Waterbury Democrat., 1901-08-17
TAMMANY's TUMBLE.
Not Enough Present at Meeting to
 Make the Rafters Ring.

N1dkG lue hdlt6ES hilS.
 The Tammany association held
 meeting at their headquarters on Bank
 street last night The attendance was
 small, not over thirty persons being
 present at any time. Patrick Hayes
 and Joseph Corr occupied seats on the
 platform MT Hayes called the meet
 ing to order and called for remarks re
 garding the choice of those present for
 candidates on the democratic ticket.
 Later, he said, ballot would be taken
 and the organization would support
 the candidates having the highest
 number of votes. Joseph Corr said he
 did not think it wise to take vote at
 that time on account of the slim at
 tendance. D. J. Rafferty agreed with
 MT Corr. D. F. Kelly said he consid-
 cred it a rather peculiar mode of pro-
 cedure for q society to call electors to-
 gether to nominate candidates for pub
 lie offices without having first pre-
 pared a platform. The chair replied thatTammany's platform was democra-
 cy, equal rights to all. favoritism to- wards none. That's all right" replied
 Mir Kelly; it is q common thing to see democracy held to the front, but if you look back i'll the alleyWays you often find something else" A gentleman whom the chair referred to as Mir l Chatfeld." said he had misunderstood | the purpose of the meeting, adding that he was neither q democrat nor q republican, and would not vote for the candidates of either party. He pro- claimed himself socialist. s l At this juncture D. l. Rafferty ere ated ripple of excitement by asking | if Tammany had been reorganized. s.sThe term of office of the first board | of directors" continued Mir Rafferty,
 expired last January. I should like l to inquire who called this meeting and
 what has become of the directors? I l fail to see one of them on the stage. l Where are we at anyway? If every
 one that cares to can come i'll here and l talk tho constitution must have been l changed. If this has been done I'd i like to know who did it. Can any one I tell me whether Tammany Is now ruled 1 by the will of the majority, or are we l still governed by five directors, the 1 same as when we organiZed?"
 l The chair was about to explain how l Tammany stands at present when Fred Cisco, a colored youth, ambled 1 into the wigwam and at once took f place in the center of the hall, and l after much effort attracted the atten- I tion of the presiding officer. He wanted 1 to know if the constitution of the so- cIely cOHldlUed aHyLHlny InaT WOuIu l warrant him i'll believing that in the event of the triumph of Tammany his | people would receive due recognition. | He was told to get his friends together
 and that if they showed a disposition ito do the right thing Tammany would remember them. Chairman Hayes
 tried hard to get some one to nominate
 a candidate for mayor. He hoped no one would mention any name except | that of an honest man, so that in case 1 he should be elected Tamany and all l other good citizens could sleep nights l instead of sitting up worrying lest some one is robbing the city treasury. 1 No one seemed to come forward with 1 candidate, and after a brief pause a l fellow slipped before the footlights and told the crowd not to vote for this | one or that one because he said so. s.Vote," he said, according to the die | tateS of your own conscience. Don't let anybody throw dust in your eyes" Joseph Corr took the floor again and advised that the naming of candidates bcadeferred until the Sunday prior to the holding of the primaries. This
 was agreed to. The meeting then ad- journed.
 Before the meeting was called to
 order one of the Tammany men told
 reporter of the Democrat that all those present were out for Dr Hayes, and that he felt pretty sure that the doctor
 will get the nomination.