appoint the Executive Conn
mitee, which had the actual management
of the campaigns. rs such Chairman.
IIzden appointed TWeed q member Of the
EGecutiUe ConaniUee and Tiiden and Itceed
arere associated together upon the Commit
Tee for years. One of the years when Iliden
appointed Tweed was 1868, when he sent
out his famous circular asking immediate
returns to Tweed in order to prepare the
way Tor election frauds. Is it oonceiva-
bic that Tilden could appoint Tweed upon
the Executive Committe. and serve with
him on it, without advising and cG-opcrat
ing with him?
II. When Tamnauy Hall was absolute
" under the control of Tweed, it elected
Tweed, Tilden and the Ring men as lis
"sachemsn or governing body. The
"sachems' are the ruling men, and issue
tions. Here is the list signed in 1870:
Augustus Schell, James Watson,
WILLIAM NJ. TWEED, A. OAKEY HALL,
PETER b. SwEENY, ANDREW G.. CARNEY, :.
Thomas Dunlap Alder Cardozo,
HENRY w. GENET, August Belmont,
RICHARD b. CONNOLLY George G. Barnard,
JAMES II. INGERsoLL, THOMAS G. FIELDS,
SAMUEL }; IlLDEN.Joel c; Stevens,
Cornelius Carson.
"A man is known by the company he
keeps" Samuel j. Tilden appears here
in company with Tweed. Sweeny, Connol-
", Tom Fields and others as one of the
leading representatives Of Tammany Hall.
In 1870 Tammany Hall did precisely what
Tweed commanded. Didn't Tweed know
his man?
III. The delegates from New York city
to the democratic State Convention, in the
days of Tweed, were not chosen by dis
trcts, but in a body by Tammany Hall,
under Tweed's dictation, and were thus
just such men as Tammany wanted. Year
after year Tilden was thus elected We
give the list Of delegates for 1869:
John Fox, George w. Mclean,
Thomas Conan, Magnus Gross,
Z NJ. Chauncey, Richard U German,
WIN. NJ. TWEED, c. Il. Cornell,
G. w. Mitchell. Samuel B. Galvin,
W. w. Tracy, SAMUEL J. TILDEN,
George w. Purser, George Law,
Richard Schell, j. j. Freeman,
Samuel S. Cox, A. OAKEY HALL,
G.. Herman, III. w. GENET,
c. III. Hazel.
Again in 1870, the delegates were as fol-
lows:
Nicholas Muller Magnus Gross
Thomas Conan, Richard O'Gorman,
John Hayes, Thomas j. Dreamer,
WIN. NJ. TWEED, Samuel b. Garvin.
MICHAEL NORTON, SAMUEL j. TILDEN,
Gideon j. Tucker, Michael Connolly,
Samuel J. Cox, RICHARD b. Connolly,
| John Mulaly, THOMAS G. FIELDS,
Anthony Hartman, A. Oakley HALL,
Oswald Ottendorter, HENRY w. GENET.
j. Chamberlain.
Here for two years in sue cession, in the
very height of the Tweed Tammany Ring,
Samuel j. Tildeu was one of the Tamma
ny delegates to the State Convention,
elected not by his own district, but by Tam
many Hall in connection with Tweed, Con-
molly, Fields and other Tammany chiefs
Is it possible that he could have been
thus frequently 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 them?
Thus on the State Committee and its
Executive Committee, as a ruler of Tam
| many Hall, and as a delegate year after
year to the State Convention from Tam
many Hall, Tilden appears in continuous
utilization with Tweed and his fellows.
Tweed. Sweeny, Connolly, and Fields are
all fugitives in foreign lands and Tlden
is the democratic reform" candidate for
President,
Who Created the Expenditures?
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