The sun., 1895-03-23
GRACE AND TiNNkNN
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Lending tic NcnncrnIir Orpnnlrn,a w

To TINE EDITOR Ot THu Sis sIr -
old familiar rumOr that t',n Hon. Eov,sl 80.
Grace Is to JON Tammaay Hail aud ~ h,.o,.
| the leader OF that Dnmocrn'ir n-va;i,,,,,, i,,.
made It's accustomed and periodic ap.ra-,.c.
The wonder is not that this rumor fnl, Lci,,
ers, for u does not find anv. hut tia, o5y...
should be 30 crcdulons as To start i, I'm ;hc ,,.
OF inevitable contradictions. Mr.. i,rn,n 60,
elected MAJOR of New York on the Tamm,,r
ticket and by Tammany liall votes in lS>r nm,
before the close OF his first year IN ,firo l..
broke" as the expression is. with tuar or,,r'.
cation. by making, against the ADVICE ard n,.
postulations of its leaders. the app p.lf;Iu,., -,
Mr.. A. j. White, recently Dock tunlut,, .yc,
and the late j. H. Ford rs Police iuis,, 4 ,
that time on. during the fourteen yes ~, ,y!,i,,
have intervened, Mr.. Grace has ENGAGED "A.
nualy. or scmi-annually, ~" A.,
might be, In desultury mov,nra,, ,.
signed to overthrow Tammany and .,.
Democracy at the same time Much 'r,o.,pI
thought and some money have been am, "a a
this process OF organization of varimls mana.
ana insignia, but 10 has been attended yIi',n
little success and so small has teen tile o., he,
renee ana consistency OF his casual iolow"rs
without any visible political fuppo-. latr,
enough numerically TO contest the claim tnp
lrohib! i9nists on the one hand or a." 80 ~.
lists on the other. II would b.. under ,hr.a
circumstances of general public knowledge, ry.
tremely unnatural that TammnnY l,u', A now.
crfnl organization of 0.0OU Eemorra'., sinn'd
seek. or hc willing 20 accept. as l"at"r .cn.
tleman whose liable personal chni9,. tcriS,i",
"a leader.
During the long period which Mr.. Grn"c Va,
Ieen invOluntarily estranged from IuWualv
Hall he was on one occasion made the iil,rr,,,y
nominee Of the County Democracy. ,l, 10
dominant Democratic organization in this town
exclusively acknowledged ~ rrgUlrr ", O..
Democratic state Convention. aud ;" a.'pel
lhy II majority or the delegates III I'll" -. .nnei
Democratic Convention of 1884 in Chicasu.
Mr.. Grace. W ho was al thht time no: ilrm.
her 5er Of it. joined The Innn'y nemHcin"y. snH .
lime chosen Mayor Of New s T"s SSrf Tor #a '"S E.
Democracy. Of which he had mcnnwmilc ,c'om,s
the leader. WAS ignomniousiv routed b" Tam
head Of the County Dtm"rracy % ticket 7 Tnr.ns
Mr.. Grace's tenure as leader the County Dcmur.
racy was continuously wors,cd and its RANKS
leading It went ont of existence. To he succeeded
by hnothcr organization of similar. charact"r,
knowledge Of all this ut hand. the leaders o,
Ia?mmany Hall would show little Of the sagacity
them they sought for s1es Of
tion the aid of the one leader least able by rra>ra
OF his past failures TO inspire confidence in h.s
,r Mr.. Croker,s successor in the councils n
iammaEy Hall has not yet appeared and proh..
bly, will not until after the .apnnrt tinnmert d.
June. which will reorra nize the districts o. no
city. But the new leader. it is snfe to t"rcr!l
will be Democrat within the fellowship o'
Tammany not either an old accidcntn, sd.
versary. Mr.. Grace could probably no' brns
more thnn 800 or 1000 recruits to the FAN.
many standard. II so many and tho nntaclo.
isms which his appearance would inSpir" would
entail probably a loss OF several thousand
The present strength and political following
Of Tammany Hall. exclusive of its fine discipline
its past record as an organization. and tho
adaptabiliy OF its appointecs to the task q! iau-
nicipal administration. is due to the unpopular
record in many departments of the present at
ministration. OF which Mr.. Grace is at onr. ha
champion. the apoogst, and the beneficiary.
AN SASTI-TAMMASYITE