The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-02-22
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more "A month ago the glorious
Democracy Of the Empire State began
to assemble at Albany with their noses
IN the an. They had gained famous
victory, and the Republicans were sub
dned IN both branches, Of the, Legisla-
ture. There was no danger from Tam
snzny- mot o bit Of it. 1. A Democrat wxs
2 Dem ocrat. the world over and the
handful OF Tammanyites would come
into ine at the word. They were
Trainur, Boyd and Grady in the Senate
Just the number that would have srf-
need on q certain memorable occasion to
save Sodom-snd Began, Costello,
Maher, Patten, and Sheehy. In the AS
sem6iy The presence Of these men
would prevent the, Republ blicans from
organizing either House. and who, read
@g i5ey sns Names sae sOSla aSgst that
old Jeffersonian pf3nciples. to hesitate
about joinine Ham ds With tie great party
nurtured by Silas Wright, Martin W an
Buren and Bill Tweed? '-i- II y 8,
But there was . certain man down at
the City of New York named John
Kelly. Now this John had gone up to
Syracuse in 1879 with seventy-two good
men and true, to prevent the renomina-
non of Governor Robinson. Failing in
that, these three score and one dozen
statesmen had walked out of the Con-
vention in Indian file,. as Tammany
braves should, and proceeded TO nomi-
nate their leader for the Goyernorship,
whereby they threw the election into the
hands of the Republicans. John remeln-
bered all this. and so did the Tilden
Democracy, who had stuck ,by Robin-
son, and when the Tammany forces put
on their war paint and went to Cincin-
matt the next year. they were kindly but
firmly kept out Of the seats they claimed.
Mr.. Tilden was not Nominated, and
John was overjoyed at that. and he was
further placated by, being invited to
speak from the platform in support of
the nominations his enemies had made.
But John did not doubt that the les
son he had taught the party in his own
State, and the quasi-recognition be had
got from the National Convention at
Cincinnnti. would insure respectful treat
ment in the nominating Convention at
Albany last October, and so he chartered
= train of parlor cars and band OF mu-
sic, and rigged up his men in light over
coats, stovepipe hats and kid gloves
made of Il large skins Of goats They
covered the cars with patriotic notices,
hoisted flags on the locomotives, hung
banners from the, windows and the rear
platform, and proceeded up the Hudson
River, desolating restaurants and beer
shops by the way. Arrived at Albany,
they run their train upon side track,
formed in procession and marched
through the streets to the inspiring
strains of ssThe Irish Washerwoman,H "
and received salute of Aprons and pill
low-cases waved from the upper win
dows of the Delayan House by all the
chambermaids in the city. In due time
they presented themselves in Tweddle
Hall, and were. to use no very violent
figure Of speech. kicked down stairs.
ALI these things John treasured up in
his heart, and they are fresh in the
minds Of all the Democrats OF the State
of New York at the present day.
When the Legislature met a day or
two after New Years, with the balance
Of power in John Kelly's hands. he did
not charter any railroad trains, or go to
see anybody. He sat down and waited.
When inquiries came, he told the breth-
rem what he wanted He did not care
to have q Tammany man elected Speak
er of the Assembly or President pro
tenn. of the Senate. Tammany repre-
sented the people and proposed to Keep
the monopolists down and out =. 1t fur
thermore represented great city, and
would see that only proper Legislation
was had touching municipal corpora
tions- Tammany must have strong
showing on the Railroad Committees
1t was there that money might be used
could not be trusted Tammany must
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affairs in charge. lest the rights of cities
might be tampered with so as to af-
feet Important elections. Then there
was n great bonanza of patronage
in the way of minor Offices and appoint
ments, and of this Tammany must have
a ..fair proportion. Mr.. Jacobs must
not be Speaker. The anti-monopolists
had no confidence in him. Certain
other men must also beexcluded from
the Speakership, but Tammany would
help to. elect a safe and proper Speaker
If q satisfactory candidate could be se-
lected. ~, 80 ,,sei~, ii 3
But the regular Democracy would not
be dictated to by these partisan out
laws, and so they began to ballot, and
they baIloted week after week with the,
fesh-pots. which they could not touch,
steaming up into their nostrils. Kelly
knew his men and waited for the flesh
pots to do their work. They did it yes
terday, and the choicest viands were
passed over to the Tammany plate. The
division is not yet completed, but the
bargain is made. fSIirA 4. -,.Jr. ~, lo
Thus ends a contest remarkable even
in New York politics, which gives to
Tammany, represented by five men in
the Assemhlv and three in the Senate