The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-18

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land bon reference Co. tH,ir Ill.uT bills.
IL. ..H.r rh.r..iIr N..R la TAKE oil
4l, .u.T,. is tlur i.. Wt- ignorant and
rr.r frHrnum1 rnpr ming the nature
u.u Wurh.ug ul these laws NLi,D would
.a.. -.,-.a.puu. tu much rrgl
Itn."l fa w.r.iuwHnu. and could
moi uavr resulted IA los, To
~viuu'pNurs. We iu not impU!gu the
Guyrryut's motives or Vluws, which he
has uNp.p--.d un these subjects. They
doubtless were ruu-cicutioU~ly CUu.id.
cred ia ia, discharge at his Official oh
li.utllu, aud duties. We simply OK
pressed our knowledge OF the ant tgun-
Ism against him, which existed in the
minds ui w"uTkiugmrn who composed
the bulk of the Democratic voters of the
State at New York. That the express
sion uf orr ideas us to The policy of
nominating ns q candidate tor The Prcsi-
drucy n man uguins. whom 50 much
opposition existed wlS correct, and
whether justified 10y existing circum-
stances let occurrences which have
t%ranspircd since the adjournment of the
National convention determine.
II wns nnunront. however. that the
IA H.lIHtNA A. nj sInllgH1InE WHrn l1nf nj n1lT
thiIt ms. The most conscjputinus of
ofth.m were nc,uutcd, mo doubt. by the
record of his election gS Governor of the
State of New York, and without rcilcc-
and sufficient information, deemed
IL tho part of wisdom to nominate u man
who was elected To the highest office of
state bv the phenomenal majority
OF IgI,sjl. Those prcludiced were prob
ably governed BY the antipathy that
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of tire Tammany hall organization. This
unwarrantablo prejudice existed, it
must be admitted aud that it still
exists even among men who, in other
are open to conviction. is
equally true; whence comes IL? 10 un-
haired u partisan opposition.
we do not seek 10 offer any argument or
state II undisputcd facts, which might
.percuaucc have weight with Thoughtful, !
candid minds, Indeed, il would be use
less labor, but we deem the present the
most appropriate occasion To reach the
and to diSabuse their mind OF any
lingering doubt that may exist as 10 the
integrity of this orc mization. 1t is
not unfair to clnim in approach
ing this subject that the odium
properly chargcablc to tho TaInmnny
hall organization, as il WIS ia ring
times, should not attach 10 the present
ilstilN.tlIItlll Inv tfNlNAhil6 " -NAA'f'
ion and present leadership Of Taunma-
hail, date RON 1871. the acts, dlpreda-
ions and ~cOrruptions committed by the ,
Iefuuct ring aud its Republican allies !
preceded that date, when samuel J. Til.
len, OSwold ~OLtendOricr, john Wind
.hrop, Chandler. Augustus Sclcll, John
Kelly dts present leader and others sue
,eeded in driving the corrupt leaders
of the o~rganiZatiun. They
s.,.I - ~ tEn Amman GtullnG
which indeed required herculean
strength and executive ability to
cleanse and put in order. the work of re-
order was reviewed and Il sys-
.em of fair primaries instituted in every
assembly district. n new general com
was elected, and AGAIN Tammany
IL respectable, law abiding
Democratic organization, seif-respect-
.ng and respecting he rights OF others
ion was increased to GO,OOO votes, which
number were cast for that honest. old
Democrat, Augustus Schell (now, dead)
Is II candidate for Mayor, when he was
defeated by Edward Cooper, under a
combination made by Democrats OF
posed to Tannmany Han, with the Re-
publican party of this city, upon a di-
vision of offices, which polled 10000
Votes against him.
But we have had to combat not only
false impressions as to the character Of
me ubers of II organization, which !
have been manufactured, not only to
blacken our reputation and lessen our
influence, but charges have also been
made against our political integrity and
tIIe honesty of our support given to can
didatns of the Democratic party IL has
been charged That we conspired to defeat
Tildeu and Hendricks in is7G, ana Han
and EnyIiah in ISSO and The nross
has 50 GENERALLY circulated
his atrocious slander that tv continued
renetition oveninlpartiaI men hayecome
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