The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-01

For a man to speak we'll of a noble
friend and patron is but natural, and
eo when 1 am asked to tell something
| of Tammany-the real Tammany, as
known from intimate acquaintance,
and not the fabulous Tammany of fe-
vered political Imagination accept
the invitation more as a pleasure than
q task.
The Tammany Society is generally
misunderstood and sometimes wilfully
roisrepresented by those who are not
members of it and unfamiliar with it's
organization and workings. There is
the Tammany Society, or Columbian
order. which is a fraternal organiza-
tion dedicated to the noblest works of
mankind, and there is the Tammany
political organization, dedicated to
sound governmental principles and to
the welfare of the people and the pub
lie veal Let US glance for a moment
at the manner in which these organi-
cations came into being. 1t is a story
TO be proud of and one linked with the
rise and growth of the great American
republic.
The rammany Chief.
The word ''Tammany" is an Indian
name and belongs to America. 1t was
here before Columbus came, and it
will be a part of our nomenclature
while history lives. This was the name
given by the InS:ans to that stately
mountain on the banks of the Della
ware, and it was the name, too, of one
Of the wisest and most celebrated
1T Nj
Indian, Tammany, was the trusted
companion of William Penn, VINO
speaks of him as a grand old man,
wise, sagacious, and with high ideals
of liberty The wise sayings of Tam
many made hun a saint and one of the
Wisest of Indian philosophers. And so
from the illustrious chieftain and from
the stately mountain the Society of
Tammany took its name. The actual
origin Of the society came as an Incl
dent TO the tremendous struggle for
American liberty. After the stress Of
seven years of war and privation; aft
er the shock and suffering of battle;
after peace had been declared and
America had taken her place among
the nations of the world, incident to it
all and on the ruins of long years Of
tyranny and despotism, two societies
were formed, one on the banks of the
HUUSOIL EdllG0 Tie GoOCltly VI 1lIlCllt-
natl" and the other in the city of New
York, called the "Tammany Society of
the Columbian Order" The first was
organized by the officers of the Reyo-
luton to be an exclusive organization
based on the feudal principle of primo
geniture, only the officers and their
eldest sons in a direct line being eli
gible for membership. The second, the
Tammany Society, was organized by
the rank and file of the soldiers who
fought for American liberty 1t was in
elusive of and based on the immortal
principles of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence.
The Society of Cincinnati represented
aristocracy; the Tammany Society was
Democracy in the broadcast sense. One
was for the few, the other for the
many-one hereditary, the other equal
ity
The Tammany Tiger.
The Tiger" is familiar emblem of
Tammany, and this emblem is but one of
many by which the society preserves
the aboriginal Indian names, costumes
ana ceremonies. The Tammany year
is divided into four seasons. Deem
Der, January, and February is the sea-
son of SHOWS; March, April, and May
the season of blossoms; June, July, and
August the season of fruits; September,
October, and November the season of