New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-23
TANMANY AND THE GOO COOS.

| Tammanv politicians are no fonder than others
| NJ going TO iail. and therefore revelations in
| yolyipp them In practices which the law forbids
| sometimes make them nervous. This Is espe-
cIally the case when they are out OF Office ana
their "pulls" are not working well, and conse
mently no doubt the activity Of the Commits
sioners Of Accounts Is causing more or less per
turbation in the Tammany circle Just at this
time But fear Is not the only feeling which
such disclosures produce in men OF the class
from which the municipal offices have been most
" filed in past years. We suppose that many
of them are genuinely astonished that the appro-
nrotion of such good things as place in the
public service brings into reach should threaten
anvbody with serious trouble, or cut any figure
except in the game of politics. They understand
the use of all sorts Of ammunition in a campaign,
but why they should be dragged into court for
turning opportunities into cash they fail to com
prehend The fuss made over such matters by
silly people who ought to be attending to their
own business gives them tired feeling, so long
rs they are In power and able to protect them
selves. But when they are out or once charges
NJ corruptIon make them anxious as well as
weary
what do these fools suppose we are IN prac-
teal politics for!' is the question they wonder
ingly ask one another. They certainly are not
there for their health. 1t is not on that account
that they eagerly pay more for an once IN cam
paIgn subscriptions than Its salary amounts TO-
| They want it so that they may eat and drink ana
wear the best there Is, spend money vulgary
and profusely and get rich. Such Is the promise
that office holds out to them and as a matter
of course they see TO 1t that the promise Is kept
Some of them would not steal from an individual
hit they have been brought up to believe that
mart of the public funds belongs TO those VINO
disburse them, that public payrolls are made 10
be stuffed with the names OF faitnful raVori'es
of the organization. and that the public business
"a meant to be performed in n shftlcss, prUfigate
manner for the benefit primarily OF those VINO
have secured the joo.
This Is the Tammany view Of municipal gov
eminent and II 1t is not the view which ma
| iority of New-York voters held for many years.
| they did not hold an opposite view strongly
| enough TO induce them to declare 1t at the polls
| But last year their eyes were opened 10 tie
! facts and to their own shame, and they uhi'eu
| 70 install an honest and decent and efficient al
ministration The best representatives OF all the
| elements which then combined against ram
many have agreed upon similar course OF
| action this year and provided way OF hnishhg
the task Their course Is sagacous, public-splrit-
[ oil and beyond suspicion of any unworthy pur-
| pose. II affords the only possible means OF ac-
| compshing that which great majority oi
| voters have already declared to be indispensapie
| We believe 1t will succeed again But because
| 1t is not the course prescribed by coterle Oh
| Youthful persons who burn to be conspicuous
| they have rejected it and are strenuousy en-
deavorlng through the agency OF an independent
| ticket TO promote the success ana revive 'he
| hopes of Tammany Hall SO far as the present
! opportunity will directly and indirectly avail
they are striving to restore the Sheehans ana the
DIVERS and the whole filthy gang or plunderers
| to power. And the most odious feature OF the
| performance is that they are doing ~ IN the
name Of civic morality and good government.