Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-30
Tammany.

A good deal is being said now by re-
publicans about Tammany, and Mr..
Croker, its chief They were pretty
good sort in 1896 when they helped
elect Mckinley Now Croker is
second Tweed This change in repub-
lican comment comes from no change
in the make up or methods of Tam
many, or its chief, but comes from the
fact that they are now supporting
Bryan.
Much has been written about the
Tammany society,-in its favor and
against it, We have never regarded it
as a society that takes interest in
National affairs, except incidentally.
National politics are collateral to its
purposes. The purpose of Tammany
is to control the city patronage of New
York. 1t has always been, at least
Dominally, a democratic organization.
But when it thinks its party policy to
be unpopular in New York City its sup
port has been quite luke warm. This
is to say that it looks out for its own
interests first, and will not be Extensively
active in anything likely to make it I'M
popular at home. 1t cares vety little
who the president may be, or what cab
met officers he appoints, so long as the
patronage of the city of New York is
left in its control.
This year Tammany supports Bryan,
not so much because it cares particu
larry for him, but because it finds he is
popular in the city of New York.
Tammany is known ia New York
City as ''the poor mans friend, y and it
is fact that the millionaires of that
city are almost to a man its ayowed
enemies. As the millionares of New
York have not, in the past, given us
any reason to credit them with any
higher motive than selfishness, their
opposition to Tarlmany has little
weight with us. Doubtless those mil
lionaires, if they had their way, would
manage to relieve themselves of a large
amount of taxes, and make the poorer
classes pay more, They cannot do this
while Tammany stands in the way.
Whether one half is true, CIR not, that
has been said and written about the
methods by which Tammaay wins. cleo
tons of aldermen and eoancilmen, and
keeps itself in power, we do not know.
Probably much of it is true, and much
false. In so far as it may be true we
can not approve it. But no one has to
go farther than Philadelphia to find a
republican machine that is supporting
Mckinley, tooth and nail, and is actual
ly worse than Tammany was ever ac-
cused of being by its worst enemies.
Here is what eX-poStmaster general
Wanamaker of Philadelphia, republi-
can who became disguised with the
republican machine said in speech
recently. Let republicans read it and
then quit talking about Tammany.
! Philadelphia, Pa. Oct 25.-In an adj
I address at Huntington last night before
vast audience. eN-Postmaster General
John Wanamaker tore the Republican
party in Pennsylvania into shredS. In
| the course of his address he said:
The time has gone by when the
machine which diSgraced the name of
/ the Republican party in Pennsylvania
can dictate TO any Self-respecting man
/ what is or what is not regular
III il is Republican 10 stuff ballot
| boxes and carry elections by fraud,
then is the machine Republican.
If il is Republican 10 so arrange the
/ burden of taxation that il shall rest
/ lightly upon the rich corporations and
heavily upon the poor farmer, then the
machine is Republican.
If IL is Republican TO SeQd men TO
/ the United States senate 10 represent
the trusts and their own pockets, then
/ the machine is Republican,
/ If 10 debauch the politics of the state
and degrade the government of 4 state
TO such level as 10 make both ma
tional offenSe and humiliation, then is
the machine Republican, but not other
wise"