Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-03
TAMMANY IN rRE CAMPAIGN.
How 1t Redeemed Its Pledge to Support {
Democratic Nominee.

How II Redeemed Its Pledge to Support the
Democratic Nominee.
'whoever may be nominated by the demo.
cratic national, convention the democracy oil
Tammany Hall will be found arrayed solidly
behind him, where the fight is at its thickes,
and where the work is hardest and we will roll
up so great a plurality for him here in the city
that the republicans will be swamped at the
Harlem"
30 spoke Congressman ". Bourke Cochran
to the general committee Of Tammany Hall at
Its April meeting in 1892.
The committee Numbered out its approval to
these sentiments. for Mr.. Cochran was speak
ing of the organization at large.
How well this promise has been kept 10 now
known to the democrats OF the nation.
The Tammany delegates to the Chicago con-
vention stood loyalty by Senator Hill-for
whom they we're instructed by the New York
state democratic convention-to the end.
From the very moment when Mr.. Cleveland
was nominated by the convention they became
the stanchest kind of advocates of the election
OF Grover Cleveland. When the Tammany
delegates walked out Of the convention hall
that beautiful morning of June %, 1892, they
brought no rancor with them, no luminosity, nc
Ill will. They were democrats to the core. To
the writer of this Richard Croker said, within
quarter Of an hour after he had left the con-
vention hall: .'Tammany will do well for Cleve-
land. There will be no trouble with the dem.
ocrats of Tammanv Hall
The Tammany campaign was carried on with
a magnificent attention to detail and orgapiza.
ton which has never been equaled.
As the campaign advanced it became evident
that Tammany was about to make the biggest
fight in its history. The details of the contest
are still fresh in the public mind.
There had been considerable talk in Nou
York city as to whether an anti-Tammany DEM
ocratic local ticket should be put in the field
An anti-Tammany democratic ticket would not
have cut any figure in the local fubt brt !,
would have diverted some of the attention of
the Tammany workers from the real business
on hand-that of making certain the election
of democratic President of the United States.
Through the fundamentally of ex-Secretary
of the Navy William c. Whitney and Others
this danger was averted and such antI-Tam-
many so-called democratic tickets as we're mt
in the field were withdrawn and Tammany was
left free to concentrate the energies on the ma
tional fight. The responsibility of the demo-
cratic presidential contest in New York city was
thus placed entirely on the Tammany Hall
organization. and right well did it carry it to
splendid success.
Col. George b. Mcclellan son of the late
General Mcclellan, Was placed on the ticket
Tor president OF the board of aldermen and it
was an extremely popular nomination. Rufus
H. Cowlng, republican. had served as city
judge in the court OF general sessions with
great success and Tammany renominated him
for the office.
This move disconnected the republicans very
much, for they also nominated Mr.. Cowing
Inc nominations by Iammany Of Leonard A.
Gelgerlch Tor Judge of the court of common
pleas, OF Frank L. Fitzgerald for additional
eur,oRa'e, OF henry u. Purroy for county clerk
ana ferdinand Levy for register all added
strength to the ticket.
~ was nominated In the wigwam on the
evening OF octoper 10. The next three weeks
saw the most magnificent political battle ever
made In the city.
Inc total registration was 309.625 Tho re-
publlcans pretended to be overjoyed at this.
lhey said that the democrats had been count
ing on total registration of 1926 900 in the city.
J.. mat mat registration; said Mr.. Croker on the
lay after the close of the work of the registry
boards. lis a democratic registration. The
city Will be carried by Cleveland and Steven
son by more than $4,000 plurality" Tammany
subordnated everything to the interests Of the
national ticket
The Tammany leaders worked night and day
during the last weeks of the campaign, The
executive committee had offered a beautiful
silk nag to the district that cast the biggest
plurality for Cleveland and Stevenson, and
another silk flag was offered to the district that
cast the largest percentage of Its registered
vote. The first flag went subsequently to the
second district, where Police Justice Diver is
the leader, and the second flag went to the sixth
district. where e1-County Clerk Patrick keenan,
is the leader.
District leaders also offered prizes out of
their own pockets for good work. Those people
who were friendly enough toward the Tam
many local ticket, but were unfriendly to the
democratic national ticket, were told that the
test of loyalty to Tammany was support of the
national ticket. One or two people sent checks
to Richard Croker''for the use of the local ticket
only" These were promptly returned with a
note from Richard Croker saving that Tam
many wanted neither money nor support for
its local ticket unless it came from people who
would support the national ticket
There will be wonderful and magnificent
democratic victory tomorrow" said Richard
Croker on the night before the election. The
returns tell the rest Of the story. New York
city gave Mr.. Cleveland a plurality of 76. 300
votes. And on the morning after the election
the democracy of the nation DOTTED its hat to
"inrHy oPPoheht