The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1888-07-14

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|despotIsm were the secrets of its
invincble unity. The Withdraw
al from politics, followed shortly
by the death of the old chleftain
who made things pretty lively in
his day, dispelled that illusion. !
Tammany Hall is more solid aud
more powerful to-day than ever |
before, and the secret OF it is Its
wonderful system of organization.
Dividing the Democratic, vote
with Tammany and having almost
precisely the same voting strength
is the County Democracy ,-Irv-
ling Hall being only reminiscence,
| with tombstone at each end.
ss'The Counties as the organiza-
tion ls popularly called, is also
admirably organized and ofiicered.
| Not in years before, have these
two great branches of the New
York Democracy, been cordially
united in a presidential campaign.
Men who We're boy SIN 1876, read
J lily recall the CLEAN of the toma.
hawk when the cry went up for
Tilden. Two years later the
braves got lost completely in the
: fog and wandered from the camp
OF their fathers, defeating Robin
son for Governor. That was the
: reason, perhaps. WHY they got
: credit for kniiing Hancock in
1880, for the truth of history does
! not seem TO have justified that at
!. the time very general lmputation.
l The Chicago incident of four years
$ ago, with Big Chief Cochran
: reaching fsrcelg for the to,elock
n Of the s.Man of Destiny" Is fresh
e enough IN all minds. But to-day
+ these two great forces are abso-
!, lutely one III their desire for the
d election Of the Democratic ticket
It ard the pfon,otian Of the princi-
e pies enunciated in the platform.
y 1t was the ssCounties'' turn tc
ratify Thursday night, and great
were the preparations therefor
They hired the largest hall they
g. could get, put Speaker Carlisle
at the top of their bill, and Sc
in to celebrate in a manner befit
ting the occasion. Everything
IT was propltious, except the wealth
is er. The wind blew a living gal,
!, and rain fell in torrents, but New
% York Democrats don't perml
ic such trlfes to damper their en-
it thusiasm when there is any fun
t. on hand. Twenty thousand voter
O. turned outin the storm, so man
a that another great hall had to b
at brought into requIsition to accom-
le MEDIATE the oveif flow. Speake
ID Carlisle made great speech, a
en- is his custom. Gov. Hill, Di:
IL trict Attorney Fellows, Congress
man Mcmillan, OF Tennessee, cor
de tributed to the oratorical ment
n. The latter took his text from th
ti- tariff and got about as much al
nd pIause as Speaker Carlisle.
he In very mournful contrast WI
de the Republican ratification NEE
irg held the night after. A seal
rk five thousand people sat throue
sth it. The front seats Were pr
iii empted by a select coterie OF mi
80 lionaire potentates, who had be'
So counted on to dazzle such cor
of mon-place citizens as might ha
ice pen to be present. 1t was
of demonstration of sympathy fl
for Mouey-bags Morton, Ia sort
ON Levi-and- Ben Wall Street circu
to with Col. Bob lngersoll as rim
f a master and the ancient Horr,
ast Michigan, as tue trick-mule. L
rly ancientHorr worked offa number
in Northwestern chestnuts and ma
ge, himself generally agreeable aft
est his fashion. Curiously enoug
18th he began his remarks with qu
is tation from the Bible. Some W
bor In the audience turned the met
ties ing into bear-garden, by ch
ans lenging the correctness of the a.
will tation and appealing to Ipgers
lst, to sustain him. The latter did,
hit believe in the Bible any mere ID
he did that the Democratic tict
the would be elected. Coupling Il
ok with his late Burchardian expo
of ence at Chicago, when he punch
ing all che wind out Of the Gresh
p bladder, "a reckless uewspal
old scribhler has limited that 3
hen Piatt is preparing psycho-pol
any cal brochure on ssThe Mistakes
1t Ingersolr, 10 be Published ca
APP in November.
ical FRANK E. FAUsaAN
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