New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-21
TEE TANNANY LEGISLATTRE.

The worst Legislature that ever cursed the
State of New York with bad laws or diSgTaccd
free institutions by constant and continuous
exhibition of bad manners and bad morals, adj
iourns to-day 1t has made the most infamous
record of lying, thieving and stealing partisan
ship of the whole century. 1t is not necessary
TO recapitulate the shameful catalogue OF its
crimes against honest elections, against an up
right Judiciary, against justice and fair play,
against the entire body of citizens and tax
PAYERS. The whole interval between the rape
of the State Senate and the brazen vndlcatlon
of the chief criminal in the transaction has
been occupied with devsing and carrying out
partisan schemes for perpetuatlng the sway OF
Tammany Hall over the State and extending
it as far as possible over the Nation. 1t has
stopped at nothing, hardly hesitated at any
step in its progress, even when the outrageous
character of some of its transactions reused
public Indignation and excited popular up
rising.
The mischief is done. 1t is no doubt true
that many of those who were instrumental IN
bringing this Legislature upon the state and
putting a weak fgurehead for David b. Hill
i'm the chair of the Executive are sincerely sorry
for the mischief they have caused. since Mr..
Hill began his Vaccinations for SEEING the
Senate there probably has not been an hour III
which they have not contemplated their cam
paien work with modification and shame. he
Legislature has performed scarcely single
act in which they can take either pride or salts
faction. and the Governor they were so fierce
to elect has turned out to be ridiculous mo-
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uncommonly bad piece of work on their part.
The worst of it all is that they not only Sinncd
against light last fall but that there is no reason
to doubt even now, after their notifying OK
perience of the last four or five months that
some of the most prominent and influential OF
them would do the same thing over again under
similar circumstances. Grover Cleveland would
take the stump for Hills ticket. MesSrs. air
child and Anderson and the rest would fall
into line in support of the creatures OF Tam
MANY, and "Thc NcwIork Times would oc-
cupy itself chiefly with discoursing upon the
iniduity Of a Republican member of Congress
whose name appeared on circular asking for
subscriptions TO the usual campaign fund
Indeed, it is extremely probable that within
a few months we shall see them repeating the
performance of last fall. They may not be
urging their friends 10 vote for the man who
organized that conspiracy, for it is not likely
that David b. Hill will be the candidate but
they will be working side 10y side with David Is.
Hill and Richard Croker, and Isaac ii. May
nard and Sheehan and Bush and the whole lot
of them. and in the Tammany interest. We
do not doubt that they are sincerely sorry for
the wretched work they made Of it last fall.
but we are very much afraid that their SORROW
is mainly because the Albany creatures have
so OverdOne their work as to create "a popular
reaction against Tammany and the Democratic
party Honest voters who were mislcd by these
so-called reformers last fall will do well to
make something more than a mere passing note
of the transactions at Albany of the last four
or five months. They contain rather an i'm
portant lesson for the future. They arc the
ripe fruits of Tammany and only what may
be expected whenever Tammany gets its OPP
nnrtunitY.