The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-11-10

usually follow in the wake Of power.
Organization, complete and intricate,
is the secret of Tammany success. To
the resident Of other cities, and prae-
ticularly to the countryman who is un-
familiar with the vast machinery es-
sential to insure the workings of a
perfect political organization, this fact
is not comprehendsd. In great city
like New York, politics must be re-
duced to a science. N
Personal contact with the candidates
Of any party is impossible. The great
mass Of voters, through whose, fran
chise the offices are filled, never ex-
pect or care to know the man or men
for whom they cast their ballots. But
there is a man whom tney DO know.
and that is their Leader" and they
know that he knows the man for whom
they are asked to vote, and as they
have confidence in him, OF. the great
Organization which he represents, so
they have faith III the mar forzwhom
he stands. >s5a. -
. The dense1y populated districts or
New York, those portions wherein the
newcomer has his abode are especially
quick to uatronize such a system.
And here a word as to what the
Leader" Of a ramHan5 district signl-
nes.. You may call it politics, or by
any other name even more harsh II
you like, but the fact remains SUI
preme that Tammany, through it's
Leaders," is the greatest charitable,
as we'll as political organization within
the limits Of the great Metropolis,
barring perhaps the Catholic Church.
For in the charity Of Tammany comes
again the other secret Of its great hold
upon the people. Ask any Leader of
Tammany if his duties are wholly no.
litical, and you will learn that there
are few things which he is not called
upon to do. In other cities it may be
the alderman or a member Of the
council to whom those with troubles
turn. but in New York it is the, Lead
er" who must look out for his own:
to his door comes the appeal for coal,
for medicine. for a Job, for food, for
the settlement of disputes, and the
thousand and one things that arise In
the awful complexity or a city like
New York. The word has gone out
that 'Tammany is good to her own, -
and up to that reputation she must
and does live. So a light. begins to
break on the question OF why. Tam
many stays in power. 1T is a matter
Of self-preservation, the first law of
nature, from which she saps her
strength. and beyond and behind and
below this principle no Organization
has ever succeeded in gaining a foot
hold, and maintaining it for any length
Of time, and the chances are strongly
in favor of it's never being done.
Speaking of the Leaders" of Tam
many, as they are farniliarly called,
the men who have their fingers on the
political pulse Of Manhattan, the men
who are chosen by vote to represent
Tammany in tho various districts
throughout the city, cannot fail to bo
Of considerable interest to enumerate
them as they now exist. and to state
that. from personal contact with them
all, and we question II the organfza-
tton has ever. had more inteliiRen,
and representative body Of men4 In
charge Of its districts than it eniove
today.
Taking the districts in order, they
are represented as follows:
No. la Hudson street, Magistrate
Daniel e. Finn. ~. Il
No. 2.-4s Madison street. Thomas
e. Foley.
No. s.-ss Charlton street. Patrics
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