The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-17

1t 10 reported that Mr.. Cleveland since
the cleo ton has treated the leaders Of
Tammany with ili-disguised contempt.
He does not conceal his belief that the
Hon. Edward Murphy, of Troy, n. Y, the
Tammany candidate for the United
States senate. is a person totally unfit to
be a member of that body, and he re-
Gently ignored the invitation of the Saga
more Club to be present at a banquet given
In honor Of Mayor-elect Gilroy. Lieut..
Gov. Sheehan was present; United States
Senator David b. Hill and Gov. Flower
sent warm congratulations and regrets at
their inability to be present. but Mr..
Cleveland, who was in the city, not only
failed to be present but did not even reply
to the invitation.
If Mr.. Cleveland has decided to treat
Tammany with deserved contempt he has
come to q wise decision: he certainly can
afford to ignore Tammany. and if he has
any of the old Adam in him he will lose
no chance during his presidential term to
discredit and destroy as far as possible
the prestige and influence Of this piratical
annex of the Democratic party. Tam
many told the Chicago convention that
New York could not possibly be carried
for Cleveland, and the Tammany orators
lost no chance in public and private of
abusing him to their hearts content. Mr..
Cleveland's nomination was a blunt an
nouncement to Tammany that the ma
tional Democracy either believed that Tam
many did not know what it was talking
about or that il lied in order to
persuade the Chicago convention to nom-
mate David B. Hill or one of David b.
Hills political bottle holders. Tammany
went home, and was compelled to choose
between jumping upon the Cleveland band
wagon and driving or being run over.
Mr.. Cleveland was elected, and now TAM
many finds out that the privilege of driv-
ing the Cleveland band wagon in the EN-
pire state Is about all the reward they are
likely to receive for supporting the ticket.
Mr.. Cleveland evidently does not propose
to let Tammany drive the band wagon of
his administration. and is evidently quite
willing to drive it himself over the Tam
many leaders if they undertake to seize
his horses by the bits and rudely bid him
to "throw up his hands" and deliver his
patronage.
Mr.. Cleveland has an opportunity. such
as seldom comes to . president. to do his
party vast service by cutting it completely
loose from the degrading domination Of
Tammany. He is not likely to be candi-
date for third term; both policy aad
patriotism bid him do the best for his own
fame and the welfare of his party by pull
ing the king bolt out of the Tammany
wagon; he could do his country a great
and memorable service and square accounts
with ring of detestable political pirates
and robbers who did their best to cut his
neck at Chicago. if he uses his great
opportunity to discredit, demoralize and
wreck the Tammany machine with re-
morseless energy and determination. It
is true. of course. that on the ruins of the
Tammany machine another Democratic
machine would be sure TO arise, but it
would in all probability be q legitimate
partisan political machine, not, what
Tsmmany is. a municipal pirate ship.
a Democratic municipal machine organ
lied and managed by such men a. William
C. Whitney and ex-Mayor Grace would, Of
course, be intensely partisan, but it would
not be destitute of respect for patriotic con-
sicerations of public decency and honest
financial administration of public trusts;
IL would not be an organization whose
chief business was to study how to rob a
great city with impunity. Tammany has
been fairly described by an old-time DEM
ocrat as not party: as without principles
or platform: il fights only for itself 1t
Is political militarism, whose rank and
file arc the enrolled and enlisted ignor-
ant. venai and depraved voters. 1t
studies the viii OF the saloonkeepers.
the gamblers. the brewers ana that
vast class which. II not open crimi-
mails. have strong leanings toward law
lessness; the class that are absolutely
destitute of patriotism, local, state or
national, and have no other aim in life
save to rob themselves rich out of the
exchequer of the public. The cohesive
power of public plumber; plumber I'M
covered or plumber scented and 10 be
ulttmSteay disIosCkca Ai8 InsEkcu Tor
theft, IL the force of attraction that makes
every man in Tammany stand shoulder TO
shoulder.
Tammsny Is the most soydid selfish
ness and gros.est depravity Of human
nature organized for the sake of spoil.
From the days of Andrew Jackson Tam
many has been training school for
municipal. stste ard Federal thieves
United States Collector Swsrtwout, United
etates District Attorney Price and Post
master Isaac V. Fowler. who together
robbed the national treasury Of more than
million II dollars, were all Tammany-
ties. Jackson appointed Swartwout in
1879 20 please Tammsny. IN spite OF the
earnest protest of Van Bugen that II was
urfi; 20 be made. and he robbed the gov
eminent every year Of his seven years
&C service under Jackson, his detalca-
ton being unknown until his successor
discovered H. The Tweed ring robbers
xeSs al Tammanyites; 10 were the judges