New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-17
the EIILN or TIMuINY MISRTLE.

some 81 the Tammany leaders who are now
IN California are telling prepoSicrouS falSehoodS
IN rrwspapcr Interviews These RESTLESS AMI
apprchcnsivc fusitivcs from East Fourtccnth-
ST. declare with great emphasis that Tammnny
/ Hall is an organization managed and controlled
in The public interest. aud insist that 1t is
giving New. York nm excellent city government.
These Tammany leaders know that such gro
tcsuue perfumes would be- simply laughed mt
on Manhattan Island. where the truth about
Tammauy Is known. but they appear 10 hope
that thcy may hc able 10 dcludc gullbc people
ON the Pacific Coast into the belief that the
Wigwam is filled with philosophical. high
minded and DISTINGUISHED members The fact IS.
rs Ncw-Yorkcrs know 10 their sorrow. that the
Follrtrcnih-st. organization is one vast con-
spiracy for public plumber II is Il matter OF
/ common knowledge In the East that most Of
the active and influential leaders OF Tammany
Hall mt some time in their careers have com
mtted offences which ought 10 have brought
upon them the penalties Of the law 1t IS we'll
known that The great majority Of the distribu-
tors AMI the receivers Of patronage in Tam
many Hall are men OF soilcd hands and OF
sOilcd lives.
The chief passport to favor In Tammany Hall
IS the ability To increase the Tammany vote ut
elections. no matter how base and depraved
NAV be the devices by which that vote Is in
creased. 1t IS not In the least degree an ex-
aggeration 10 say that Of the thousands OF Tam
many oncc-hodcrS at least 30 per cent at one
time or another have been guilty Of some form
of violation Of law which should have earned
them places in the worbhousc the penten
tary or the prison. Ncw-Yorl City is prac-
tcally governed by criminals.
The public payrolls Of the metropolis contain
many names Of malcfaciors put there by Tam
many No ruillan no plug-ugy no swindler, no
dcfaulter no bribcgivcr and no brbe-taker
need despair of getting n public office here II
he makes himself useful to n Tammany Boss
Even the awful crime Of murder is no bar to
Tammany prcfermcnt. as witness the case OF
Scannell. Tammany gained It's power and re-
tains IL by dcbauching the suffrage, by intim-
idating or bribing voters, by colonization, by
repeating by every disgraccful means which
criminal ingenuity can suggest. The officials
whom It has put in office misuse the public
funds I'm reckless waste and extravaganza The
city payrolls amount to nearly $4,000 "A
year. More than half Of this Is shamcfully mis-
applied Tammany is piling up the city debt
by enormous ISSUES Of bonds Valuations for
taxable purposes are extremely high. and for
that reason New-York Is Il frghtfully expensive
city to live In. 1t has an abundance Of plenti-
fully supplied markets. but rents are insuifcr-
ably excessive. With IN efficient philosophical
and patriotic city government the expenses OF
living here would be greatly reduced But the
Tammany men do not care for low rents. New
York pays far higher salaries To It's OfficehOld-
ers than those paid by any other city In the
world, and its deDartmpntS are Oyerrun by
hordes Of useless Tammany parasites. While
the burdens Of the taxpayers increase on
count of excessive Valuations Tammany lead
erS, olicc-holders, bosses and contractors amass
enormous fortunes with Supplying rapidity by
illegitimatc means. The Police Department is
used by Tammany to elect Its candidates and
to crush opposition. The whole Tammany city
government Is an insult to civilization.
VIII honest NewYoriers never rise against
the Tammany Of to-day US they rose against