The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-29
"Iiill and Tnmmany."

York comes to have his incredible double.
barrelled efficiency. How does he manage
both to slaughter his most dear ones and
promote his most hated ones. every time?
II Ia d puzzle to tho outsider. but not to
one who knows human nature. MugwumI
nature, and whit Tammany Is. and what
New York is.
Tnmmany is the well-known name OF now
tho sole Democratic organization In New
York city Of any Importance politically. the
Manhattan Club being merely q social rem.
| devious Of Democrats. Out OF nearly 249 600
votes cast in New York city last fall. the
Tammany candidates received from $4,000
to 10000. The highest County Democracy
candidate received 1882.
Many time in the past the votes Of the
Democracy OF New York city have been the
last unbroken barrier against Republican
misrule. saving the State Democracy. saw
ing the Democracy OF the United States.
The key to the New York political puzzle
| Is just this:
| For years tho Mugwump press has daily
assaled the chosen leaders Of Tammany as
| corrupt. and their followers as tho "semi-
| criminal classes" For seven years Gov
| ernor HILL has been so lucky as to share
with them its daily defamation. Mr.. CLEvK-
LAND has experienced its praise.
Governor HILL. Of HILL and Tammany,"
Is in fact an upright up-couutry Democrat.
who has no especial relation with Tammany
any more. at most. than he has with HUGH
MCLAUGHLIN. the grand old Brooklyn boes.
and the Brooklyn Democracy. But outside
OF New York and Brooklyn all the way from
Montauk Point to Chautauqua, Governor
HILL la himself tho prominent country
boss. He was brought forward for the first
time conspicuously to the public OF this
State. when q young man. by Governor
T1LDEN to help him finish up the purgation
OF Tammany In the TWEED times. and espe-
cially. after the detection Of Speaker Ma
CURE Of Elmira. to aid In the defeat OF the
Canal Ring. By Mr.. TILDEN he was always
advised and steadily promoted with unwa-
vering confidence and mutual devotion. until
the death of that great statesman. six years
ago. Mr.. MANN1Nas end being plainly
near. HILL then took, by natural inhcri-
lance and deserved succession, the leader
ship which Mr.. TILpEN laid down only with
his life. With one regretted exception. Mr..
SMITH NJ. WEED Of Plattsburgh. he has been
upheld in that trust by all the intimate.
personal. and political friends Of Mr.. TIL
DEN ever since. and is now not only the
recognized leader OF the Democratic party
throughout tho State. but. unlike his prede-
cessors during JOHN KELLY's last years. he
has the support Of Tammany us we'll.
It is q most remarkable career. The def
erence to His counsels among Democrats in
State Conventions and In the State Legls-
latures has been unprecedented and almost
universal. No Democrat pretends to dis
pute or divide with him the credit OF lead
ing his party through u succession Of
victories. tho last the greatest. to its pres
ent supremacy In the State Of New York.
Tammany has the advantage OF an his
toric name as old as the republic. 1t hos
tho disadvantage. In Its name. Of recalling
tho memory Of brief TWEED" regime.
After its purgation. begun by Democrats.
continued by Democrats. completed by
Democrats. JOHN KELLY was put at its head
by the best Democrats In New York. He
preferred not to drop the name Tam
many" and his wish was respected. His
successor by natural selection Is RICHARD
CROKER; and Tnmmany Is now practically
the. whole organized Democracy OF New
York city, and will continue such SO long
as it gives to New York city a good and an
increasingly good. city Government.
The County Democracy Of New York city
| was the last to he defeated and disinte-
grated by Tammany. and IL now invisible
and unregarded at State Conventions. Mr..
WHITNEY is Its best-known chief. The Mug
wumped Mr.. CoUDERT is another. Ex-
Mayor GRACE is it's foremost leader an able
| ho
hacker OF the CLEyELAND-Mugwump Con-
vention. Tho real purpose Of his excur-
slons through tho State is local. to rein
state here an opposition to Tammany-
| there being no case against the city Gov
ernment--by means Of Federal patronage
In New York city as a nucleus. Mr. GRAcR's
| political Importance comes from his wealth
and his political sagacity. which have led
him to become an owner In tho New York
Times. morning Mugwump journal. sup
porting Mr.. CLEVELAND. and to select
Presidential year for his row-de-dow
against +" HILL and Tammany."
Tho Mdgwump vote may be few hun
dreds. 1t has never yet In New York stood
up to bs counted. Election statistics show
no trace OF Its existence as Vulnerable
quantity. Its existence would not be sus-
pected In New York except for the proof Of
it's power In repelling votes. At that
point Its power Is always appreciable. often
| destructive.
The Mugwump lever Is the Mugwump
press. It's present fulcrum Is CLEvELAND's
consent TO be candidate. and to dispense
In his candidacy with the nomination OF his
own State. twice already bestowed upon
him. and ON third occasion. after defeat.
| unanimously bestowed elsewhere.
The Mugwump theory Is the moral supe-
rlority OF tho Mugwump to the Democrat.
HILL and Tammany." In Mugwump eyes.
are "an audacious band Of political brig
ands." with whom the Mugwump scorns to
consort except ns their moral conductor.