St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-09
TAM MANY HALL.
A Meeting of that Organization Last
Night and Its Result.
Grady Opens With Speech Indicating
His Opposition to Cleveland

New YORK, Sept. S.-The Tammany hall
committee on organization met tonight,
John Kelly presided. The front steps and
entrance to the hall were blocked by the peo-
pie long before eight O'Clock. The first bus
iness of the meeting was the reports of dis
trict representatives. All reported voters
ready to stand by the organization, whatever
that might be. Then Gen. Spinola offered
the following resolution:
Resolyed, That it be referred to commit
tee of one from each assembly district (to
which the chairman of this convention
be added to prepare an address
and resolutions to be presented to the gen.
eral committee for its consideration at a
meeting to be held on Friday next, and that
such address and resolutions shall explain
and define the position or this organization
toward the Democracy of the state and ma
ton upon the political questions now before
the country as well as upon the action and
results of the late Chicago convention. And
that all motions and resolutions in any way
alluding to the action of said convention or
its candidates shall be referred to said COM
mittee without debate.''
The resolution was received with applause.
Ex-senator Grady was loudly called for. AS
he arose he was cheered. He said:
81 rise principally for the purpose of say
ing to you l have taken no side in support of
or against any candidate, nor will l take a
side until Tammany hall, in its meeting of
the general committee, has spoken. A
plause. | am involved in no deal, nor am
1 engaged in transferring any vote other
than nv own. never was in the market in
political campaign, and l don't propose to
in this selection of candidate
as my notion of honesty, uncompromisiug
fearless manhood and sterling unadulterated
Democracy, dictate and maintain. As IN
| derstand it the resolution before the COM
mittee calls for the appointment of a sub
committee to declare Tammany's position.
When the declaration is made shall try to
show those who masquerade to-day under
the name of Democrats have proved them
selves to be the enemies of five millions of
men who make up the party. l have no
! desire to dictate here. l will give
before the general committee the
reasons that actuate my course. l
/ will follow to the far end, wherever it may
| lead, the course 1 have begun, because 1 be-
| gan it for conscience sake alone. If there
be men who forgive enemies l am one who
| follows an enemy through thick and thin,
returning fire for fire, until one or the other
goes down. have no personal grievance
with Gov. Cleveland. l shall speak from
the record and l will ask to be ostracized
from all decent society if cannot point to
corruption stalking straight to the door of
the executive mansion, and knocking at the
door and coming out Of the door with all that
corruption sought at the expense of the peo-
pie, if 1 cannot prove that bribes known to
fail in the assembly i'll 1888 were placed too
near Mr.. Cleveland, that if he does not have
the money ne can get it at any time, if 1
cannot prove that I am not what profess to
be.
Grady was frequently interrupted by ap-
plause. The resolutions were unanimously
adopted, and committee composed OF dis
trict leaders appointed, and the meeting
| adjourned