The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-01
Mr.. McCarthy Speaks.

At one Of the Harlem district meetings
Of Tammany Hall the other night, in the
Thirty-third Assembly district. the orator
Of the evening was the Hon. JOHN H..
MCCARTHY. He was introduced as "the
friend of labor organizations, and a man
who got q gold watch from the labor or
ganizations for the able way in which he
had defended their rights" Mr.. MCCARTHY
said that he had started in Cork and fin
ished in New York, consequently he was as
much of an Irishman as any man there.
Having congratulated the Organizes pres
ent on their large influence and extensive
membership, he remarked:
"I also want to especially congratulate you for the
Intelligence and rcspectability OF your membership.
Not anywhere in this city. and 1 have travelled the
most Of It, have I seen such an intelligent aud re-
spectacle body of men. There 10 at least one club on
the east side which has both brains and ability. I
must also congratulate Mr.. scURRy upon being the
recipient Of such . reception by his fellow citizens:
but he must DO worthy of It or he would not get it."
Following this tribute to Mr.. SCURRY, a
statesman whose identity has not been
firmly impressed on the politics of New
York city heretofore, Mr.. MCCARTHY pro-
ceeded to make the subjoined statement Of
the position Of Organized Tammany:
Probably the issue OF this campaign does not
seem so important to many of you as It really IL, but
I want to say right here that II Is an issue between
corporations, trusts. and wealthy classes and tho
working and struggling classes"
Here is a clear, definite, prearranged, and
organization-warranted issue for the Bry-
antics this year, or for such of them as
still adhere to the Tammany Hall branch
80 fha h,,a;-ooo a~I 10 not ,,a1r e. ho-a
any separate faction of their own: The
struggling masses against the wealthy
classes. Truly, the harvest sowed for the
ancient conservative organization Of Tam
many Hall, when in a day of evil politi-
cal destiny Its leaders, to gain a tempo
rary advantage of expediency, eschewed
the former position of this venerable
Democratic organization, is about to be
reaped this year in the enforced consolida-
tion of all commercial interests, of all con-
servative forces, and Of all substantial in
terests and elements, against Tammany as
Organized in 1896.
Mr.. MCCARTHY In his speech In the
Thirty-third district did no more than echo
what are known to be, and what nave be.
come, the views, the hopes, and the revived
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those enemies Of society and social order
whose admission into Tammany otherwise
than as camp-followers was resolutely
barred until one year ago, when the doors
were thrown wide open to the inveterate
enemies of Democracy and of American
government. Once in, these Socialists
gained front seats in the Wigwam and
claimed the right to dictate and direct its
"policy" in matters relating to the course
of the organization.
1t makes no difference whatever whether
the leaders of Tammany Hall, as now con-
stituted and as now managed, revive or
conceal for ~expediency's sake their Popu-
listic declarations of a year ago. Tammany
has become a Bryanite organization.
Wherever there is n meeting of its follow.
ers outside of the Fourteenth street Wig
wan itself, where discretion Is the greater
part of warfare in oratory, the same note
of discord and bitterness with which Mr..
MCCARTHY spoke is to be heard, strong,
though mufled.