The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-09-04
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.

UphoIdinG Ta,nmany.-It is begin
ming to look very much as if the Demo
cratic national managers were ranging
themselves on the side OF Tammapy
against Hill in New York In Justification
OF this attitude it is explained that ma
tionaI Democrats have no ill-feeAug TO-
ward Hill but are convinced that tue PAL
" has suffered all through the East he
cause of its lack of organization, rather
than the lack of strength numerically.
Now Tamna.y Hall is the only organized
Democra"c force east Of the Allegneni-s
and north Of The Potomac. 1t is estan-
llshed on such firm basis thai there is
no likelihood of it's disintegration or loss
of power. Heretofore whenever New
York Democratic leader has got at cross
purposes with Tammany he has been sup
ported by the national managers and Tam
many has been rebuked. The result OF this
Tolicy has been to increase faetionai strife
that is not confined to New York State
alone, but is felt in all parts CT the East
indirectly. 1t cannot be claimed that there
is any admiration among national Demo-
Gratis for the leadership of Tammany,
more than any other that Tam.
many for SO many years has got the
worst of it in national conventions. But
the present managers of the party's nation
al organization seem to have eliminated
the element of personality n their eSti-
mate Of the needs OF the Democracy in the
East and appear 70 place a higher value
upon the spirit of organization that ali
mates Tammany than upon the character
or record of the society's leadership or the
leadership of the elements in the party that
are constantly at war with Tammany.
There is firm conviction in many Well
informed Democratic minds that the party
today would have been in much better con-
dition if in the fierce factio2aI warfare be-
tween Samuel J. Tilden and Tammany at
one time, and in the same kind of war be-
tween Grover Cleveland and Tammany at
another time the party's national manag-
erS would have given recognition to Tam
mlny and ignored both Tilden and Cleye
land even at the probable cost of losing
the elections il is this view of the mat
ter which now is operating against David
B. Hill If Hill would join with Tammany
in an effort to carry the State there
is no doubt at all that the national man
ayers would accord him due recognition.
Bun he seems bent upon either dominating
| TaInmany or destroying it. For this Hill
will have 10 suffer, because as before
stated II uuS5 not appear " OC
at all probable that the men now con-
trolling the Democratic national organi-
zati0n are willing to even compromise
with anybody in New York who at this
time fights Tammany BY this token. the
Hon. Bird 5. Coler's future also can be
judged He has deliberately antagonized
Tammany, and it is feared that if he We're
elected Governor he would apply himself
diligently to the task OF destroying that
organization. Nobody doubts Coler's great
popularity with tie masses in New York
Nobody doubts that if he were nominated
for Governor he would be elected. But If he
should be he would owe his election to the
hard work and loyalty of Tammany to its
ancient principles rather than to any other
one influence. These are arguments which
i-are being presented by some OF the ma
tional mana gers against the nomination
of CoIer, and they indicate plainly q
strong disposition on the part OF Demo-
| Gratis of high authority in the party and
unquestioned honesty of motive 10 en-
| courage the selection of some other can
! didate who would be more acceptable to
| Tamnany than Coler would be.