The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-23
"Great Is Tammany."
Moan Yo,-k TS.xhune

(NeW York IT5OUne)
Mr.. Bryan's ability as a maker of epi-
grams was never more perfectly displayed
than when in opening his fourth speech in
New York on Tuesday night he expressed
his thanks for the entertainment and pa
tronage which MIR. Croker had given him
the phrase, "Great is Tammany, and
Croker is its prophet p Great, indeed, is
Tammany, and greater yet will it become
if Mr.. Bryan is elected President He has
already placed upon it the stamp of his
approval and accepted its prophet as his
guide, philosopher, and friend in this
which he calls the enemy's country So
| far as New York is concerned he has made
himself the Tammany candidate, more
completely so than any Democratic can
didate ever did before. Democratic can
didates for Governor in this State have
thought 1t necessary to disavow their
connection with Tammany, and their &C
ceptance of Croker as political prophet.
Even Mr.. Stanchfield, Croker's own NOM
inee, on Tuesday evening took occasion to
proclaim that the Government would not
be carried on from Fourteenth street if he
should be placed In the Governors chair.
Mr.. Bryan, however, takes pains to place
himself under the tutelage of Croker and
of Tammany Hall. To previously un-
heard of degree is Tammany the recog-
nized State organization which in the
event of Democratic success will have all
the aid of Federal patronage to cement
more firmly its hold on the metropolis,
and will also have its corresponding
weight in the councils of the nation.
sGreat is Tammany and Croker is it's
prophet p Yes, indeed 1t is great in
blackmailing, great in power of corrup-
ton. The whole world knows it as an
organized band of iniquity, and most men
even including such Democratic politicians
as are not themselves part of the plumber
ing circle, avoid being known as special
friends of Tammany Mr.. Cleveland was
| first nominated for the Presidency by men
who said, 1--WE love him for the enemies
he has made. But so far has the Demo
cracy lost its character that Mr.. Bryan
comes to New York to boast of the frien DIS
he has made in Tammany. His delight
in the association with Croker, his pane
gyric of Tammany and his Qualification OF
| its prophet clearly show that the prophet
would not be without honor in the White
House if Mr.. Bryan should establish him
self there as 'hired man." The "hired
man" would not forget those who worked
to get him his ''job," and to nobody
would he owe more of gratitude to be
paid in political plumber than to the great
leader and prophet of Tammany Hall.
New Workers have known Croker as
both prophet and prime minister for many
years. Do they wish his power to be
strengthened from Washington, and his
power extended to Washington Do they
want for President of the United States a
man who finds in the notorious record of
Tammany nothing which prevents him
from eulogizing in the name of honest
government this historic synonym for
corruption, and in the name of dis
interested friendship for the poor from ac-
cepting as prophet and mentor the man
whose activities in politics, as avowed by
himself, are actuated by the single motive
of working for his own pocket all the
timer" Mr.. Bryan is Croker's candidate,
and he feels proud of the patronage. That
is his measure of himself