, 1879-06-20
A DIVIDED DEMOCRACY,

| Tho Fight Hotwoon E1-Gov. Ti!louss
Friends aud 'sHoss" John Ke,ly-pen
Picture nf William NJ. Tweed's Successor.
Gerrts0"ndehce Cincinnati Gazette.
New YORK, June 14.-rl,e Democracy Ia tl5ts
city aud State were never more thoroughly dlYd-
Cd than now. Ts,eE1eat bone OF cnhtcnton on ono
sido Ia Cnclc Sam Tildcn,-on the otlIer, the to-
called or aurnancd "IIoucstn John Kelly.
Kelly, haylMg succeeded II, capturing again tho
control Ut Ta1nmany Hall. has atso under
his pol!,tcal thumb the board Of Alder
men of thia ctty,-a body Of queer Statesmen,
with few exceptions Tic Board On the lot
Of January was In favor Of standing by
ausi.Tammany and Mayor Cooper, but KeIly's
tactics bas converted u majority, a,,l, as thu
New York Aldermen are nbout political half
In tho politics OF the city, the capture Is one Of
which Loss Kelly nud Ills. friends hayo every
reason to be proud. Kully Is determined to hold
full sway ia tic city, and Is now laylng ILLS puns
to have his own why In tile State.
oc5a ns Is sts to asurH tue sn, Sen De%
~! deeuty !a!1., II 91 captures lint
Kernai. mid Would:be Hov. porshencr
1rs Gss asE snsIaS ey M es,od !" this M S,' s Nem Il y qs
Democracy 10 hold their state Conventions In
Syracuse. For many reas0na faction OF the
democracy opposed to rtlden aro anxious to
r hayc ,he next Convention meet ~ th!s city.
racy is almost equally divided between Tilden.
ites and auti. .Tiouitcs, assl II Is almost con
ssded . that the raE tas ant bobai m ot tle Now
Kelly. can control that Convention by fair
mcaus or by foul. 1t 10 an easy thing to park
It. and as the political morals of Now York
Democrat arc not of The highest ullcr, tile
chief wtlo will distribute the most money mud
Joan Kelly would willingly earrit|ce the State
II hu could lefcnt thH political inhibition of
Itlden md secure The control ot Tammany mil
tho Offices in New York City all to hl,nsolf uni
boss Kelly is m able lcadsr, a shrena workrr,
MI adrolt wIrcpulcr, aIlu IL credited personally
with holnE tnan VIII! clean hands nud honest
Instincts. but politically hu is QUO of the most
unecrupnsous aeapots tl,at over obtained p!aea
alN! power, as,tl presents ous o[ the most re-
markablo cnignas cYtr given to tho body
polite to solye. llIs code Of M,oraities would
puzzle re- old philosopher Pluto. How. tha
John Kelly. tho ranmauy Chist, is ~ hard to
aolye ~ one Ut Lord Dnndrcary's " Brother
sam'a" asroctolis cohundrums.
Tan'many Hall, under Kclly's ilissatlon, to.
luz oil!eogettlng, ulllco-hodtng otlgair,lus llnt
ot the State Of New lorx Is especially tlissraced
hy ths .'ayls l. mandates that ea'anato from tho
councils of Tanmnuy, alld the National Do
1norracy u equally disgracsl by thu assumption
Ut the rotten cabal In presenting ITSELF 10 lilo
world - the expoieut OF those great ana
healthy principles which, practically carried out,
quarter Of . century Tausplany liaIl has bceu
simply "onena,l power" wtlich one maj,
power, counla Of DECADES ago, culnuated In
the most stupendous tl!eyeTY, the uost ~
founding rasealisy, she most Startling, bold
knavcry tllat tho world ever Witnessed. 11lu
monstEous wholesale stcaitnGs OF tito gang of
villains tiIua led Tamsnany Hall were t,V icvti-
lnate trutta ot t!lst pecu!ar organization. Kcl-
ly's tanls nre corrupt enough, but Aa Is, not
NithataMdnlg h!a lcspottsn., given creAi. tor b.
tng an honest man. Yet We arc aver Yemtnurtl
ia this anomalous plcturo OF the modern Cmaaf,
that
Strange, aueh difference thcFo should b.
TWixt tweedlu dunn and twecdo dee.
Though Bots Kelly does not permit stealing
and financial fraud TO be connected with biz
olgarchy, llo keeps up an official ex pcndItuIe OF
stupeudous cxtrayaganee. Ae could, he saw