The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-04-09

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Observation-Disclosures
NEW YORK April s.-The result
OF the democratic primaries has caused
considsrable surprise In. democratic
Quarters and nowhere was the surprise
greater than among the 1fmmanites.
The vote. disclosed an. unexpected
weakness and win probably have q
strong tendency to diminish the pres
tise Of the .Tammany tiger ~ politi-
cal pewer 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
on7the wane. The element Of respecta-
bility introduced by the election Of
Mayor McClelland does not seem 70
agree with the organization and the
latter u losing its grip on the political
situation.
The recent democratic primaries
were peculiar in many respects. AS
a rule the outcome Of an election in
which two or more contending parties
oppose one another satisfies at least one
OF the contending factions. the one
that came out victorious. The result
Of the democratic primaries, however,
does not seem to be source. of genu-
inc Natisfaction to anyone. Tammany
hall is not pleased. which is quite nat
ural. as the result Of the primaries
practically. means a victory for Hill,
who is engineering the Parker boom.
Murphy, the leader Of Tammany is de-
cidedly displeased with the result Jas
it means a loss of prestige. which is
quite serious under the present condi-
tons The Tammany boilers, who ia
vored Parker and placed themselves in
open opposition to their leader find
the outcome of the primaries a rather
dearly bought victory. It might be
said that it amounted to cutting of the
nose to spite the face. Mugwumpery
seldom pays from a partisan stand
point. The democrats outside of the
Tammany. ranks, who contributed to
the, success Of Parker, although they
are making brave display Of enthu-
siasm. are by no means as elated over
the prospects Of the future as might
be assumed. It is satisfactory enough
to give the Parker boom an energetic
impetus, to set the ball rolling, so to
say by. securing the election of a Par
ker delegation, but it is, different
proposition altogether to saddle Hill
as boss upon the democratic party OF
New York. That is a bitter pill. the
taste of which continues to linger in
the mouths Of the Parkites, notwith-
standing their citation over the defeat
of the Tammany leader. 40
The dissentions in the ranks of the
Tammanyites are q sign Of the times.
They indicate clearly, that the great
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 fall
ed. It is evident, that greater man
than Murphy was required to main
tain the rigorous discipline in the tot
tering organization. In unity alone
lies the strength Of party or faction.
As soon as there are dissentions in the
ranks, the organization loses not only
actual power, but its prestige, which
is frequently q good equivalent for ac-
tual power. There seems to be a de-
cided lack of harmony Of sentiments
between Mayor Mcclellan, Murphy and
the powerful gambler element Of Tam
many hall. They seem to be at cross
purposes. and the prospects Of a com-
promise seem to be very remote, IL
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they exist at all.
The friends of the gamblers have
given many a broad hint to Mayor Nc
Clellan, that he has done enough In
the lire Of reforms to satisfy public
opinion and that it is about time to
take into consideration the wishes and
interests Of his friends, by allowing
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
stated, that he was deter
mined to keep the lid down as long az
he was at the head Of the administra-
ton and that the lid would be kept
down, before as well AZ after the cleo
ton. He said, that his resolution had
to do with politics and would
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