Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-04-14
NEW yonk asw. LETTER.

greater than among the Tammanites.
The vote disclosed an unexpected
weakness and will probably have
strong tendency TO diminish the pres
tige OF the Tammany tiger as poll
iical power in New York politics. The
days of undisputed control seem to
be over for Tammany Hall and the
power OF the giant organization seems
to be on the wane. The element OF
responsibility introduced by the cleo
tlon of Mayor Mcclellan does not seem
to agree with the organization and the
latter ls losing its grip on the politl-
cal situation.
The recent Democratic primaries
were peculiar in many respects. AS a
rule the outcome OF an election In
which two or more contending par
ties oppose one another satisfies at
least one OF the contending factions.
the one that came ont victorious. the
result of the Democratic primaries.
however, does not seem TO be source
Of genuine satisfaction to anyone
Tammany Hall Is not pleased, which
is quite natural as the result OF the
primaries practically means victory
for Hill, who is engineering the Par
ker boom. Murphy. the leader of
Tammany is decidedly dlspleased with
the result, as 1t means loss of pres
tige. which is quite serious under the
present conditions. The Tammany
boilers. who favored Parker and plac'
ed themselves in open opposition 10
their leader find the outcome of the
primaries rather dearly bought vic
tory. II might be said that 1t amount
ed to cutting of the nose 10 spite the
face. Mugwunpery seldom pays from
partisan standpoint The Demo
Gratis outside of the Tammany ranks.
who contributed to the success of Par
ker. although they are making
brave display of enthusiasm, are by
no means as elated over the prospects
OF the future as might be assured. II
is satisfactory enough to give the Par
ker boom an energetic impetus, TO set
the ball rolling. so TO say, by securing
the election of Parker delegation
but IL is different proposition alto
gether to saddle Hin as boss upon the
Democratic party of New York. That
is bitter pill. the taste of which con
tinues to linger in the mouths OF the
Parkerites, Notwithstanding their ella
tion over the defeat of the Tammany
leader.
The dissenslons in the ranks of the
Tammanites are sign of the times.
They indicate clearly, that the grea
effort to resuscitate the spirit of the
great organization, which for so many
years held New York by the throat
with an iron grip. has practically fail
ed II is evident that greater man
than Murphy was required 10 maintain
the rigorous discipline In the totter
Ing organization. In unity alone lies
the strength of party or faction. As
soon Ms there are dissentions In the
ranks, the organization loses not only
actual power. but lis prestige. which
is frequently good equiva.ent for
actual power. There seems to he a
decided lack of harmony OF sentiments
between Mayor Mcclellan, Murphy
and the powerful gambler element oi
Tammany Hall. They seem to be al
cross purposes and the prospects of a
compromise seem to be very remote
II they exist at all.
The friends of the gamblers have
Mcclellan that he had done enough
in the line of reforms to satisfy pub
lie opinion and that II is about time
TO take into consideration the wishes
and interests of his friends, by allow
ing them TO gently raise the lid, but
the mayor has not shown himself par
ticularly eager to defer to the wishes
of the green table fraternity He has
publicly stated. that he was determin.
ed to keep the lid down as long as
he was at the head of the administra
tion and that the lid would be kept
down. before as well as after the cleo
ton. He said that his resolution had
nothing to do with politics and would
not be influenced in any way by po
litical considerations. The worst fea
ture of the situation, so far as the
gamblers are concerned. is that the
mayor really seems to mean what he
says
Here is a chance for Ben Akiba to
prove the correctness of his theory
The preliminary steps have been TAX
en- recently for organizing an enter
prise. which is without parallel in the
history OF things mundane, The plan
is to publish daily papers on board
the great Transatlantic steamers. Il
is true, papers of more or less hu
morous character have often been
published on board of those liners. but
never regular newspapers, containing
the latest teiegraphic news from day
to day. According to the plan of the
promoters printing plants, presses.
editorial rooms, etc. in fact everything
necessary for getting out modern
newspaper. shall be Installed on every
liner Every day they are to receive
the most important telegraphic news
by wireless telegraphy, during the
first three days after sailing from New
York and during the rest of the voy-
age from London, The plan is de.
original and it Is to be hoped
thar IL Will be carried out successfully