The New York herald., 1878-02-05
RAMPANT POLITICIANS.
A Heated Discussion at an Anti
Tammany Meeting.
THE WIGWAM DENOUNCED.
War To Be Made on Tammany
and It's Sinecurists.

One OF the most important movements directed
.eainst the supremacy OF rammany Hall was initiated
last evening at the Hoffman House. Tho elements OF
tne Gathering consisted OF a much higher class OF ma
terai belonging to the democratic party than has or
dinary arrayed itself against the rammany machine
At meeting two weeks ago ~ the Hotel Brunswick
ono OF tho raamany parties appointed commit
tee TO draft plan Of organization, an this committee
furnished the results of Its deliberations last evening
Invitations sent out to the friends or
Tho movement. and the consequence was tho
rear parior on tho first floor OF tho Hon-
man House and tho adjacent rooms and hallway were
sariy occupied by what appeared to be nn carnes,
crowd OF democrats. all bent on entering into ono
open conspiracy against the ancient wlgwam on
Fourteenih street. This meeting represented only
one branch OF tho opposition to Tammany. Tho
chair occupied by Mr.. John B. Haskins, aud
Donald, W. f. Dcmorcst, cx-Alderman James Fitz.
gerald, Pcier Mas,erson, Theodore T. Tomlinson,
Robert b. Mooney, exJuige Alfred I. Ackert. James
D. McClelland and Henry +. Lynch.
CuAiKMAN's ADDRESS.
Tho Chairman, John b. Haskins, starred out With
sketch OF parties, municipal. State and national and
spoke about .hoir demoralized % condition ana spoko
cohesive power Of public plundcr he reerredt to the
depreciation OF property the depression OF trade the
high salaries paid 10 officials and the fact that the as
SCISSORS had xod the valuations OF property so that tho
assessments pad this year us high as what were
paid four years ago. In view OF all this, he thought
that the Legislature should asked 10 abolish the
vinecuro Offices, that tney may 20 into tho cam
pagn next year with candidates PLEDGED 10 rerencn-
mcnt
REPORT or THE COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Robert h. Mooney then road the report OF tho
special committee, which was as folows:-
Hotel is 1878 Iespcsiially roDSI.
matters 1sferrsd to them. and alter due con
liberation and dsliberation are unanimous that In
this city indegsnden. citizen. = form
msnt in municipal expenses by the immediate aeo
lion lion Of saa1S.ns .aiass; That tho necessity
Tor such from must s' p.eS
,ucton Of the Other political
s government. II these orsapratons the paramount
esunny theme om
BART toward rstrsnehment: The depression Of basl
% s o % and an'
n an Independent movement opposed to tho
political Ss~ ss:y !" SSs r s s%d s
% syH o s and h. s
ss f
haze invited number Of gentlemen to meet them this
ssa's they IL. .Ss
'g%@,ssis S ssn. ss
ssus"n ynaI sns
sns entertaining the views expressed to join
The report approved, and then the following
offered by Dir. JEROME Buck and adopted
Resolved. That while anxious to repress sxtravsgant
Ss Of New
hnshsd work in and about city. That the
ultimately be done and is wiser step that the work be
want to sia. uncertain rod when may improve
Resolved That DO at taken abolish the
horde OF municipal officers that
tho substance the people and that the salaries Of
ocsrs deemed vital necessary TO conduct muni
.nd tbs, the attention Of the legislature be at once
t0sOtv
TO advance the claims any individual but is purely an
people for as%os.'ic rule cheap saxasn a. en- sh,
fraud. greed and usu.pations Of Tammany Hall.
QUEER SORT SCENE.
After the resolution had been read and approved q
gentleman named Oliver 7. Duell sprung TO his feet
and said he was opposed TO Tammany, yet the gen.
erai feeling OF the democracy was toward Tammany
Hail. and be did not tho use OF any organization
that individualizcd any one mans ambition He did
not Mr.. james UBrien any more than he did
a personality he wanted none What no wanted to
see was an organization Of the whole democracy Of
New York. and not single mans organization.
Mr.. DueIl was proceeding little further In this line
when he met with Interruptions from all Sides but he
disregarded all calls to ORDER Things were fast
coming to crisis, he said "and certainly great toll
grafton granted to the interlopcr, but
Mr. McCleland rose to point OF order, and said he
did not what application tho gcntlcmans speech
had to the question at issue.
DUELL-1 am speaking TO that question, and II tho
CnAiRMAs-T regret that you are not politician
and that you are unaware that all the men hero are
politicians and know what they are about
DuELL (wildlyl-If you attempt TO exclude me be-
cause am not politician you make great mis-
take, and III show you.
CONFUSION WORSE COMPOUNDED
Hero there we're cries from all parts Of the room to
honr no from him because the came
there o disorganizer, but II was resolved to let
him 20 on. He said, Mr. Chairman, what
! want to say Is this, that great many
Tamnany Hall, and that Mr.. John Kelly has been at
Tho bottom Of some OF those. Now. say that there
ire hundreds OF men In this city opposed to Tam
Hall Iwhn have mt WI INV nuli
rammany organizaton because they never found any
man in any anti.Tammany organization that they
. could trust In and follow.
you follow bcforcYn ''Who are you, anyhow 2''
Ex-SheriG JAMES O'BRrEN (slauding up)-Ailow me
TO ask you question, will your
DrELL (strokng his bcard)-Ycs sir.
O'BREN-Tcre you not kicked out OF Tammany
Hall somc TIME ago?
DuELL tindignanily)-No, sir; went out with
out -o The rest was lost In the nfusion that
sued, and then Mr.. james Cramer stood up and said
that this was all wrong, and that the gentleman who
had the floor was utterly out OF ordor
CHARMAs-The gentleman who has the floor IL en-
tirely out Of order and ho must take his seat
DuELL-l will not take my seat
Cries of '.sit down 10 "Tako your scat I" and amid
much commotion Ducll was brought 10 a silent and
James r. McClellaud then started out after ana was
launching out into arraignmeDt OF Tammany Hall
whom no was interrupted by Mr.. Tim Shea, who
discussion
Before adjournment the following were elected o
committee OF seven Tor purposes OF organization
George W. Mclean, Robert B. Mooney James Fitz-
Rodenbcrg ana Thomas Sullivan,
Aftcr number OF speeches, breathing eternal hos.
tility 10 Tammany Hall and love and harmony among
, the opposition, the meeting adjourned.
THE TAMMANY SOCIETY.