New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-14

tanea rrvew of the sta ccs OF progrcss BY which MI
o'Moaghcr having landed In New-York many 90
cured almost q sovereign influence In It's mun'c'ps
affairs and yet they too interesting 70 JUSTLY
their entire omission. He first won place IN tn'
hearts of the American people by discovering 20 them
his vonder.r fstic attachments. From small ana
unuoted rings he steadily and grandly rose Until tho
newspapers overlooked with the details OF n, os'"os
With the eminent Mr.. Muldoon, with Fon-ri"eorca
Jake with tho Canarsie Bantam, with Billy tho Beat
and with other equally distinguished gcn'iome" :"
equally portentous titles and at last none was 10 DO
found capable Of wthstanding the onslanRh' OF inc
aroused Mr. O'Mcsgher. When he went forth IN ooss
,rr.v bc,ts and and chains and plates OF gold
armorrd him from head to heel and diamonds ~ large
n pigeons eggs bazed respendenty from ovcry avail
able nook and corner all over his MUSCULAR oHPanso'
Mr. O,Mracher,s retirement from tho ring was
rendered Inevitable by tho fact that no ono "ouio
enter It with him. and he found himself compoheo
to employ his talents in other fields OF iaoor'
10 this extremity he resolved to 20 into politics. ana
az an earnest Of this intention he fitted up now ana
gorgeous saloon 1t was a novelty In its way, Win
its tiled floors its decorated walls, Its costly ana
beautiful paintings It's rare tapestries us s'"'ues ~
bronze and marble, its heavy, oakcn oar eho 10
pyramids Of tho finest cut glass-and when no 'hr"
opcn to the public he celebrated tho occasion ny
formally accepting Tammany nomination. ior ''n
gross. a.,
In tho halls Of the National Legislature MI
oMeaehcr soon let It DO known that he cared not VINO
made the country's laws. long as fair proportion
| of bis constituents supplied with p1aces anu
pensions and his aggressive and SUCCESSFUL enapo
| ship Of this principle won for him PROUD po'f
ton IN the councils Of HIS party. He was irienu
| the common people, and the commoner tho peopo ""
frfendlier he was, UNTIL having clearly estaohshso
III. claims IN lcadersb,u In obedience to the summons
Of his orpanlzaton he gave himself to the manage
ment OF its destlnies ~,
| It was as the Boss OF Tammany Hall that MI
| Doyle OMeagher's genius attained It's isrsoe' a''o
| highest development. Notwithstanding the oppos
ton OF rival factions engaged in bitter competition
with Tammany Mr.. O'Meagher contrVeo 10 let "u'
the ofices at larger commission rates than Tammang
had ever received before Under no previous BOSS
had Tammanys heelcrs enjoyed such vast opportunities
for business" 1t was all in vain that envious and
less gifted bosses sought to undermine ana ooposo
him. Steadily and courageously he pursued MS
policy Of reducing the labor OF selfgovernment 10
Individual citizens until he had placed their taxes az
q maximum and their trouble at a minimum. They
had but to pay, Mr.. OMeaghcr did all the piping anu
all the dancing too.
He was in capital humor as he dropped the
Den with which he had written his own naIpo as that
OF the Mayoraity candidate for whom he had hnauy
decided to throw his important influence, and when
Roy entered with the information that Major Tun was
below, the Hon. Doyle o'Meashcr was actually
whistling.
"Tun,' he said. GOOD, I'm wanting Tuh. Send
Tuf up'
TUT entered. Tufts hat was new and high ana
| shiny. Tufts hair all agow with bears grease.
TUFTS eyes were small and snappy. Tufts nose was
nat end wide and snubby. Tufts cheeks were big
and bony. Tufts cigar was long and black TlhS
lips were thick and extensive. Tufts neck was huge
and short. Tufts coat was heavy blue one that
did for an ovcrcoat, too Turf wore diamonds as
big as his knuckles Tufts scarf was red. Tun $
waistcoat was yellow and every color known to the
spectroscope was employed to make up Tufts copous
trousers.