The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-04-08
TAMMANY HALL AND ITS PRESENT
PROPRlETOR.i Ii

follows: ,s te,,.s 5l,-2 ,slT7,l.
"WiN you please to state for Western
Information the origin Of the Tammany
society: mean the nature of the
same-whe:her at the installation of
that now mysterious Institution, In the
last century. 1t was a religious, social,
or political club, andif incorporated by
the legislature at the time Of Its. .incer-
ton or In after years and when,it took
on the name of st. Tammany; also,
when the society fell a victim to John
Kelly, and Kelly began to trade In the
politics of the Hall. We have been un-
able to find in the chronicles Of the city
of New York any history of Tanany."
a Sun reporter took the letter to Mr..
Nelson j. Waterbury, ex Grand Sachcm
of the ancient society, and requested
him to give the desired information.
"The society was founded at tho close
Of the last century," said Mr.. Mater
bury, sand the object was to difFase a
republican spirit In antagontsnn to tho
Society of the Cincinnati, which, was
established by officers of the Esovolu-
tionary army, and was supposed to
have aristocratic, not to say monarch
tcal, tendencies. Tho principal man In
the formation OF tho society was one
John Mooney. ldon't know whether
he was native born or not, but the first
tendency of the feeling In tho society
was American. 1t also proposed at it's
start to be philanthropic, benevolent in
its scope, and, / presume, social. 1t was
not Incorporated until the next century,
not later than 1918. I don't know that
it was ever called otherwise than "The
Society Of Tamany, or the Columbian
Order.' That name never has ~hecn
dropped. E ',t 7l"" ti''@i
"Tammany Hall is merely tho name
of tho building in Fourteenth, street."
Mr.. Waterbury continued. ",Ehe soci-
ETY. is governed by n council OF sacl,ems
consisting of l3, seven Of whom arc
absolute. John Kelly, as owner Of
seven sachems, owns tho building alb
solutely, and can turn people In or out
rs he pleases. When Tweed collapsed,
Kelly saw the place empty, went. In,
took possession, and began to AL II, up
with men he could rely. on to do his
will so as to control the annual cleo
tions. The Bible describes the occur
renee and the conditions: ~.
when tho unclean spirit is gone out
of a man, he walketh through dry
places, seeking rest and findeth none.
'Then he saith, i will return into my
house from whence l came out and
when he is come, he flndeth it empty,
swept and garnished. . ...... 49,.
'Then goeth he and takcth with him
self seven other spirits more wicked
than himself, and they enter In and
dwell there; and the last state of
that man is worse than tho Grst.'-St.
Matthew. ..tn..utrt
"Furthermore," said Mr.. Waterbury,
"if the Democrats In tho society who
have not gone over to the Republicans
with John Kelly would come together
and agree to support thirteen Demo
Gratis who don't belong to any clique or
faction, but arc acceptable to tho whole
party-men of character, lidelity, and
good repute-thcy could elect them
sachems in spite of all John Kelly
could do, and could turn Kelly into
the street without the slightest DIM
Guilty."
No woman of tho wcaithicr class
earns n holiday more dcscrvcdly than
Queen Victoria. Ministers rise and
fall, and pass from active life into ease
and comparative scclusion, but tho
Queen has been continuously in official
harness since 1897, and forty-hvc ycnrs
is Il long stretch for uninterrupted work.
When her septuagcnarian Prime Min
lister was occupying his first Official
post she was already politician Of
some experience, and had discussed
great questions with tho leading minds
of the day. A woman, she began
active life when men are rcckoned
mere school boys. 81 SUPPOSE said
a gentleman TO n former Judge Advo-
cate-ticncral, "it is a mere form, your
submitting TO the Queen tho proceed
ings of courts martinl ?'' "Do you,
indeed? Well, 1 can tell you, then,
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