Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-14
TAMMANY 'HO0DOOS"
Bearskin Before Door of
Headquarters.
DROVE BRAVES TO BAR
ROOMS USED BY ELLIOTT DAN
FORTH IN 1896
Mayor Low Emphasizes Importance of
Beating Tammany in Two
Successive Elections.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK October II, 1903
The personal headquarters of George b
Mcclellan, consisting of eleven large rooms
at the Bartholdi Hotel. were occupied by
the candidate and his managers and clerks
about O'Clock yesterday afternoon. They
are the same rooms Van Wyck used in his
and they are also the same rooms
used for the first Bryan campaign The
opinion as.to luck was about equally divid-
ed until the Tammany crowd began to drift
in To speak TO John J. Delaney. who will
keep them away from Mcclellan. in order
as he says, TO conserve his energy
The Tammauyites received a shock that
sent them scurrying to the bar room for
bracer. Outside of the door leading to the
suite visitors were startled to find a bear
skin. 1t was the skin of Il small black bear
and sadly the worse for wear. The claws
were worn away and the mouth was stuffed
with sawdust
Take it away. It's a fusion trick,
shouted Tammany men as they caught sight
of the skin. No one of them would step on
it: they either jumped it or walked around.
But this wasn't the only hoodoo.
Among others who had occupied those
very rooms was Elliott Danforth, the So
called rainbow builder" who managed the
state campaign in 1876 And when it was
found that Mcclellan would sit in the same
room. at the same window and possibly at
the same desk occupied by Danforth when
he issued his daily dream: Our reports
from up the state indicate that Mr.. Bryan
is to he elected by a large majority, there
was a feeling of great gloom.
The scenes and "rainbows of the first
Bryan campaign added to the cold cmllS
and the revenue of the bar.
Still Another "Hoodoo.''
And there was still another hoodoo. Dom
mick O'Ferrell was in charge of the ar
engagements of the rooms OFerrell was
one of the chief workers and headquarters
manager for Hugh J. Grant in the disas-
trous Tammany campaign of 1894. This
his last appearance as an active Tam
many worker and manager in a campaign
until he appeared at the Mcclellan head
quarters.
And as if to prove that the combination
of hoodoos was effective Tammany got a
stiff blow soon after the candidate made
his appearance at his HEADQUARTERS when
it became known that William F. Grell,
probably the best German vote-getter in
New York, had agreed to run as the can
ddate of the German democracy for sheriff.
The Germans are in open revolt against
Tammany. They say they have for years
supported the organization, but have been
treated with contempt and called lot of
Dutchmen." This revolt causes grave fears
for the success of the general Tammany
ticket in Tammany circles. while the fu-
sionsts are correspondence elated
The Citizens Union is putting up great
campaign this year. All along 9Th avenue
and Broadway they are holding day meet
ms and bands are used to draw in the
crowds to hear the spellbndars. Their
banners too are the best campaign litera-
ture displayed by the opponents of Tam
many in any of the many campaigns One
of them reads:
The best administration New York ever
had.
DO you want the red lights and the ca
diets again?
Every thief, gambler and divekeeper will
vote for Tammany. How will you vote?
Good government without graft; clean
tenements, new Fairgrounds, public baths,
smaller death rate.
The success of Tammany means a new
reign of grab and the old protection of vice.
Protect your homes and children by vot-
ing against Tammany.'
Tammany's Defeats and Successes.
Tammany has never been defeated in two
successive campaigns. If she has been
bowled out once she has managed to win
the city back the next year. For this reason
il has been impossible to establish a lasting
reform. There are plenty of the old rank
and file of Tammany who hold over and
keep the old methods alive with the hope
in another two years they will come back
to power.
Mayor Low has said that the only way
to establish permanent reform is to beat
Tammany twice in succession And this is
what the fusiOnists are laboring hard to do
in this campaign. If they win it will be
practically the end of Tammany, and GER
tainly the end of Boss Charles +. Murphy.
1t looks as if Grout We're not the only
man who has gone back to Tammany from
the fusion ranks. The absence of Sheriff
William o Brien from the gatherings of
the forces of fusion and reform is con-
spicuous. Two years ago, and for a long
time before that, O Brien was a regular at
tendant upon the gatherings. But now his
late comrades in arms are not getting the
benefit of his advice. He was particularly
strong in his denunciation of Deveryism
and graft.
Speaking of Deveryism. Poor old Bill
touchin' on an appertainin' to the present
campaign" is in hard lines His defeat
was so complete in the ninth district that
he is not taken seriously by any one, except
possibly Sam Parks and his labor toughs
who getting the benefit of 1.-The best
chief eVer's bank roll. Devery's aggrega-
ton has been christened by Tammany
"Deverys Bugs" and their club rooms
have been called the Bug House."
Bugs" Behind in Their Rent.
Today it developed that the Bugs have
not paid their rent for the club house for
three months and notice has been served
upon them that dispossess action will be