, 1880-03-20
TAMAIANY HALL.
The Ancient Democratic IN
stitution of New
York.
Organized to Secure spoils and Pat
j ronage- - Ottloe.Getting a
Chief End,
History Of the Oracr-Origfnnl1y Conf
posed Of Frccflolters-Thcn
Of Adult Voters.
The Cure for tho Evils Of Tammany-
Representation Of Property
Double Suffrage.

~Ao eAA0 Iva tAu t1fllo VI AAuu4huJ
Representation Of Property
Double Suffrage.
/ Inn Huren Dtnslolo In North american Rtris,e.
lit every county In tho lnitd thore Ia m fnlpcr-
feotly.tcveIopcd "1ntatnat,y- 11nlt," bearing the
| fAn,D relation to tho perfected tnnclline TINT
| Fauss's movable types wo,,li lenr to ono of
1ioos printing. presses: and It Is this faet which,
retldcrs the history of tho origin, growth, and
fnHcttons pf Tnmnany a rlar.ntlye OF general as
| we'll as u local intercst In tho United states.
Tho superior prominence and r!cturcsquencss
Of Tan,tnnny. and its ,tnrivalcsf perfection In
working power, attributable 10 the vast fleld
and grcAt prizes which 1t controls.
rATriOyAug IN NEW YDnK.
We hRvo but to consider that In Now York
thcru iB Il flowing 8trenni 0f from tx, COX, 600 to
$t00o0, ,0Mn ycaro expenditure to boinsl,lenccd;
that the Street Department atone hns l.o0Hpnyucs
on It's roll. tho School Department as tnnny more,
and tho Police md other departments Hs many
moro; that tho patronage Is nnc-fourtit as grent
as that of tho Federal Government, untl eoai to
that Of twenty second-clnss Suites cp,nli,led;
that II per cent Of tho voters by wllutn this
patronage Is to bo contrcd nro foreign born,
and % per cent moro are tho children Of foreign
born; TINT tho bulk of tho property which ia to
ply these expenditures Ia owned by 15,O00 por-
sons. while tho voters nro 140W0.-and tho
temptation md opportunity for pcrfeoting tho
roltticRl organization aro obv,ons. nut
while tho detnfls become moro COIN
plox, tho principle III grcnt cities ia
Rt11l tho same rs In Bnlnllcr constituencies
Dnttlld(css generosity ia tho key to SUCCESS IN
tho practical manipulation Of politics, Out.
sIlcrs will call It corruption. md say thAt 1t Is
tho pcnplo'a money which IS l,cing given nwny:
but those outsiders never prosper on ther
gr0WlnR, and whothcr the tnurQy 80 Hiyen
away ls that OF tho people 1r not, not dollar OF
1t s ever replovied frUtn tho tlsaccs. OF nll
American mcchnnens for tho development nf
poltlcnl generosity, Tatnmany Hall is tho most
perfect. becanae 1t HIS tho most to give nwly.
THE uusrNEss or TAMMANY HALL
Is to nominate and elect to Office. 1t docs not
concern itself to correct abuses committed Ay
Ita officers after election. or the nearly fifty
yoars since Nuw York begun to elect her Mayer,
III ls:'l, Tammany Hill hus mined tho Mayor for
thirty years; during seven ut tho remaining
twenty years tho Muynrs were Democrats who
had obtained most OF their prominence through
Tammany 4InEl-thus ieavinR only thirteen
yours to be divided between tho Nhtive-Amcrl-
Gun, Wh[g, and Republican parties. Even when
Tamlnany Hnll had nut tho Mayor, It generally
bud enough Of tho other cty auti county olNcoEs
er. To sum ID, ali tile city ind ctunty ofScors
~ iag g three.ilfths nr The ass ha!f century. and
named Ri'out thrca- rourths ut tloi1. This fnct,
Ilke .ovcry othor IN politics, haa It's ale1lato
ffsss sanay i faS's a i. % assf f assest sax e
ching, to its environments tho masses now hay
ting the voting power III Now York City.
THE TAAuANY HALL. ORGANIZATION
consists Of three parts: First, tho secret society
k'lown ns the, "Tamfnany Society, Or Cou.nbiai,
Order" which was founded fn l7S9, In the tlrst
ine"rporatcd in iNs; whIch erceto The b,iii1s S H.
On tho corner Of Nassau and Frankfort streets
formerly known rs 1'atnmnny Hull, md controls
nm
sscSy, tSe deasrni M % I'D XsseSiyi etn
District Committees of the Ta!n1na'sy IIati
ato, w!t. ,nany intermediate ehnnRc. 81 tsta. t
uo.0o0, Or twt-thtr,,s of tho. entire vofe nf tho
SIX, wii9 re- " hn.rnny WITH th9 Committees
W i1ho 'rannnv III sniatv nnssct .j " t.5,,
se"ss, m1'ugh
and /. now IN is sixta From i7so to isoo It waa
unit -uonarrhIcal md nntf- f-forcign, with Fetlcr-
@st 1ce1s a fS% s nn
snsti'qt1o #. Of cssta'n fanssd ebS,rEal eps-
tt0ns. after TIC Indian fashion. arGund council
fires at whteh tlloy slnnke tho tr!.lttonai call-
oi II 'ss oy Yf hs F a.
Many saeas1ns N hs,' Induced ths Creek Chiefs to
sayase fcntLors, nioecastns, cen, ' loEsl'Ss, le va
! !hs Crooks ct oea 9p 'S"'%Sss % ~seap 'hst &
brAvcs n,lstm.k tor tho indian inot!o nf saying
ss ofG hs faE ssersry i 5st
fergon. chtet Justtcc Jay, Gov. Oourxe Clinton.
t!rnd sachotn assured tin Creek Grnni Hncieais
ps'eE iHs s1ts G"c's md tfs nGRs s WEE w
wa.n; THO saxarnt;ro of TnrnnanY presented tho
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