New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-30
THE TdMHANY CONVERTS.

Some Of our Democratic contemporaries pub
lish list of the more prominent recent ac-
cessons 10 Tammany from tho County De-
mocracy the Republicans and various other
organizations which have been ciasscd here
tofore as anti-Tammany. Numerically IL j.,
quite formidable As procession it Ia, inter
c,tng features Were all these people march
ing 10 the polls with votes in their hand, just
before an election it would have very great
significance. 1t would be announced in head
lines and large type and spread ont in double
leads. would furnish an occasion for great
hi'arity IN Fourteenth Street and every man
in the long line Of converts would have 4 bio
graphical sketch Of his lifo and times and pub
lie services that would make tho friends Of the
family proud. But somehow the headlines are
lacking, the type Is ordinary, the hllarity by
no means boisterous, and the sketche, for the
most part condensed. synoptcal and nimpas-
stoned And yet it is a good deal Of a pro-
ccssion the strength Of Tammany must be
greatly increased by il. 1t includes, among
other persons Of prominence, "Tim' Campbell,
Charles a. Jackson and Hugh o. Pcntecost.
We presume that what checks the enthusiasm
and subducs the mirthful spirit Of tho organ
zation which these persons have so powerfully
reinforced is the circumstance that they did
not arrive earlier no doubt there is Turk
ing suspicion that their late arrival is due to
an intelligent but not entircly unsellish dis
elimination between the trumpet call and the
dinner. bell and that the Tammany ticket which
tho new corners are tumbling over each other
to " 90 for' is ticket for soup.
Not,yitbcton1inu .bir ,pparon. ,ootnoc. ~, a. d.
part Of Tammany, that organization deserves
credit for the humanity 1t has shown in taking
these wanderers in at time when it had no
immediate use for them and giving them seats
at the common table. 1t is not likely that
many Of them will be served with the regular
courses, as owing to the great influx of now
arrivals, there will hardly be enough 10 90
round, but they will at least have the oppor-
tunity OF witnessing the distribution, and per
haps waiting on the table, and then there will
be the satisfaction Of listening 10 the speeches
when the coffee is served and Joining in the
a plauso The recruits from the County De
mooracy will naturally receive the most con-
sideration, it being understood in Tammany
that the County Democracy has served simply
as recruiting station for the parent society.
and that in any real emergency it would CO.
operate with the latter to "achieye clean GOV
eminent" as Mr.. Jackson expresses it, by di-
vlding the offices. The same may be said. it
is true Of the Republican leaders" SO called.
who appear in the procession. They havo for
several years been in accord with Tammany
upon every great issue in which diyvy" was
involved, and 50 have rendered essential ser
vice to that organization. But they can hardly
expect good seats at the table Immediately.
Their usefulness as Tammany Republicans has
been impaired, and they must undergo Il period
Of probation before attaining full recognition
Upon the whole, we regard the procession
into Tammany not merely with philosophy but
with considerable satisfaction as an cncoura ging
sign in local politics. We rejoice to see all
these people who have long been in sympathy
with Tammany and have acted with it in every
important emergency-the men who have been
instrumental In all the disgracefM "deals''