Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-09-19
Tammany Hall Will Support
Cleveland.

Cleveland.
4. The long expected and anxiously
awaited meeting Of the general commit
tee Of Tammany Hall was held on last
Friday evening, at which it was to de-
eide whether the organization would
endorse Cleveland aud Hendricks. AS
:1ammany Hall prides itself as being the
oldest political organization in the
United States, and boasts of its steadfast
adllerance 10 the Democratic party, it
was never seriously doubted but as an
organization it would endorse the DEM
ocratic national ticket. AT this meeting
q long address was read in which a
history ofthe organization was given, and
it contained clauses relative the parties
and candidates, closing with al endorse
ment of cleveland and Hendricks. Much
OF the address is decidedly distasteful to
Democrats, as it tells unpleasant truths
about feeling the laboring men have for
Coy. Cleveland and also refers unfavor-
ably to his ability. Democrats were
anxious for Tammany's support, and
now that its pledged they don't seem
satisfied. The following quoted para.
graphs are taken from the address:
THE people Of New York city de.
manded to have the Elevated railroad
corporations confined to legitimate re-
turns for capital invested in the valuable
franchise which was conferred on them
by the city and the state. After a pro-
longed struggle with all she,4ohuencts
that capital Can employ, labor secured a
victory in the legislature, only to be
thwarted by veto in the executive
chamber"
Grover Cleyeland was governor of New
York at that time. and Tamlnany hall
thus plainly charges him with "favoring
monopolles as against the people. In
another place the address says:
"A bill limiting the hours of labor of
car drivers and conductors passed the
legislature. 1t was met with an execu-
tive veto and killed, thereby continuing
the hardships of an honest, overworked
body of men. Laborers and mechanics
ofthe state sought to protect themselves
from loss at the hands Of dishonest con
tractors and employers, and caused TO be
passed by the Legislature an act giving
liens Of mechanics and laborers priority
over all others. This also suffered the
same fate. We might add and enumer-s
'ote other instances, but we haye shown
sufficient to have warranted even stronger
opposition on our part to the nominee Of
the Dem ocraticss party than we made a,
Chicago **.* Our opposition was
without personal feeling and rose from
our intimate knowledge of the sentiments
ofthe~ toiling masses of our state as to
the course Of Gov. Cleveland in reference
to their labor bills. The most charitable
view to take of: his course is that he was
Ignorant and uuenlighteDed concerning
the nature and workings of those laws,
which would have occasioned so much
real benefit to the workingmen and
could not have resulted in loss to en-
ployer.. = * * We simply expressed
our knowledge of the antagonism against
him which existed ia the minds of the
workingmen who compose the bulk of
the Democratic voters oftke state of New
York. That our expression of ideas as
to the policy of nominating as a candi.
date for the presidency that man against
whom so much opposition existed was
correct, and justified by existing cmum-
stances, let occurrences which q have
transpired since the adjournment of the
national convention .detern ine.''
-: Leading members Of the meeting pro-
tested against the endorsement of the
presidential ticket, and their anti-Cleve-
land speeches were loudly cheered. OF
the members voting (only asmall portion
of the member answered to their names)
great majority favored adopting the
address.