Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-03
STILL AFTER TAMMANY.s-
Lcgislation to Destroy Its Charter Is to Do Begun at Albany the Ground That IL Has Been Made Invalid-scnsational In- vestiEations Foot.

Ncsttt.attons on Foot
 NEW YORK. Dec. 3-The most deter mined assault that has ever been made on Tammany has just been organized in this city. It Is proposed to wipe the or Ganization out of existence. to tear it up by tho roots and annihilate 1t completely.
 A committee of citizens and Democrats probably from the Good Government club in tho Tenth assembly district with headquarters at To St. Marks place. will go to Albany this week and lay before At torney General Hancock some aflidavits. transcript of records and other documents tending to show that tho Tammany so- ciety, or Columbian order. has violated Its charter rights
 This committee, which will be headed by Lawyer John Brooks Leavitt. a mem- bcr of that Good Government club, will ask that tho attorney general institute proceedings in the supreme court to an null the socioty's charter. X date will be set for the trial. and then all tho officers of tho society will be subprnaed as wit nesses.
 Among others to be compelled to testi- fy will be Grand Sachem Thomas F. Gil roy and the following sachems: Hugh J. Grant. Charles Weldc. John McQuade, John J. German, William H. Clark. w. Bourke Cochran. Bernard !. Martin, Hen- ry ID. Purroy, Charles r.. simmons. Thom- as l.. Fcitner and James T. Martin. Richard Crokcr will also be called as witness, and Wiskinkie Dan Donegan will be interrogated as to whom ho has collect ed money from during the past few years Books. papers, records. documents and everything pertaining to the THmmany society at least $ far back as 1890 will be brought into court.
 >ac:."m~ Must Testify.
 An effort will Dc made to find out whore all the hundreds of thousands Of dollars have gone which have been col lccted regularly from tho clerks and other employees of tho city. This will be tho greatest exposure of recent years and can not fail tO cause a sensation. Incident tal y it is expected that many thousands of dollars have been divided between tho members of Il clique of saChems, but this will have nothing particularly to do with the main object of the inquiry. The Tam many society will be on trial for its life and 1t is believed that its doom is scaled.
 Mir. Lcavitt said: Tho Tammany SO Ciety was organized in l7s9 and was chartered under the laws of 1905 for tho | purpose nt alOr,iing relief to the indigrnt and distressed members Of said associa, | tion. their widows and orphans and oth CTS who may bo found proper objects of their charity. As the society has depart l ed very far from the oh icCts of its charter | an action might be brought by the attOr ncy general to dissolve the corporation and wind up its affairs. When it Is wound up, wo can destroy the Tammany Hall political organization and not before" l Speaking further. tho young lawyer said that the charter further provided 1 that the Tammany society was entitled | to hold only such real estate as the T. Vo nue from which shall not exceed Sj, OGC per annum. Now, 1t can be shown that the yearly revenue from tho Tammany society's wigwam in East Fourteenth street. known as Tammany hall. yields double that sum. This woGld alono b, sufficient U break tho charter. but it is also known that the society has long 1 since gone out of the charity business No Republican will bo engaged in thi. movement. Mr Lcavitt says. IIo con tends that Tammany Hall Is not a Demo cratic organization. and therefore Demo crats may attack it with good grace. HI believes that the suit will result in thu annulment oG the charter. and then tho 1 political organization at tho wigwam will have tu stand on its own bottom. It may become InCro representative body. bU will probably die of dry rot
 Hill to .immuI the Charter.
 But oven if this proceeding should fai the Good Government club people will not despair by any means \ bill vii most surely go through the legislature tt annul tho charter of tho society. and receiver may bo appointed by tho court to wind up its affairs and divide tn, property. Tho old wigwam Is worth tidy sum, and many of the Tammanl hoelers would welcome n grand ''divvy.
 It has been asccrtained that during th, past Is months political changes hay, been numerous that no less than si, Republicans, so called, and twice a many anti Tammany Democrats still re tain their membership in tho society Some of these may begin n suit for tn appointment of n receiver. In any cas- the sachems have n big light on thci hands. While MT Leavitt is the frs man to take hold of n practical scheme l. destroy Tammany, he does not claim orig inality for it Indeed while at tho St Denis dinner he found that Mir. Prcbl Tucker had thought out n similar plan.
 Ex- Senator Warner Miller suggestet the other day that the legislature pass al amendment to the election laws proyid ing that any secret or somisecret societ like Tammany should not bo allowed t have official ballots printed,
 It Is understood that an assem blymal elect of this city is preparing such n bill and thcro seems to be good reason to be lievo that the measure in some shape will pass.
 Investigation still Goes On. Two sensational invosti gations ar drawing crowds today. and later on third will furnish interesting food fO thought about the Criminality of Tam many.
 ! The Lexow committee resumed its sit tings this morning at 10 o'clock in tn Tweed courthouse. John w. Goff is con B ducting the examination, as before, as sisted by Frank Moss and w. Travers Js
 rome.
 Speculation Is rife about the calling c
 ex-Assistant District Attorney elima
 to toll about the attempts [" hriEo him
 It Is hinted also that startling .'nrjcs q police blackmail are yet n C n" "u' Mrs. Herman has yet to G mI!cts her tc: 3 timony. and Mrs. Evelyn EcIl will tell ( her experience with the police when sh
 conducted n notorious resort in the Tor
 derloin precinct.
 r The other investigation which opene this morning at II o clock in the old ger , eral sessions building in City Hall par I will Do confined solely to considering th , case of District Attorney John R. Fe lows who Is charged with neglect Of dut , by the five members of Good Governmcr f Club D-Mcssrs. Tucker, McMahOn, We I ling, Tabe: and Goadby.
 ! It was the presentation of these charge | tONeEnoE flOWeE bO Soh tate for the hearing and to appoint ex = Senator Johhn J. Linson as referee. The charges of neglect arc founded oi . delay in bringing certain criminal case to trial. It Is thought that not nor I than two days will te consumed in hear ing the evidence for the defense.
 Senator Linson will hear what bot
 tides havo to offer and will report, wit
 findings of fact to Governor Flower, wh
 will make his decision upon tho report
 Monday. Dec, 17. the impeachmen
 proceedings against Pnlicr Justice Padd
 DiVver will come up. l he case will con